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Category Archives: Charity
Holloway to return as manager at Selhurst – for a good cause
Goals 4 GOSH, a charity football fixture that has already raised more than £100,000 for a children’s hospital, is returning to Selhurst Park on May 26. Among the celebrities expected to put on their football boots for this worthy cause … Continue reading
Grant to Park Hill church helps it have Easter gifts in the bag
St Matthew’s Church in Park Hill has been awarded funding from a church charity, the Benefact Mission Money Grants, which will allow it to continue running weekly cafés where helping people’s mental health is a core mission, and which has … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Church and religions, Park Hill and Whitgift
Tagged Easter, Park Hill, Rev Ruth Chapman, St Matthew's Church
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Celebrate Easter and Eid at the Purley Bazaar, Mar 30
Posted in Business, Charity, Purley, Purley BID
Tagged Easter, eid, Purley, Purley Bazaar, Purley BID
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Volunteer in it for the long haul as she clocks up 1,000 Parkruns
A Croydon woman has been volunteering at local sports events for 15 years – and all she got given was a T-shirt… It was, however, a cherished 1,000 Parkruns T-shirt. Nicki Clark is thought to be the first volunteer in … Continue reading
People in Croydon are the most giving in whole of London
Croydon residents are some of the most generous charity donors in the country, according to figures released today, with residents living in the Croydon South constituency topping the table among London’s charity-givers. Despite the Cost of Living Crisis, Londoners donated … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Croydon East, Croydon South
Tagged CAF, Charities Aid Foundation, charity, covid, covid lockdown, Covid-19, Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon South
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One-third of older Londoners say the capital is ‘unaffordable’
‘The financial struggles of older Londoners are worse than ever’ according to the head of Age UK London The temporary re-introduction of pre-9am use of the Freedom Pass and 60+ Oyster on Fridays, under the Mayor of London’s recently launched … Continue reading
Posted in Age UK Croydon, Charity, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport
Tagged 60+ Oyster Card, Age UK, Age UK London, Freedom Pass, London, TfL, Transport for London
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Social initiative has sports club punching above their Wates
A community sports group based in Norbury Park is having its boxing gym fitted out by property maintenance firm Wates as a “social value initiative”. Gloves Not Gunz is a boxing club which aims to prevent and divert young people … Continue reading
Charity worker Thompson is getting ready for the long run
Sarah Thompson is preparing to run her first marathon on April 21 to raise money for the Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation for Disabled people, where she works. Thompson, 25, from Croydon, joined the charity last year as an events, community and … Continue reading
Storage firm has an egg-cellent charity idea for Easter
A Croydon-based business is staging a charity Easter egg appeal: Access Self Storage wants to fill an empty storage unit with donated Easter eggs, in aid of The Felix Project and FareShare. To fill the container, which is approximately 9ft … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Business, Charity
Tagged Access Self Storage, Easter, Easter eggs, The Felix Project
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Neighbourhood Care Book Sale, Sanderstead, Mar 9
Posted in Activities, Charity, Community associations, Sanderstead
Tagged Sanderstead, Sanderstead Neighbourhood Care
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Are you living next to a snake? Shocking figures on UK’s ‘pets’
There’s more chance of living next door to a snake in Croydon than in any other part of the country. Yep: not just your common or garden poisonous neighbour, but a full-on, potentially deadly, venomous snake could be living on … Continue reading
Enter Brands Hatch race day and help children’s cancer trust
The late spring bank holiday in May sees Brands Hatch, one of the world’s premier race circuits, play host to an extra special sporting event, as the Chartwell Children’s Cancer Trust will be bringing hundreds of people together to raise … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Lily Pad Appeal
Tagged Brands Hatch, Chartwell Cancer Trust, Sponsored cycle, Sponsored run
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Croydon Whitgift Rotary Quiz Night, South Croydon, Feb 24
Posted in Activities, Charity, Community associations
Tagged Croydon Whitgift Rotary Club, Rotary, South Croydon
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What lies beneath? Sowan legacy donated to leading libraries
A rich seam of information detailing what lies just a few inches beneath our feet as we travel around Croydon, London and wider afield around the country has been donated to two major libraries for researchers to… ahhh… dig into. … Continue reading
‘Greedy landlords’ see children’s cancer charity shop closed
A children’s cancer charity which has raised nearly £1million towards patient care and the rebuild and re-equipping of parts of Croydon’s Mayday Hospital has been forced to close its fund-raising shop in the reception area because of rising rents. The … Continue reading
Banstead Rotary Charity Walk, North Downs, May 12
Posted in Activities, Charity, Community associations, Walks
Tagged Banstead, Epsom Downs, North Downs, Rotary, Rotary Club of Banstead, Surrey
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WSC Charity Race Night, Woodmansterne, Mar 22
Posted in Activities, Charity, Old Walcountians
Tagged charity, Old Walcountians, Race Night
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Foundation brings forward Old Palace prep closure by a year
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Early closure of the fee-paying primary school will speed up sale of the site in South Croydon – probably to a profit-hungry housing developer. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The financially troubled Whitgift Foundation is seeking to accelerate … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Chris Philp MP, Housing, Jane Burton, Old Palace, Property, Sarah Jones MP, Schools, South Croydon, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon South, Jane Burton, Melville Avenue, Old Palace, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace Prep School, Old Palace School, Sarah Jones MP, South Croydon, Westfield, Whitgift Foundation
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Youth Zone tackles cost of living crisis with free hot meals
Croydon’s Legacy Youth Zone is playing its part to address the cost-of-living crisis by offering free hot meals to young people attending the centre throughout winter. Young people who attend the centre on Whitehorse Road, Selhurst, for one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Selhurst
Tagged Ajaz Ahmed, Ajaz.org, Legacy Youth Zone, Selhurst
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Croydon lad who did a Runner for the Blind Beak of Bow Street
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: Policing the streets in the early 19th Century was an almost privatised service, funded by the parish. DAVID MORGAN delves into the Minster archive and finds how this borough helped frame the formation of the Metropolitan Police In … Continue reading
Tenants in challenge to Mayor Perry over ‘uninhabitable’ flats
A group of residents placed in what they describe as “uninhabitable” temporary accommodation by Croydon Council have issued their own Christmas message – and a challenge to Tory Mayor Jason Perry. “Change needs to happen now,” says the Croydon Temporary … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Housing, Lynne Hale, Mayor Jason Perry, Norbury, South West London Law Centres, Susmita Sen, Thornton Heath
Tagged BBC Newsnight, Concord House, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Temporary Accommodation Campaign, Gilroy Court, Homelessness, Housing, London Borough of Croydon, London Road, Lynne Hale, Mayor Jason Perry, Norbury, South West London Law Centre, Susmita Sen, SWLLC, Sycamore House, Thornton Heath, Tory, Windsor House
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Coulsdon show generated festive spirit with food donations
This year’s Christmas show at the Coulsdon Community Centre might have been about tight-wad Scrooge, but it prompted a massive outpouring of generosity and goodwill from locals, who provided a van-load of donations for the Purley Food Hub. Theatre Workshop … Continue reading
Council needs a better plan to help refugees arriving here
CROYDON COMMENTARY: After organising a vigil at Lunar House last night, Councillor RIA PATEL says that this borough needs more help from Whitehall to deal with a homelessness crisis being created by Government Last week in Parliament, the Prime Minister … Continue reading
Get a real buzz by ordering a Friends of the Earth bee kit
Still fretting over what to get for Christmas for that friend or family member who has everything? Were you, or they, moved by the last episode in the series of Planet Earth III, about the continuing destruction of wildlife habitat? … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Environment, Gardening, Wildlife
Tagged Bees, Christmas, Friends of the Earth
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