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Tag Archives: South Norwood Community Kitchen
Council drops nursery closures after 95% of public oppose plan
The council says it has abandoned its cost-cutting plans to close or merge the borough’s five maintained nursery schools, after 95% of responses in a public consultation rejected Tory Mayor Jason Perry’s closure proposals. But parents and campaigners still fear … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Community associations, Croydon Council, Education, Mayor Jason Perry, Purley, Schools, Selhurst, Socco Cheta Community Hub, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Kitchen
Tagged Conservative, Crosfield Nursery, Croydon, Croydon Council, Emma Gardiner, Mayor Jason Perry, Our Nursery Schools Matter, Purley Nursery, Selhurst Nursery, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Kitchen, Thornton Heath Nursery, Tory, Tunstall Nursery
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Hundreds turn out to protest against plan to close nurseries
Children as young as three or four are being threatened with the consequences of the crass mismanagement of the local council and the failed £1bn property gamble by the borough’s biggest land-owners. By education correspondent GENE BRODIE It was all … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Services, Community associations, Croydon Council, Education, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Palace, Schools, Selhurst, Socco Cheta Community Hub, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Kitchen, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Brick by Brick, Conservative, Crosfield Nursery, Croydon, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Nursery consultation, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace Parents Alliance, Our Nursery Schools Matter, Portland Road, Selhurst Nursery, Socco Cheta, South Norwood Community Kitchen, Tory, Whitgift Foundation
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Community campaigns join forces to fight for nursery schools
Parents’ groups call on £84,000 per year Croydon Mayor to provide assurance that none of the borough’s maintained nurseries will be closed Two volunteer community groups have joined forces to organise public opinion against the latest proposed cuts to services … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Education, Mayor Jason Perry, Purley, Schools, Selhurst, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Kitchen
Tagged Addiscombe West, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Elizabeth Daniels, Emma Gardiner, London Borough of Croydon, Maintained Nursery Schools, Nursery Schoold consultation, nursery schools, Purley, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Kitchen, Thornton Heath
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Save Crosfield and Selhurst nurseries, SNCK, Sep 30
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Education, Schools, Socco Cheta Community Hub, South Norwood Community Kitchen
Tagged Conservative, Crosfield Nursery, Croydon, Croydon Council, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Portland Road, Selhurst, Selhurst Nursery, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Kitchen, Tory
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Lawyers start to look into Croydon’s temporary accommodation
A public meeting today with public interest lawyers could represent the start of a potentially long campaign to get better living conditions for hundreds of families currently housed in three former office blocks on London Road between Thornton Heath and … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Housing, Socco Cheta Community Hub, South Norwood Community Kitchen, South West London Law Centres
Tagged Concord House, London Road, Norbury, Socco Cheta, South Norwood Community Kitchen, South West London Law Centre, Sycamore House, Thornton Heath, Windsor House
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Do the decent thing: podcast’s latest call for Perry to quit
Jason Perry would resign from his £84,000 per year job as Croydon’s executive Mayor if he had any dignity. That’s the view of Andrew Fisher, one of the guests on the latest bumper edition of The Croydon Insider, this website’s … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Croydon Council, Croydon Insider, Inside Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Under The Flyover
Tagged Andrew Fisher, Cheryl Fergus-Ferrell, Conservative, Croydon Council, Donna Fraser, Dr Ross White, Emma Gardiner, Garwood Foundation, Labour, Mayor Jason Perry, South Norwood Community Kitchen, Tory
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Cold-hearted Perry refuses to open warm banks in Croydon
More than half of local councils in England are planning “warm spaces”, where people can shelter from the cold this winter amid soaring energy costs. But not in Croydon, where the borough’s cold-hearted Mayor, Jason Perry, has decided that the … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Age UK Croydon, Business, Charity, Community associations
Tagged Addiscombe East, Ashburton Hall, Better, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace FC, GLL, Mayor Jason Perry, Selhurst Park, Socco Cheta, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Kitchen, Tory, Waddon, Waddon Leisure Centre, Warm banks, Warm hubs, Warm spaces
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Fighting fund’s £1,000 donation helps at heart of community
Earlier this month, Croydon Council withdrew its ludicrous High Court injunction against this website. Inside Croydon pledged that any money raised by readers for the #KerswellBallsFund, its legal fighting fund, that was not needed for the court case would be donated … Continue reading
SWLLC Temporary Accommodation lunch, Socco Cheta, Dec 1
Posted in Community associations, Housing, Regina Road Residents' Support Group, Socco Cheta Community Hub, South Norwood Community Kitchen, South West London Law Centres
Tagged Regina Road Residents' Support Group, Socco Cheta, South Norwood Community Kitchen, South West London Law Centre, SWLLC, Temporary accommodation
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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
Mayor condemned for ‘cruel’ treatment of street homeless
When other local authorities are looking to provide ‘warm banks’ for the poor and winter shelters for the homeless, Croydon’s cash-strapped council is seizing vulnerable people’s possessions in their effort to tidy up their swanky offices. By STEVEN DOWNES Tory … Continue reading
Posted in Bernard Weatherill House, Charity, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon Nightwatch, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, Property, South Norwood Community Kitchen, Stuart King
Tagged Bernard Weatherill House, Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Emma Gardiner, Fisher's Folly, Homelessness, London Borough of Croydon, Mario Creatura, Mayor Jason Perry, SNCK, South Norwood Community Kitchen, STUART KING, Tory
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Giles in ‘fairytale’ return for second spell as Croydon boss
Seven months after he stood down as manager at Croydon FC, it was announced tonight that Liam Giles is to return to the Arena as the club’s new boss. A vacancy had occurred after Tyler Chambers and his assistant manager, … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon FC, Football, Sport
Tagged Croydon Arena, Croydon FC, Gavin English, Liam Giles, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Kitchen, Tyler Chandler
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