One of London’s top carnival troupes, Kinetica Bloco, is looking for young people aged 10-18 from Croydon to join them for a series of free half term workshops.
They are looking for budding musicians to gain new performance […]
Two loyal servants of Croydon have been honoured with the Freedom of the Borough.
Monday night’s council meeting in the Town Hall agreed to bestow the honour on the Reverend Canon Colin Boswell and Colonel Ian McRobbie to […]
RECORD VOTING NUMBERS SELECT LEGACY AS NAME FOR CROYDON’S NEW YOUTHZONE
Croydon’s new £6m facility, the OnSide Youth Zone, has been given its official name ‘Legacy’, after a record number of local young people voted for the name.
The […]
Croydon Council joins forces with Punk.London this Saturday (22 October) to mark four decades of punk rock, exactly 40 years to the day since local band, The Damned, released the first ever punk single, ‘New Rose‘.
The […]
In the lead-up to the launch festival for Boxpark Croydon on 29 and 30 October the council is helping support and promote a series of events around the town that will appeal to a wide range of […]
A Croydon Council-backed project that temporarily closes roads so children can play safely in their street once a month could be crowned the best in London at an awards ceremony next week.
In October last year a […]
The fifth annual Mayor’s Civic Awards celebration has recognised and honoured the efforts and achievements of local people and organisations who have strived to make Croydon a better place in which to live and work.
The 14 finalists […]
A Croydon Council project that has led to 70 tonnes less rubbish dumped outside shopfronts on one of the borough’s main roads is set to expand into South Norwood.
In July the council restricted the time of day […]
Another milestone in the multimillion pound redevelopment of West Croydon transport interchange was reached this week with the opening of the new bus station.
London’s Deputy Mayor for Transport Val Shawcross officially opened the £4.5m bus station, which […]
Croydon Council is pleased to announce the appointment of Shifa Mustafa as its new executive director of place to lead the council on safety, streets, development, regeneration, culture and planning.
Shifa’s appointment comes after former executive director of […]