Monthly Archives: August 2021

THE AFRICAN LIVES IN NORTHERN ENGLAND This booklet, authored by the African Lives in Northern England project and edited by Beverley Prevatt Goldstein, celebrates the history of Black lives in northern England and uncovers a number of fascinating hidden histories … Continue reading →

Sunday 29 August. 3pm. Croydon TUC Royal Parks Cleaners Strike BBQ  Ruskin House. Club Bar opens from 1pm.  Royal Parks’ cleaners and attendants will end 14 days of strike action with a public rally and march on Monday 30 August at 11.30 … Continue reading →

Croydon’s Private Rented Sector grew from 16% of residential properties in 2006 to 35.6% in of the 64,378 residential properties in 2019. 58,585 (35.6%). There are 81,300 owner occupied (49.5%) 24,493 socially rented (14.9%).   13,896 PRS properties are predicted … Continue reading →

Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 August. The Tide  Artistic collaboration between choreographer Jade Hackett and writer Ryan Calais Cameron exploring the narratives and experiences of migration within the UK holding a mirror to an evolving British culture. ‘Unknown land, new … Continue reading →

Leaving aside the adverse economic consequences of the Council’s cuts, especially to helping people maximise their benefits entitlements, and the demise of the Westfield scheme, Croydon’s local economy will struggle to revive from the COVID pandemic, according to information contained … Continue reading →

Lambeth Heritage Festival September The excellent programme for the Festival is now on https://beta.lambeth.gov.uk/lambeth-heritage-festival-2021 It includes: 11 September Muslim History Walk led by Abdul Maalik Taylor My Zoom talk on Music and Lambeth: a historic review – 13 September 18 … Continue reading →

Friday 20 – Sunday 22 August. Croydon Artists at Brixton Artist Circle https://danioannou.com http://www.thebac.art/gallery Sunday 12 September. 1pm-5pm. Friends of Grangewood Park Party This celebrates 120 years since the park first opened its gates. Activities, performers, Art in the Park, … Continue reading →

The Cabinet meeting on Monday 16 August is being asked to approve acceptance of the Library consultation Option One, involving reducing hours by an average of 21% across the borough, achieving £506,980 of savings. This is a tremendous victory or … Continue reading →

Monday 16 August. 6.30pm. Cabinet Libraries Consultation Phase 2 Results; Tackling problems in the borough’s private rented sector and helping make Croydon the ‘Better Place to Rent’; Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children Update; Phase 4: Additional Restrictions Grant (Discretionary);  Croydon Business … Continue reading →

The first steps to developing a Plan B for the Town Centre and the Whitgift Centre will be agreed by Croydon Council Cabinet at its meeting on Monday 16 August. Seeking To Influence The Cabinet Experience over the last ten … Continue reading →