Kevin Day, the stand-up comedian, scriptwriter and football pundit, is calling on the people of Croydon to turn up in force on Sunday to help raise as much money as possible for Mind in Croydon, the local mental health charity.

Kevin Day: Help Mind in Croydon raise much-needed funds with a walk in the park
And Day’s even volunteering to make the tea for all the event’s finishers.
Positive Steps is the charity’s annual sponsored walk around Lloyd Park, now in its third year, where Day will be acting as the official starter and encouraging participants to have a healthy Sunday stroll in a very worthy cause.
“I think we’ve all realised that the more public spending on mental health services is cut, the more those services are actually needed,” Day told Inside Croydon.
“We are very lucky in our area to have the services of Croydon Mind, a resource I know from experience that provides fantastic support for those struggling to cope with a range of mental health and psychological issues. Continue reading




The Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Forum is an opportunity for NHS Croydon CCG to share ideas with the public and learn from residents’ knowledge and experiences of local health and care services. “This learning helps us to shape the healthcare services we buy to meet the needs of our local residents,” the organisers say. 

The 45-year-old journalist and library campaigner was last seen when he went for a walk from his Gipsy Hill home around 3pm on Monday. His mobile phone’s last signal was traced to somewhere near East Croydon Station less than an hour later.

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