NEWS ARCHIVE
January 2015 ( View complete archive page )
- Fly-tippers dump two tonnes of waste in Croydon
- All aboard the relaunch of www.croydon.gov.uk
- Plans to conserve the historic areas of Upper Norwood
- Have your say on new brand for London Road
- Dealing with debt
- Council to work with community over future of Purley pool
- Thousands go online for Freedom Pass renewals
- Parade tells world Croydon is going places
- Council officer shortlisted for architecture award
- Council clampdown on empty properties to help those needing homes
- Keeping Holocaust and genocide memories alive
- North End improvement works set to begin
- Councillor Gerry Ryan: a true Croydon champion
- Reporting noise? App's the way to do it
- Reporting noise? App's the way to do it
- Money management advice
- Volunteers to be honoured in annual Civic Awards
- Do you Pass? - Trading standards can help
- How local businesses can work for the council
- London Road shop fronts set for major makeover
- Community champions boost fly-tipping crackdown
- Almost 2,000 new school places for Croydon
- Council adopts Old Town masterplan
- Parents reminded to return primary school applications
- Old Town renovation works to get under way
- Council staff donate food to Croydon families
- Major improvements to East Croydon to take place
February 2015 ( View complete archive page )
- Rogue builder duped elderly victims out of thousands
- Croydon to host major cycling event
- Alert shopper stops sale of counterfeit fragrances
- Time to start planning for your Big Lunch
- Don't Mess With Croydon - Take Pride campaign recruits cadets
- Don't Mess With Croydon - Take Pride campaign recruits cadets
- Football fans kick off anniversary games
- Chancellor to support Croydon "growth zone"
- Chancellor to support Croydon "growth zone"
- Cabinet recommends council tax freeze
- Have your say on the regeneration of South Norwood
- Whitgift appeal dismissed by Court of Appeal
- Are you Croydon's best apprentice?
- Are you Croydon's best apprentice?
- Tenants' rent rise one of the lowest in London
- Tenants' rent rise one of the lowest in London
- Palace to support Croydon's White Ribbon campaign
- Palace to support Croydon's White Ribbon campaign
- Facebook helps bring fly-tipper to book
- Croydon among top 3% of world charity donors
- Pledge your plastics for recycling
- Web tech used in battle against blue-badge fraud
- Call centre scam targets Asian community
- Tagged curfew and community service for benefits cheat
- Plan ahead for the perfect St Valentine's date
- Plan ahead for the perfect St Valentine's date
- Snow clearing update
- Fresh plans to tackle public disorder
- Vote to give Wandle Park a £175,000 boost
March 2015 ( View complete archive page )
- Period of grace for expired Freedom Passes
- Croydon's cultural revival moves a step forward
- Croydon's cultural revival moves a step forward
- Soul II Soul and Tinariwen for Croydon's Ambition Festival
- Soul II Soul and Tinariwen for Croydon's Ambition Festival
- Major town centre improvements to take place
- Firms warned not to fall for appeal of rates scam
- Firms warned not to fall for appeal of rates scam
- Be sure to register to be able to vote
- Council welcomes Croydon Partnership's acquisition of Whitgift Centre leasehold
- Council welcomes Croydon Partnership's acquisition of Whitgift Centre leasehold
- Take the test and wise up to your drinking
- Council fly-tipping campaign gets 230 local recruits
- Council seizes property under empty homes clampdown
- Councillors to be given ward budgets
- Increasing affordable homes in Croydon
- Meet New Addington's new police officers
- Meet New Addington's new police officers
- Pioneering company to improve Croydon schools launched
- Croydon welcomes Chancellor's £7m growth zone budget announcement
- Croydon welcomes Chancellor's £7m growth zone budget announcement
- Celebrating London Road
- A new transport vision for Croydon
- A new transport vision for Croydon
- Have your say on improving Thornton Heath
- Schools set to transform Croydon's love of food
- Schools set to transform Croydon's love of food
- Croydon calls on government to devolve work programme
- The cream of the Croydon crop
- Annual event recognises youngsters' road safety work
- Annual event recognises youngsters' road safety work
- Who is your favourite market trader?
- Boxpark Croydon to open in early 2016
- Winning brand announced for London Road
- Council fly-tipping clampdown prosecutes six in one day
- Better landlords plan set for approval
- Countdown to care reform begins
- The council's ten priorities on housing
- The council's ten priorities on housing
- 20mph limit proposals for Croydon
- Be proud to be a quitter
- New secondary school pupils offered places
April 2015 ( View complete archive page )
- Dedicated advice line to open on election day
- Plans to keep Croydon moving scoops top award
- Vote to bring leading artist to Croydon
- Council HR team rises to the challenge and wins excellence award
- Surrey StrEatery to hold fun day finale
- Trading standards and bank unite to foil heartless con
- Neighbour’s video catches fly-tippers in the act
- Primary school places announced
- Filthy restaurant costs owner £24,000 and ban
- Monks Hill Sports Centre to open for the community
- Easter improvement works completed across town centre
- Mother jailed for £100k benefit fraud
- Beware the pensions fraudsters lying in wait
- Croydon residents take up the offer of online council services
- Bogus parcel scam aims to con residents
May 2015 ( View complete archive page )
- Council to improve waste collection
- Get along to the Whitgift for a wealth of health
- Croydon to be awarded social enterprise status
- South London Partnership launches case for devolution
- The Mayor of Croydon – Councillor Patricia Hay-Justice
- Rifles return for third town-centre parade
- Online support for people with autism
- Fun day to launch Croydon Outdoor Explorer Network
- Britain's top cyclists to race through North End
- Britain's top cyclists to race through North End
- Helping communities get online
- Council crushes fly-tipping van
- Are you conversation ready? - Outlining your dying wishes
- 20mph limit proposals for Croydon launched
- 20mph limit proposals for Croydon launched
- Man jailed for 42-tonne fly-tip
June 2015 ( View complete archive page )
- Fly-tipper prosecuted under council clampdown
- New payment model sees Croydon lead the way in London
- Cheap TVs and iPhones – a quick way to lose your cash
- Students pledge to help stop domestic abuse
- New website launched for London Road traders
- Hundreds attracted to Croydon table tennis festival
- Online alcohol service nominated for national award
- Avoid dodgy mattress salesman and sleep soundly
- Bogus council officers pick on vulnerable residents
- New rules shine light on letting agents' fees
- Scams awareness month: telephone scams
- Scams awareness month: telephone scams
- Learning in the libraries with Lego
- Learning in the libraries with Lego
- Parking ticket machines decommissioned in anti-theft pilot
- Loan fund for small businesses to be increased to £4m
- Croydon to open world-leading tech incubator
- Funding to help social enterprises grow
- Delivering the benefits of Croydon's growth
- Handing power to the community
- Residents urged to give views on Croydon’s 20mph plans
- Free festival folk and fusion
- Health opportunity not to be missed
- Vegans back on track after robbery chase accident
- Croydon takes historic step to support cut in tobacco use
- Benefit cheat given six-month suspended sentence
- Nipping nips-offending in the bud
- Two years' noise nuisance leads to closure order on flat
- Two years' noise nuisance leads to closure order on flat
- Croydon unites to combat domestic abuse
- Interfaith bike ride and picnic in the park
- New opening hours for customer contact
- £2.49 knife sale costs town store thousands
- Queen's Gardens fountain to become performance space
- Queen's Gardens fountain to become performance space
July 2015 ( View complete archive page )
- Ambition opens door to cultural future for Croydon
- Improvements ahead to ongoing road closure trial
- Croydon best-improved in national jobs table
- Scams Awareness Month: darkening the doorstep
- Summer of free swimming for under-16s
- Stones mark borough's 50th birthday
- Fairfield Halls forecourt to be transformed
- South Norwood bangs the drums: New arts project to launch
- The four-day weekend starts here
- PoundMart not so smart with under-age knife sale
- Scams Awareness Month: doing it by the letter
- Sign up for this year's Summer Reading Challenge
- Croydon youngsters take their first step into work
- Benefit cheat told to pay up or go back to jail
- Launch of Lego in borough libraries
- Teens – enjoy the great outdoors this summer
- Majority in favour of 20mph
- Croydon Spacehive project hits crowdfunding target
- Ex-foster mum caught out over £19k fraud
- Construction work to start regenerating Coulsdon
- Croydon landlords sign up for licensing scheme discount
- New health vision aims to combat deep-rooted problems
- Old Town Masterplan scoops top award
- Growth, independence and a pleasant place to live - council sets out Croydon's three year vision
- Telephone bill and the smooth operator
- Making it easier for you to register to vote
- Shedding pounds sterling instead of pounds imperial
- New design team appointed for New Addington
- New council development company to deliver Taberner House scheme
- Council acts after tenant causes 'hell' for neighbours
- Scams Awareness Month: staying safe online
- Minute's silence to honour Tunisia dead
- Landlord licence discount goes live
- Council leader calls on PM to choose Gatwick
August 2015 ( View complete archive page )
- Finding out what the community thinks
- Director of public health to stand down in November
- Ambitious for education - Croydon school children celebrate exam success
- Slicing into illegal knife-sale figures
- Opening Croydon's doors for Open House weekend
- Filthy conditions cost bakery a lot of dough
- Council hunts fridge fly-tippers
- Benefits cheat gets eight month prison sentence
- High Court backs Croydon landlord licensing scheme
- New cycle hub and bike hire scheme to launch in Croydon
- Nearly a third of Croydon uses council services online
- New website for residents to get involved in local issues
- Parks fly the Green Flag for Croydon
- Learning what matters most to the community
September 2015 ( View complete archive page )
- Croydon to host Social Saturday
- On-the-spot fines issued during fly-tip crackdown
- Croydon schools lead the way in architectural design
- 2016/17 admissions open for new and expanding Croydon schools
- Croydon opens its doors for Open House weekend
- Good cheer on tap for Croydon's first craft beer festival
- Council’s final call for cut-price landlord licence
- Croydon to become a flexible working borough
- Council welcomes CPO as historic moment for Croydon residents
- Open House Croydon to take place this weekend
- Civic service to celebrate multi-faith nature of Croydon
- Purley BID will bring economic growth to the area
- Anti-DV work gains international recognition
- Making Croydon a great place to live
- Green fingered? Help others grow their own food
- It's 'All systems go' for Croydon Saffron Central
- Quit the cigs with the help of the Stoptober Roadshow
- Red light for blue-badge fraudsters with online form
- Litter and fly-tipping campaign sees seventeen prosecuted
- Don't lose your chance to have your say
October 2015 ( View complete archive page )
- Fighting the horrors of modern slavery
- Croydon Council officially declared a London Living Wage employer
- Exhibition to unveil new cultural and educational quarter
- Schools offered chance of cash to grow their own food
- Good food links borough with towns and cities nationwide
- Boxpark Croydon gets the go ahead
- Croydon to remember its war heroes and heroines
- First BMX track planned for Croydon
- Check the scores on the Christmas restaurant doors
- Groundbreaking partnership tackles sexual grooming risk
- Council closes flat of antisocial tenant
- Think ahead and apply early for starting school in 2016
- Keeping kids safe in seasonal fun
- Council leader's response to OFC interim report
- Council team raids £500,000 fake tobacco factory
- Ambition in the running for two national festival awards
- Getting the best start for Croydon's under-fives
- Supporting young people and making Croydon safer
- Play Streets pilot draws more than 50 people - VIDEO AND PICTURES
- Series of events planned for Croydon Business Month
- Recognising Croydon's community civic heroes
- Croydon set for family fun festival
- Council announces plans for a new college and transformed Fairfield Halls, turning the town into a world-class cultural and educational destination
- Food safety mayhem in Babylon
- Town park's stag do comes to a happy end
- Women in leadership the focus of Black History Month
- Crack house boarded up by council
November 2015 ( View complete archive page )
- Your chance to view improvement plans for South Norwood
- Your chance to view improvement plans for South Norwood
- Congress seeks to unite Croydon against child sexual exploitation
- New director of public health announced
- New director of public health announced
- Canny resident thwarts bogus trading standards officer
- Working hard to support the White Ribbon campaign
- Local people urged to check their HIV status at mobile clinic
- 'Exceptional' Croydon foster carer takes top national award
- Official launch of improved South End Restaurant Quarter
- Official launch of improved South End Restaurant Quarter
- Eighty new dual bins introduced to crack down on litter
- Don't mess with Croydon: 15 prosecuted for littering
- Businesses vote for a Purley Bid
- Callous scammers ignore season of good will
- Live music on the streets of South Norwood
- Winter is coming – and so are the boiler scams
- Council's Play Streets scheme grows
- Croydon remembers the victims of the Paris massacre
- Be bright – and safe – this Christmas
- Croydon Council flood response continues
- Fairfield plans pass scrutiny test
- Historic church to light up West Croydon
- Martha Lane Fox charity launches Go ON Croydon - its first digital skills programme in the capital
- Public meeting to discuss regeneration of Thornton Heath
- Have your say on making Croydon a great place to live
- Have your say on making Croydon a great place to live
- The opportunity to have your say is coming to an end
- Students to lead housing scrutiny
December 2015 ( View complete archive page )
- Music industry artists lined up to judge kids' heartfelt songs
- Council shuts drugs den
- Exploding Christmas lights prompt product recall
- Dogs are not just for Christmas
- Record year of Christmas donations from council staff
- Working for residents over the festive break
- Appeal to boost council care equipment reuse
- Tell us how you feel about community safety
- Croydon confirmed as southern economic powerhouse
- 50-year-old electric blanket fails the safety test
- Community urged to speak on new joined-up health plans
- Council appoints new director of planning and strategic transport
- Tackling congestion at Fiveways
- It's Freedom Pass renewal time – look out for your letter
- Don't let your last four digits lead to a costly mistake
- £2million savings puts Croydon-led partnership in line for efficiency award
- Doctor and ex-wife fined more than £90,000 for filthy eatery
- Croydon's primary schools set to improve
- Trading standards work spares resident a loss of £2,500
- Too much bother with a cut-price hover
- Refurbished South Norwood playground reopens
- £154,000 fine not such a bargain for 99p Stores
- City Hall recognition for Croydon's food initiatives
- Barrister fined for using dead mother's blue badge
- Neighbours unite for community clean-up
- Buyer beware - there are no bargains at mock auctions
- New parking proposals
January 2016 ( View complete archive page )
- National award shortlist for restaurant quarter improvement scheme
- National award shortlist for restaurant quarter improvement scheme
- Croydon celebrates the LGBT community this February
- Report calls on Croydon to come together to put fairness first
- Council's littering clampdown continues
- Residents choose new garden waste service
- Fair to showcase teaching jobs in Croydon
- Eating out? Be sure to ask: "Where's the sticker?"
- Government grant boosts Croydon housing clampdown
- Filthy kitchen earns restaurateur thousands in fines
- Thousands blighted by chronic smoking-related diseases
- Council prosecutes company and director for fly-posting
- Award-winning hip hop duo Krept X Konan to share secrets of success with hometown schools
- First phase of East Croydon improvements complete
- Former Croydon apprentice shares experiences at City Hall
- Run, walk, jog, or cycle a mile for Sport Relief
- Residents to get more independence under care overhaul plans
- Vehicles seized under council’s fly-tipping clampdown
- School expansions set to ensure a place for every child
- Croydon's school report shows improvement across the board
- Croydon Council considers plans for £6million youth facility
- Boost for Croydon firms in new council contract
- Application deadline for September school starts
- Remembering the Holocaust and genocide
- Council employee spared jail after £36,000 benefits con
- Council employee spared jail after £36,000 benefits con
- Council tax search company found breaking the rules
February 2016 ( View complete archive page )
- Exciting new plans for Croydon's arts and educational quarter unveiled
- Exciting new plans for Croydon's arts and educational quarter unveiled
- Funding agreed for Upper Norwood Library Trust
- A new Fairfield takes a step closer
- Five-day play helps teens share experiences
- Shoppers warned – beware toxins in hair dyes and teeth whiteners
- Mayoral year benefits charities to the tune of £51,000
- Child obesity targeted by School Garden Grant
- Guides scoop home safety challenge victory
- Guides scoop home safety challenge victory
- Coulsdon's Lion Green Road car park reopens
- Coulsdon's Lion Green Road car park reopens
- Fly-tipping clampdown finds 80 businesses breaking the law
- Major plans for leisure centre for New Addington
- Community day to discuss Norbury Park BMX proposals
- Do you Pass? – Trading standards can help
- Credit union relaunch set to benefit thousands
- Connected Croydon street improvements reach New Addington
- Once bitten, conned householder is twice shy
- New homes pave the way in Croydon's largest housebuilding programme in decades
- Fight the flu with free jabs and sprays
- Fight the flu with free jabs and sprays
March 2016 ( View complete archive page )
- From Croydon to Corfu: location filming in the borough's streets and schools
- Croydon cleans up after Katie
- West Thornton by-election in May after councillor resignation
- Council Chief Executive set to move to new role in West Sussex
- Council launches new 20mph limit proposals
- Temporary rooftop cinema for Croydon car park
- New crossing to link two sides of Croydon
- Croydon’s craft beer festival chalks up another successful weekend
- Croydon Mile raises thousands for Sport Relief 2016
- Council calls for views on libraries of the future
- Better parks plan launched
- Think you're due bank compensation? Double check
- Council-led education programme scoops national award
- Croydon to deliver growth zone
- New quiz to help get your health back on track
- Boxing clever for town's 2016 festival
- Vehicles seized in fly-tipping investigations
- Hail the season of rogue traders and cold callers
- On your marks for Sport Relief challenge
- Kicking butt on No Smoking Day
- Survey launched on vision for Ashburton Park's future
- Make the most of free microchipping service
- Mound of sound confiscated from noisy neighbour
- Unofficial blue badge application site closed
- Fun night out aims to close the gender gap
- Music stars surprise Croydon schools awards evening
- New post of creative director for Croydon regeneration
- New website to boost independent living in Croydon
- Top-class cycle racing back to boost town for second year
- Buzzing future for historic Surrey Street with £500,000 investment
April 2016 ( View complete archive page )
- Court costs cut into Costcutter profits
- Fly-tippers prosecuted in court
- Cashier's vigilance saves pensioner's life savings
- Library survey seeks opinions from non-library users
- Photo-copied blue badge costs builder hundreds
- Brand new Olympic legacy school celebrates high point
- Council to expand successful trial to tackle fly-tipping
- Council leader sets out a vision for Croydon's cultural future
- A school place for every child in Croydon
- Garden waste collections are go!
- Residents to view updated plans for New Addington leisure and community centre
- Working together to tackle hate crime
- Caught on camera: media helps in search for drive-through fly-tipper [VIDEO]
- Film encourages people to talk about Croydon
- Croydon named in top 10 'digital councils'
- Laptop and smartphone conmen fleece woman for hundreds
- Croydon teen's work experience with top movie stars
- Eight more prosecutions under Don’t Mess With Croydon clampdown
- Free online course launched to raise awareness of autism
May 2016 ( View complete archive page )
- Croydon's new tech-hub, TMRW, is here today
- Town-centre pound store prosecuted for knife sale
- Croydon strikes £7.5m HQ deal
- Pearl Izumi - Croydon race-day information
- The Mayor of Croydon - Councillor Wayne Trakas-Lawlor
- Council salvages 137 properties in empty homes drive
- Creating a cycling legacy for Croydon
- Trading standards warning on repeat scams
- New, independent panel of experts to advise on major planning applications
- Route announced for London stage of Pearl Izumi cycle tour
- Council acts to avert danger to toddlers in the home
- Invitation to Thornton Heath public art workshops
- Table tennis festival returns to Croydon
- Leader announces cabinet reshuffle
- Resident told to pull down unauthorised buildings
- 'Three Magic Mice' - dancing for literacy in Croydon library
- Croydon’s Shared Lives service rated as outstanding
- Croydon council appoints new executive director of people
June 2016 ( View complete archive page )
- Croydon Council set to appoint Jo Negrini as chief executive
- The Streets Festival returns to Croydon
- Council public health champion honoured
- Edge City Croydon – a National Trust exploration of post-war politics, placemaking and pride
- First school-backed Play Street begins in Croydon
- Local businesses come forward for council contract
- Woman used fake passport to claim £57,000 in benefits
- Plans submitted for Central Parade community centre
- Plans submitted for Central Parade community centre
- School playgrounds go edible
- Council launches Croydon Community Grants
- Groundbreaking council deal guarantees local contracts for Croydon people
- Croydon Council’s fly-tipping and littering prosecutions top 100
- Building a connected borough where nobody is left isolated
- Live Well Croydon for a healthier, longer life
- Croydon Council’s digital drive expands
- Croydon's 'Big Lunch' weekend - in pictures
- Time to get aboard the time truck
- Council sets out action plan for Croydon
- Fly-tipping clampdown expanding to 1,800 addresses from West Croydon to Norbury
- Culture to be at the heart of Croydon's new image
- Swimming song a stroke of success
- A great evening of professional cycling in Croydon
- CCTV staff awarded for helping to stop crime
- Anti-domestic abuse services upped for Euro games
- Green light for 20mph in north-east Croydon
- New £2.5m business grant fund launched to boost Croydon's economy
- Council's development company Brick by Brick to build a thousand new and affordable homes
- Turn off technology for child safety
- Penultimate street-racing push for pro-pedallers
July 2016 ( View complete archive page )
- Last chance to win free shop space in South Norwood
- Hub to bring hundreds of new homes to Croydon
- Deterring the dodgy doorstep dealers
- Could you help Croydon children rise to the reading challenge?
- Free summer swimming for Croydon's under-16s
- Family of ducklings rescued from roof of council offices
- Fancy learning online skills? Oh, Go On then
- Doing it by the letter
- Council launches murals to tackle estate fly-tipping
- Fly-tippers and litterers prosecuted
- Fly-tippers and litterers prosecuted
- Croydon Works aims to ensure Croydon works
- Curtain goes up on the £30m Fairfield refurbishment scheme
- Keeping the online scammers at bay
- Shoppers and businesses to benefit from £200,000 council car park improvements in Purley
- Official launch of ‘Best Start’ support for under-5s in Croydon
- Fairfield plans scoop London architecture award
- Cook it, eat it or freeze it – don't throw it
- Croydon’s first BMX track given the green light
- Great value fruit and veg at borough's first schools' food market
- Regular Sunday market for Surrey Street
- Beware smooth telephone operators
- Boxpark on schedule for September opening
- Planning for our future
- Notice of road closures during school building works
- Battle of the Somme - Croydon remembers
- Croydon united – standing together against hate crime
August 2016 ( View complete archive page )
- Croydon's day of Pride
- Sunday market comes to Surrey Street
- Croydon hits number one spot for fastest economic growth
- Residents' last chance to be heard on borough's 20-year plan
- Croydon shows strong GCSE results against a national decline
- Opening Croydon’s historic and modern doors
- Illegal knife sales cut into Addiscombe stores' profits
- Nominations are open for Mayor’s Civic Awards
- New community and leisure centre for New Addington
- Exhibition on £1m council restoration of former Ashburton Library
- Croydon Olympian honoured with new road name
- Croydon Olympian honoured with new road name
- Croydon schools deliver once again at A-level
- Don’t Mess With Croydon prosecutions reach 114
- Speed measures planned following fatal crash
- Croydon welcomes the taxman to town
- Stubbing out illegal cigarettes and tobacco
- Top award for groundbreaking council department tackling homelessness
September 2016 ( View complete archive page )
- High Court backs council on street racing ban
- Illegal knife sales cost trader dear
- Thornton Heath firms to receive free business support
- Croydon is bursting with events this October
- Not so chic at Elegant Sheek
- Theatre experts support Croydon's Fairfield investment
- Survey will help shape new three-year anti-crime plan
- Don't Mess With Croydon street champions hit 100 clear-up events
- When Hollywood came to town
- Last chance to nominate a community hero
- Fresh approach tackles isolation and loneliness
- Council supports local press
- Croydon's communities to benefit from £6m council input
- Cancer prevention work set to increase
- Council in multi-million-pound district centre and transport boost
- Warning to beware summer's seasonal scammers
- Theatre comes to the council chamber
- Croydon Talks Parks' survey seeks park users opinions
- Croydon Council appoints Richard Simpson as executive director - resources
- Widespread 20mph limit arrives in Croydon
- London’s Mayor hails Croydon as one of the capital’s “hidden gems”
October 2016 ( View complete archive page )
- Live music in Surrey Street this Sunday
- Big Croydon welcome for Boxpark
- Council-backed Play Street named best in London
- Croydon employers encouraged to go London Living Wage
- Happy cafe comes to Croydon
- Healthy walking project up for Team London award
- Croydon Works for Boxpark jobseekers
- Funfairs and fireworks in Croydon parks
- Open call to participate in a review of the licensing and policing of Croydon’s night time economy
- Croydon Saffron Central set for second harvest
- Council leader condemns Heathrow expansion decision
- East Croydon transport improvements continue
- Talk to us about childhood obesity
- Ensuring your right to vote
- Free carnival performance workshops for Croydon young people
- Borough freedom granted to loyal servants
- Record voting numbers select 'Legacy' as name for Croydon's new YouthZone
- Over-60s go back to college to join the IT crowd
- New Rose: Croydon celebrates 40 years of punk rock
- Free events to suit every taste
- Play Street up for award
- Recognising Croydon's civic heroes
- Council expands shopfront rubbish clampdown
- “Milestone” bus station opens as part of West Croydon's multimillion pound redevelopment
- Council appoints new executive director of place
- Financial security and stability for Croydon residents as new four year efficiency plan announced
- Business start-up course launches with free premises and advice
- New council house priority plans for Croydon residents
- Team Croydon raises over £3,500 for Sports Relief
- Finalists announced for the 2016 Mayor’s Civic Awards
- Economy Energy alert
- Bidding open for old Ashburton library building
- Croydon Council welcomes appointment of new borough commander
- Croydon Celebrates Black History
- Blue-badge applicants warned of unnecessary charges
November 2016 ( View complete archive page )
- New process planned for council’s 20mph scheme
- New Ashburton Park artwork unveiled
- Croydon's adult learning service retains 'good' Ofsted rating
- Croydon's streetlight upgrade programme completed
- Good employer charter launches to support Croydon supply chain
- New Addington Christmas lights and Santa hunt competition
- Community unites against domestic abuse
- Leader of Croydon Council - Croydon's reaction to Autumn Statement
- “Croydon’s crucial to London’s economic and cultural success,” Mayor of London tells delegates at Croydon Economic Summit
- Council waste clampdown expands with solar-powered bins
- RingGo cashless parking - fault advice (Wed 23 Nov)
- Legacy Youth Zone gets £1/2million support from Stone Family Foundation
- House building company Brick by Brick submits first planning applications
- Community assistance centre moves to new location
- Croydon wins at school travel awards
- Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and new Night Czar Amy Lamé to speak at Croydon Economic Summit
- Don't miss out - it's normal to be tested for HIV
- Leader's statement: Croydon standing together
- Statement regarding interim investigation report on tram derailment
- Plans underway for lasting memorial for Croydon tram victims
- Junior Parkrun at Lloyd Park - every Sunday
- FAIRFIELD'S TRANSFORMATION ON TRACK
- Serial fraudster jailed after council investigation
- Greater responsibility for communities as town hall powers are handed to residents
- Public raises more than £15,000 so far for those affected by Croydon tram derailment
- Plan revealed to stamp out burden of loneliness
- Tram incident remembered at Armistice Day ceremony in town centre
- In our prayers - a personal message from Tony Newman, leader, Croydon Council
- Croydon Council and the Mayor of London announce specialist support for those directly affected by tram derailment
- UPDATED Friday 11 Nov (Am): Transport information following tram incident
- Centre offers support and counselling to those affected by tram derailment
- Armistice Day ceremony extended to mark tram incident
- Thursday 10 Nov (Pm): Statement from the leader of the council on the tram tragedy
- Wednesday 9 Nov (Eve): Updated Croydon Council statement on tram incident
- Wednesday 9 Nov (Pm): Statement from Croydon Council on today's tram incident
- Don't worry, JustBe happy and healthy
- Croydon launches its first place review panel
- Conference delegates unite to fight modern slavery
- Jail term for former council officer who worked system
- Love, Not Hate event to raise money for charity
- Fairfield Halls: £30million makeover has begun
- Council welcomes continued backing of Croydon BID
- Croydon Remembers
- Council nominated for five local government awards
- Croydon Council contract delivers local jobs and apprenticeships
- Statement on Selhurst stabbings
December 2016 ( View complete archive page )
- A creative New Year for Croydon's young people
- Council boost for jobseekers with disabilities
- Croydon brings Bollywood to London's New Year's Day Parade
- Second conviction earns trader jail sentence
- Croydon among country's biggest losers in Local Government Funding Settlement
- Over £90,000 raised to help those impacted by tram derailment
- Working for residents over the festive break
- Appeal for help in catching 100-metre fly-tipper
- Check the scores on the Christmas restaurant doors
- Christmas cheer at Croydon central children's library
- Local jobs for Thornton Heath people at recruitment fair ahead of regeneration update meetings
- Council boost for small businesses
- Don't let your Christmas cash go up in smoke
- So Solid Crew count down 21 seconds to Boxpark Christmas lights
- Hon Alderwoman Gee Bernard
- ASB leads to closure of Mickleham Way property
- Sing a song in Surrey Street
- Council proposes extra £15m investment to tackle homelessness
- Greater local support against domestic abuse
- Future plan for Croydon approved
- Council welcomes award for groundbreaking homelessness project
- Croydon parks welcome careful cyclists
- Lloyd Park cafe re-opens with a plan to succeed
- Online skills drive helps thousands in one year
- Christmas parking in Croydon
- Three new businesses win a year's free rent in council competition
- Top marks for good food
January 2017 ( View complete archive page )
- Protecting priority services and delivering more for Croydon
- Free parking gives big boost to small businesses
- New council arts fund expands Croydon's cultural scene
- Council to take in-depth look at air quality for new action plan
- Artwork brings splash of colour to Thornton Heath
- Upcycled furniture and Cr'oyster mushrooms on offer at CRO launch
- Notorious Croydon drive-by fly-tipper jailed for a year
- New super sweepers hit the streets
- Croydon extends autism support funding
- Croydon to remember victims of Holocaust and genocide
- Standing up for Croydon - call on government to sort out rail chaos once and for all
- Huge cost to woman who turned house into a rubbish tip
- Huge cost to woman who turned house into a rubbish tip
- Traders and businesses updated on Surrey Street Market upgrade
- Traders and businesses updated on Surrey Street Market upgrade
- Croydon schools continue to help children reach their full potential
- Croydon's £160m plan will build five new schools and create 6,000 places by 2020
- Council invests in colourful tech upgrade for children's library
- Help the fight against cold callers and doorstep scammers
- Teenagers invited to be City Hall health champions for a day
- Croydon takes clean streets campaign to next level
- Croydon launches consultation to take 20mph zone borough-wide
- Have your say on the Taberner House development proposals
- Timewise accreditation for Croydon Council's flexible working plans
- Croydon prepared in case of heavy snowfall
- Happy Valley trail’s use of technology receives national innovation award
- Primary school application deadline on 15 January
- Healthy delights in new pop-up food zone
- Find out what Croydon has to offer dog owners
- Good bread tastes great. Great bread tastes fantastic.
- Cheers to a sober new year
- BBC Sound of 2017 features Croydon's rising stars
- Convicted fly-tipper caught on camera dumping three tonnes of waste given jail warning
- OBE for Jonty Clark for services to education
- Croydon's pioneering approach secures £1.4m to assist in tackling homelessness
February 2017 ( View complete archive page )
- Photography exhibition launches new Croydon gallery space
- Community ward budgets double keeping residents at the heart of local spending
- Former Ashburton Park Library to become learning and community hub
- Croydon's latest new school is officially opened
- Club loses appeal against reduction of hours
- Plans for Fairfield and College Green cultural quarter approved
- Council joins forces with local businesses to fight rates revaluation
- Croydon appoints new director of strategy and partnerships
- Welfare reform continues to put thousands at risk of homelessness
- New Addington’s Pathfinders come out top in safety challenge
- Croydon's cabinet approves budget to protect priority services
- Get food-smart with advice from the Change4Life roadshow
- Croydon welcomes new Crisis centre
- Tenants' champion leaves legacy of selfless work
- Tenants' champion leaves legacy of selfless work
- Works to improve South Norwood street scene get under way
- New year, new tree planting on Croydon's Streets
- Plans for Fairfield and College Green go to committee
- Saatchi Gallery artist adds signature neon flourish to Surrey Street
- Town's WWI VC hero to be honoured
- Closure order clamps down on antisocial behaviour
- More big events on the cards for Croydon
- Croydon welcomes Superdrug to their new HQ
- Over 150 Croydon SMEs attend free event to help their business grow
- Supermodel's brother brings Vietnamese spice to healthy food zone
- Night-time resurfacing works to start in central Croydon
- Don't Mess With Croydon lands litterers in court
- Still time to respond on 20mph plans
- Croydon receives national award for delivering social value
- Small Business Commission invites local businesses to share their views on barriers to growth
- Croydon selected to pilot anti-fraud partnership
- UK benefits from Croydon health plans
- Croydon Place Review Panel officially launched
- Free half-term activities - theatre, debate, and music
- Huge vote of confidence in council's Fairfield scheme
- Croydon Good Employer Charter accreditation opens after official launch
March 2017 ( View complete archive page )
- What to do this Easter in Croydon
- Nightlife ideas could become reality thanks to Good Evening Croydon
- Croydon stands united one week on from Westminster terror attack
- Council makes first business rates relief award under new scheme
- Safer streets for more as 20mph limit goes live
- Croydon mythbusting to mark World Autism Awareness Week
- Walking and cycling commissioner comes to Croydon
- Croydon apprenticeships celebrated at council event
- Croydon PrideFest returns for 2017
- Real Madrid football project kicked off by club star
- Croydon's treasure trove of history accredited
- Super-capacity, solar-powered Bigbelly bins roll out
- Surrey Street improvement works set to begin
- New waste permits to cut queues at the tip
- Under-age knife-sale results in £2,000-plus penalty for store
- Crooked letting agent jailed for keeping clients' deposits
- Council shortlisted for three Small Business Friendly Borough Awards
- Council plans consultation on drive to make Croydon's air cleaner, greener and safer
- Croydon named as Digital Council of the Year 2017
- Council to launch interactive tech design competition with Architects' Journal
- Bones of Croydon: Introducing one of the earliest-known Croydonians
- Fly-tipper incurs thousands in court costs as resident's photos scupper appeal
- Croydon named country's most in demand location for office space
- Connected Croydon programme wins Urban Design Award
- MBE for founder of Good Food Matters
- Council campaign for upgrades to Brighton Main Line boosted
- Croydon’s Club Soda to debut new music at the ICA
- Milestone for Croydon Works as 100th person is supported into employment
- Lively celebrations to take place around International Women’s Day
- 90% of applicants to Croydon secondary schools get one of top three choices
- Croydon welcomes shadow secretary of state for housing
- Advice portal gets makeover to improve young lives
- Councils urged to share experiences of co-operative and community-led housing
- Bring the Great British Spring Clean to your neighbourhood
April 2017 ( View complete archive page )
- Developing a vision for Croydon's parks
- CycleFest less than a month away
- Ensure you're registered to vote in the general election
- Council decision on preferred operator for Fairfield Halls confirmed
- New tougher powers against bad landlords
- Works to improve Thornton Heath street scene get under way
- Works to improve Thornton Heath street scene get under way
- Council tax and business rates collection figures at a record high
- Brick by Brick granted planning permission for first batch of homes
- Council expands initiative to get rid of rubbish bags on streets
- Care partnership for older people launches in Croydon
- Croydon Council names preferred operator to run the Fairfield Halls
- Good progress being made on Surrey Street improvements
- Four per cent rise in first choice primary places in Croydon
- Countdown begins to Croydon Cycle Fest
- New Fairfield Halls operator to be announced soon
- Grange Park becomes South London's first Centenary Field
- #WeStandTogether event unites Croydon against hate crime
- Staff wanted to help young people take up the challenge
- Croydon's grassroots arts and culture groups get cash boost
- Small Croydon firms invited to meet construction and facilities management buyers
- New Cycle Fest to hit the streets of Croydon this May
- Essential maintenance works to close Wellesley Road over Easter
- Council calls for reversal of plan to stop IVF funding
- Sajid Javid MP visits Croydon after Shrublands attack
- Food Flagship reaps bumper crop of health benefits
May 2017 ( View complete archive page )
- Market traders to return to the heart of Surrey Street
- Digital boost for your health
- Calling all sports fans - a not-to-be-missed offer
- Come to the family-friendly health and well-being day
- Town-centre store admits food safety offences
- Working together to protect Croydon
- Croydon stands in solidarity with Manchester
- Croydon’s Cycle Fest success
- Scaffolding scammers sting resident for £2,000
- New exhibitions celebrate Fairfield past and future
- Official opening for Chestnut Park Primary School
- Stunning new development approved for Taberner House site
- Illegal roadside car repairs cost trader thousands
- Four years' jail for 'builder' who conned homeowner out of almost £122,000
- Contractor signed for next stage of Fairfield transformation
- Let's unite for dementia
- New tour to showcase collaborations between classical and contemporary music
- Croydon gears up for first Cycle Fest
- The start of a summer of fun in Croydon
- Borough-wide 20mph limits approved for Croydon
- Jo Cox anti-racism award won by Croydon school
- Motorist caught using dead mother's blue-badge permit
- Bring your community to life with a £4,000 parks grant
- Still time to enter Good Evening Croydon
- Croydon Council launches choice-based lettings scheme
- Council in new partnership to help homeless workers
June 2017 ( View complete archive page )
- New Croydon partnership to keep everyone safe from harm
- Croydon becomes part of London wide programme to help small business growth
- Croydon town centre to get its first Play Street
- Street party celebrates Surrey Street reopening
- Council appeal to catch midnight fly-tipper
- Eid-ul-Fitr message from the leader of the council
- Get involved with Ashburton Park
- Cleaning up the air that you breathe
- New fly-tip taskforce launches crackdowns
- Pupils' posters to grace BigBelly bins
- Croydon Council to install fire sprinklers in tallest housing
- Council and police in new violent crime clampdown
- Statement on Finsbury Park Mosque attack
- 2017/18 adult learning prospectus now available
- Dance and music extravaganza to celebrate Surrey Street reopening
- Ofsted rates Kensington Avenue Primary as a 'good' school
- Statement following Grenfell Tower fire
- New art for Surrey Street as further improvements get under way
- London's international dance festival brings spectacular open-air show to Croydon
- Anonymous £1m donation brings Croydon's largest youth centre a step closer
- New playground opens thanks to the power of community spirit
- Don't mess campaign to harness pride of Croydon's youth
- SMEs invited to contribute to Small Business Commission report
- Council plan for hundreds of affordable rented homes
- Colourful flowers and artwork needed to create giant floral Pride rainbow
- Ark Oval Academy thanks building project team
- SMEs invited to enter Croydon Business Excellence Awards
- Statement on London Bridge terror attack
- Free 'Off the Shelf' live concerts for Croydon's libraries
July 2017 ( View complete archive page )
- Bogus tree surgeon scam thwarted by canny resident
- Council strikes better deal on homelessness housing
- Planning application submitted for Croydon Youth Zone
- Competition opens to run new special needs free school in Croydon
- Looked after children in south London to benefit from £1m award from DfE
- A summer of fun for young people in Croydon
- Croydon raises 10 green flags to mark the quality of its green spaces
- New enterprise programme to support disabled entrepreneurs
- Targeting older people
- Croydon Works celebrates a successful first year
- Virtual reality roadshow to let shoppers experience how autistic people can feel
- Release your creative side with a Calat art course
- Croydon’s first youth congress highlight aspirations for jobs and success
- Picnic in Ashburton Park to celebrate renaming of refurbished former library
- ASB leads to flat closure at Weldon Court
- Warhol month paints Croydon in a new light
- Council approves £25m investment in affordable rented housing
- Thousands attend Croydon PrideFest 2017
- Protecting the socially isolated from heartless scammers
- School run to go car-free in Croydon Council pilot project
- Upper Norwood Library Hub re-opens
- Free swimming for under-17s returns for fourth year
- Summer reading and writing challenges launched by Croydon libraries
- Croydon makes the top 10 in the London Youth Games
- Croydon’s digital library service
- Strong financial planning ensures balanced budget
- Strong financial planning ensures balanced budget
- Consultation on Fiveways transformation begins
- Fire sprinklers in Croydon Council tower blocks by spring 2018
- Fly-tipper faces waste clear-up after council prosecution
- Croydon joins fight to stamp out illegal tobacco
- Bags of goodness from Croydon’s kids
- Free parking comes to district centres
- Internet-savvy young targeted by online scammers
- Notorious fly-tipper's vehicles crushed
- South Norwood street scene improvements move into next phase
- Skills and employment workshops to mark UK Employability Day
- Top prize for talented and innovative Croydon Council officer
- Croydon i-Street competition shortlist announced
- Adult education open day in New Addington
- The Great North Wood to get a new lease of life
- Stellar line-up announced for Croydon PrideFest
- Air quality competition win for Croydon pupil
- Trading standards team wins Mayor's approval
- Local electoral proposals published for Croydon Council
- BMX track construction gets underway in Norbury Park
- Appeal to find fly-tippers who turn recycling facility into rubbish heap
August 2017 ( View complete archive page )
- Tell us your views on town centre safety
- Shisha bar owner’s good name goes up in smoke
- Why choose Calat?
- Positive step forward for Croydon Local Plan
- New litter vacuums hit Croydon’s streets
- Croydon i-street competition winner revealed
- Payment scam warning over bogus council contact
- Pedestrianisation of High Street to boost night time economy
- Provisional A-level results looking good for Croydon schools
- Council prosecutes irresponsible dog owner
- More success for council’s Don’t Mess With Croydon clampdown
- Former hairdressers used as nightclub shut down by council
- Housebuilding company Brick by Brick shortlisted in five awards
- New Croydon BMX track opens this weekend
- Croydon tops the league table for Carers’ Week 2017
- Council widens clampdown on shopfront fly-tipping
- Closure order on retirement flat puts paid to months of antisocial behaviour
- New award for Croydon's adult learning service
- Public invited to New Addington leisure centre information event
- Sunday market set to return to Surrey Street
- Statement on Thornton Heath stabbing
- Warhol originals to be displayed in Croydon as part of tribute month
- Croydon pressures government for funding towards fire sprinklers
- Bogus council official roasts chef with cooked-up story
- Upgrade for town centre’s war memorial
- Nominations open for 2017 Mayor’s Civic Awards
- Theatre comes to Croydon's oldest street market
- Theatre comes to Croydon's oldest street market
- Make sure you’re registered to vote
September 2017 ( View complete archive page )
- Croydon Business Month to launch next week
- Council launches electric van hire
- Big weekend heralds Croydon’s bid for Borough of Culture
- Switching on to safer electrics
- Stoptober – the 28-day quit-smoking campaign – is back
- School community celebrates new state-of-the-art building
- Offering support to Croydon's small businesses
- Scuppering the scammers
- Recruitment fair returns for jobseekers with disabilities
- Croydon's first arts store to open in the heart of town centre
- No welcome mat for rogue letting agents
- Keeping knives off the street
- FREE Warhol lectures from US pop-art expert, Henry Koelsch
- Have your say on the Good Evening Croydon finalists
- Keeping the rogues in check
- Small Business Commission presents recommendations to boost growth for Croydon SMEs
- Business and director ordered to pay over £9,000 for fly-tipped waste
- Business back Croydon’s Choose campaign
- Workshop boosting start-up businesses returns
- Heathfield primary opens its own school doors for the first time
- JamBox session enjoys surprise performance from Emeli Sandé
- Programme of events announced for Surrey Street Sunday market
- Pioneering music project Croydon Composers to showcase cross-genre collaborations
- Colors Croydon International Mela comes to Wandle Park
- Croydon becomes home to first HMRC regional centre
- Thornton Heath streetscene improvements move into next phase
- Landlords fined and face ban after council prosecution
- Fairfield Halls to open its doors as part of Open House London
- Expanded Croydon schools ready for first day of new term
- Shoppers and businesses to benefit from £200,000 upgrade to Purley car park
- Croydon’s Legacy Youth Zone gains planning permission
- School run pedestrian zones start
- Croydon Council statement in response to Ofsted report
- Emile Sande backs new Croydon musical jam night
- ‘Gig Buddies’ comes to Croydon
- Scammers disappear with £27,000 of pensioner’s life savings
October 2017 ( View complete archive page )
- Croydon street takes play award for second year running
- More than 30 businesses accredited to Good Employer Charter
- With local elections only months away, are you registered to vote?
- Choose Your Future: You’re hired, council tells 24 apprentices
- Groundbreaking community mini-market the Food Stop launches for struggling families
- More help for job seekers as Croydon Works moves into new office
- CHOOSE YOUR FUTURE: Croydon urged to back new campaign
- Town centre redevelopment moves a step forward as the Croydon Partnership seeks approval for shopping centre plans
- What's on in Croydon at the end of October
- Look before you book for Christmas
- Apply for secondary school places by 31 October
- London's largest youth population to elect young mayor
- School celebrates new zebra crossing
- New Addington’s unsung heroes sought to feature in hoardings artwork
- Community heroes' amazing achievements celebrated at Mayor’s Civic Awards
- Croydon hits the pop charts
- Croydon's social enterprises celebrated on Social Saturday
- Choose your future: employment extravaganza for 16-25s
- Council employee shortlisted as social worker of the year
- Artists get a chance to capture the dance
- Croydon’s future health in focus
- Firm takes £2,000 from elderly woman then demands £5,800 more
- Croydon plans a school place for every child
- Finalists announced for the 2017 Mayor’s Civic Awards
- Permanent memorials to be unveiled on anniversary of Croydon tram derailment
- A night out in Croydon to celebrate coming out
- Croydon’s green spaces remain protected - have your say on the local plan
- Croydon begins tower block fire sprinkler installation
- Young people to take over Croydon
- Croydon champions children and young people
- Croydon celebrates Best Start for families
- Croydon Sports Arena gets £25,000 makeover
- Council’s Gateway service wins at national awards
- Free dance events come to Croydon’s town centre next week
- Black History Month events in Croydon
- Modern slavery – it’s closer than you think
- Changing tastes prompt fresh look at town-centre licensing
November 2017 ( View complete archive page )
- Recorded fly-tip numbers drop in Croydon
- Teen takeover in Croydon a huge success
- Share your views on pharmacy services
- Getting ready to bid for London Borough of Culture 2019
- Getting ready to bid for London Borough of Culture, 2019
- Croydon set for a youth takeover tomorrow
- Standing together against domestic abuse
- Ashburton Hall set to reopen for community use
- New library proposed for South Norwood
- Improvement works set for Fishers Farm recycling centre
- GLL wins 20-year contract to run Croydon’s leisure services
- Norbury Manor Primary school 'good' with 'outstanding' early years provision
- ‘Warm and nurturing’ relationships with good quality teaching lead to ‘good’ Ofsted rating for Red Gates School
- A rising star tackling teenage pregnancy and innovative plans to deliver 1,000 new homes put Croydon on the map
- Croydon calls for urgent Government help over Universal Credit
- New air quality action plan set for council approval
- A finger-prick test is all it takes to know your HIV status
- Public warned to look out for unsafe lamps
- Up to 7,000 new jobs and 1,000 new homes for Croydon as town centre redevelopment approved
- Public welcome new plans to help stop town-centre ASB
- Putting safety first
- Statement from the leader of the council one year after the Croydon tram derailment
- Overnight closures for maintenance work to Croydon Underpass
- Croydon falls silent to mark first anniversary of Sandilands tram derailment
- 31st vehicle seized after joint fly-tipping clampdown
- Free artist talks in lead-up to major new Croydon visual arts project
- New Addington’s free outdoor gym to open on Saturday 18 November
- Remembering the fallen
- New council gives young people the chance to choose their future
- Council expands 20mph limit
- Tram memorial service to be held on anniversary of accident
- Croydon photography exhibition honours the work of black and Asian athletics coaches
- More areas of Croydon to get street vacuums
- Projecting Croydon in a new light this Christmas
December 2017 ( View complete archive page )
- Arnhem Gallery demolition under way as Croydon counts down to a new look Fairfield Halls
- Croydon could get two new multi-million-pound football ‘hubs’
- Council working for residents over festive break
- Seating installation kicks off High Street works
- Minister expresses confidence in Croydon Council's ability to drive improvements in children's services - statement from the leader, Councillor Tony Newman
- Top industry award for council pollution team
- Welfare and food shopping club saves struggling families thousands
- FJC offers support during the holiday season
- Last chance to speak on quality of Croydon’s air
- Training for businesses to help keep children and vulnerable adults safe
- Couple guilty of non-compliance with demolition enforcement notice
- Statement from council leader on Westfield merger
- Better tenancies under new affordable housing partnership
- Council and national charity team up against homelessness
- Council outlines Croydon’s future as a smart city
- Growth zone infrastructure projects to be presented to cabinet
- Santa’s coming to Croydon – by helicopter
- Statement from council leader in response to RAIB report into the Sandilands tram derailment
- Have a say in Croydon’s review of polling districts and polling places
- First graduations from groundbreaking employment academy
- Businesses vote in favour of New Addington BID renewal
- Festival of Light to light up Thornton Heath
- Improved waste contract set for Croydon
- Rogue builder jailed after ignoring court order and targeting elderly
- Festive events to bring Christmas cheer to Surrey Street Market
- Now’s the time to show support for Croydon’s bid for London Borough of Culture, 2019
- Residents' views sought on community energy scheme to repower Croydon
January 2018 ( View complete archive page )
- Deadline for Young Mayor nominations approaching
- Croydon Council jumps 95 places in Stonewall equality index
- Good Evening Croydon winner revealed
- Statement on children's services improvement plans
- Review of blue-badge scheme aims at fairness for all
- Public invited to Norbury flood-alleviation scheme drop-in event
- Council finalist in housing innovation award
- New cabinet member for Croydon
- Croydon to publish developers' viability reports
- Croydon Local Plan adoption decision to be made next month
- Tickets released for Thornton Heath light festival
- Croydon’s cultural future discussed at inaugural congress
- Remembering the Holocaust and genocide
- New cycling strategy for Croydon
- Croydon to help foster carers support unaccompanied asylum-seeking children
- Ashburton Hall opens its doors for a Well-being Open Day
- Nominations now open for London's largest youth population to elect Young Mayor
- Fourth area of Croydon goes live with 20mph
- Croydon takes libraries back in-house and protects staff jobs after Carillion collapse
- Jamie Oliver supports Croydon's mission to be SUGAR SMART
- Apply for primary school places
- Top marks for Croydon primary schools
- Car park now open 24 hours to public
- Visit Croydon’s one-stop shop for a happier and healthier 2018
- New exhibition celebrates 150 years since foundation of Croydon School of Art
- Croydon foster carer 'humbled' to receive MBE
- Croydon Means Business in 2018
- Croydon in post-Grenfell funding warning to Government
February 2018 ( View complete archive page )
- Croydon Local Plan formally adopted
- Croydon commits £250k to support borough youth
- Improved bulky waste collection announced
- Croydon to boost its borough enforcement service
- Croydon unites to promote Choose Your Future
- Major milestone reached in Croydon railway redevelopment
- Croydon's state-of-the-art £6.5m youth zone gets under way
- Croydon finishes retrofitting fire sprinklers into first of 26 blocks
- Council preparing for snow disruption
- London's largest youth borough launches Young Mayor election!
- Residents’ views sought to help shape the future of Croydon libraries
- Croydon calls for fairer government funding
- Council sport and leisure facilities face overhaul as new contract goes live
- Latest technology will help Croydon's adult learners increase their employability
- Croydon champions the council’s Choose Your Future campaign
- Croydon streets to get 3,500 new trees
- Landlord fined over illegally-let property
- Students' play gets behind the Choose Your Future campaign
- Putting knife crime in the spotlight
- Council statement on police mergers
- Using football to focus on positive futures
- Working together to tackle knife crime
- Croydon celebrates 100 years of votes for women
- Krept and Konan celebrate Croydon schools project success
- Positive next steps in delivering Croydon’s parks vision
- Improving public safety in Shrublands
- Help people take a stand against DV
- Free construction course offer for Shrublands residents
- Council challenges ‘unacceptable’ Government funding to support unaccompanied asylum seeking children
- More prosecutions under council’s fly-tipping and litter clampdown
March 2018 ( View complete archive page )
- Council nears 200 fly-tipping and littering prosecutions
- Care partnership extended
- Free activities for young people over the Easter break
- Young people choose community involvement
- Council protects Purley residents from ASB
- Council joins sustainable energy alliance
- Croydon residents sign up for Brick by Brick homes
- Getting tough on enviro-crime
- Hoardings celebrating New Addington heroes unveiled
- Tackling antisocial behaviour in New Addington
- Cycle upgrade to major Croydon route
- Local businesses and young people unite for inaugural Croydon Means Business Forum
- Council welcomes Coulsdon homes decision
- Nuisance tenant barred from property
- Arts funding boost leads to packed summer programme
- New affordable homes bought for Croydon residents
- Residents to get support with energy costs
- Croydon awarded grant to develop Creative Enterprise Zone proposal
- Council leader thanks volunteers after Waddon gas leak
- Counting the cost of environmental crime
- Council's Community Fund already showing positive results
- Council clampdown hits 195 prosecutions
- Updates on gas incident near Purley Way
- Croydon prepares as more snow is forecast
- Residents at the heart of community ward budget spending
- Croydon's Young Mayor announced!
- Better support for carers
- National awards for council parking staff
- Construction skills academy opens in New Addington
- Town-centre Poundworld store fined more than £1m for food hygiene breaches
- Spring into action with top tips at shopping centre health extravaganza
- Boost for Croydon's culture scene revealed
- Croydon makes great strides in education
- Council completes 20mph limit scheme
- Croydon apprentices celebrated at National Apprenticeship Week event
- Ground art commissioned to celebrate Croydon’s places for people
- Soapboxes and megaphones at the ready - Croydon's Young Mayor election is hotting up
- Are you ready for the May local elections?
- FJC uses International Women's Day to promote anti-DV services
- Community shuns the snow for Great British Spring Clean
- Council warning of rogue traders in north of the borough
- New streets contract starts
- More parents choose Croydon secondary schools
- Council response to cold weather continues
April 2018 ( View complete archive page )
- Croydon Plus Credit Union given £70k boost
- Ready for the off – Croydon set for council elections
- Investment in new housing for Croydon young people
- Vaccination protects health at every stage of life – what’s your status?
- Selhurst Park expansion plans given the green light
- Volunteer and help the clampdown on illegal under-age sales
- FJC seeks more volunteers
- Garden waste service extended
- Clamping down on regional crime
- Heartless conmen target previous victims in return visits
- Time to start planning your royal wedding and Big Lunch street parties
May 2018 ( View complete archive page )
- Croydon welcomes John Lewis to town centre as part of £1.4bn retail development
- Croydon welcomes John Lewis to town centre as part of £1.4bn retail development
- Putting residents first as we protect your data
- Council announces annual Windrush Day
- Litterers prosecuted in court
- A new mayor for Croydon – Councillor Bernadette Khan
- Croydon's new cabinet announced
- Putting young people first
- Work is now under way on the Taberner House site to bring hundreds of affordable homes to Croydon’s town centre
- Croydon celebrates Dementia Action Week with a swinging ’60s trip down memory lane
- Croydon Roy's Freedom of the Borough nod
- Making Croydon's young voices heard!
- Businesses invited to free one-to-one support clinics
- Council's 'swift action' improves children's services
- Ground-breaking ceremony for Croydon's £6.5m state-of-the-art youth zone
- Fast-track route to a good food-hygiene rating
- Labour administration for Croydon
- LIVE - Croydon Local Elections 2018
- Council restructure to reflect local priorities
June 2018 ( View complete archive page )
- New bin deliveries begin ahead of recycling drive
- Free swimming returns to Croydon for summer 2018!
- Free swimming returns to Croydon for summer 2018!
- New activity hub for Croydon
- Tune in, eat out, step up – and try it: July hits the High Street
- Eye-catching stencils designed to stop fly-tipping
- Estate agents fined for illegal waste disposal
- New pedestrian crossing in Coulsdon
- Croydon anti-homelessness scheme up for best in London
- National Employability Day: See you at the fair
- Council celebrates Windrush Day
- Work out alfresco-style at the new outdoor gym in Croydon
- Council trials pothole repairs with microwave technology
- New social lettings agency to prevent homelessness
- Fantastic free activities for young people this summer
- Rob thieves of opportunities
- Croydon celebrates young good citizens
- Council warning over iTunes phone scam
- Boost for Croydon young athletes
- Students boost borough’s drive to increase HIV testing
- Join campaign and support Clean Air Day
- Free drop-in one-to-one business support clinics are back!
- Croydon International Mela gets ready to wow
- Help is at hand
- Council awarded Government grant to tackle homelessness
- Tune in, eat out, step up and try it – on the High Street
- Scams warning for Generation Z
- Council decision moves Croydon’s £1.4bn retail development another step closer
- Council’s post-Grenfell fire improvements continue
- New bins for residents in major recycling drive
- Watch out for investment fraud
- SCP steps up plans to help stop town centre begging
- Council action plan for Croydon
- Croydon PrideFest is on the way – six weeks to go!
- Help Trading Standards and the FJC
- Cultural ambitions for Croydon take shape
- Summer starts here
- The shelves are alive with the sound of music…
July 2018 ( View complete archive page )
- Planning a trip over the summer? Don’t let malaria ruin it
- Get online as Best Start Digital Zones launch at Croydon central library
- High Court dismisses challenge against planning committee’s decision on Brick by Brick development
- Croydon’s young bookworms take up the challenge
- Parking team honoured for award-winning scheme
- Council nears major milestone in affordable homes drive
- Croydon’s young people choose positive futures
- Croydon Council reveals proposals for two new state-of-the-art football hubs
- Croydon appoints local resident as chief digital officer to head up transformation drive
- Mitcham Road Cemetery wins prestigious green space award
- Tune in, eat out, step up – and try it: an August of entertainment on the High Street
- Council launches retail project for jobseekers
- Praise for “innovative” Croydon homelessness prevention scheme
- Injunction seeks to stop illegal encampments in Croydon
- Broad Green communities ready for carnival
- A call of the wild to Croydon kids
- Do you qualify for free food and vitamin vouchers?
- Waste partnership leads to improved service
- Choose to put down the knives - and save lives
- Registration now open for free summer swimming sessions
- Thousands gather to celebrate Croydon PrideFest and ZEE International Mela
- Free parking bays and cheap residents' permits set to be maintained in parking changes
- Council seizes illegal tobacco haul
- Croydon scoops top national equality award
- Five medal wins for Team Croydon in the London Youth Games
- Great result for Croydon pupils at Key Stage 2
- Work up a sweat in the sunshine and all year round
- School pedestrian scheme set to become permanent
- Mayoral support for Croydon affordable housing
- Young Mayor's Fund launches 'Dragon's Den' pitching process
- Fraudster fined for misusing blue badge
- Children encouraged to make mischief in Croydon’s libraries
- Employers invited to get disability-savvy
- ASB leads to closure order at Kemerton Road
- Don’t Mess with Croydon smartphone app launches
- Council staff get the party started for Croydon PrideFest
- Clamping down on antisocial behaviour
- New partnership delivers highway improvements
- Colourful new civic space to be launched in Croydon town centre
- Council employee finalist in national award
- Croydon PrideFest and ZEE Croydon International Mela - just one week to go!
- Game, set and match: Wimbledon hits the High Street
- Croydon Council CEO named New Londoner of the Year 2018
- Schoolchildren showcase their cultivating skills at annual public market
- Good progress findings in social care review
- Breaking the cycle of domestic abuse
August 2018 ( View complete archive page )
- Qualifications for jobseekers employed as part of council retail project
- Street Live finale offers up a mix of dance, music, markets and a new vibe
- Supporting young people to get back to school safely
- Just over a week left for you to nominate your community heroes
- Council to purchase hotel in drive to generate income for frontline services
- Croydon’s Young Mayor’s Fund awards first grants
- Eid-ul-Adha message from the leader of the council
- New tool launched to help residents get to grips with new waste service
- Let’s get physical at leisure centre open days
- Lemn Sissay to host new STAR awards celebrating young people in care
- Croydon's A-Level pass rate remains steady
- Residents reminded to prepare for new bin collections
- Don’t Mess with Croydon – Take Pride marks 200 successful prosecutions
- Injunction helps protect community spaces from encampments
- FiveAI vehicles begin data gathering in Croydon to prepare for autonomous driving
- Shadow Housing Minister urges Government to fund sprinklers as council installation reaches halfway point
- Help Croydon kick-start 2019 at the London New Year’s Day Parade
- Helping young people have a good summer holiday
- Groundbreaking employment academy returns
- Drop-in event for proposed community centre next week
- Budding young entrepreneurs choose their future with a taste of market life
- First glimpse of Croydon’s newest creative hub
- Young Mayor urges young people to 'seize the day'
- Croydon shortlisted for two prestigious awards
- Nominations open for 2018 Mayor’s Civic Awards
September 2018 ( View complete archive page )
- Find the right support to help you quit smoking
- Celebrating Black History Month with host of events
- Council in top three for national award
- Free conference for landlords
- Promoting the mental health of parents and their families
- International economic links promoted as Chinese delegation visits Croydon
- A safer, greener, prosperous and healthier Croydon
- Parents of premature babies offered more support as Croydon Council signs up for charity charter
- Drop-in events to discuss state-of-the-art football and community hub proposals
- Croydon appoints new executive director for children, families and education
- Last chance to catch art installation at Croydon Clocktower
- Last chance to catch art installation at Croydon Clocktower
- Collections of old recycling boxes begin next week
- Supporting young care-leavers to be the best they can be
- Extra safety measures for The Queen’s Gardens
- Take a tour of Croydon buildings as Open House Weekend comes to London
- Celebrate World Car Free Day by joining town centre play street
- Croydon gears up for young people to Takeover the town
- Derelict homes renovated to boost housing supply
- New parking charges preserve free one-hour bays
- Croydon serves up Seoul food highlights
- Drivers warned over tyre safety
- Get a free blood pressure check in Croydon and know your numbers
- Ceremony pays respect to emergency services
- Sports and leisure centres revamp under way
- New £6.5m state-of-the-art Youth Zone starts to take shape
- Compulsory Purchase Orders served to secure remaining Whitgift land and interests
- Council wants to hear from New Addington residents on regeneration
- Collection arrangements announced for old recycling boxes
- Helping young people make positive choices
- Croydon to introduce supplementary planning document on suburban development and how it will engage with stakeholders
October 2018 ( View complete archive page )
- Memorial service to mark tram incident
- Memorial service to mark tram incident
- Supporting people in the workplace
- Young people in care shine bright at Croydon's first STAR Awards
- New council directors appointed
- Ofsted confirms progress in improving children's services
- Croydon receives £61m from Mayor of London to build new council homes
- Croydon and Birmingham join forces over fire sprinkler funding call
- Council prosecutes pharmacy over illegal razor blade sale
- Croydon rapper and entrepreneur Konan tells his story at BAME celebration seminar
- Domestic abuse is everybody’s business
- Young people raise their voices at Croydon Youth Congress 2018
- Remembrance ceremonies mark 100 years since end of First World War
- Long-term injunction protects Croydon’s green spaces and highways from illegal encampments
- Special evening to celebrate Croydon's unsung heroes
- Croydon Council leader welcomes Gatwick expansion plans
- Council social worker up for national award
- Investment plans for Croydon’s transport system approved for submission to Mayor of London
- MOBO award-winners back music city ambitions
- Investment in Croydon’s regeneration continues with £166m growth zone funding approval
- “Good” care rating for One Croydon Alliance service
- Celebrating Croydon’s unsung heroes at Mayor’s Civic Awards
- Help people to take a stand against domestic abuse
- Raising awareness of hate crime
- Council in double pledge for tenants’ rights
- Croydon praised for efforts to make the town dementia friendly
- Four-time Olympian set to receive Freedom of Croydon Borough
- Seeking help against domestic abuse
- Call for over-55s to be part of a new Croydon sports team for Club Games competition
- Competition celebrates Croydon's Windrush history
- London's leading contemporary dance festival comes to Croydon
- So you think I’m crazy? Free Croydon arts showcase for World Mental Health Day
- New £100k youth arts fund launched
- Follow in the footsteps of top British athletes by representing Croydon in the London Youth Games
- Higher standards for Croydon tenants
- Using arts to help stop violence and abuse
- Supporting women away from a life of crime
- New highway partnership gets under way
November 2018 ( View complete archive page )
- Parking restrictions relaxed to help celebrate festive season
- Council’s support for disabled jobseekers wins award
- Council homelessness prevention scheme honoured
- Civic honours to be awarded to two prominent Croydon sportspeople next week
- Young people take over Croydon
- Further recognition for Croydon Council’s apprenticeship programme at Personnel Today Awards
- Council commits to fair and ethical council tax collection
- Council support on residents' winter energy bills
- Tree planting drive sees hundreds of saplings come to Croydon
- New executive director for Croydon Council
- Croydon Composers prepare to rock Boxpark
- Free business school will give residents start-up advice
- Get tested, treated and protected against HIV
- The BRIT School launches an exciting series of new pop-up performances in Croydon town centre
- Economic summit helps draw Croydon’s Year of Business to a close
- Impact of a child’s first 1,000 days lasts a lifetime, new report reveals
- Driving down serious violence
- Croydon Council pledges to transform digital services for residents
- Croydon ranked in London’s top 10 for creating a better food future for residents
- Council affordable homes drive passes 150 mark
- Croydon prepares for remembrance
- Leading children’s charity to promote fostering in Croydon as council plans to bring service back in-house
- Council worker nominated for Pride of Britain Awards
- Prizes presented to enthusiastic young readers
- New forecasting system to help keep Croydon’s roads clear
- Croydon Council has been shortlisted for five prestigious awards
- New cultural internships offer young people paid placements with UK’s leading arts organisations
- Flu warning issued to protect toddlers and vulnerable adults
- Sugar-free challenge for Croydon residents
- New director for early help and children's social care
- Croydon could be top of the POPS for tackling hate crime and asb
- Council purchases retail park as investment to protect frontline services continues
December 2018 ( View complete archive page )
- Help shape the future of Croydon’s transport network
- Milestone reached on Brick by Brick development
- Support against domestic abuse during the festive season
- Success for South Norwood’s £1million Good Growth Fund bid
- Tell us your community safety concerns
- Extra safety measures to combat antisocial behaviour
- Changes to waste collections over festive period
- Competition opens to transform key Thornton Heath site
- Community effort gets more people testing for HIV
- Wise words for a cracking Christmas
- Croydon named among London's first Creative Enterprise Zones
- Council joins London-wide group to improve temporary housing
- Council joins London-wide group to improve temporary housing
- Winter champions help residents to ease NHS pressures
- Multi-agency day of action sees vehicle seized
- Multi-agency day of action sees vehicle seized
- Find out about proposals for Croydon’s new special school
- Competitive tender for Fair Field public space to go live next month
- Prestigious win for Croydon’s developer Brick by Brick
- Public consultation on supporting young people with SEND to reach their full potential
- New council accommodation for rough sleepers
- Hundreds of bags of litter cleared as hundreds of street champions help keep Croydon clean
- Freedom of the Borough awarded to Roy Hodgson and Donna Fraser at special council meeting
January 2019 ( View complete archive page )
- Discount boost for under-18s with disabilities
- London's Deputy Mayor for crime and policing backs Croydon's plans to prevent violence
- Electric van for award-winning local business Chequers
- Croydon commended for 'phenomenal' work on dementia
- Restaurant fined after mouse infestation
- Children’s writing competition commemorates victims of the Holocaust and genocide
- Three Croydon schemes shortlisted for London Transport Awards
- Croydon proposes Article 4 Direction to manage HMO conversions
- Housing campaigners back council decision
- Roofer sentenced after trading standards investigation
- Croydon Council named in the top 10 local government employers in annual equality index
- FJC seeks more volunteers
- Public memorial service pays tribute to dedicated councillor
- Croydon town centre to be heart of new creative enterprise zone
- Two free council events for landlords and lettings agents
- Croydon Council and Crystal Palace FC team up to help rough sleepers
- Fly-tipper caught on hidden camera convicted
- Council considers community-led housing proposal
- ‘Tree-cycling’ set to get underway
- New exhibition celebrates legacy of inspirational Croydon suffragette
- Croydon mourns one of its longest-serving, 'most dedicated' councillors
- Boost your health and happiness in the New Year
February 2019 ( View complete archive page )
- First steps for community-led homes scheme
- Croydon’s anti-DV work credited by London Mayor
- Deputy Mayor hails Croydon as ‘centre for innovation and enterprise’
- Dementia friendly cinema launches in Croydon
- Council pledges groundbreaking study will shape future of children and young people's services
- Croydon reviews the lives of 60 vulnerable adolescents
- Brick by Brick sales showroom launches
- Delivering for residents in 2019/20
- Peace restored as tenants barred from property
- Thousands of young recyclers learnt top tips to help the planet over the past year
- Get on board the new shopping bus for over 60s in Thornton Heath
- Event to celebrate Croydon’s year of business and the borough’s entrepreneurs
- Young Mayor’s Fund opens for bids
- Council tax rises proposed for abandoned homes
- First shared Bikehangars available for the community
- Norbury and Pollards Hill by-election announced
- Norbury and Pollards Hill by-election announced
- Team of architects selected to lead the design of Thornton Heath public space
- More homes for Croydon rough sleepers
- Outstanding rating for council social care service
- Employment academy returns for local entrepreneurs
- High Street pedestrian scheme set to be made permanent
- Civic event launches LGBT History Month in Croydon
- Council brings grounds maintenance back in-house
- Work begins to install more vehicle charging points in Croydon
- Council backs Judicial Review of Purley Baptist Church planning decision
- Fair Field public space tender opportunity now live for submissions
- School Street programme could expand to help eight more schools
- Get ready for Fizz Free February
March 2019 ( View complete archive page )
- High praise for Croydon teachers’ dedication to get kids healthy to learn
- Leader of the council welcomes Westfield commitment
- Director fined over illegal sale of knives
- Council increases free support for young people in town centre
- Sign up to country’s biggest spring clean and make a difference in your community
- Croydon doorsteps Prime Minister in post-Grenfell fire safety call
- Cabinet recommends adoption of planning document on suburban development
- Croydon celebrates foster carers
- Young people take centre stage as Croydon creates thousands of new opportunities in theatre
- Council prosecutes shopkeeper for selling knives to a child
- Council up for two national planning awards
- Action taken to promote greener journeys across Croydon
- Helping children and young people with SEND reach their full potential
- Celebrating 100 years of council housing in Croydon
- Public consultation on the proposed closure of St Andrew's Church of England High School
- Statement from the Mayor of Croydon and the Leader of Croydon Council on the New Zealand terror attacks
- Free health hubs in Croydon are changing residents’ lives
- Croydon Council wins at LGC Awards
- Services for children in Croydon continue to improve, Ofsted has found
- Free conference will support borough’s high street businesses
- Secretary of State’s decision to refuse planning permission at Purley Baptist Church quashed
- Unauthorised extension costs homeowner more than £50k
- New partnership with London South Bank University next step in Croydon's regeneration
- Dementia roadshows get people thinking about how to be considerate in their communities
- Young musicians apply now to perform at The Ends Festival
- New housing for young Croydon care leavers
- Residents back New Addington regeneration plans
- Croydon celebrates International Women’s Day
- Nearly two thirds of applicants offered first preference for secondary school place
- Council to support festival celebrating Croydon’s rich musical history
- Croydon unites against hate crime
- Health inequalities in Croydon tackled in new plan
- Start planning your Big Lunch street, park or lunar parties
- Two schemes to boost apprenticeships in Croydon launched at Chooseday Tuesday
- Exhibition to display improvements planned for Croydon Minster public space
- £17m funding to transform Old Town
April 2019 ( View complete archive page )
- Topping out celebrates major milestone for New Addington Leisure Centre
- Hop into action this spring with sugar smart swaps
- Hundreds of bags of litter cleared by Don’t Mess With Croydon – Take Pride volunteers
- Architectural shortlist for Fair Field public space announced
- Proposal to protect areas of historical importance in Addington
- Croydon shortlisted in three categories of London business awards
- Council up for two more national awards
- Young Mayor’s Fund awards £8,000 to young people’s projects
- First site announced for Croydon’s first community-led homes
- Wandle Park cleared as Don't Mess With Croydon - Take Pride partners with Great British Spring Clean
- Council welcomes proposed section 21 eviction ban
- Council boosts investment in Croydon’s voluntary sector
- Notice of EU elections posted
- New music festival a huge success
- Court orders couple to pay more than £135,000 for renting out unauthorised flats
- Excellent rating for council disability employment team
- Council Tax and business rates collection hit all-time high
- Young Mayor and Deputy Young Mayor presented with chains of office
- Council leader welcomes cross-party support for local EU citizens
- Autism awareness events to shape future support for residents
- Help shape the future of Croydon’s digital revolution
- More books than ever before available through Croydon's libraries
May 2019 ( View complete archive page )
- Improvements set for Selsdon Library as refurbishment begins
- Help support people with autism
- Town centre activities back as Street Live returns to Croydon
- Croydon prepares to pay tribute to the Croydon Windrush Generation
- Review of Croydon Local Plan now under way
- Blowing the whistle on knife crime
- Council to create year-round homeless support hub
- The Ends festival to showcase Croydon's emerging talent
- Parking scheme could make Croydon London’s greenest borough
- Keeping young people away from gangs
- Croydon’s business support programmes celebrated at London awards
- Introducing the new Mayor for Croydon
- Council welcomes first 100% affordable Brick by Brick development
- School pupils take pride and lead by example in community clear up campaign
- School pupils take pride and lead by example in community clear up campaign
- Croydon launches new campaign to tackle young people’s mental health concerns
- Overwhelming local support for Norbury Library plans
- Croydon Lettings saves taxpayers thousands
- Stitch, sew, go! Get your needles poised to support dementia
- Croydon shortlisted for co-operatives award
- Multi-million-pound fund becomes available for Croydon groups
- Pub giant fined £180,000 after Croydon Council prosecution
- Hundreds of thousands of pounds given to community schemes across Croydon
- Five steps to boost your mind and body
- Croydon children to get £650,000 holiday club boost
- Latest School Street proposals welcomed by communities
- Selhurst Park thankyou tea party for shelter volunteers
- Council reveals plans to transform Croydon's libraries
- Inspirational young people hailed at special ceremony
- Dockless e-bike bicycle hire offers new way to make greener journeys in Croydon
- Time to eliminate measles in Croydon
- Get ready to lace up and walk this May
June 2019 ( View complete archive page )
- Croydon hosts global summit celebrating the best of the borough
- Funds pledged to invest in the environment at borough’s first Sustainability Summit
- Hundreds turn out to celebrate Croydon’s Windrush community
- First conviction against online knife sales to children
- Council’s Gateway approach wins national award
- More financial choice planned over adult social care
- Job fair to mark National Employability Day
- University students redesign Croydon Crematorium
- Proposed closure of St Andrew's Church of England High School
- Wraparound support for breastfeeding mums in Croydon
- Have your say on upgraded CCTV system
- Countdown to Croydon Mela
- Aspiring dancers and musicians Assemble for Fairfield Halls Takeover
- Croydon appoints new Violence Reduction Network director
- Croydon wins national award for Don’t Mess With Croydon – Take Pride’s success
- CroydonPrideFest launched
- Upgraded community hub opens
- London-wide recognition for Croydon’s dementia friendly town
- Host of initiatives celebrate National Clean Air Day in Croydon
- Croydon’s raising the flag for our Armed Forces
- Job takeover event to mark Learning Disability Week
- Council apprentices to be paid London Living Wage
- Know your numbers if you want to count on good health
- Thornton Heath public space to host activity festivals this summer
- Croydon foster carers awarded MBE
- Land sale approved for hundreds more Brick by Brick homes
- BRIT Presents is back!
- Applications open for £2.6m council funding
- Croydon wins twice at Planning Awards 2019
- Making plans for Croydon’s Violence Reduction Network
- Bidding opens for Croydon’s first community-led homes
- Stormzy's coming home
July 2019 ( View complete archive page )
- Street Live to bring a busy August to Croydon town centre
- Chinese visitors praise Croydon’s plans to improve residents’ health
- Companies prosecuted for selling knives online to children
- The holidays are no excuse for domestic abuse
- Newly-opened marked routes help walkers and runners explore Croydon’s green space
- Kick off your summer at a free football tournament
- South London Downs unveiled as London’s newest National Nature Reserve
- Funding available for Croydon social groups
- New campaign sets target to achieve zero new HIV infections in Croydon
- New parents promised better mental health care in Croydon
- Free swimming returns to Croydon this summer - with added benefits for those signing up
- Exhibition opens for council housing centenary celebration
- Cycle lane will make greener journeys easier across Croydon
- Gig Buddies is back!
- Woodland nature group named best in London
- Tell us about your favourite local green space - and help give them even more protection
- Discounted parking permits for environmentally friendly vehicles as Croydon drives green agenda
- School Streets could give hundreds of pupils safer journeys
- Market day reaps healthy rewards for schools
- Deadline approaches for Croydon’s first community-led homes
- Croydon’s commissioning process revitalised to benefit all
- Record numbers for Croydon PrideFest and Croydon Mela
- Croydon promotes summer events for young people
- Junior Road Watch helps improve road safety around schools
- Celebrate Croydon’s 127 parks during Love Parks Week
- Illegal tobacco haul seized
- Croydon turns up the volume on youth voice
- Sign your child up to free summer holiday scheme
- Blast off on a space adventure with this year’s Summer Reading Challenge
- Croydon's digital revolution will improve services for residents, communities and businesses
- Team Croydon wins ParaGames trophy at London Youth Games
- New campaign takes a zero-tolerance approach to hate crime
- Croydon to declare climate emergency
- Meanwhile Croydon wins at New London Architecture Awards
- Make a difference to a young person in care by becoming a learning mentor
- Bags of goodness for sale at Croydon’s annual schools’ marketplace
- Selsdon library shelves help community cause
August 2019 ( View complete archive page )
- Two Croydon apprentices nominated for London awards
- Council set to take over care in special sheltered housing
- More UK online businesses prosecuted over illegal knife sales to children
- New community grant funding offers thousands of pounds to local groups
- Open House London returns to Croydon in September
- Council chooses winning community housing bid
- Top GCSE grades for more pupils
- Antisocial behaviour leads to flat closure
- A-Level results mark continued success
- Croydon announce £350k allotments improvement programme during National Allotments Week
- Whitgift Centre provides new home for former Allders building traders
- Jobs fair helps young people to choose their futures
- Croydon leads the fight against FGM
- Completion of Colonnades purchase will help fund frontline services
- Don’t Mess With Croydon – Take Pride marks fifth year of success
- Croydon’s communities helped with funding through local ward budgets
- Council consults on proposed electoral changes
- Norbury Library becomes second to be refurbished
- Temporary cameras put fresh eyes on crime hot spots
- 100 in 100 apprenticeship campaign gets under way
- Order to help stop drug misuse and knife crime
- Report Modern Day Slavery – via the Safe Car Wash App
- Community celebration as Selsdon Library reopens its doors
- Children’s services getting ‘consistently better’
- Children’s services getting ‘consistently better’
- Major funding boost for mental health support in Croydon schools
September 2019 ( View complete archive page )
- Come and find out how Croydon is fighting crime
- Boost for residents with retail experience training
- Week-long event to boost recycling in Croydon
- Street champions lead by example on World Clean-Up Day
- CROYDON’S NEW GREEN PARKING SCHEME LAUNCHES IN OCTOBER
- One week left to bid for Community Fund
- A sustainable future for Croydon
- Funding boost for South Norwood’s heritage
- Businesses fined over illegal knife sales
- Full-fibre broadband deal for council tenants
- Croydon’s European citizens invited to immigration event
- Take a sneak peek at some of Croydon’s architectural gems
- It's showtime: Glorious reopening for Fairfield Halls
- Croydon helps 200 rough sleepers off the streets
- Children given safe space to play as Croydon marks World Car Free Day
- Community outreach supports decline in the capital’s HIV infection rates
- Croydon’s global opportunities to be debated at economic summit
- New service to help protect children from domestic abuse
- World-class public space next phase for Fair Field
- Private hire driver fined hundreds of pounds for blue badge fraud
- Public event to detail Windrush compensation scheme
- Curtain set to rise on Fairfield Halls
- Croydon's Youth Zone opened with thousands signed up
- Make sure your voice is counted at next election
- National recognition for Croydon’s dog warden
- Council-led programmes aim to get more women and long-term unemployed people into construction
- Blood pressure: Do you know your numbers?
- Croydon’s recycling rate rockets after bin collection changes
- Youth bus offers safety advice
- Nominate a young star for a special award
- SummerMix prepares young refugees and unaccompanied asylum–seeking children for UK school life
October 2019 ( View complete archive page )
- Croydon Digital Service awarded over £100k of government funding
- Croydon Council response to British Transport Police announcement on Croydon tram derailment
- Civic ceremony to mark third anniversary of tram derailment
- Nadia Rose joins youth takeover of Fairfield Halls
- Remembrance service returns to Fairfield Halls
- Second public event to be held on Windrush compensation scheme
- UK’s leading dementia charity commends Croydon
- Free digital training for residents
- Warning after business waste clampdown
- New Croydon plan will transform the health and care of local people
- Citizens' Assembly to help create a greener, more sustainable Croydon
- Croydon’s latest Food Stop unveiled
- Council to consult on how to manage Croydon's future growth
- Consultation on landlord licensing renewal
- Global greening campaign launched in Thornton Heath with help of Loyle Carner
- Global greening campaign launched in Thornton Heath with help of Loyle Carner
- Croydon’s Fairtrade agreement renewed
- Local partnership delivers new homes for adults with disabilities
- Fairfield gets SAVVY!
- Croydon to consider plans for CCTV upgrade
- Residents invited to discuss knife crime and violence
- Summer Reading Challenge winners celebrated at awards ceremony
- Historic ties with Arnhem celebrated at the restored Fairfield Halls
- Find your best route to good health and wellbeing
- 100 in 100 campaign hits 50 in 50
- Mental health matters for Croydon’s young people
- International festival of dance to take over Croydon
- Fairfield Halls’ Arnhem Foyer to be dedicated in honour of twin town
- Landlords fined thousands after Croydon Council prosecution
- Young people apply now to take over Croydon!
- Young people apply now to take over Croydon!
- Croydon’s Loyle Carner launches global Timberland campaign in home town
- Croydon announces events to mark National Hate Crime Awareness Week
- Mental health is not a joke! Special comedy night in Croydon’s Fairfield Halls
- Illegal online knife sales cost two businesses a total of £20,000
- Time to break up from your relationship with smoking
- Fairfield by-election
- New heating system cuts costs to council tenants and environment
- Celebrating Black History Month
- Banksy sets up shop in Croydon
- New parking charges reward greener drivers
November 2019 ( View complete archive page )
- Competition launched as council looks for ideas to transform Croydon’s subways
- Croydon joins national tree planting week
- Croydon joins national tree planting week
- Young people seize opportunities in Croydon Takeover Challenge
- Young people seize opportunities in Croydon Takeover Challenge
- Companies fined thousands for selling axe and knives to a teenager
- Youth performance partnership launches free tasters
- Croydon unites to stop violence against women
- Croydon in ambitious bid to boost late night economy
- Five-year plan to further improve Croydon’s economy approved by cabinet
- Temporary CCTV cameras to target crime hot spots
- Time to make good food accessible for all
- Grassroots gigs crop up in Croydon Music City
- Croydon's young stars shine
- Rapid HIV testing at community venues in Croydon
- Free business school returns to Whitgift Centre this month
- New environmentally-friendly gritters ready for winter
- Consultation on Croydon’s Local Plan review begins
- Bushcraft company fined £10,000 for illegal knife sale
- Act now to fend off the flu and winter illness
- Nominees sought for 2020 Mayor’s Civic Awards
- Talawa unveils new home at Fairfield Halls
- Croydon among top councils for tackling food poverty
- Statement from the Croydon Partnership and Croydon Council
- Join The Big Conversation and help shape Croydon’s future
December 2019 ( View complete archive page )
- Property deals boost for council funding
- Be your best self in 2020
- Croydon performers prepare for New Year’s Day Parade
- FJC welcomes police presence
- Council smashes 100 in 100 apprenticeships goal
- Millions more books on offer through Croydon’s libraries
- Croydon heads to City Hall in Borough of Culture bid
- Tailored plans for Croydon’s neighbourhoods approved by cabinet
- 'Dynamic leadership' drives consistent and rapid improvements in children's social care
- Historic Addington to get wider protected status
- Public consultation begins on landlord licensing renewal
- New Croydon council homes unveiled
- Mandatory domestic abuse training aims to save more live
- Give your Christmas tree a green goodbye
- New support for residents with disabilities
- Top tips for a great Christmas celebration
- Christmas bin collection changes announced
- Still time to have your say on Local Plan review
- Early Christmas present makes parking easier in Croydon
- Boroughwide backing to lower borough's obesity rates
- Croydon out in force for HIV awareness campaign
- Generous donation brings one thousand fish to South Norwood Lake
- Event on new homes proposed for New Addington
- Council-backed homelessness hub to open
January 2020 ( View complete archive page )
- Get involved in designing Croydon's new world-class public space
- Fill up with water and go Fizz Free in February
- Week-long campaign tackles fly-tipping in Norbury
- Caring for our residents and protecting local services
- Funding boost for homeless hub ahead of launch event
- Tree planting drive gives Croydon a green boost
- Calling all super pets – this is your chance to save the planet
- Community invited for first look at Norbury Library’s updated design
- Croydon Council prosecutes landlords over unlicensed fatal fire home
- Clean air project to bring zero-emissions delivery service to London Road
- Communities take the lead as Croydon tackles climate emergency
- Council help for local European citizens
- Croydon invests in more council homes
- New commission chair to help drive Croydon’s green agenda
- Croydon introduces tougher planning rules on house conversions
- Community celebrates stunning new leisure centre
- Croydon's communities invited to mark Holocaust Memorial Day
- Hundreds of new cycle storage spaces coming to Croydon
- New art sculpture celebrates Purley’s rail heritage
- Nominations open for Croydon’s next Young Mayor
- Share your views on school exclusions and Croydon’s Fair Access Panel
- New online tool makes it easier to volunteer at local libraries
- Feedback deadline extended on Local Plan review
- Don't forget to nominate for the Mayor's Civic Awards
- Electric vehicle charging points set to make a green start to 2020
- New outdoor gym comes to Norbury Park
- More than 50 community projects set to share a slice of £7m funding
- New Addington's stunning new leisure and community centre opens this week
February 2020 ( View complete archive page )
- The Big Lunch returns to Croydon
- Reimagine Croydon Subways winners revealed
- Hundreds more pupils get safer and healthier journeys to school
- Borough’s third Food Stop launches in Thornton Heath
- Consultation begins on St Giles School expansion
- Indoor shisha smoking sees men fined thousands of pounds
- Vital domestic abuse services receive £141k funding boost
- Croydon unveils radical plans to boost local democracy
- Funding keeps legacy of 100 in 100
- Tickets still available for post-Brexit business conference
- Free advice session for EU citizens
- The Big Conversation goes green
- WE DID IT! Croydon wins London Borough of Culture 2023
- Call for locals interested in community-led homes
- Young Londoners' Fund awards Croydon £1.2m for work to reduce youth violence
- Coronavirus: latest public health information
- Croydon celebrates LGBT+ History Month
- 100 in 100 celebration marks National Apprenticeship Week
- Inclusive cinema shows rolled out for people living with dementia
- Have your say on the Reimagine Croydon Subways finalists’ ideas
March 2020 ( View complete archive page )
- Help is on hand for residents struggling with council tax payments
- Grants to be paid to Croydon businesses
- #CroydonTogether: campaign thanks community for response to COVID-19
- Food parcels for hundreds in council support drive
- COVID-19: message from Councillor Tony Newman, leader of the council
- Council set up task force to support Croydon employers and businesses
- COVID-19: message from the leader of the council
- Reduced opening of council buildings begins from Friday
- Unlock Croydon libraries and the Museum of Croydon online
- Council calls for private landlords to help struggling tenants
- COVID-19: message from the leader of the council
- Statement from Councillor Alisa Flemming
- Statement from the leader of the council
- 119 extra council homes set for approval
- 'GOOD' Ofsted rating for Croydon children's services
- Climate Crisis Commission launch moves Croydon closer to carbon-neutral ambition
- Connecting Kenley awarded £878k from Good Growth Fund
- National knife clampdown pilot reaches 15 prosecutions
- Help celebrate Park Hill’s history
- More pupils offered top secondary school choices
- Croydon Council joins London-wide crackdown on idling drivers
- Consultation deadline nears on landlord licensing renewal
April 2020 ( View complete archive page )
- Covid-19 mobile testing unit coming to Croydon
- Croydon introduces new Exercise Streets to help residents keep fit and healthy during lockdown
- Off-licences and supermarkets to publicise domestic abuse help
- Virtual hubs help adults with disabilities combat isolation
- Croydon unites to support young people during lockdown
- COVID-19 update: a message from the leader of the council, Councillor Tony Newman
- Delivering digitally for Croydon’s residents
- Generous businesses support Croydon PPE appeal
- New homes approved to fund council arts venue restoration
- New council meetings format during COVID-19
- Croydon backs creative community with Cultural Relief Fund
- Protecting the public from COVID-19 scams
- COVID-19 update: message from Councillor Tony Newman, leader of the council
- Businesses urged to claim grant funding
- Seven day a week support for those suffering domestic abuse during coronavirus pandemic
- More first choice primary school offers for pupils in Croydon
- Croydon’s fourth Food Stop launches
- Council welcomes government action on care homes
- Council welcomes news of government occupier to Ruskin Square
- Council services continue to run 24/7 throughout the Easter period
- COVID-19: a message from Councillor Tony Newman, leader of the council
- #CroydonTogether: a special thank you for schools
- More time for residents’ feedback on new planning applications
- Residents reminded to use parks responsibly this Easter
- Council thanks Croydon businesses as it continues its PPE appeal
- Working together for Croydon
- Council appeal for donations to boost personal protective equipment supply
- COVID-19 update: a message from Councillor Tony Newman, leader of the council
- Croydon Works helps job-seeking residents as COVID-19 creates new roles
- Council launches fund to strengthen community COVID-19 response
- #CroydonTogether: thank you campaign met with huge response
May 2020 ( View complete archive page )
- Council calls for sustainable social care funding
- Have your say and help shape the future of the Purley Way
- COVID-19 update: a message from Councillor Tony Newman, leader of the council
- Consultation launched on plans to upgrade the Brighton Mainline and East Croydon station
- Boost for Croydon businesses as more market stalls reopen
- Collaborative approach to violence reduction to be at the heart of new community safety strategy
- Croydon comes together to help borough’s most vulnerable during Covid-19 crisis
- COVID-19 update: message from Councillor Tony Newman, leader of the council
- Croydon Streetspace project creates more space for walking and cycling in seven new areas
- Parking rules to be reintroduced across Croydon as lockdown eases
- Dedicated support for people living with dementia during lockdown
- Croydon calls on government to plug gaps in Covid-19 business support
- Croydon’s climate commission sets out focus for tackling climate change
- Croydon enhances employment support for those left jobless by Covid-19
- New schemes to help more residents struggling with council tax
- Residents urged to stay safe as new rules increase access to parks
- Share some kindness for Mental Health Awareness Week
- COVID-19 update: a message from the leader of the council, Councillor Tony Newman
- Residents thanked as hundreds use newly-reopened recycling centres
- Croydon NHS is still here for your primary care needs
- Croydon’s household reuse and recycling centres reopen to the public on Wednesday
- Online church service to commemorate the 75th anniversary of VE Day
- COVID-19 update: a message from Councillor Tony Newman, leader of the council
- Croydon unites in response to Covid-19 crisis
- Statement from the leader of the council regarding the closure of Debenhams, Croydon
- Croydon celebrates Foster Care Fortnight 2020
- Join local and nationwide VE Day commemorations
- Council launches business survey ahead of lockdown being lifted
- Renewed landlord licensing scheme set for council approval
- COVID-19 update: a message from Councillor Tony Newman, leader of the council
- Wealth of wellness to boost your health during the lockdown
- Museum of Croydon’s online VE Day celebration
- Free online courses to help residents back into work
June 2020 ( View complete archive page )
- Borough reaches milestone in long-term housing plan
- COVID-19 update - a message from Councillor Tony Newman, leader of the council
- Applications open for apprenticeships in small firms
- Croydon named national award finalist for recycling boost
- Croydon Streetspace brings cycle lane to London Road
- Covid-19 update: A message from leader of the council
- New fund helps freelancers and creative practitioners
- Helping you to travel and shop local safely
- Croydon pharmacies publicise domestic abuse help
- Residents to benefit from free stop smoking programme
- Croydon named in top 10 areas for tech start-ups
- Croydon welcomes £4m UASC funding boost
- Covid-19 guidance regarding public gatherings
- COVID-19 update: a message from Councillor Tony Newman, leader of the council
- Updated Covid-19 guidance for people in shared homes
- Croydon unites to drive post-Covid economic revival
- Up to £5k extra funding for Croydon businesses yet to receive coronavirus financial support
- Director of public health urges Croydon residents to keep safe over Covid-19
- Town hall to be lit purple in memory of George Floyd
July 2020 ( View complete archive page )
- Council fund helps to boost Croydon's culture groups
- Covid-19 update: a message from Councillor Tony Newman, leader of the council
- Croydon launches Respect Your Park campaign to tackle litter
- Council expands scheme to boost walking and cycling
- Get Covid-19 aware to help Keep Croydon Safe
- £1.9m funding for more Covid-hit small businesses
- Face-to-face support resumes for residents
- COVID-19 update: a message from Councillor Tony Newman, leader of the council
- Survey launched ahead of new equalities strategy
- Croydon bids farewell to children’s services chief
- Council applies to renew landlord licensing scheme
- New digital arts programme for young people in Croydon
- Business grants will support more Croydon businesses
- Leisure centres prepare to welcome back residents
- 50th fly-tipping van seized in Don’t Mess with Croydon campaign
- Council support to continue after government shielding scheme ends
- Croydon libraries begin to reopen
- COVID-19 update: a message from Councillor Tony Newman, leader of the council
- Iconic arts venue will host community and creative uses during temporary hibernation
- Croydon pulls further ahead with most School Streets in London
- Virtual ceremony welcomes borough’s new Mayor
- Post-Covid business boost from council’s ground-breaking 4G deal
- Supporting Croydon’s High Streets to reopen
- COVID-19 update: a message from Councillor Tony Newman, leader of the council
- New plans for town centre university campus
August 2020 ( View complete archive page )
- Hip hop star Loyle Carner returns to his roots for community garden
- Planning approval for new town centre university campus
- COVID-19 update: a message from Councillor Tony Newman, leader of the council
- Council supports schools ahead of September reopening
- Croydon announces departure of Jo Negrini
- COVID-19 update: a message from Councillor Tony Newman, leader of the council
- Council joins innovative partnership helping young ex-offenders
- GCSE performance rises for Croydon students
- Shortlist success in apprenticeship awards
- Croydon marks VJ Day 75th anniversary
- Croydon marks A-level successes despite Covid-19
- £1.4m in council’s Covid-19 business grants still available
- COVID-19 update: message from Councillor Tony Newman, leader of the council
- Croydon launches 24-hour helpline with Stop Hate UK
September 2020 ( View complete archive page )
- Quit for Covid this Stoptober
- Residents urged to follow new measures in fight against Covid-19
- Support payments for Covid-19 self-isolating workers
- Illegal cigarettes seized in council operation
- Statement from Rachel Flowers, Croydon's director of public health
- Statement from Rachel Flowers, Croydon's director of public health
- COVID-19 update: a message from Councillor Tony Newman, leader of the council
- Celebrities narrate ‘groundbreaking’ audio-trail
- Statement from the leader of the council as Croydon mourns police officer
- Community leaders unite in call to Keep Croydon Safe
- COVID-19 update: a message from Councillor Tony Newman, leader of the council
- Cabinet to consider immediate savings as part of finance review
- Council widens sustainable heating initiative
- Council to further expand scheme to boost walking and cycling
- New Covid-19 testing centre for Croydon
- Croydon acts now for a sustainable future
- Building bee highways and butterfly corridors and how you can play your part
- Fraud network sentenced under Croydon-led nationwide case
- COVID-19 update: message from Councillor Tony Newman, leader of the council
- Croydon celebrates apprenticeship awards success
- Ceremony marks new council housing milestone
- Croydon backs Great British September Clean as Street Champions network nears 500 volunteers
- Croydon appoints new interim chief executive
- Have your say on Thornton Heath’s future development
- Croydon urges government to deliver fairer funding
- COVID-19 update: a message from Councillor Tony Newman, leader of the council
- Campaign to train 1,000 residents in mental health first aid
October 2020 ( View complete archive page )
- COVID-19 update: a message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Drugs dens closed and nuisance tenant told to live on his own in fight against antisocial behaviour
- New council leader apologises and pledges ‘swift and decisive action’ to address findings of Public Interest Report
- New leader for Croydon Council
- Free activities for youngsters this October half-term
- New restrictions start tonight as Croydon moves to high alert level
- Council receives government grant to tackle rough sleeping
- COVID-19 update: a message from Councillor Tony Newman, leader of the council
- Croydon marks Keep Britain Tidy success as Street Champions network reaches over 500 volunteers
- Have your say on our Public Space Protection Orders
- Croydon Council social worker in Queen’s Birthday Honours list
- Croydon employee awarded MBE for supporting local schoolchildren
- COVID-19 update: message from Councillor Tony Newman, the leader of the council
- New charging system for household bulky waste collection
- Croydon appoints interim executive director for children and families
- PWC to undertake independent strategic review of council’s companies
- New Low Traffic Neighbourhood coming to South Norwood
- COVID-19 update: a message from Councillor Tony Newman, leader of the council
- Council joins minute’s silence for Sergeant Matt Ratana
- Consultation on greener parking charges
- Black History Month goes live
- Croydon appoints Shaniqua Benjamin as borough’s first Poet Laureate
- Consultation on the proposed closure of Virgo Fidelis Convent Senior School
November 2020 ( View complete archive page )
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Croydon to consult public on plans to rebuild council with focus on quality core services
- COVID-19 update: message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Have your say on future of Virgo Fidelis Convent Senior School
- Action plan latest step in Croydon’s drive to tackle financial challenges
- A safe space in schools for domestic abuse victims
- COVID-19 update: a message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Croydon outlines way forward from auditors' report
- Croydon outlines way forward from auditors' report
- Council issues section 114 notice as part of action plan to tackle financial challenges
- COVID-19 update: a message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Free directory launched for borough’s creatives
- Restricted civic ceremony to commemorate Sandilands tragedy
- COVID-19 update: a message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Have your say on the future of the Crystal Palace and South Norwood Low Traffic Neighbourhood
- Special Covid-19 measures for Remembrance Sunday
- COVID-19 update: a message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
December 2020 ( View complete archive page )
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- How the council can support your business through these challenging times
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Company prosecuted for selling axe to a child
- COVID-19 update: a message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- COVID-19 update: a message from Councillor Hamida Ali, the leader of the council
- Council services over the Christmas period
- Croydon Council requests MHCLG capitalisation direction
- COVID-19 update: a message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Christmas and New Year bin collection changes and recycling of your Christmas trees
- Christmas and New Year bin collection changes and recycling of your Christmas trees
- Struggling families to share Covid-19 winter grant
- New Year decision on pilot low traffic neighbourhood scheme
- Give your views on Croydon’s plans for the future
- Applications open for extra Covid-19 business grants
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Greener parking scheme to be launched in January
- Croydon issues a second Section 114 notice
- COVID-19 update: a message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Croydon subject to Tier 2 restrictions from midnight tonight
January 2021 ( View complete archive page )
- COVID-19 update: a message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Committee to consider revised Streetspace scheme for Crystal Palace
- New Covid-19 Local Testing Centre to open in Croydon
- COVID-19 update: a message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Holocaust Memorial Day commemorated in online ceremony
- Council prosecutes landlord over fire risk flat
- Days left to have your say on council’s savings proposals
- COVID-19 update: a message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Survey opens on Croydon’s future libraries service
- Report recommends replacement low traffic neighbourhood scheme
- Trading standards warning over Covid vaccine scam
- COVID-19 update: a message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- COVID-19 update: a message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
February 2021 ( View complete archive page )
- COVID-19 update: a message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Improved healthy streets scheme for Crystal Palace
- Additional Covid-19 testing in New Addington and Fieldway
- Croydon outlines budget proposals for sustainable financial future
- COVID-19 update: a message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Roadmap agreed on future of Brick By Brick
- Cabinet approves asset sale strategy
- Register early to vote by post in upcoming London elections
- Extra Covid-19 support grants for businesses
- COVID-19 update: a message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Mayoral referendum to be held in October
- Purley Way transformation survey and masterplan consultation launched
- COVID-19 update: a message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Councillors to consider referendum proposals
- Ten sentenced after Croydon-led trading standards operation
- Croydon responds to MHCLG rapid review findings and welcomes improvement and assurance panel
March 2021 ( View complete archive page )
- By-elections in May
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Council nominates community stalwart as pandemic hero
- Council ends section 114 notice
- Council launches urgent housing inquiry
- Croydon remembers: National Day of Reflection
- Statement from Croydon Council
- Free meals and activities for families struggling this Easter
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, the leader of the council
- New Croydon plan to tackle inequality
- Take part in Census 2021 and help shape Croydon’s future
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Croydon continues its renewal journey after setting 2021-22 budget
- More ways to get tested in South Norwood and Thornton Heath
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, the leader of the council
- Croydon given green light to balance budget after capitalisation direction offer
- Extra Covid-19 testing to launch in South Norwood and Thornton Heath
- More parents choose Croydon secondary schools
- New Covid-19 grants to support night-time economy
- Croydon wins funding to reduce crime and help the community in London Road
April 2021 ( View complete archive page )
- Less than one week until the elections – what you need to know
- Less than one week until the elections – what you need to know
- COVID-19 update: a message from Rachel Flowers, Croydon's director of public health
- COVID-19 update: a message from Rachel Flowers, Croydon's director of public health
- Council launches new grant for innovative businesses
- Croydon records 1,000 Covid-19 deaths: statement from the leader of the council
- COVID-19 update: a message from Rachel Flowers, Croydon's director of public health
- COVID-19 update: a message from Rachel Flowers, Croydon's director of public health
- COVID-19 update from Rachel Flowers, Croydon’s director of public health
- Regina Road update
- Croydon Council launches campaign to find 30 new fostering households
- COVID-19 update from Rachel Flowers, Croydon’s Director of Public Health
- Croydon mourns His Royal Highness, The Duke of Edinburgh
- Libraries restart services next week
- A message from Rachel Flowers, Croydon's director of public health
- A message from Rachel Flowers, Croydon's director of public health
May 2021 ( View complete archive page )
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, the leader of the council
- Supporting residents with autism at the heart of new council plan
- Help keep Croydon tidy during the Great British Spring Clean
- Croydon set to appoint Kerswell as permanent chief executive
- A message from council leader Hamida Ali on the anniversary of George Floyd's death
- A message from council leader Hamida Ali on the anniversary of George Floyd's death
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Free holiday clubs for Croydon’s disadvantaged children
- Funding boost for Croydon’s rough sleeping prevention work
- Croydon reaffirms commitment to put residents first
- All libraries to stay open under updated council proposals
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, the leader of the council
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, the leader of the council
- Consultation on children's centres proposal
- Consultation on children's centres proposal
- New senior officer to lead Croydon housing improvements
- Let Mental Health Awareness Week inspire you to play your part
- Croydon’s communities receive boost with return of local ward budgets
- Five new councillors for Croydon
- LIVE - Croydon local by-elections 2021
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, the leader of the council
- Residents’ lead role in council’s drive to improve its housing services
- A new mayor for Croydon - Councillor Sherwan Chowdhury
June 2021 ( View complete archive page )
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Drop in and have your say on library proposals
- Help make sure Race and Equality matter in Croydon
- Croydon celebrates Windrush Day
- Supporting businesses and helping our high streets thrive
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Croydon health chiefs urge residents to get their life-saving Covid-19 vaccines
- More time to have your say on children’s centres proposals
- Have your say on plans to improve healthy neighbourhood schemes
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Specialist dogs sniff out 14,000 illegal cigarettes in major crackdown
- National knife clampdown concludes with 17 prosecutions
- COVID-19 update: a message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Croydon residents help shape greener future for borough
- New district centre fund worth £500,000 to support night-time economy
- Council calls for proper funding to support young asylum-seeking children
- Detailed consultation begins on Croydon libraries
- Rainbow flag raised in Croydon to celebrate Pride Month
July 2021 ( View complete archive page )
- Croydon Council and Chamber of Commerce call on Chancellor to delay phased withdrawal of furlough
- Croydon launches street tree sponsorship scheme
- Summer of fun for children and young people
- Have your say on plans to improve two healthy neighbourhood schemes
- Welcome back to Croydon libraries
- Children’s services will continue to be delivered at 11 Croydon locations
- Council progress on residents’ housing improvements
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Feedback events begin under housing improvements drive
- Free summer food and activity clubs to help Croydon families
- COVID-19 update: a message from Councillor Hamida Ali, the leader of the council
- New mobile sites in Croydon to offer rapid Covid-19 tests
- Croydon’s financial progress continues
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Arrangements for the council governance referendum on 7 October
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Stand up for the planet in this year’s Summer Reading Challenge
- Cabinet set to agree a way forward on Brick by Brick
August 2021 ( View complete archive page )
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Statement from the leader of the council on Afghan crisis
- More areas to benefit from council’s ground-breaking 4G deal
- New town centre council homes for local people
- Council to seek resident views on a post-Covid vision for Croydon town centre
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Second-hand bike markets continue in Croydon after successful launch
- Making young voices heard in Croydon Poet Laureate’s first exhibition
- Council secures extra £2m for Croydon businesses
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Croydon calls for urgent government funding over asylum support
- Borough students improve Croydon’s GCSE results
- Libraries set to stay in-house under savings proposals
- Council to review future support for private tenants
- Croydon’s innovative community health hub celebrates its first year
- Bumper A-level results for Croydon
- Love Croydon, shop local with new apps for local areas
- Don’t lose your voice - make sure you’re registered to vote
- Council launches affordable second-hand bike markets with local Croydon business
September 2021 ( View complete archive page )
- HGV driver shortage and congestion impact waste and recycling collections
- Croydon Council employee wins Apprentice of the Year 2021
- Warning over illegal cigarettes after raid
- Croydon steps-up efforts to get thousands more vaccinated and safe from Covid-19
- New Addington collaboration works to keep residents safe from Covid-19
- Croydon renews push on preventing HIV
- Register now to vote in Croydon’s referendum
October 2021 ( View complete archive page )
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Council announces plans to boost sustainable travel ahead of COP26
- Have your say on plans to change council tax support
- New walks to showcase Croydon’s historic town centre
- New university campus opens in Croydon
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Half-term fun for children and young people
- New Covid-19 vaccination booking system for 12-15 year olds to boost uptake during schools’ half-term
- Croydon dog warden wins top animal charity awards
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Croydon residents urged to boost winter immunity with vaccines
- Develop new skills to better support mental health in our communities
- Property sales set to improve council finances
- New council tax support scheme aims to be fairer while prioritising our most vulnerable residents
- Closure proposal for Purley Leisure Centre
- Extraordinary Council Meeting on directly elected mayor
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, the leader of the council
- Croydon referendum: voters choose directly-elected mayor model
- Vote in Croydon's referendum tomorrow
- Vote in Croydon's referendum tomorrow
- Smokers can break out of their lockdown habit with local and online support
- Join the council’s new housing improvement board
- Croydon celebrates Black History Month 2021
November 2021 ( View complete archive page )
- World AIDS Day drop-in event for residents on 1 December
- Croydon is ready for winter weather
- Croydon residents urged to follow new guidance to keep safe from Covid-19 variant - Omicron
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Croydon sets out initial plans to deliver balanced budget in 2022/23
- Residents to benefit from new high-tech bus shelters
- Independent chair appointed to lead new housing improvement board
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, the leader of the council
- Easier access to your baby’s health records
- Council completes major flood mitigation scheme in Purley
- Parents and carers webinar on Covid-19 vaccination for 12- to 15-year-olds
- Residents can seek help to cut down on alcohol and be healthier and happier
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, the leader of the council
- Croydon’s first ever Reuse Shop opens its doors on final day of COP26
- Croydon Council calls for more young people to join its youth forum
- ‘Groundbreaking’ audio-trail now available in French, Hindi and Polish
- COP26 – Croydon launches new electric vehicle charging points
- Remembering the Fallen
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, the leader of the council
- Croydon takes on harmful air pollution during London-wide Idling Action campaign
- Making sure race and equality matter in Croydon
- Croydon remembers: ceremony to mark 5th anniversary of the tram derailment
- A message from Councillor Muhammad Ali, cabinet member for sustainable Croydon on COP26
December 2021 ( View complete archive page )
- Help for households in need this winter
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Croydon launches extra support for local businesses impacted by Covid-19
- Council services over the festive period
- Waste and recycling collections stay the same – have a sustainable Christmas!
- Major upgrades announced for five Croydon playgrounds
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, the leader of council
- Budget 2022/23 – we want to hear from you
- Next phase of walking and cycling schemes approved
- New report reveals the ‘magnificence and inequalities of Croydon’ during Covid-19
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, the leader of the council
- Independent review finds good financial progress one year on but still much to do
- £300k of illegal cigarettes seized by Trading Standards crackdown in Croydon
- COVID-19 update: a message from Rachel Flowers, Croydon’s director of public health
- Inspection finds strong Croydon leadership and partnership effectively support children with SEND
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Essential advice for residents to keep warm and well this winter
- Help us plan for a sustainable future up to 2039
- Addington Valley Academy officially opens its gates
January 2022 ( View complete archive page )
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, the leader of the council
- Croydon Youth Assembly relaunches with a focus on mental health
- Extraordinary Council Meeting to discuss Fairfield Halls Report in the Public Interest
- Croydon accepts Report in the Public Interest on Fairfield Halls
- Croydon leaders and local students come together to mark Holocaust Memorial Day
- Council sets out community pledges for a fairer and more inclusive Croydon
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, the leader of the council
- Funding boost for voluntary food aid organisations to help those most in need
- Supporting Croydon’s businesses during ongoing Covid-19 uncertainty
- Annette McPartland appointed as Croydon’s corporate director of adult social care & health (DASS)
- Croydon set to appoint Jane West as corporate director for resources (Section 151)
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Croydon’s new £30m support scheme will help keep residents most in need from paying any council tax
- Croydon Street Champions cleared nearly 8000 bags of litter in 2021 – thank you litter heroes!
- Have your say on plans to protect and celebrate historic South Norwood
- Help plan Croydon’s sustainable future
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Try Dry January for a happy and healthy New Year
- Test - message from Cllr Hamida Ali (leader)
- TEST - Council services over the festive period
February 2022 ( View complete archive page )
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Council proposes budget that supports resident priorities
- Statement on Croydon Affordable Homes
- Keep Croydon safe as we prepare to live with Covid-19
- Croydon Council issues waste and street cleansing contractor with service improvement notice
- Croydon welcomes Susmita Sen as its new corporate director of housing
- Croydon makes headway on carbon neutrality target with Home Energy Efficiency Programme
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Storm Eunice: Friday 18 February
- Council grants to provide welfare checks for elderly residents across Croydon
- Help to shape and improve Croydon’s services for children up to the age of five
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Residents to help shape new housing repairs service
- Croydon Council’s Covid lateral testing vans help you get tested
- Apps launched to share the love and shop local in South Norwood, Purley and Thornton Heath
- Working together to make public transport accessible for all
- Croydon adopts Carbon Neutral Action Plan and launches sustainability campaign
- Half-term fun for the borough’s children and young people
- Dean Shoesmith appointed as Croydon’s chief people officer
- Testing is the only way to know your HIV status
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, the leader of the council
- Council launches Parks and Green Spaces Renewal Strategy
- Croydon’s small businesses to benefit from further support
- Nick Hibberd appointed as Croydon’s corporate director of sustainable communities, regeneration & economic recovery
- Council agrees action plan on Fairfield Halls Report in the Public Interest
- Parents in Croydon urged to ensure children are up-to-date with their MMR vaccines
- Act now to keep your free NHS healthy food and vitamins benefits
March 2022 ( View complete archive page )
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- Sustainable Croydon - local schools receive trees as part of new Trees for Schools scheme
- Recognition for Croydon’s rich music heritage
- Playground improvements make headway in Croydon
- Croydon approves changes to constitution to prepare for new mayor
- Ten Croydon School Street schemes will return in April
- Council launches Sustainable Croydon fund to support green community initiatives
- Household Support Fund provides boost to families and community groups over winter months
- Croydon sets out Housing Improvement Plan to guide next steps in improving services for residents
- New cycle lanes help Croydon residents make more sustainable journeys and improve air quality
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, the leader of the council
- Register now to vote for Croydon’s first elected mayor and local councillors
- Trading Standards seize more illegal tobacco in crackdown across Croydon
- New timetable for Croydon’s libraries
- Croydon is making the switch to greener travel easier
- Statement on John Fisher School
- Learn to repair clothes and reduce textile waste at new community workshop space
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- New training to support people who have experienced trauma
- Funding boost to roll-out Covid vaccination community champions
- Local people to be at the heart of Croydon's London Borough of Culture 2023
- Help keep Croydon tidy and green during the Great British Spring Clean
- Opportunity to make positive changes to people with autism
- Ukraine: statement from the leader of the council
- Council and community leaders launch Croydon Equalities Pledge
- Croydon Council approves balanced budget for 2022-23
- A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
- New telephone system to make it easier for residents to get in touch
- Almost 90% of Croydon pupils offered places at top three preferred local schools
- Supporting Croydon’s economic recovery
- Council waives road closure fees across the Jubilee weekend
April 2022 ( View complete archive page )
- One week to go – Croydon gears up for mayoral and local elections on 5 May
- Ten school street schemes to return from today
- More children offered a place at their preferred Croydon primary school
- Easter Bank Holiday waste and recycling update
- Easter is off to a hopping start!
- There is still time to register to vote for Croydon’s councillors and first elected mayor
- Croydon recruits monitoring officer to oversee council scrutiny and legal services
- Croydon Council launch vaccination van
- Spring into action with Easter holiday activities
- Poll cards are on their way to homes across Croydon
May 2022 ( View complete archive page )
- Council tax rebate – update for residents who don’t pay by direct debit
- Mayor Perry – listening to Croydon
- Mayor Perry sets out key appointments and priorities at first Council meeting
- Croydon celebrates the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
- Council and community leaders launch George Floyd Race Matters Pledge to unite the borough against racism
- Mayor Perry visits Harris Invictus Academy to listen to school leaders’ views on tackling serious youth violence
- By-election to be held in South Croydon
- Mayor Perry – listening to Croydon
- Mayor Perry promises to listen to residents and speed up housing improvements on visit to Regina Road
- Mayor Perry announces first Cabinet for Croydon under new mayoral system
- Can you help support people who have experienced trauma?
- Mayor Perry kicks off talks with Croydon Partnership to support vision for a thriving post-pandemic Croydon town centre
- Croydon’s Mayor takes action to tackle graffiti in Thornton Heath
- Joint operation tackles homelessness in Whitgift underpass
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Train to be a Covid-19 Community Vaccine Champion!
- Croydon Celebrates Foster Care Fortnight 2022
- Mayor Perry to reopen Purley Pool and Leisure Centre
- Mayor Perry to back local businesses by cleaning up Croydon and restoring pride
- Mayor Perry welcomes newly elected councillors to Town Hall
- Mayor Perry acts on planning and graffiti on first day in office
- Croydon led by Conservative Mayor, no party wins overall majority
- LIVE - Croydon Mayor and local elections 2022
- Jason Perry elected as first mayor in historic night for Croydon
- Open and honest conversations about suicide can save a life
- Have your say on pharmacy services
June 2022 ( View complete archive page )
- Croydon to adopt Residents' Charter and improve repairs service for tenants
- Croydon needs LGBTQ+ foster carers
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Mayor Perry recommends removal of design guide to protect Croydon’s local character
- Extra council support for residents through cost of living crisis
- Mayor Perry – listening to Croydon
- Mayor Perry drives forward housing improvement with Residents' Charter and new repairs service
- Mayor Perry delivers on planning promise to protect Croydon’s local character by removing planning design guide
- Popular Covid-19 vaccination van keeps people safe from serious illness
- Mayor Perry – listening to Croydon
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Croydon's historic Platinum Jubilee weekend is here
July 2022 ( View complete archive page )
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Croydon tenants and leaseholders to set the bar for repairs customer service
- Carnival comes to London Road!
- Croydon moves to protect local character by revoking planning design guidance
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Council simplifies online waste and recycling support
- The Queen’s Gardens reopens after major refurbishment
- Council supports grassroots projects keeping young people safe this summer
- Heatwave updates: Monday 18 and Tuesday 19 July
- Mayor Perry – listening to Croydon
- Help and support during heatwave
- Free summer fun and food gives families a helping hand
- Show our trees some TLC – help water Croydon’s young trees this summer
- Croydon relaunches bid to become dementia-friendly borough
- Community health and wellbeing champions for Croydon
- Council submits £20m levelling up bid to regenerate Croydon’s town centre
- We’re proud to be backing the return of Croydon PrideFest!
- Be prepared to keep safe in the hot weather
- Mayor Perry moves forward with Purley Pool plans
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Discover the science behind everyday life with this year’s Summer Reading Challenge
- Mayor Jason Perry visits Norbury to oversee progress of graffiti removal programme
- 'Opening the Books’ – Mayor Perry instructs deep dive into council finances
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Croydon proposes 11 new Healthy School Street Schemes, consultation launches today
- Council set to tackle anti-social behaviour in Croydon town centre
- Results declared for South Croydon by-election
August 2022 ( View complete archive page )
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- GCSE success in Croydon
- Resident workshops – tell us how we can improve your housing service
- Improved access for residents as Croydon Healthy Neighbourhood schemes see upgrades
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Croydon students excel in their first post-pandemic exams
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Council supports local clubs and workshops for 300 children this summer
- Act now – make sure you’re registered to vote in local elections
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Be part of Croydon’s London Borough of Culture 2023 – apply for Ignite Fund
- Croydon opposes extension of ULEZ to outer London boroughs
- We’re here for our young people this summer
- Have your say on new measures to tackle antisocial behaviour in Croydon town centre
September 2022 ( View complete archive page )
- Mayor Perry – listening to Croydon
- Seven trial Healthy Neighbourhoods go live from today
- Croydon comes together to celebrate Black History Month
- Selsdon Vale and Forestdale by-election
- Croydon plans major upgrades for Whitehorse Rec
- Have your say on proposals for new Healthy School Street schemes
- Croydon seeks industry experts to elevate local planning and development design
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Croydon plans to help families and give children the best possible start
- Croydon’s floral tributes to Her Majesty will help to grow her legacy
- Mayor Perry sets out council’s commitment to keeping women safe in Croydon
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Memorial Service for HM Queen Elizabeth II – Sunday 18 September
- Bank Holiday for the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II – Monday 19 September
- Council statement on the death of Councillor Badsha Quadir
- Croydon enters 10-day National Mourning period
- Reading of the Proclamation of the Accession of King Charles III
- Croydon mourns Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
- Apply now for Croydon Healthy Neighbourhood exemption permits
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Croydon’s Extra Care services receive ‘good’ CQC ratings across the board
- Have your say on Croydon’s community pharmacy services
October 2022 ( View complete archive page )
- Croydon streets and parks to become healthier and greener with 500 new trees
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Croydon set for £2.5m in funding to boost local pride and help residents and businesses to thrive
- Last chance to tell us how you feel about your local pharmacy
- Croydon joins national campaign for more foster carers
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Last chance to have your say on Healthy School Street schemes
- Have your say on proposed changes to council tax support
- Mayor Perry – listening to Croydon
- Nine new trial Healthy School Street Schemes approved
- Sycamore House fire
- Have your say on Croydon’s licensing policy
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Croydon’s dog warden wins RSPCA award for a fourth year in a row
- Mayor Perry to tackle graffiti across Croydon
- Council set to consult on changes to Council Tax Support Scheme
- Flagship Croydon employment programme extended to help hundreds more vulnerable residents find work
November 2022 ( View complete archive page )
- Croydon to distribute more than £3m to help residents in need this winter
- Joint statement from Hillingdon, Harrow, Bexley and Croydon councils on ULEZ expansion
- Mayor Perry – listening to Croydon
- Fun activities and healthy food for the winter holidays
- Croydon financially unsustainable without new model of government support
- Croydon is ready for winter weather
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Arts Council pledges £4.8m for six Croydon cultural organisations
- Life-saving mental health training for barbers, hair and beauty professionals
- Council to introduce new town centre Public Space Protection Order
- Croydon plans for a new waste and street cleaning contract
- Mayor Perry - Croydon remembers
- Be healthier with Croydon’s free Live Well service
- Mayor Perry outlines his vision to restore pride in Croydon – achieving a financially sustainable council by 2026
- Croydon sets out options for future of Regina Road estate
- Croydon remembers residents on six-year anniversary of the Sandilands tram derailment
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Croydon honours the fallen
- Results for Selsdon Vale and Forestdale by-election
- Croydon bites down on chewing gum stains in the town centre
- Free cycle training is back!
- Apply now for the latest round of the Ignite Fund – join Croydon’s plans for London Borough of Culture 2023
December 2022 ( View complete archive page )
- Recycling after the festive period
- Winter health and care services are open for Christmas and New Year
- Council services over Christmas and New Year
- Mayor Perry – listening to Croydon
- Croydon health chief calls for collective action to tackle health inequalities
- Mayor Perry – listening to Croydon
- Everything you need to know about Christmas and New Year collections
- New Healthy School Streets to launch in January, permit applications now open
- Council progresses plans to improve its housing service
- Mayor Perry – listening to Croydon
- Extraordinary Council Meeting to discuss Section 114 Notice
- Cabinet approves plans to boost healthier school runs in the New Year
- Warm spaces boost package of winter help for residents
- Croydon, London Borough of Culture 2023, announces opportunities for all to get involved
- Download your 2022/23 bin calendar
- Mayor Perry – listening to Croydon
- Give your views on Croydon’s budget proposals for 2023/24
- Mayor Perry thanks Croydon foster carers for their outstanding service
January 2023 ( View complete archive page )
- Croydon’s young people have more time to share health views
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Council moves to secure improvements for North End in town centre regeneration drive
- Croydon sets out proposals to improve bus journeys and make streets safer
- Here to Help – council support for residents as cost of living increases
- Take part to get talking for Great Mental Health Day
- Listening to Croydon – Mayor launches Mayor’s Question Time events
- Nine new trial Healthy School Street schemes begin today
- Joint operation tackles antisocial behaviour in Norbury Park
- Croydon comes together to mark Holocaust Memorial Day
- Mayor Perry – listening to Croydon
- Gain skills to help people who have experienced trauma
- Latest statement from Mayor Perry on ULEZ expansion
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Croydon launches consultation on new street cleansing and waste collections contract
- Works to improve journeys on bus, bike and foot through central Croydon
- Croydon frontrunner for groundbreaking work supporting people returning home from hospital
- Children share their views to get better support growing up
- Mayor Perry – listening to Croydon
- Still time to give your views on the council’s 2023/24 budget proposals
February 2023 ( View complete archive page )
- Council announces plans for new fitness gym at Monks Hill Sports Centre
- Mayor Perry – listening to Croydon
- Transformation of planning service to boost regeneration of Croydon
- Penn report - Croydon Mayor pledges to hold those responsible for the council's financial collapse to account
- Council statement on publication of Penn report
- Redesign of Minster Green to revive historic building as focal point of Old Town
- Help for families to buy food, milk and vitamins
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- New Healthy School Streets to launch in March
- One week left to have your say on Croydon’s Waste Collections and Street Cleansing service
- Vote for people and places to be showcased in Croydon’s new Music Heritage Trail
- Croydon sets out budget to protect local services
- Free and fun activities this February half-term
- Mayor Perry – listening to Croydon
- Croydon’s Street Champions cleared 8627 bags of litter in 2022 – thank you to our volunteers!
- Statement from Mayor Perry on council tax
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Croydon holds on signing ULEZ agreement
- Get a quick and easy HIV test
- Council invites young people to build a Minecraft Croydon
- Croydon celebrates National Apprenticeship Week 2023
- Croydon launches community engagement sessions on Healthy Neighbourhood schemes in February and March
March 2023 ( View complete archive page )
- Mayor Perry – listening to Croydon
- Council launches new community funding to help prevent youth violence
- Whitehorse Rec to reopen next week following major upgrades
- Don’t miss the chance to have your say on Healthy Neighbourhood schemes
- Restaurant owner fined £60,000 after faulty electrics cause fatality
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Brighton Road cycling corridor will improve access to the town centre
- Croydon takes unprecedented action to hold those responsible for financial collapse to account
- Residents to vote on the future of the Regina Road estate
- Mayor Perry – listening to Croydon
- Help for families with Easter holiday food and fun clubs
- Sign-up now to take part in the Great British Spring Clean
- Statement on Croydon's improvement arrangements
- This is Croydon - London Borough of Culture
- Croydon parks could join Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
- New Healthy School Street schemes go live, one to be held for changes
- Apply now to hold Coronation Big Lunch parties
- Mayor Perry – listening to Croydon
- Croydon sets 2023/24 budget
- Council reaches milestone in overhaul of housing repairs service
- Croydon to restore landmark clocktower in Thornton Heath
- Mayor Perry – listening to Croydon
- More children in Croydon offered a place at their preferred secondary school
- Free programme offers parents tips to boost their child’s health
- Extra help for residents through new council tax support scheme
- Update on council budget setting
April 2023 ( View complete archive page )
- Regina Road residents invited by council to vote on future of their homes
- Mayor Perry – listening to Croydon
- Listening to Croydon’s communities on crime
- Croydon introduces self-service technology to enable open access to library during extended opening times
- Statement from URW and Mayor Perry
- Croydon comes together for successful litter picks
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- More Croydon children offered preferred primary schools
- Mayor Perry – listening to Croydon
- Share your memories of Croydon’s skyline to be kept for generations to come
- Citizen UK: Caribbean Influencers exhibition celebrates Croydon’s rich heritage as part of London Borough of Culture
- Croydon library to create digital discovery zone for all ages with £150,000 government funding
- Mayor Perry – listening to Croydon
- Croydon lobbies for greater accountability in public office
- Newly upgraded Whitehorse Rec reopens to the public
- Croydon awarded funding to improve energy efficiency in council homes
May 2023 ( View complete archive page )
- Mayor Perry – listening to Croydon
- Calleydown Shortbreak Children’s Home retains ‘good’ Ofsted rating
- Residents’ feedback to shape new bin collection and street cleaning contract for Croydon
- Croydon celebrates Foster Care Fortnight 2023
- Croydon supports residents with cost of living through £6m Household Support Fund
- Regina Road residents vote in favour of their homes being demolished and rebuilt
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Stormzy awarded Freedom of the Borough by Croydon together with 110-year-old community champion
- Council to tackle antisocial behaviour in Thornton Heath
- Talk, connect and have fun at Croydon’s Men’s Shed
- New Civic Mayor for Croydon
- New weight management programme for Black African and Black Caribbean residents
- Council launches support package for young people at risk of youth violence
- Croydon communities come together to celebrate Coronation
- Take part in Croydon’s Dementia Action Week celebrations
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Croydon residents invited to quiz Mayor at Question Time event
- New storybook boosts children’s mental health and wellbeing
- Mayor Perry – listening to Croydon
- Improved grass-cutting programme gets Croydon ready to celebrate the Coronation
- Croydon launches public spaces protection order to tackle antisocial behaviour in town centre
June 2023 ( View complete archive page )
- Croydon steps up housing help for care leavers
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Get set for a summer of fun with Croydon holiday clubs
- Help shape Webb Estate and Upper Woodcote Village conservation
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Have your say on flood risk management in Croydon
- Can you offer a safe space to Ukrainian refugees?
- Croydon supports community projects with funding to keep young people safe this summer
- South End and Selsdon Road parking trial
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Council crack down on breaches of planning regulations
- A super-sized summer of festivals for Croydon’s Borough of Culture year
- Get involved in planning for the future of Croydon homes
- Croydon Mayor’s pledge for new Purley Pool and gym reaches key milestone
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Borough’s rich musical culture celebrated in Croydon's Music Heritage Trail
- Mayor Perry - Listening to Croydon
- New youth leader to empower young people in Croydon
- Croydon sets up taskforce to tackle damp and mould in homes
July 2023 ( View complete archive page )
- ‘Love’ for Wandle Park, as it gets the Green Flag
- Council set to make parking easier to support local businesses
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Croydon celebrates Love Parks Week
- Council statement on GMB industrial action
- Next steps in the redevelopment of Regina Road
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Croydon secures £500,000 funding for creative digital lab for businesses
- Croydon to continue leading own financial recovery
- Liberty Festival heads to Croydon
- Mayor Perry – Listening to Croydon
- Big Splash Exhibition to showcase the Connecting Kenley Programme
- Talented Croydon athletes scoop GLL Foundation Awards
- Croydon wins funding to bid for £1.7m to makeover Ashburton Park
- Ready, Set, Read!: Summer Reading Challenge 2023 launches with sports theme
- Mayor Perry – Listening to Croydon
August 2023 ( View complete archive page )
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Residents invited to give views on new playground at Park Hill Park
- GCSE success for Croydon students
- Listening to Croydon – residents invited to next Mayor’s Question Time
- Make your voice heard – register to vote in elections
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Celebrating our Croydon students on results day
- Croydon Council invites industry experts to join Design Review Panel
- Norbury first to benefit as Croydon launches ‘blitz’ clean ups to restore pride
- Mayor Perry - Listening to Croydon
- Council teams up with partners to tackle antisocial behaviour in town centre
- Free digital skills support for adults after Croydon Council secures funding
- Croydon 2022 election count accurate, safe and transparent, review finds
- More ‘love’ for Park Hill Park as it will see a new playground and disabled toilets
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Croydon launches transformed housing repairs service
- Four new cricket pitches for Croydon
September 2023 ( View complete archive page )
- Nine trial Healthy School Street schemes to be made permanent
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Croydon sustainable fashion startup named as one of UK’s top small businesses
- Council launches Public Spaces Protection Order to tackle antisocial behaviour in Thornton Heath
- Statement from Jason Perry, Executive Mayor of Croydon
- Croydon dog warden wins RSPCA award for fifth year in a row
- Mayor Perry - Listening to Croydon
- Join Croydon’s 1000-strong army of mental health first aiders
- Have your say on Croydon’s new parking strategy
- Have your say on options for the future of Croydon’s Maintained Nursery Schools
- Fly-tipping in Norbury drops by 84% during council’s ‘blitz’ clean up campaign
- Mayor Perry - Listening to Croydon
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Monks Hill Sports Centre gets new gym
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- All council schools open for the new term
- Croydon shop fined for selling vape to underage customer
October 2023 ( View complete archive page )
- Mayor Perry- listening to Croydon
- Improving care for people living with dementia a top priority for Croydon
- Croydon launches promises to children and young people in care
- Council sets out phased plan for Regina Road redevelopment
- Council to secure agreement with developer for Purley Pool site
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Ready, Set, Read: Summer Reading Challenge 2023 Awards at Croydon Central Library
- Help shape plans to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping in Croydon
- Government panel sets out plan to exit Croydon by July 2025
- Croydon continues to make strong progress in fixing its finances with 2024/25 budget proposals
- Croydon commits to creating a fairer borough
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Statement on bus shelters contract with Valo Smart City
- Thornton Heath Clocktower reopens after restoration
- Grange Park benefits from new perimeter path
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Anyone who cares has the potential to be a foster carer
- Norbury Library introduces self service technology
- Oasis and Croydon Council launch new youth centre project at Ashburton Park
- Croydon’s tennis courts to get makeover
November 2023 ( View complete archive page )
- Croydon swimming pools receive £400k funding boost
- Croydon takes steps to secure future of Maintained Nursery Schools
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Retailer prosecuted for underage sale of alcohol
- More Croydon playgrounds set for upgrades as Northborough Road Playground opens
- Council successful in bid for £18.5m government funding to transform town centre
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Improving Addiscombe for the community
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Vision for new beginning of Croydon town centre
- Croydon is ready for winter weather
- Croydon Council secures £165k Safer Streets funding for town centre
- Have your say on the council’s 2024/25 budget – survey opens today
- Croydon to hold civic ceremony to mark seventh anniversary of tram derailment
- Mayor Perry - Listening to Croydon
- Get behind your town centre and have your say on its future
- Winter vaccination clinics are open to protect residents’ health and wellbeing
- Remembrance services and parades planned to honour the fallen
- Council secures £249,000 funding to digitally transform Croydon Archives
December 2023 ( View complete archive page )
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Festive period rubbish and recycling
- New youth justice plan to help young people stay safe
- Council services over Christmas and New Year
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Community warm spaces are open in Croydon
- Workshops launch on Croydon town centre regeneration strategy
- Join us for a webinar on the council’s budget plans
- Mayor Perry – listening to Croydon
- Croydon organisations celebrated with King’s Awards
- Croydon celebrates foster carers at awards event
January 2024 ( View complete archive page )
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Improving access to health and education services for Croydon families
- Croydon’s improvement pace has ‘moved up a gear’
- Park Hill Park’s new playground is officially open
- Listening to residents to shape Croydon’s future library services
- Resident survey shows strong sense of community in Croydon
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Croydon to remember the victims of the Holocaust
- Have your say to improve health and wellbeing in Croydon
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Feel fitter for the New Year with Croydon’s specialist weight loss programme
- Listening to Croydon – residents invited to next Mayor’s Question Time
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- ’Good' Ofsted rating for Croydon’s adult learning service
February 2024 ( View complete archive page )
- Action needed for a more inclusive, equal and healthier Croydon
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Listening to Croydon – residents invited to next Mayor’s Question Time
- Croydon Council invites community groups to apply for funding to support youth outreach
- Share your views - Croydon’s plan to tackle violence against women and girls
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Game, set and match on revamp as tennis courts reopen
- Get involved and have your say on the future of Croydon town centre
- Half-term fun and activities for Croydon’s children and young people
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Croydon 2024/25 budget based on residents’ priorities
- Croydon review calls for change to tackle serious youth violence
- Croydon boosts preparedness to manage flood risk
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Croydon’s town centre regeneration boosted by £7.2m Growth Zone investment
- Webinar being held on proposed changes to library services
March 2024 ( View complete archive page )
- Local plan review for Croydon after listening to residents
- Mayor Perry – listening to Croydon
- Calleydown Shortbreak Children’s Home receives ‘good’ Ofsted rating
- By-elections announced in Woodside and Park Hill and Whitgift
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Changing parking to help high streets thrive and be fairer for all
- Council launches Future Croydon: Transformation Plan
- Listening to Croydon – join the next Mayor’s Question Time
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Children and young people in Croydon tell us about their health and wellbeing
- Mayor of London and Greater London Assembly Elections – make your voice count and register to vote by 16 April
- Croydon awarded £180k to boost planning services
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Council receives Purley Pool planning application
- Balanced budget for Croydon in 2024/25
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Greater number of Croydon children receive offers for their preferred secondary school
- Changes to parking payments to roll out across Croydon
April 2024 ( View complete archive page )
- Mayor Perry – listening to Croydon
- Your guide to voting in the 2 May Mayor of London and Greater London Assembly elections and by-elections
- Grass cutting season gets under way
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- More town centre regeneration workshops planned for April and May
- Thornton Heath to benefit from council ‘blitz’ clean-up
- Croydon’s primary school children offered reception places
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- New playgrounds open in Canterbury Road and Whitehorse Road Recreation Grounds
- Unlicensed tattoo studio operator prosecuted by Croydon Council
- Get ready to vote – poll cards on their way to Croydon residents
- Statement on Shirley Heath and Addington Hills
- Mayor Perry - listening to Croydon
- Croydon retailers prosecuted for illegal vapes and sales to young people