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Category Archives: Timothy Godfrey
Alderman criticises handing Heathfield to profit-making school
A private school that charges £81,000 per year for some of its pupils is accused of doing work on the ‘cheap’ with its proposals, including ugly 9-foot-high fencing around a listed Victorian building A Croydon alderman, and former cabinet member … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Education, Environment, Heathfield House, Planning, Property, Schools, Selsdon and Addington Village, SEND, Timothy Godfrey
Tagged Cressey College, Croydon, Croydon Council, Heathfield House, Horizon Care and Education Group, Labour, Timothy Godfrey
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Brick by Brick failed to replace Fairfield’s 60-year-old windows
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The ‘fiasco’ of Brick by Brick’s bungled £70m refurbishment of the arts venue gets worse, with the latest admission of failures from a cabinet member. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Ollie “Shit Show” Lewis, the council cabinet member … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Art, Ashcroft Theatre, Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Jo Negrini, Mayor of London, Oliver Lewis, Timothy Godfrey, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Oliver Lewis
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The cuts: Fisher’s Folly to be sold and 3-weekly bin collections
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The problem facing Croydon Council as it seeks to balance its books is that, after a decade of Tory austerity, there’s precious little left to cut. STEVEN DOWNES reports The frustration with the slow pace of progress … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Social Care, Alisa Flemming, Andrew Fisher, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Katherine Kerswell, Libraries, Lisa Taylor, Refuse collection, Report in the Public Interest, Schools, Section 114 notice, Timothy Godfrey
Tagged Alisa Flemming, Andrew Fisher, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Lisa Taylor, London Borough of Croydon, S114, Section 114, Timothy Godfrey, Tory
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80 casual staff laid off as Fairfield Halls goes ‘into hibernation’
EXCLUSIVE: Our unfurloughed arts correspondent, BELLA BARTOCK, on dark times for Croydon’s major arts venue Fairfield Halls’ casual staff, who have been furloughed since the arts venue closed its doors for the coronavirus lockdown in March, have been told that … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Ashcroft Theatre, BH Live, Fairfield Halls, Neil Chandler, Theatre, Timothy Godfrey
Tagged Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls
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Butt plugs, uncontrolled sphincters and £50,000 council grants
Our arts correspondent, BELLA BARTOCK, on some perhaps surprising use of council hand-outs Cash-strapped Croydon Council teamed up with the Arts Council England this summer to hand out public-funded grants totalling more than £50,000 in cash and kind to a … Continue reading
Council contempt for public in Orwellian Town Hall meeting
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE watched the latest travesty of a council meeting, so you wouldn’t have to Will they never learn? Monday night saw the Town Hall chamber holding the last full meeting of the council before the local elections … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Chris Wright, Community associations, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Donald Speakman, Dudley Mead, Housing, Jo Negrini, Paul Scott, Planning, Purley, Queens Gardens, Shirley North, South Norwood, Tim Pollard, Timothy Godfrey, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick Action Group, Conservative, Croydon Council, Donald Speakman, Dudley Mead, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Tony Newman, Tory
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Long-delayed masterplans for borough’s parks get parked
KEN LEE, our green spaces correspondent, on an expensive waste of time After a consultation process that has taken almost two years and cost Council Tax-payers approaching £100,000 in fees to consultants to produce hundreds of pages of (virtual) glossy … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Friends of Lloyd Park, Lloyd Park, Timothy Godfrey
Tagged Ashburton Park, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Happy Valley, Labour, Lloyd Park, London Borough of Croydon, Park Hill, South Norwood, Timothy Godfrey
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Carillion collapse has libraries and hospitals counting the cost
Croydon’s libraries have survived their brush with Carillion, although they had to endure a couple of days of IT outages and other issues as council staff worked and negotiated behind the scenes to replace services which had gone unpaid by … Continue reading
Council takes back public libraries as Carillion collapses
GENE BRODIE, our bookish gyms correspondent, on Croydon’s prompt response to the collapse of outsourcing giant Carillion Croydon Council moved quickly this morning to take back control of the borough’s libraries from contractor Carillion. Carillion went into liquidation this morning, … Continue reading
Posted in Carillion, Croydon Council, Libraries, Timothy Godfrey
Tagged Carillion, Conservative, Croydon Council, Labour, Timothy Godfrey, Tory
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Council admits Fairfield Halls refurb is at least six months late
Croydon Council today admitted that its £30million refurbishment project at the Fairfield Halls is running at least six months over schedule. It means that any further delays could jeopardise the flagship venue’s part in plans for Croydon to be London’s … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Fairfield Halls, Music, Timothy Godfrey, Tony Newman
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Thornton Heath gets switched on to festival of light
Thornton Heath will stage part of the London-wide Lumiere Festival next month. Trumble Gardens on Brigstock Road will be transformed into an illuminated wonderland on Saturday January 27, with pieces on display that will previously have been a part of … Continue reading
Posted in Thornton Heath, Timothy Godfrey
Tagged Lumiere Festival, Thornton Heath, Timothy Godfrey
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Future of South Norwood Library site ‘not yet decided’
Council plans to re-site the public library in South Norwood, announced on Thursday, have already been generally well-received by residents on social media. Not that the public has yet been told all the plans, though, because the council hasn’t quite … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Libraries, South Norwood, Timothy Godfrey
Tagged Brick by Brick, South Norwood, Timothy Godfrey
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Now Carillion remove home library service from the disabled
GENE BRODIE, our libraries correspondent, on the latest shocker from a construction company which is running down our public libraries Carillion, the building company which runs Croydon’s public libraries, has been accused of “blatant discrimination” against the disabled over plans … Continue reading
Posted in Carillion, Libraries, Timothy Godfrey
Tagged Adrian Dennis, Carillion, Croydon Disability Forum, Timothy Godfrey
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Cash-strapped Carillion can’t pay their library paper bills
Carillion, the building company which somehow landed the contract to run Croydon’s public libraries, is so strapped for cash that they have unpaid bills from their suppliers for use of photo-copiers and paper. The value of the company’s shares plunged … Continue reading
Councillor keen to kick Carillion out of borough’s libraries
Timothy Godfrey may have announced that he is to stand down as a councillor next May, but Labour’s cabinet member for arts and culture continues to rail against the frequent poor service provided by contractors responsible for the borough’s parks, … Continue reading
Posted in Carillion, Libraries, Thornton Heath, Timothy Godfrey
Tagged Carillion, Thornton Heath, Thornton Heath Library, Timothy Godfrey
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Skipper gets selected with Henson for Addiscombe East
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on the first two councillor de-selections as a Momentum candidate gets picked for next May’s Town Hall elections Labour will field an all-woman slate in Addiscombe East at next May’s local elections, after a ward selection … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Addiscombe East, Alison Butler, Andrew Rendle, Ashburton, Caragh Skipper, David Wood, Maddie Henson, Paul Scott, Selhurst, Stephen Mann, Timothy Godfrey, Toni Letts
Tagged Abu Khan, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Alison Butler, Andrew Rendle, Ashburton, Caragh Skipper, Croydon Momentum, Janet Campbell, Labour, Maddie Henson, Paul Scott, Stephen Mann, Tony Newman
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Godfrey becomes third senior Labour councillor to quit
WALTER CRONXITE reports on the latest senior council figure to announce that they won’t be seeking selection for May’s local elections Timothy Godfrey last night became the third Croydon Council cabinet member or deputy to announce that they are to … Continue reading
Origami to unfold a dance festival in Queen’s Gardens
This Saturday will see two free dance performances in Croydon town centre. Dance Umbrella, the annual London-wide contemporary dance festival, is coming to Queen’s Gardens to present a work called Origami which, according to a council-issued press release, is “a … Continue reading
Council on standby to take back control of public libraries
KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter, on how a corporate crisis at construction company Carillion could provide the chance to end a long-loathed outsourcing deal Croydon Council is readying itself to take back the running of the borough’s public libraries, … Continue reading
Norbury BMX track survives bumpy ride to cross finish line
Croydon’s BMX track is to open this weekend. The ribbon-cutting hoopla will take place in Norbury Park from 10am on Saturday, offering what the council calls “an all-abilities, all-ages ‘rock-up-and-ride’ session”. There will be equipment available to borrow, and coaches … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Love Norbury, Norbury, Norbury Avenue and Thornton Heath Residents' Association, Norbury Green Residents' Association, Norbury Village Residents' Association, Timothy Godfrey
Tagged Croydon Council, Labour, Norbury, Norbury Park, Norbury Park BMX track, Timothy Godfrey
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Read all about it: animals at centre of summer library challenge
Croydon libraries’ summer reading challenge starts tomorrow. Running until September 16, the scheme challenges children aged from four to 11 to finish six books in a little more than two months. Children can sign up at their local library and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Libraries, Timothy Godfrey
Tagged Croydon Council, Croydon Libraries, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Timothy Godfrey
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Upper Norwood Library re-opens with funding unannounced
GENE BRODIE, our libraries correspondent, reports on the delayed re-opening of the Uppper Norwood Library, as doubts remain on the 116-year-old community asset’s funding arrangements from Lambeth and Croydon councils Upper Norwood Library – or the “Hub on the Hill” … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Education, Lambeth Council, Libraries, Timothy Godfrey, Upper Norwood Library Trust
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, London Borough of Croydon, Robert Gibson, Timothy Godfrey, Upper Norwood Joint Library, Upper Norwood Library Trust
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