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Met to look at evidence app to counter domestic violence
Reporting by this website has helped to prompt the Metropolitan Police to explore the benefits of an app designed to help victims of domestic abuse gather and store evidence. JOHNNY DOBBYN reports on a significant move The Metropolitan Police has … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, CVA, Inside Croydon, Johnny Dobbyn
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Voluntary Action, CVA, Johnny Dobbyn, Kulpa, London, Metropolitan Police, VAWG, Violence Against Women and Girls
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When people talk, things happen and they get things done
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Businessman TIM WATES believes that even a small shift in engagement with each other can make a big difference to the borough’s future Across Croydon, many community groups, volunteers and businesses are rolling up their sleeves to make … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Charity, Community associations, Croydon Commitment, Crystal Palace FC, Education, Knife crime, Lives Not Knives, Serious About Youth, Tim Wates, Wates Group
Tagged Croydon, Croydon College, Croydon Voluntary Action, Crystal Palace FC, Fairfield Halls, Lives Not Knives, Palace for Life Foundation, Serious About Youth, Tim Wates, Wates, Wates Group
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Westfield’s latest charm offensive: £1,000 to handful of groups
Westfield, part of the multi-national Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield property group which is worth many billions, last month announced an “important strand of our community strategy”: doling out some modest grants to community groups and charities in the borough. It is more than … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Charity, Community associations, CVA, Mayor Jason Perry, North End Quarter, Steve Phaure, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Voluntary Action, CVA, Hammersfield, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Steve Phaure, Tory, Unibail Rodamco Westfield, URW, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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London activates emergency protocol to help homeless people
With freezing temperatures forecast through to the weekend, Sir Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, and councils across the capital, including Croydon, have activated the pan-London SWEP – the Severe Weather Emergency Protocol – to protect homeless people. SWEP has … Continue reading
Staff ‘disgusted’ at council’s response to homeless emergency
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Unanswered phones, lack of proper staff briefings and information on the website that was a year out of date – council’s response to last week’s Severe Weather Emergency was a ‘shit show’ according to insiders. EXCLUSIVE by … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, CVA, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Voluntary Action, CVA, GLA, Greater London Authority, homeless, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Severe Weather Emergency Protocol, Storm Bert, Street homeless, SWEP, Tory
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After 12 years of blight, Westfield offers groups £1,000 grants
Crumbs from the table. After more than 12 years of development blight in Croydon town centre, at unmeasurable cost to residents, local business owners and even the local authority, Westfield have coughed up a grand total of £100,000 for a … Continue reading
Charities shocked to find council set to sell their buildings
Not content with withdrawing all grant aid from the borough’s voluntary groups, cash-strapped Croydon Council is now looking at making 17 charities and community groups effectively homeless by selling the buildings that they currently use. At the start of the … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Council Tax, Croydon Council, CVA, Mayor Jason Perry, Mind in Croydon, Steve Phaure
Tagged Conservative, Cornerstone House, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon VA, Croydon Voluntary Action, CVA, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Mind in Croydon, Pampisford Road, Scrutiny and Overview Committee, Scrutiny committee, Selhurst, Steve Phaure, Tory
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Watchdog to answer public questions over policing incidents
Senior officials from the IOPC – the Independent Office for Police Conduct – will be answering public questions at an open meeting in Croydon this Friday. The Metropolitan Police in Croydon is subject to two high-profile IOPC investigations: one into … Continue reading
Croydon loses out in the long run with just 21 marathon grants
This year’s London Marathon on Sunday will be celebrating the event having distributed more than £100million to good causes over the last 42 years. Yet Croydon has the worst record of all London boroughs in applying for grants, as STEVEN … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Charity, Community associations, Croydon Council, Health, London-wide issues, Sport
Tagged Chris Brasher, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Harriers, Croydon Voluntary Action, John Disley, London Marathon, London Marathon Charitable Trust, London Marathon Foundation, Nick Bitel
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Voluntary sector’s bleak future as Mayor axes all funding
Croydon Voluntary Action, the council-funded umbrella organisation that coordinates the activities of much of the “third sector” in the borough, says it wants to “re-set” its relationship with the Town Hall as Mayor Jason Perry prepares to axe all funding … Continue reading
Posted in Age UK Croydon, Charity, Community associations, Crisis Skylight Centre, Croydon CAB, Croydon Council, Croydon Vision, CVA, Garwood Foundation, Mayor Jason Perry, Mind in Croydon, South West London Law Centres, Steve Phaure
Tagged Age UK Croydon, Asian Resource Centre of Croydon, Conservative, Covid-19, Crisis, Croydon, Croydon Almshouses, Croydon CAB, Croydon Citizens Advice, Croydon Council, Croydon Drop In, Croydon Vision, Croydon Voluntary Action, CVA, Garwood Foundation, Mayor Jason Perry, Mind in Croydon, New Addington Good Samaritans, South West London Law Centre, Steve Phaure, SWLLC, Tory
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Voluntary groups face ‘wipe out’ in Tory Mayor’s budget cuts
EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Croydon’s charities and voluntary sector face an existential threat, as the Mayor of Croydon, Jason Perry, prepares to axe the council’s Community Fund next year. More than 40 groups could be affected, from larger organisations such … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Stranack, Charity, Community associations, Croydon CAB, Croydon Council, Croydon Nightwatch, CVA, Mayor Jason Perry, Purley Food Hub
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Almshouses, Croydon Council, Croydon Relief In Need, Croydon Voluntary Action, CVA, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Tory
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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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Scrooge-like council shuts voluntary food hub at Christmas
While dozens of voluntary groups and community organisations have been doing their bit to help the borough’s most vulnerable through the second pandemic Christmas, budget cuts at cash-strapped Croydon Council have seen their own voluntary sector organisation forced to shut … Continue reading
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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Summer camps and finance courses all found in one place
Schools’ long summer break may have only just begun, but there will be many parents around the borough on the lookout for decent, and low-cost, activities to keep their children engaged over the holidays. And Croydon Voluntary Action, the council-funded … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Community associations, CVA, Education, Schools, Sport
Tagged Croydon Voluntary Action, Simply Connect Croydon
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Community spirit helped us through the crisis. Let’s cherish it
It is Volunteers’ Week and this year, writes PETER UNDERWOOD, it is more important than ever that we celebrate what makes people want to volunteer One of the really positive things to come of the coronavirus pandemic crisis has been … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Community associations, CVA, Peter Underwood
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Voluntary Action, Peter Underwood
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Covid-19 Mutual Aid group put our ‘unsung heroes’ on the map
The borough’s mutual aid organisation that was set-up at the start of the coronavirus emergency, has now produced an updated map of food banks and soup kitchens which they hope will help “the unsung heroes of this crisis” – the … Continue reading
‘The council has been marvellous’ says Food Stop pastor
Croydon’s fourth Food Stop has opened in Purley, offering significant discounts on food bills for local families in need as part of the borough-wide welfare response to covid-19. Families can save up to £700 a year off household bills at … Continue reading
Croydon in area with country’s highest coronavirus death rate
The vital need for Croydon residents to follow government advice to stay at home except for essential travel in order to save lives – including their own – has been underlined by data published by the Health Service Journal. The … Continue reading
Ten top tips to help do your bit during the covid-19 emergency
After more than a week of the coronavirus lockdown, we’ve probably all got more time on our (very well-washed) hands than we know what to do with. Here, Croydon teacher and volunteer ROWENNA DAVIS (pictured left) offers some suggestions about … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Community associations, Croydon Nightwatch, CVA, Health, Rowenna Davis
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon Voluntary Action, CVA, Rowenna Davis
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Council mobilises volunteers to deliver support to the needy
Our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE, on the latest special measures being taken by Mint Walk to deal with the covid-19 emergency Croydon Council took on a key emergency responsibility yesterday as the coronavirus emergency lockdown entered its second week. … Continue reading
Posted in Council Tax, Croydon Council, CVA
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Voluntary Action, CVA, London Borough of Croydon, NHS
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