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Tag Archives: Wates Group
Norbury charity’s boxing clever with £80,000 from Wates trust
Be Inspired, a Croydon-based group dedicated to tackling youth crime and supporting young people, has received an £80,000 grant from the Wates Family Enterprise Trust. The grant will be used to help develop Be Inspired’s “Generation Change” programme, which delivers … Continue reading
Posted in Be Inspired, Boxing, Business, Charity, Crime, Norbury, Wates Group
Tagged Be Inspired, Boxing, Norbury, Norbury Park, Wates, Wates Family Enterprise Trust, Wates Group
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When people talk, things happen and they get things done
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Businessman TIM WATES believes that even a small shift in engagement with each other can make a big difference to the borough’s future Across Croydon, many community groups, volunteers and businesses are rolling up their sleeves to make … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Charity, Community associations, Croydon Commitment, Crystal Palace FC, Education, Knife crime, Lives Not Knives, Serious About Youth, Tim Wates, Wates Group
Tagged Croydon, Croydon College, Croydon Voluntary Action, Crystal Palace FC, Fairfield Halls, Lives Not Knives, Palace for Life Foundation, Serious About Youth, Tim Wates, Wates, Wates Group
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Construkt’s young builders take the HS2 fast track into work
A pioneering construction training course developed in Croydon has been adapted for use with HS2 contractors at Old Oak Common. The Construkt course, run by Croydon-based social enterprise Serious About Youth, has been given an HS2 variation in conjunction with … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Charity, Serious About Youth
Tagged Balfour Beatty, Construkt, Croydon, HS2, Old Oak Common, Rommell Wallace, Serious About Youth, Wates Group
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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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Construction firm volunteers give Mayday garden a makeover
An essential space for bereaved families, within Croydon’s largest hospital’s maternity unit, has been given a facelift thanks to volunteers from Wates Group. The Garden Suite, a comforting and private area, provides an important space for bereaved families who wish … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Charity, Gardening, Mayday Hospital
Tagged Croydon University Hospital, Mayday Hospital, Wates Group
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