Croydon’s pioneering approach secures £1.4m to assist in tackling homelessness
Croydon Council’s pioneering approach has secured £1.4million to help tackle rough sleeping in the borough and prevent homelessness among vulnerable families and individuals. Over the next four years, £400,000 will be dedicated to helping rough [...]
A creative New Year for Croydon’s young people
Two new projects designed to let young people unleash their creativity are being launched in the New Year by the council’s youth team. ‘Think it, film it’ and ‘creative art nights’ both take place at [...]
Council boost for jobseekers with disabilities
A council-led pilot project that has helped over 20 Croydon people with disabilities get jobs or work placements is set to become a regular fixture. Last month Croydon Council held its first specialist jobs fair [...]
Croydon brings Bollywood to London’s New Year’s Day Parade
Croydon is gearing up to take part in one of the biggest events in the capital’s calendar, when a talented local troupe will represent the borough Bollywood-style in London's New Year’s Day Parade. Fifteen teenage [...]
Second conviction earns trader jail sentence
A Norbury-based trader has become the borough’s first store owner to be handed a prison sentence for selling knives to underage customers. Shakeb Hakime, of Norbury Discount Store, London Road, was sentenced to 10 weeks’ [...]
Croydon among country’s biggest losers in Local Government Funding Settlement
Croydon is among the 10 worst hit local authorities in the country after it was announced £1.9m is to be cut from the council’s funding. During last week’s Local Government Funding Settlement announcement, Sajid Javid, [...]
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