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Category Archives: Croydon BME Forum
BME Forum calls for volunteers to help Jamaica relief efforts
The Croydon BME Forum is appealing for volunteers to assist with its efforts as it co-ordinates the local response to the humanitarian crisis in Jamaica following Hurricane Meilssa. It has been confirmed that 28 people died in Jamaica following one … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Community associations, Croydon BME Forum
Tagged Croydon BME Forum, Hurricane Melissa, Jamaica
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Perry repeats lie as he calls meeting over No Access Croydon
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Delayed replies, giving short-notice of an appointment and a divide-and-rule approach betray Mayor’s struggle to justify the closure of the authority’s public area, as librarians are now providing advice to the homeless. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Jason … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Brown, Bernard Weatherill House, Charity, Community associations, Council Tax, Crisis Skylight Centre, Croydon BME Forum, Croydon Council, Croydon Nightwatch, Housing, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, South Norwood Community Kitchen, South West London Law Centres
Tagged Access Croydon, Bernard Weatherill House, BWH, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon BME Forum, Croydon Council, Croydon Nightwatch, Fisher's Folly, Homelessness, Katherine Kerswell, London Renters' Union, Mayor Jason Perry, South Norwood Community Kitchen, South West London Law Centre, Tory
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Council’s ‘totally unacceptable’ BHM effort is off to late start
Croydon’s Tory-controlled council’s miserable efforts to reflect and celebrate Black History Month have been branded “totally unacceptable” and “woeful”, with no publicity or materials distributed to what is left of the borough’s public libraries. The council’s propaganda bunker swung into … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Black History Month, Community associations, Croydon BME Forum, Croydon Council, Education, History, Libraries, Mayor Jason Perry
Tagged BHM, Black History Month, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon BME Forum, Croydon Council, Katherine Kerswell, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, South Norwood, South Norwood Library, Tory
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Croydon Cancer Conference 2024, Wellesley Road, July 3
Posted in Activities, Charity, Croydon BME Forum, Health
Tagged Cancer, Croydon BME Forum
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Questions, questions: General Election hustings dates (so far)
If you have a question to put to an election candidate, or to a political party which is seeking your vote in Croydon, here’s a way you can try to get some answers Hustings used to be the way for … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Croydon BME Forum, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged 2024 General Election, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon BME Forum, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon TUC, Croydon West, General Election, General Election 2024, Green Party, Hustings, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Ruskin House, Stanley Halls, Streatham and Croydon North
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BME Forum joins £500,000 3-year project with cancer charity
Using more than half a million pounds, Macmillan Cancer Support has joined with Croydon BME Forum to form a three-year partnership to address health inequalities. The project is in response to the poorer cancer experiences and outcomes that people from … Continue reading
BME Forum online Bowel Cancer Awareness Talk, Oct 25
Posted in Croydon BME Forum, Education, Health
Tagged Bowel cancer, Croydon BME Forum, St George's Hospital
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Croydon police investigated over black man’s death in custody
This latest probe by the watchdog follows the misconduct hearing announced earlier this week for two other Met officers over the arrest and hand-cuffing last year of an innocent black schoolboy Two Croydon police officers are under criminal investigation for … Continue reading
Watchdog to answer public questions over policing incidents
Senior officials from the IOPC – the Independent Office for Police Conduct – will be answering public questions at an open meeting in Croydon this Friday. The Metropolitan Police in Croydon is subject to two high-profile IOPC investigations: one into … Continue reading
Mobile Phone Boot Camp, Whitgift Centre, Jul 15
Posted in Activities, Croydon BME Forum, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon BME Forum, Wellness Centre, Whitgift Centre
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BME Forum Wellbeing Workshops, Whitgift Centre, Jul 13-27
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Grief Therapy Zoom session with Laura Pusey, Jun 30
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Tagged Croydon BME Forum, Laura Pusey
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Self-care Tool Kit session, Whitgift Wellness Centre, Jun 29
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Tagged Croydon, Croydon BME Forum, Whitgift Centre
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Fathers’ Forum: Paul Canoville, No Strings Attached, Jan 27
Posted in Activities, Charity, Community associations, Croydon BME Forum, Health
Tagged Fathers' Forum, Paul Canoville
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Croydon BME Forum Family Tree Making, from Jan 12
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Tagged Croydon BME Forum, Whitgift Centre
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Anti-vax conspiracy theories are covid’s ticking time bomb
It is not just new strains of the coronavirus which are hampering Croydon’s public health efforts to reduce its spread, but also dangerous and deliberate misinformation from the United States When a TikTok user filmed himself shouting “liar” at England’s … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Brown, Asian Resource Centre of Croydon, Community associations, Croydon BME Forum, Croydon NHS Trust, Health, Mayday Hospital
Tagged Andrew Brown, Asian Resource Centre of Croydon, coronavirus, covid, Covid-19, Croydon BME Forum, Croydon NHS Trust, Croydon University Hospital, Ima Miah, Mayday Hospital, QAnon
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