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Thank you iC readers! 50 ask about helping Nightwatch charity
By STEVEN DOWNES, Editor, Inside Croydon In more than 15 years of running the InsideCroydon.com news website, there’s been countless occasions when I have had cause to be amazed or delighted with the help and wisdom of our tens of … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Croydon Nightwatch, Croydon parks, Queens Gardens
Tagged charity, Croydon, Croydon Nightwatch, Fiona Satiro, Queens Gardens, Volunteers
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Council facing High Court challenge over ‘No Access Croydon’
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The Public Interest Law Centre is bringing a Judicial Review against the council claiming it is failing to meet its statutory responsibilities and is acting in a discriminatory manner EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Tory Mayor Jason Perry … Continue reading
Posted in Bernard Weatherill House, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Housing, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry
Tagged Access Croydon, Bernard Weatherill House, BWH, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon BME Forum, Croydon Council, Croydon Nightwatch, Emma Gardiner, Fisher's Folly, Homelessness, Katherine Kerswell, London Renters' Union, Mayor Jason Perry, PILC, Public Interest Law Centre, Public Services Delivery Hub, South Norwood Community Kitchen, South West London Law Centre, Tory
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Charity Nightwatch appeals for volunteers to help vital service
Croydon homelessness charity Nightwatch has issued an urgent appeal for volunteers to come forward to assist with its vital work. Nightwatch, which has been operating for almost 50 years, offers food and other support to the homeless and working poor … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Croydon Nightwatch, Croydon parks, Queens Gardens, Uncategorized
Tagged charity, Croydon, Croydon Nightwatch, Fiona Satiro, Queens Gardens, Volunteers
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Perry repeats lie as he calls meeting over No Access Croydon
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Delayed replies, giving short-notice of an appointment and a divide-and-rule approach betray Mayor’s struggle to justify the closure of the authority’s public area, as librarians are now providing advice to the homeless. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Jason … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Brown, Bernard Weatherill House, Charity, Community associations, Council Tax, Crisis Skylight Centre, Croydon BME Forum, Croydon Council, Croydon Nightwatch, Housing, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, South Norwood Community Kitchen, South West London Law Centres
Tagged Access Croydon, Bernard Weatherill House, BWH, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon BME Forum, Croydon Council, Croydon Nightwatch, Fisher's Folly, Homelessness, Katherine Kerswell, London Renters' Union, Mayor Jason Perry, South Norwood Community Kitchen, South West London Law Centre, Tory
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No Access Croydon: 30 voluntary groups demand reopening
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Mayor Jason Perry and CEO Katherine Kerswell’s decision to make access to the council’s offices appointment-only may be in breach of the council’s legal responsibilities EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Letters have landed on the desks of Mayor … Continue reading
Posted in Bernard Weatherill House, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Housing, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry
Tagged Access Croydon, Bernard Weatherill House, BWH, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon BME Forum, Croydon Council, Croydon Nightwatch, Fisher's Folly, Homelessness, Katherine Kerswell, London Renters' Union, Mayor Jason Perry, PSDH, Public Services Delivery Hub, South Norwood Community Kitchen, South West London Law Centre, Tory
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Three years on and council is using old rules to gag opposition
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Three years since residents in the borough voted to change the system at the council, and staff have still not managed to update the Town Hall constitution, leaving some councillors gagged, unable to ask questions or propose motions … Continue reading
You won’t fix ‘broken window syndrome’ with police on horses
CROYDON COMMENTARY: There are many problems in our town centres, says EMMA GARDINER, but Mayor Perry is going the wrong way about putting them right Croydon’s elected mayor, Jason Perry, recently treated the public to a selfie in the town … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Social Care, Business, Community associations, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Croydon Nightwatch, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, South Norwood Community Kitchen
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Croydon Nightwatch, Emma Gardiner, Homelessness, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Metropolitan Police, South Norwood Community Kitchen, Tory
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Nightwatch blocked from feeding homeless by council building
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The volunteers from an award-winning charity have been kicked off the steps of the council’s office building, in case they put off prospective business tenants of the cash-strapped authority. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Croydon’s £82,000 per year … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon Nightwatch, Croydon parks, Housing, Jad Adams, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Queens Gardens, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Nightwatch, Fell Road, Fisher's Folly, Homelessness, Hub, Hub Residential, Jad Adams, Mayor Jason Perry, Nightwatch, Queens Gardens, Sarah Jones MP, Tory
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Adams takes a novel approach to the ‘challenges’ of Brexit
Croydon writer Jad Adams’ body of work is extensive and far-ranging. But Café Europa marks a departure for the sometime TV producer and newspaper journalist whose previous volumes have tended to be historically-based biographies, as well as, of course, chairing … Continue reading
Zurich employees choose four charities for £108,000 donation
Nightwatch, the Croydon-based charity which helps the homeless and working poor, is one of four local groups to receive a share of more than £100,000 in donations over two years from Zurich Community Trust. Nightwatch and Croydon African Caribbean Family … Continue reading
£1,000 donation to Nightwatch as they battle cost of living crisis
A week ago Croydon Council withdrew its ludicrous High Court injunction against this website. Inside Croydon’s Editor had pledged that any money raised by readers for the #KerswellBallsFund, its legal fighting fund, that was not needed for the court case … Continue reading
The 21 charities and voluntary groups helping out this winter
The innovative community group at the South Norwood Community Kitchen has recently begun operating out of the Socco Cheta hub on Portland Road, offering their regular Saturday lunches but now also running a “pay-what-you-can-afford” café at lunchtimes on Tuesdays to … 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 charity given Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service
Homelessness charity Croydon Nightwatch has been awarded The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, it has been announced today. This is the highest award a local voluntary group can receive in this country, the equivalent to an individual being given the … Continue reading
‘One of the best’ directors leaves council as Gateway closes
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The council’s bankruptcy last year is beginning to take a real toll in terms of the cuts to local services, and people’s jobs. By STEVEN DOWNES Julia Pitt, one of the best-regarded directors working for Croydon Council, … Continue reading
Homelessness charity reports 50% surge in demand for help
The volunteers at Croydon Nightwatch have witnessed much over the charity’s 45-year history, but the extra pressure of the past 15 months during the covid-19 pandemic has stretched them like never before. SANJANA IDNANI reports The annual report from Croydon’s … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Croydon Nightwatch, Jad Adams
Tagged Croydon Nightwatch, Jad Adams, Queens Gardens, Temple Road
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Oval Tavern flips pancakes into help for the homeless
The team at The Oval Tavern in East Croydon is joining forces with the Green Party to support homeless people in Croydon. They have set up an appeal for food, toiletries, warm clothing and sleeping bags. The donations will be … Continue reading
Indulge your mum this weekend – and help feed the homeless
A Caribbean restaurant based in East Croydon is offering to provide a free meal for homeless charity Croydon Nightwatch with every three-course meal for two ordered for collection or delivery over this coming Mother’s Day weekend. Big Mike’s Calypso Kitchen … Continue reading
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Tagged Boxpark, Croydon Nightwatch, Mike Mike's Calypso Kitchen
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Bankrupt borough could leave homeless out in the cold
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Charity workers express their worries that the consequences of the council’s financial collapse could be felt the hardest by some of the borough’s most vulnerable, ELLA HOPKINS reports At the start of the first coronavirus lockdown in … Continue reading
