"As the nation prepares to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day, I want to recognise our own WW2 veterans here in Croydon, and their comrades who are sadly no longer with us, but never forgotten........"
Croydon Council’s large-scale response so far to support residents in need during the coronavirus pandemic while maintaining frontline services will be discussed at a virtual meeting on Monday 11 May.
“My thoughts are first and foremost with those Debenhams employees who have lost their jobs, and how we can support them at this very difficult time.
Croydon Council will be celebrating the hundreds of local foster carers who transform children and young people’s lives by offering them safe and caring homes, during Foster Care Fortnight 2020.
Goody bags for veterans, a YouTube church service and parties at home are among the ways Croydon residents are being included in the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
Croydon businesses are being asked to complete a new survey launched to enable the council to better understand how best to support local companies through the next phase of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Plans to renew the landlord licensing scheme created by Croydon Council to raise standards and conditions in private rented homes across the borough will go to cabinet for approval next week.
"With the news this week that we are thankfully being told we could be past the peak of this health crisis, increasingly our thoughts turn to life after lockdown."
There is a range of advice and support on our website to help residents to keep healthy and mentally and physically well during the covid-19 lockdown and beyond.
A trove of films, photographs, art and artefacts revealed from the borough’s archive and museum collections will be available to view online and on social media from next Friday under the Museum of Croydon’s 75th anniversary celebration of VE Day.