The idea for the first Croydon based brewery in more than 50 years came to Mark Russell, 30, and Simon Dale, 31, right after the 2011 riots, and now they have launched the Cronx brewery in New Addington. After the riots, the aspiring brewers felt they needed to start a business that…
Several community organisations gathered in front of Lewisham Shopping Centre on Friday May 24 to help raise security awareness. Around 30 people came to the meeting held by Lewisham Council, Victim Support and the Metropolitan Police. Kennedy Obazee, a Community Safety Officer, explained that this was part of an ongoing…
As part of Love your local market week fifteen new street food traders, who are all graduates from the Council’s trainee market trader scheme, will be setting up in Douglas Way Square to sell an eclectic range of street food. The trainee market trader scheme is one of a number…
Tower Hamlets may not be known for its greenery, but people from across London are coming to the Borough to volunteer at the city’s most urban woodland. Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park lies just off the busy Mile End Road and offers more than 30 acres of trees, flowers and butterflies.…
A new website/app from Transport for London and a free pop-up university are just two of the many glimpses into the not-so-distant future that are currently on display at Digital Shoreditch. From Monday May 20, thousands of techies, entrepreneurs and investors are gathering in Shoreditch Town Hall for the third…
A new Kickstarter campaign has been launched to create a village hall in Shoreditch. The plan is to renovate a disused 1950’s Warehouse and turn it into a space that will serve the local community. Kickstarter is a new form of community empowerment in the digital age. It began in…
This week marks the launch of, Love Your Local Market, a national campaign involving more than 300 markets. The project was set up by the National Association of British Market Authorities to boost local street markets, but some traders are questioning whether it will bring real benefits. The initiative aims…
Croydon Radio has started live broadcasting and podcasting local authority meetings, creating a full,…
Yvette Hopely was elected Mayor of Croydon at the full council meeting on Monday. Hopely, 52, has been Conservative Member for Sanderstead Ward since 2006 and said her new role is “going to be challenging.” She is taking over the post from the previous Mayor, Eddy Arram, who has served…
Croydon Council has 700 children currently in care and they urgently need more foster carers to give these young people the chance of a home life beyond council accommodation. Active support for the annual campaign run by the charity Fostering Network aims to highlight the need for more than 9,000 new…
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