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Category Archives: South Norwood Community Kitchen
Christmas spirit aplenty from Rotarians, kitchens and cadets
The generosity and warm-heartedness of the Croydon public and its voluntary organisations is shining out once again ahead of Christmas. Rotary clubs across the borough have been out and about over the past month, taking donations of cash and toys … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Community associations, Coulsdon, Crisis Skylight Centre, Croydon Rotary Club, Old Coulsdon, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Kitchen
Tagged Coulsdon, Coulsdon Manor Rotary Club, Crisis, Old Coulsdon, Rotary Club of Croydon, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Kitchen
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Wheatley is appointed as chair of housing improvement panel
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Nine months after the conditions in council flats in South Norwood caused a national scandal, and after spending £104,000 on one director who never bothered meeting the Regina Road Residents’ Support Group, the council has got around … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Housing, Regina Road Residents' Support Group, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Kitchen, South Norwood Tourist Board
Tagged Alison Knight, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Labour, Martin Wheatley, Regina Road, Regina Road Residents' Support Group, South Norwood
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‘Croydon Council! Shame on you!’: protesters make their point
SANJANA IDNANI reports from South Norwood on the latest efforts by council tenants to secure decent living conditions for their families Residents from across the borough took to the streets of South Norwood last night for a march and rally … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Louis Carserides, Regina Road Residents' Support Group, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Kitchen, South Norwood Tourist Board
Tagged Regina Road, Regina Road Residents' Support Group, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Kitchen, South Norwood Tourist Board
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Magic! Bodged repair gets fixed after Inside Croydon report
It was almost as if by magic. Within a couple of hours of Inside Croydon approaching senior council figures about the latest “bodged” repairs jobs carried out by contractors in the residential blocks on Regina Road, suddenly workmen appeared in … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Regina Road Residents' Support Group, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Kitchen, South Norwood Tourist Board, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Regina Road, Regina Road Residents' Support Group, South Norwood, Steve Reed OBE
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Will South Norwood and Woodside ask the sensible question?
KEN TOWL takes to the campaign trail and discovers that in a couple of the more contentious ward by-elections being held on May 6, community mutual aid is getting more of a hearing Let’s be honest – if the Daily … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Jane Avis, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Kitchen, South Norwood Tourist Board, Tony Newman, Woodside
Tagged Call The Midwife, Captain Sensible, Croydon Council, Ian Bone, Jane Nicholl, Labour, Pickles, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Kitchen, South Norwood Tourist Board, Tony Newman, Woodside
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‘Cynical’ Tories face backlash over bogus links to food bank
Genuine community activists who have been tirelessly providing food to the vulnerable and needy in their neighbourhood for nearly five years have turned on a couple of Conservative Party election candidates for trying to piggy-back their hard work. “It’s a … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Kitchen, South Norwood Tourist Board, Woodside
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Ian Bone, Jane Nicholl, Labour, Laura Whittall, Michelle Kazi, Sonia Marinello, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Kitchen, South Norwood Tourist Board, Tory, Woodside
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Ali accused of cover-up over findings on council flats scandal
CROYDON IN CRISIS: What was supposed to be an ‘urgent’ report into the appalling living conditions endured by council tenants in South Norwood is being withheld ahead of local elections. STEVEN DOWNES reports Hamida Ali, the leader of the council, … Continue reading
Posted in Clive Fraser, Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Housing, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Kitchen, South Norwood Tourist Board, Woodside
Tagged Clive Fraser, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Jane Nicholl, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Regina Road, South Norwood, Tony Newman, Woodside
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‘Council flats crisis has been heartbreaking, and cruel’
The scandal over the appalling conditions in South Norwood flats rolls on, as the council evacuated some of its tenants into poor conditions – in one case, placing a mother with a two-year-old toddler into what appeared to be a … Continue reading
Organisers cancel South Norwood ‘Reclaim These Streets’ vigil
Organisers of a vigil this evening at Norwood Junction say they have abandoned their plans “with a heavy heart”, following yesterday’s High Court ruling that banned an event being held at Clapham Common to protest against violence, following the abduction … Continue reading
Reclaim these streets vigil, Norwood Junction, Mar 13
NOTE: This vigil has now been cancelled.
Portland Arms pub opens its kitchen for community service
South Norwood reporter JANE NICHOLL on the latest lockdown initiative Community groups in South Norwood this week welcomed a much-needed additional self-help service, when the Portland Arms pub offered its kitchen and food during lockdown to prepare and distribute meals … Continue reading
Community activists’ new conversation around kitchen table
The community activists behind one of the most successful projects in South Norwood have begun a new exercise, which they are calling The Kitchen Table Project – but this aims at being about a lot more than cooking meals for … Continue reading
Aid group in South Norwood thriving despite ‘funding roulette’
Covid Mutual Aid groups have been working day-in, day-out throughout the pandemic emergency to support their communities with food, PPE and a variety of social care. South Norwood is one such operation that has seen a weekly community kitchen blossom … Continue reading
Covid-19 Mutual Aid group put our ‘unsung heroes’ on the map
The borough’s mutual aid organisation that was set-up at the start of the coronavirus emergency, has now produced an updated map of food banks and soup kitchens which they hope will help “the unsung heroes of this crisis” – the … Continue reading
‘Community energy has come through in these testing times’
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Once all this is over, we can rebuild using the power of communities that has been uncovered through volunteer mutual aid groups, says LAURA WHITTALL Covid-19 has laid bare the bones of our communities, who has and who … Continue reading
South Norwood neighbours have started own meals on wheels
In the middle of all the chaos and uncertainty, community efforts to support the frail, elderly and vulnerable continue. In some cases, the community groups’ efforts have, literally, redoubled. The South Norwood Community Kitchen was presented with a dilemma when … Continue reading
South Norwood groups close in on dreams for Socco Cheta
South Norwood is getting ever closer to having a purpose-built community centre. Community groups came together in 2018 and bid successfully to the council to get use of the Socco Cheta building on Portland Road, and they now have plans … Continue reading
