New town centre council homes for local people
Ninety Croydon families will soon move into a new 100% affordable apartment block offering council homes at council rents that was unveiled on Monday.
August 2021
Council to seek resident views on a post-Covid vision for Croydon town centre
The council will ask Croydon residents, businesses, community groups and shoppers to share their vision for a vibrant and sustainable town centre to feed into a post-pandemic regeneration plan.
A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
Like all of us, I have looked on in despair at the situation unfolding in Afghanistan and the humanitarian crisis now facing the Afghan people.
Second-hand bike markets continue in Croydon after successful launch
Croydon residents can get an affordable second-hand bike at three more pop-up markets this month, as part of a series of popular events to encourage cycling.
The markets are run by the council in partnership with local […]
Making young voices heard in Croydon Poet Laureate’s first exhibition
Croydon’s young creative minds are invited to join the borough’s Poet Laureate, Shaniqua Benjamin, and take part in Voices of Croydon - her first online exhibition with the Museum of Croydon.
Council secures extra £2m for Croydon businesses
Croydon businesses will benefit from an extra £2.6m after the council successfully distributed another round of support grants to those impacted by Covid-19 lockdowns, bringing the total allocated to £93m since the start of the pandemic.
A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
Thousands of pupils across Croydon have now received their GCSE and A-level results and, whatever their grade, we are all so proud of everything they have achieved this year.
Croydon calls for urgent government funding over asylum support
A £2.3m government funding gap in the cost of looking after unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people poses a safeguarding risk to children’s services in Croydon, the council has warned.
Borough students improve Croydon’s GCSE results
Early results indicate that Croydon students have raised the borough’s overall GCSE performance after results were announced on Thursday.
Libraries set to stay in-house under savings proposals
Croydon Council is set to continue running all 13 of its libraries as a comprehensive in-house service but with shorter opening times in response to residents’ feedback on savings proposals.