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Category Archives: Whitgift Foundation
Westfield non-developers facing £5m fine for failed supermall
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Council concedes it is virtually powerless over land-owners and developers for long-delayed regeneration scheme, as influential scrutiny chair admits her committee is not convinced things will change. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The company formed 10 years ago … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Centrale, CPO, Croydon Council, Growth Zone, Heather Cheesbrough, Jo Negrini, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning, Property, Rowenna Davis, Tony Newman, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Partnership, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Tony Newman, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Town centre stations should be the focus for future vision
With more shops closing and others reducing their floor space in the run-down Whitgift Centre, ANDREW PELLING looks east for solutions to address the town centre’s retail decline The continued loss of retail outlets in Croydon comes as high street … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Andrew Pelling, Boxpark, Business, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Planning, TfL, Tramlink, Transport, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, West Croydon, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon station, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, Nestle Tower, St George's Walk, Tory, West Croydon station, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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£81,000 part-time Mayor takes on yet another directorship
Almost three months since he was appointed to the board of the town centre’s Business Improvement District, creating ‘clear conflicts of interests’, Jason Perry’s declarations have yet to be updated by the council. By KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter … Continue reading
Posted in Allders, Business, CPO, Croydon BID, Mayor Jason Perry, Property, Stiles Harold Williams, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Broad Green, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Fairfield, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Richard Plant, Tory, Waddon, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Closed doors in Croydon for London’s Open House festival
If the 2022 Open House Festival is anything to go by, then when Croydon is London’s Borough of Culture next year, the capital could be looking at a cultural desert. There are only nine venues in the whole of the … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Stranack, Art, Borough of Culture 2023, Croydon Council, Croydon Minster, Fairfield Halls, History, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Outside Croydon, Property, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, South Norwood, Waddon, Walks, Whitgift Foundation, Woodside
Tagged Addington, Andy Stranack, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Mayor, Croydon Minster, Elis David Almshouses, London, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of Croydon, Open House London, South Norwood, St Mary's Church, Tory, Waddon, Whitgift Foundation, Woodside
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Goats settle in for their winter’s work at Riddlesdown Quarry
There are goats in Croydon. No kidding. That was the announcement made by City Commons yesterday, as goats were turned out to graze at Riddlesdown Quarry. City Commons is the part of the City of London Corporation which manages large … Continue reading
Posted in City Commons, Coulsdon, Croydon parks, Environment, Kenley, Nature Notes, New Addington, Old Coulsdon, Purley, Sanderstead, South London Downs NNR, Whitgift Foundation, Wildlife
Tagged City Commons, Downlands Trust, Riddlesdown, Riddlesdown Common, Riddlesdown Quarry, South London Downs
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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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Croydon riots 10 years on: Arson land put up for sale at £2m
It is being marketed as a “design and build opportunity”, a patch of land close to the town centre, less than one-fifth of an acre, on the market this summer from the borough’s largest landowners, for a mere £2million. It … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, Stiles Harold Williams, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged 8/8, 8/8 Riots, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Riots, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Maurice Reeves, reeves corner, Trevor Reeves, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Whitgift care homes bring a smile back to children’s faces
Whitgift Care has announced that it is partnering with the children’s cleft charity, Smile Train UK, writes Sanjana Idnani. Smile Train UK helps locate children who need treatment for cleft palates and provides training and financial support for local medical … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Smile Train UK, Whitgift Care, Whitgift Foundation
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Whitgift Foundation sows the seeds of a green revival
The Whitgift Foundation, Croydon’s biggest landowners and the operators of three large fee-paying schools, has launched an ambitious borough-wide gardening project to inspire residents to shrug off lockdown, dust off the trowels and get green-fingered as we spring into spring. … Continue reading
Whitgift School offers tributes to former head David Raeburn
A private family funeral service is to be held at 3pm this afternoon for David Raeburn, a former headmaster at Whitgift School and Oxford University academic. Raeburn died at Abingdon Hospital on February 1. He was 93 years old. He … Continue reading
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Tagged David Raeburn, Whitgift School
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Councillor, Alderman and teacher George Mitchell has died
George Mitchell, a former Labour councillor, Alderman and deputy mayor of Croydon, a teacher, musician and magistrate, has died. He was 95. A resident of the Whitgift House care home, Mitchell’s passing is thought not to be connected to covid-19. … Continue reading
Three months late, BID hires headhunters to recruit chair
Croydon BID, the organisation made up of some of the town centre’s biggest businesses, has gone into the covid-19 crisis while looking for someone to chair the organisation. As predicted by Inside Croydon, the departure from the Fairfield Halls of … 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
Council director promises to find new home for Carers Centre
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
Charities’ support centre under threat from latest flats scheme
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
Free ceramic flower workshop for carers, George Street, May 29
Posted in Activities, Art, Charity, Whitgift Foundation
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Crisis for Croydon as Westfield ‘reviews’ its £1.4bn scheme
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
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Centrale, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Tony Newman, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Delays over Westfield scheme lead to end for Heritage Festival
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
Posted in Art, Croydon Heritage Festival, Dance, History, Music, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Hammersfield, Hammerson, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Whitgift Foundation is going for a Burton at Old Palace
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
Posted in History, Jane Burton, Old Palace, Trinity School, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Jane Burton, Old Palace School, Whitgift Foundation
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