Category Archives: Shirley Community Centre Association

Cash-strapped council breaks rent deals with voluntary groups

Posted on March 16, 2021 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Dozens of community centres in the borough which are used and often maintained by volunteers could now face closure as the council ends its rent subsidies. EXCLUSIVE By STEVEN DOWNES The cash-strapped council has written to dozens … Continue reading →

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Thank you! Readers pay Shirley women’s fine within hours

Posted on July 27, 2020 by insidecroydon

Inside Croydon readers come to the rescue of two young women hit with a harsh council fine – as Town Hall’s deputy leader claims he is powerless to intervene against decisions made by council officials and that he has lost … Continue reading →

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Shirley Guides’ Jumble Sale, Shrublands, May 11

Posted on May 8, 2019 by insidecroydon
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Free English language courses at Shirley Community Centre

Posted on August 19, 2016 by insidecroydon
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Enrolment dates for English language courses, Shirley

Posted on August 16, 2016 by insidecroydon
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Cream Tea, Shirley Community Centre, Oct 2

Posted on September 30, 2015 by insidecroydon
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UKIP candidate given job by council-backed ‘talking shop’

Posted on December 2, 2014 by insidecroydon

The Croydon Communities [sic] Consortium, which received a £5,000 grant from the then Tory-run Croydon Council to stage “apolitical” meetings, has appointed the leader of a local branch of UKIP as its new deputy chairman. This appointment follows the previous … Continue reading →

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UKIP figures behind council-funded ‘apolitical’ talking shop

Posted on November 24, 2014 by insidecroydon

Tonight at the Town Hall sees the annual meeting of an organisation calling itself CCC, a body which in the past year has been operating with £5,000 in public money received from Croydon Council. What do the initials CCC stand … Continue reading →

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Inside Croydon’s Hero of the Week: Marzia Nicodemi-Ehikioya

Posted on April 26, 2013 by insidecroydon

Marzia Nicodemi-Ehikioya won’t like this. Like that’s ever stopped us in the past. But the Shirley resident is Inside Croydon’s “Hero of the Week”, because she took a stand – or rather a seat – against a jumped-up little tyrant. … Continue reading →

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Pathfinder: Cinema campaign back in Shirley – Feb 16

Posted on January 26, 2013 by insidecroydon
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Potter’s Dreamchild gets rare screening at Shirley this Saturday

Posted on October 1, 2012 by insidecroydon

The Save the David Lean Cinema Campaign is on the road again this week, with a special showing of Dennis Potter‘s Dream Child at the Shirley Community Centre in Shrublands Road from 7.30pm this Saturday, October 6. This is a … Continue reading →

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David Lean Cinema Campaign announces latest free season

Posted on August 28, 2012 by insidecroydon

Croydon volunteers are showing council-inspired initiatives the right way of doing things on the big screen as well as with summer fairs. Last year, Croydon Council hi-jacked the name of the David Lean Cinema and transferred its use from an … Continue reading →

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Tabula Rasa youth group stages fund-raiser in Shirley

Posted on August 16, 2012 by insidecroydon

Tabula Rasa Youth Project is holding a free event at the Shirley Community Centre this Saturday, August 18, from noon to 4pm, in order to raise money for the project. The event will give TRP a chance to showcase all … Continue reading →

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Italy comes to Shirley, thanks to cinema campaigners

Posted on June 19, 2012 by insidecroydon

The Shirley Community Centre will have a distinct Italian feel on Saturday, June 30, when it plays host to a screening of Everybody’s Fine, the 1990 film by Cinema Paradiso director, Giuseppe Tornatore. The screening, with English sub-titles (this is … Continue reading →

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