Thousands go online for Freedom Pass renewals
Croydon’s older citizens have no fear of conducting their affairs online, if the latest figures for Freedom Pass renewals are anything to go by. Apart from neighbouring Bromley, Croydon has recorded the highest number of [...]
Parade tells world Croydon is going places
Croydon’s bright and imaginative entry in the 2015 London New Year’s Day Parade gained a runner-up place and received a special award of £2,000 toward the Mayoral charities, Age UK and Macmillan Cancer. Croydon’s interpretation [...]
Council officer shortlisted for architecture award
A rising star in the world of architecture is in the running for a prestigious award. Chloe Phelps, who is deputy team leader of the council’s place-making team, has been shortlisted for the Architect Journal’s [...]
Council clampdown on empty properties to help those needing homes
Hundreds of Croydon residents are set to get help into a home through the council’s new drive to refurbish empty properties. The council wants to bring at least 662 privately-owned empty homes across the borough [...]
Keeping Holocaust and genocide memories alive
Holocaust Memorial Day this year marks two notable anniversaries. In addition to the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau on January 27 in 1945, this year is the 20th anniversary [...]
North End improvement works set to begin
A four-week programme of works begins next week to transform North End improving Croydon town centre’s main pedestrian thoroughfare. This will see broken pavements fixed and repairs made to drains and gullies to prevent flooding. [...]
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