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Charity Quiz Night, St Peter’s Hall, South Croydon, Feb 28
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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
Bah! Humbug! Scrooge-like poverty haunts modern Croydon
As the country slides into the kind of social division not seen since Victorian times, Theatre Workshop Coulsdon has a new production of a Dickens classic that shows we really ought to do better. KEN TOWL went along to see … Continue reading
Coulsdon theatre group donates to food hub at Christmas
Christmas Eve… A time for joyful anticipation, celebration and goodwill to all! Perhaps not all. To the poor and the hungry in Victorian London, Christmas Day was just another day to struggle through. And for Ebeneezer Scrooge it’s a day … Continue reading
’10 years of a food bank is not something to celebrate’
Our south of the borough correspondent, PEARL LEE, on an expression of ‘righteous anger’ from a senior member of the clergy There should be a “righteous anger” that there is any need for foodbanks in the borough, and that that … Continue reading
Voluntary groups face ‘wipe out’ in Tory Mayor’s budget cuts
EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Croydon’s charities and voluntary sector face an existential threat, as the Mayor of Croydon, Jason Perry, prepares to axe the council’s Community Fund next year. More than 40 groups could be affected, from larger organisations such … Continue reading
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Food banks issue dire warnings as demand outstrips supplies
Some of Croydon’s biggest and busiest food banks have issued a stark warning of how the cost of living crisis is already affecting some of the borough’s most vulnerable families. “We are facing really dire times,” Julia Lee, the leader … Continue reading
Food banks given just six days to apply for £5,000 grants
Voluntary groups and non-profit organisations, including food banks, face a race against time to apply to the council for grants of up to £5,000. The human dynamos in the propaganda bunker at Croydon Council got round to releasing the details … Continue reading
‘The council has been marvellous’ says Food Stop pastor
Croydon’s fourth Food Stop has opened in Purley, offering significant discounts on food bills for local families in need as part of the borough-wide welfare response to covid-19. Families can save up to £700 a year off household bills at … Continue reading
Cinema campaign group raised £500 with free screenings
Two free screenings over the Christmas period at the Croydon Clocktower’s arthouse movie theatre, the David Lean Cinema, where those attending were encouraged to give their entry price over for charity, raised more than £500 for two local good causes. … Continue reading
