Category Archives: West Croydon Community Forum

London Road still bypassed by aid, media and politicians

Posted on August 10, 2013 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: The area worst-hit by arson and looting on the night of the riots has never been a priority, right from the moment the first petrol bombs were hurled on August 8, 2011, says PATRICK RATNARAJA London Road has … Continue reading →

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The riots, an assertion of power and our self-serving council

Posted on August 8, 2013 by insidecroydon

It is two years to the day since the riots hit Croydon, and not only do many of those dispossessed and rendered homeless on that night of infamy remain waiting for government help and compensation, but we still do not … Continue reading →

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CVA accused of “takeover” at riot-hit community’s forum

Posted on March 20, 2013 by insidecroydon

A council-funded organisation that is supposed to assist voluntary groups across the borough is being accused of unseating the chairman of a community association in the area worst hit by the 2011 riots. Croydon Voluntary Action – or CVA – … Continue reading →

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The statement to West Croydon Community from Clive Locke

Posted on March 20, 2013 by insidecroydon

This is the unedited text of a statement prepared by Clive Locke, the founder chairman of the West Croydon Community Forum, for its meeting staged at CVA last week: Firstly, I would like to say thank you to, the community … Continue reading →

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Council offers four days’ notice for Question Time event

Posted on March 2, 2013 by insidecroydon

Who dares say that Croydon Council has problems with its communications with Council Tax-payers? Who has the audacity to suggest that senior councillors from the Conservative group that runs the council are a bit slow in coming forward when it … Continue reading →

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Croydon’s CEO refuses to allow press to attend public meeting

Posted on December 7, 2012 by insidecroydon

Only in the dystopian, secretive world of Croydon in 2012 could an open meeting begin with a public servant, the £248,000 council chief executive, demanding that the press must leave. That’s exactly what happened yesterday at a West Croydon Community … Continue reading →

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Documents show £255,000 of riot cash spent with PR firm

Posted on December 7, 2012 by insidecroydon

Croydon Council’s CEO refused to allow the press to attend an open meeting of the West Croydon Community Forum on Thursday. Click here to read our report. Perhaps Jon Rouse did not want to face questions about the council’s ballooning … Continue reading →

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Cooper condemns government’s betrayal of London Road

Posted on November 28, 2012 by insidecroydon

Yvette Cooper, the shadow Home Secretary, has condemned the London Mayor’s plan to divert millions of pounds of riot compensation cash from Croydon’s victims of rioting in order to cover-up his planned cuts in policing. On a visit to Croydon … Continue reading →

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Boris says he’s using riots funding to cover-up police cuts

Posted on November 26, 2012 by insidecroydon

London Road businesses and residents are to have a massive insult heaped upon the injury that many of them suffered in the Croydon riots last year, with Mayor Boris Johnson admitting that the Riots Recovery Fund he promised the area … Continue reading →

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Boris’s cunning plan: too high, too many, too central

Posted on September 29, 2012 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: The Mayor of London’s “cunning plan” for Croydon is flawed in important respects, says ANDREW PELLING – too much housing crammed into the centre of the borough, in too many high-rise blocks, and by ignoring other parts of … Continue reading →

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London Road prepares for a Festival of Cultures

Posted on September 13, 2012 by insidecroydon

Next Monday sees the beginning of a week’s worth of activities all building towards the London Road Carnival of Cultures on Sunday September 23. Lives Not Knives is holding a couple of workshops, for teenagers and for adults, on Monday, … Continue reading →

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Football tournament seeks to heal West Croydon wounds

Posted on August 7, 2012 by insidecroydon

Healing The Streets – London Road, a five-a-side football tournament, will take place on Canterbury Road Recreation Ground, near Broad Green Library, tomorrow, August 8, from 2.45pm, with 16 teams from local businesses, residents and public organisations to play. But … Continue reading →

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