Tag Archives: Legacy Youth Zone

Movie star Boyega helps Amazon deliver to Legacy Youth Zone

Posted on December 8, 2022 by insidecroydon

Movie star John Boyega was the surprise pre-Christmas package delivered to the Legacy Youth Zone on Whitehorse Road last night. The Star Wars actor’s visit was part of a campaign by Amazon and youth charity OnSide to deliver smiles to … Continue reading →

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Queen’s Jubilee celebration, Legacy Youth Zone, Jun 4

Posted on May 17, 2022 by insidecroydon
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Mystery donor pledges to double donations to Youth Zone

Posted on January 3, 2022 by insidecroydon

A mystery donor has come forward offering to match all donations made towards the Legacy Youth Zone in Selhurst. The Legacy Youth Zone, which serves a membership of more than 6,000 young people, but was told before Christmas that it … Continue reading →

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Council axes its annual grant to flagship Legacy Youth Zone

Posted on December 1, 2021 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on the latest casualty of the council’s financial mismanagement The Legacy Youth Zone, a flagship development of Tony Newman’s Labour council, built with £3.25million capital investment from the Town Hall, is to … Continue reading →

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Legacy Youth Zone boosted by £150,000 pledge from patron

Posted on June 12, 2020 by insidecroydon

Ruskin Square has increased its donation to Croydon’s Legacy Youth Zone by £50,000 a year over the next three years. Ruskin Square is the mixed-used development at East Croydon, developed by Stanhope and Schroders. They were one of the “Founder … Continue reading →

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Millwood makes investment in the future at Legacy Youth Zone

Posted on May 9, 2020 by insidecroydon

Millwood Servicing is the latest firm to sign up as a Patron of Croydon’s Legacy Youth Zone, committing £75,000 over three years to support the new centre’s activities. Opened on Whitehorse Road last September, the Legacy Youth Zone is a … Continue reading →

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Gatwick buys council’s silence over air pollution with £75,000

Posted on September 13, 2019 by insidecroydon

A matter of weeks after grandstanding in the Town Hall chamber over a vacuous declaration of a climate emergency in Croydon, Tony Newman has linked one of the council’s youth centres to a sponsorship deal with… Gatwick Airport. Newman’s latest … Continue reading →

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Council’s prestige £6.5m youth project opening gets delayed

Posted on June 26, 2019 by insidecroydon

Four years after they announced the project in a flurry of mutual back-slapping, the council’s leadership has gone quiet as the Legacy Youth Zone has missed its deadline, reports KEN LEE There has been an unusual, for him, silence from … Continue reading →

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Was £1m Croydon mystery donor Stormzy or Spider-Man?

Posted on June 19, 2017 by insidecroydon

Was grime star Stormzy the mystery benefactor who donated a cool £1million towards a youth centre to be built in the north of the borough? That’s one suggestion after it was announced that an anonymous donor handed over £1million towards … Continue reading →

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