Monthly Archives: July 2014

TIME TO STAND UP AGAINST ATTACKS ON OUR LIVING STANDARDS AND SERVICES CROYDON ASSEMBLY Saturday 15 November 20149.15am- 4.15pm Ruskin House  23 Coombe Rd, Croydon CR0 1BD Croydon Trade Union Council  is organising the Assembly to enable Croydon residents and  … Continue reading →

A broad range of events to remember the First World War in Wandsworth  is being put together put together. The following are definite; others are still at planning stage, and more may be added up to the end of December … Continue reading →

Tomorrow is the close of the Council’s consultation on the Croydon Local Plan’s Sustainability Strategic Policies Review. The consultation has had a very short period, and was obviously set up before the results of the local elections. Very few people … Continue reading →

The Electoral Commission has committed an own goal and made every local authority registration officer in England look stupid by formulating contrasdictroy wording in the letters about new new apperoach to elecroal registration that everyone has been written to by … Continue reading →

Litter – flytippng  – spitting – dog mess – speeding traffic – 20 mile an hour streets – lack of school places – betting shops –   problems with GP appointments These were some of the issues discussed with local MP … Continue reading →

See Carol Dixon’s report of her interview with the author Professor Eddie Chambers about his forthcoming new book, ‘Black Artists in British Art’ (IB Tauris, 2014) http://www.facebook.com/notes/carol-dixon/an-interview-with-professor-eddie-chambers-about-his-forthcoming-new-book-black-/916770478339228

A new group, the Croydon Stop and Search Community Monitoring Group, was formed in Croydon in May to provide an independent oversight of the Stops and Searches in the Borough.   If you wish to get involved or to talk … Continue reading →

As a follow-up to the showing of Look How Far We’ve Come video and the discussion on racism organised by Croydon Radical History Network in the recent Heritage Festival, Kwaku of Black British Music and Look How Far project is … Continue reading →

 #FirstStepCroydon is a new campaign for quality work experience placements and employability skills for young people in Croydon, launched with the help of Croydon Citizens and TeachFirst.and the new Labour controlled Croydon Council. Many young people have said that they … Continue reading →

Well over a thousand people helped launch Black Culture Archives in its new home Raleigh Hall in Brixton’s Windrush Square this evening. In addition to music and poetry, speakers included Paul Reid, the Director and Hakim Adi, former Chair of … Continue reading →