Category Archives: Whitgift Foundation

Council director promises to find new home for Carers Centre

Posted on January 15, 2020 by

One of the council’s most senior executives has given a firm undertaking that, together with the borough’s wealthiest charity, a new home will be found for the Croydon Carers Support Centre which is currently based on George Street. Permission was … Continue reading →

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Charities’ support centre under threat from latest flats scheme

Posted on November 12, 2019 by

Around a dozen locally based charities and support groups face being evicted from their offices or having access to vital facilities withdrawn, as the owner wants to convert two floors of the Croydon Carers’ Support Centre on George Street into … Continue reading →

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Free ceramic flower workshop for carers, George Street, May 29

Posted on May 21, 2019 by
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Private school’s sports staff enjoyed £30,000 party at The Ritz

Posted on March 3, 2019 by

EXCLUSIVE: Whitgift School has charitable status and the generous tax breaks that go with it, yet they spared no expense for a piss up at one of the flashiest venues in the West End. By GENE BRODIE, education correspondent Whitgift … Continue reading →

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Crisis for Croydon as Westfield ‘reviews’ its £1.4bn scheme

Posted on February 14, 2019 by

KEN LEE reports on the seismic shock that has rocked the council Westfield today announced a decision to “review” the £1.4billion project to redevelop Croydon Town Centre, blaming Brexit and uncertainties over the retail sector. In so doing, they  immediately … Continue reading →

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Delays over Westfield scheme lead to end for Heritage Festival

Posted on January 31, 2019 by

Even the owners of the Whitgift Centre appear to have got fed up waiting for Westfield to get their long-promised £1.4billion redevelopment of the centre of Croydon underway. The Whitgift Foundation has this week confirmed that it has dropped its … Continue reading →

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Whitgift Foundation is going for a Burton at Old Palace

Posted on January 29, 2019 by

The Whitgift Foundation has named a new head for Old Palace School: Jane Burton, who will take over the independent girls’ school from September 1. Burton succeeds Carol Jewell, who has been head at the 900-pupil nursery, prep and secondary … Continue reading →

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