Tag Archives: Nightwatch

Nightwatch’s volunteers remember Jamie Keating every night

Posted on September 13, 2026 by insidecroydon

CROYDON CHRONICLES: This week, Minster archivist DAVID MORGAN has gone back just 50 years, for a heart-rending story of volunteers and sacrifice that began with a local newspaper reporter and the Parish Church’s curate going out on to the streets … Continue reading →

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Nightwatch at 50: pride in the fight against poverty and misery

Posted on September 9, 2026 by insidecroydon

PHOTOGRAPHS by MICHAEL SHILLING Croydon homelessness charity Nightwatch marked 50 years of caring for and helping the borough’s vulnerable and most-in-need citizens with a special anniversary reception for its volunteers held at Braithwaite Hall last night. Jad Adams, chair of … Continue reading →

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Nightwatch blocked from feeding homeless by council building

Posted on July 11, 2023 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Croydon charity given Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service

Posted on June 2, 2022 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Nightwatch chairman Adams given lifetime service award

Posted on October 13, 2016 by insidecroydon

Jad Adams, the chair of homelessness charity Croydon Nightwatch, has been honoured with the lifetime service award at the Mayor of Croydon’s Civic Awards. Adams has been volunteering with Nightwatch since 1979, and has been its chairman since 1992. This … Continue reading →

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Council leader lied about homeless ‘socialising’ at soup kitchen

Posted on March 26, 2014 by insidecroydon

Mike Fisher, the Tory leader of Croydon Council, misled a Town Hall meeting when he claimed to have received complaints from a council-funded service provider over the work of Nightwatch, the charity which provides a nightly soup kitchen for the … Continue reading →

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