Tag Archives: Steve Phaure

Westfield’s latest charm offensive: £1,000 to handful of groups

Posted on January 13, 2025 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Charities shocked to find council set to sell their buildings

Posted on November 30, 2023 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Voluntary sector’s bleak future as Mayor axes all funding

Posted on January 27, 2023 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Voluntary groups to present their ‘manifesto’ to the Mayor

Posted on July 11, 2022 by insidecroydon

The borough’s voluntary sector meets next week and is laying down a challenge to newly-elected Mayor Jason Perry to provide a proper framework that will allow the borough’s volunteers and carers to meet the growing demands for their help. The … Continue reading →

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Labour wants to cut voluntary sector funding by a ‘full Negrini’

Posted on October 13, 2021 by insidecroydon

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 →

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CVA faces questions after employee pleads guilty to theft

Posted on August 21, 2017 by insidecroydon

An employee of Croydon Voluntary Action is to appear for sentencing in Croydon Crown Court on Friday after pleading guilty to one charge of theft, involving amounts believed to total to more than £70,000. CVA is one of the borough’s … Continue reading →

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