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Tag Archives: Legacy Youth Zone
Lidl summer camp at Legacy zone provides thoughts for food
NADIA AZIZUDDIN visited the Legacy Youth Zone to witness the launch of an innovative project to teach youngsters how to eat more healthily Supermarket chain Lidl has joined forced with national youth charity Onside to provide free Summer Clubs for … Continue reading
RSPCA investigates dead dog found dumped in Selhurst park
The RSPCA has launched an investigation after the dead body of a dog was found in Whitehorse Road Recreation Ground in Croydon last week. A member of the public discovered the body of a badly emaciated female brown and white … Continue reading
Paralympian Bayley gives his best shots at Legacy Youth Zone
Strictly Come Dancing performer and professional ping-pongist Will Bayley paid a surprise visit to Croydon’s Legacy Youth Zone in Whitehorse Road this week. It was Bayley’s first public appearance since he won a table tennis silver medal at the Paris … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Charity, Education, Selhurst, Wates
Tagged Legacy Youth Zone, Paralympic Games, Paris Paralympics, Selhurst, table tennis, The BRIT School, Wates Group, Will Bayley
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Golfer takes on 100-hole challenge for Legacy Youth Zone
A Croydon golfer is hoping that the long days of mid-summer will allow him to complete a 100-hole challenge this week, and help him raise thousands of pounds for one of the borough’s most inspiring youth charities. James Miller, a … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Croham Hurst GC, Golf, Sport
Tagged Croham Hurst, Croham Hurst Golf Club, Croydon, James Miller, Legacy Youth Zone, South Croydon
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Westfield makes £25,000 annual grant to ensure lasting Legacy
Croydon’s Legacy Youth Zone is to receive £75,000 over the next three years as part of a “new partnership” with Unibail-Rodamco Westfield, the French-owned multi-billion shopping centre developers and owners. URW announced the deal with Legacy, saying that it “forms … Continue reading
Youth Zone tackles cost of living crisis with free hot meals
Croydon’s Legacy Youth Zone is playing its part to address the cost-of-living crisis by offering free hot meals to young people attending the centre throughout winter. Young people who attend the centre on Whitehorse Road, Selhurst, for one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Selhurst
Tagged Ajaz Ahmed, Ajaz.org, Legacy Youth Zone, Selhurst
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Recreation ground reopens with ‘magnificent seven’ sculptures
Whitehorse Road Recreation Ground was reopened this week after £85,000 in Government funding was used to make “significant improvements” to the park, with locals expressing hope that it will become a safer place for people to use, and discourage the … Continue reading
Movie star Boyega helps Amazon deliver to Legacy Youth Zone
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
Mystery donor pledges to double donations to Youth Zone
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
Council axes its annual grant to flagship Legacy Youth Zone
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
Legacy Youth Zone boosted by £150,000 pledge from patron
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
Posted in Charity, Croydon Council, Ruskin Square
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Legacy Youth Zone, Ruskin Square, Stanhope Schroders
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Millwood makes investment in the future at Legacy Youth Zone
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
Posted in Education, Selhurst, Sport
Tagged Legacy Youth Zone, Millwood Servicing, Selhurst
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Gatwick buys council’s silence over air pollution with £75,000
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
Council’s prestige £6.5m youth project opening gets delayed
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
Was £1m Croydon mystery donor Stormzy or Spider-Man?
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
Posted in Art, BRIT School, Charity, Cinema, Harris Academy South Norwood, Music, Selhurst, South Norwood
Tagged Adele, Croydon Council, Legacy Youth Zone, Selhurst, South Norwood, Stormzy, The BRIT School, Tom Holland
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