Voluntary groups, youth organisations and faith groups will be among those visited during a town-centre walkabout by leading council and police figures on Tuesday (4).
The latest in a series, the aim of the walkabouts is to give […]
Ambition Festival is over and has proved that Croydon is open for business when it comes to music, dance and comedy.
The town was taken over for four days and the thousands who attended were spoilt for choice […]
Organisers of a pilot scheme to make a Croydon residential road safer and quieter are removing the northern half of the street closure as the trial project continues.
In June Croydon Council and sustainable transport charity Sustrans launched […]
The number of youngsters in training, jobs or education has risen by over 10% in Croydon – the highest increase nationally.
Figures released today (27 July) by the Department for Education show that 8,343 of the borough’s 9,010 […]
Winding up Scams Awareness Month, Croydon Council’s trading standards (TS) team turns its attention to doorstep crime for the final week, beginning on Monday (27).
The slogan for this year’s campaign is “Don’t be rushed, don’t be hushed”, […]
Free swimming for under-16s is once again on offer at council pools across Croydon this summer.
The programme of free swimming sessions runs until 31 August, allowing young people to enjoy the water throughout the summer holidays.
The sessions […]
Twenty stones are to be placed in parks and streets across the borough to celebrate Croydon becoming part of London 50 years ago.
Croydon became a London borough on 1 April 1965 by bringing together the old local […]
The forecourt of Fairfield Halls is set to become a new bar and food space called ‘Transformer’.
The space will launch during the Ambition Festival on Thursday, 23 July, and continue throughout the summer.
A special extended range of […]
A percussionist playing eight drums on a giant wheel is set to roll into South Norwood later this month as part of a new arts programme that will take place across six outer London boroughs.
The programme known […]
It’s been months in the planning, and has involved many late nights and heavy negotiating but, at last, Ambition Festival is here.
Limited tickets remain available for the most hotly anticipated event in a packed Croydon summer schedule. […]