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Category Archives: CVA
Mayor Perry has ‘second thoughts’ about investing in Croydon
‘Things are going to get worse before they get better,’ said the borough’s £81,000 per year part-time Mayor last week, as he begins to find his Town Hall task a bit of a struggle, reports WALTER CRONXITE, political editor Jason … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Art, Boxpark, Business, CPO, Croydon Council, CVA, LOST, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning, Property, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Allders, Boozepark, Boxpark, Conservative, Council Tax Support, Croydon, Croydon Council, Develop Croydon, Fabien Riggall, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jason Cummings, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Secret Cinema, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Free energy advice, CVA Resource Centre, Nov 19
Posted in Climate Crisis Commission, Community associations, CVA, Environment
Tagged Croydon Community Energy, Croydon CVA, CVA
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Funding outlook for all London’s boroughs is ‘beyond bleak’
Croydon is not the only cash-strapped council in the capital, as the body which represents all 32 boroughs and the City of London has predicted that there could be a £1.1billion black hole in Town Hall budgets over the next … Continue reading
Posted in Council Tax, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, CVA, Georgia Gould, Libraries, London Councils, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Refuse collection
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Georgia Gould, Jeremy Hunt, London Borough of Croydon, London Councils, Mayor Jason Perry, Tory
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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
Posted in Andrew Stranack, Charity, Community associations, Croydon CAB, Croydon Council, Croydon Nightwatch, CVA, Mayor Jason Perry, Purley Food Hub
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Almshouses, Croydon Council, Croydon Relief In Need, Croydon Voluntary Action, CVA, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Tory
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Voluntary groups to present their ‘manifesto’ to the Mayor
The borough’s voluntary sector meets next week and is laying down a challenge to newly-elected Mayor Jason Perry to provide a proper framework that will allow the borough’s volunteers and carers to meet the growing demands for their help. The … Continue reading
Council cuts mean homeless are losing lorry loads of food
This week it was announced that Croydon Nightwatch, the homelessness charity, has received the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. Here, Nightwatch chair JAD ADAMS looks back on the organisation’s work over the two years of covid and suggests there’s much … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Charity, Croydon Council, Croydon Nightwatch, CVA, Jad Adams
Tagged coronavirus, covid, Covid-19, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Nightwatch, Croydon Voluntary Action, Jad Adams
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Croydon Voluntary Action names new area vice-chairs
Croydon Voluntary Action has this morning announced co-chairs for its Local Community Partnership in Croydon Central East, which covers Woodside, Shirley North, Shirley South, Park Hill and Whitgift and Addiscombe East wards. CVA – the council-funded umbrella organisation for charities … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, CVA
Tagged Celestina Oniye-Thomas, Croydon CVA, CVA, Lynda Graham
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Scrooge-like council shuts voluntary food hub at Christmas
While dozens of voluntary groups and community organisations have been doing their bit to help the borough’s most vulnerable through the second pandemic Christmas, budget cuts at cash-strapped Croydon Council have seen their own voluntary sector organisation forced to shut … Continue reading
‘Magnificence of Croydon’: Town Hall video ignores the cuts
This video has been produced by Croydon Council to accompany a report from Croydon’s director of public health. In her first annual report since the covid-19 outbreak, Rachel Flowers praises Croydon residents, communities, schools and businesses for their continued strength … Continue reading
Labour wants to cut voluntary sector funding by a ‘full Negrini’
CROYDON IN CRISIS: A year after they gave a ‘golden handshake’ to the council CEO who helped bankrupt the borough, part of the £38.4m Town Hall budget cuts will impact dozens of charities and community groups. EXCLUSIVE By STEVEN DOWNES … Continue reading
Posted in Age UK Croydon, CAYSH, Charity, Community associations, Croydon CAB, Croydon Council, Croydon Vision, CVA, Hamida Ali, Jo Negrini, Mind in Croydon, South West London Law Centres, Steve Phaure, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Asian Resource Centre of Croydon, Croydon, Croydon BME Forum, Croydon Carers Support Centre, Croydon Council, Croydon Voluntary Action, CVA, Hamida Ali, Jo Negrini, Labour, Steve Phaure, Whitgift Foundation
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Summer camps and finance courses all found in one place
Schools’ long summer break may have only just begun, but there will be many parents around the borough on the lookout for decent, and low-cost, activities to keep their children engaged over the holidays. And Croydon Voluntary Action, the council-funded … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Community associations, CVA, Education, Schools, Sport
Tagged Croydon Voluntary Action, Simply Connect Croydon
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Cash-strapped council breaks rent deals with voluntary groups
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
Police claim zero robberies in West Croydon during special op
The Metropolitan Police have today claimed that there were no robberies in West Croydon for a whole month while Operation Cleveland was being conducted. The operation, with increased officers on the streets and more stop-and-search, began on Monday, February 8, … Continue reading
Croydon’s ‘crime capital’ to get share of Mayor’s £6m fund
London Road, which one council-appointed official described today as “Croydon’s crime capital”, is one of eight areas in the capital to receive a share of £6million-worth of new funding from the Mayor of London’s Violence Reduction Unit. The Violence Reduction … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Crime, CVA, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Policing, Sadiq Khan, Steve Phaure, West Croydon
Tagged Croydon, Croydon CVA, London, London Road, Mayor, Mayor of London, Metropolitan Police, Sadiq Khan, West Croydon
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Charities and volunteer groups get ready to tackle Lockdown II
Councillors in Addiscombe are organising a Zoom meeting this Thursday, November 5, to help advise and organise residents for the second covid lockdown. The Addiscombe West councillors – Patricia Hay-Justice, Jerry Fitzpatrick and Sean Fitzsimons – had already been contracted … Continue reading
10 tips to help you and others on World Mental Health Day
Tomorrow is World Mental Health Day. Here, ROWENNA DAVIS (left) outlines some of the things which all of us can do to help others, and to help ourselves We need World Mental Health Day more than ever this year. According … Continue reading
Community spirit helped us through the crisis. Let’s cherish it
It is Volunteers’ Week and this year, writes PETER UNDERWOOD, it is more important than ever that we celebrate what makes people want to volunteer One of the really positive things to come of the coronavirus pandemic crisis has been … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Community associations, CVA, Peter Underwood
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Voluntary Action, Peter Underwood
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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
‘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
Covid mutual aid volunteers dial up a telephone helpline
The covid-19 mutual aid groups across the borough have started a telephone helpline, operating 12 hours a day, especially to offer aid, advice and avital connection to those Croydon residents without access to the internet during the coronavirus lockdown. In … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, CVA, Health
Tagged CCMA, coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon Covid-19 Local Mutual Aid
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Newman’s ‘virtually all there’ for his secret Town Hall meeting
The government finally moved late last week to make it legally possible for local authorities to stage “virtual” council meetings, and to continue with a semblance of Town Hall business during the covid-19 lockdown. Yet less than 48 hours before … Continue reading
Posted in Caragh Skipper, Croydon Council, CVA, Jo Negrini, Sean Fitzsimons, Tony Newman
Tagged Addiscombe West, Caragh Skipper, Conservative, coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Sean Fitzsimons, Tony Newman, Tory
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Council delivers just 15 emergency food parcels in one week
The Town Hall is desperate to keep secret its ‘delivery’ record to those in greatest need during the covid-19 quarantine. WALTER CRONXITE reports 15 According to a top-level briefing at the Town Hall this week, 15 is the total number … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, CVA, Jo Negrini, Steve Phaure
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, London Borough of Croydon
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Croydon in area with country’s highest coronavirus death rate
The vital need for Croydon residents to follow government advice to stay at home except for essential travel in order to save lives – including their own – has been underlined by data published by the Health Service Journal. The … Continue reading
