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Help Cassandra Centre provide festive cheer for the elders

Inside Croydon’s nominated charity for this year’s Christmas Appeal is the Cassandra Centre We are asking our loyal readers to cof ontribute towards the charity’s fund-raising to help pay towards the costs providing the get-together and meal, which will be … Continue reading

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Inside Croydon’s Christmas Appeal: Help the Cassandra Centre provide some festive cheer for the community’s elders

Inside Croydon today announces that its nominated charity for its 2023 Christmas Appeal is the Cassandra Centre, as it prepares to deliver some festive cheer to dozens of older members of the community. We are asking our loyal readers to … Continue reading

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Domestic violence in Croydon up 13.4% in past year

The death of Tia Sharpe was just one murder of a girl or woman in our borough in the past year. LEE WEBSTER highlights a set of crime statistics that should be of grave concern to everyone living and working … Continue reading

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Cuts to Family Justice Centre are putting lives at risk

LEE WEBSTER, a campaigner from South Norwood, on the vital importance of International Women’s Day for Croydon Every year on March 8, we mark International Women’s Day, on which for a hundred years, women activists have campaigned for gender equality … Continue reading

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Imagine: wishes for 2013 to see a better, safer Croydon

LEE WEBSTER outlines her new year’s wishes for Croydon – with safety and proper representation top of her list Sorry to burst the bubble of holiday joy, but it’s hard to look forward with too much hope to the coming … Continue reading

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Council has no real answers as Justice Centre’s funds are cut

HAMIDA ALI, right, went to the Town Hall on Monday to ask her first question of councillors. She felt she was insulted and abused There’s growing concern in Croydon about the fate of the Family Justice Centre, one of many … Continue reading

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