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 Hopley was elected Mayor of Croydon at the full council meeting on Monday. Hopley, 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…
Fairfield Halls will be working more closely together with Croydon Council in the future management…
The South London Press, one of the famous titles in London’s print media, is supporting Local Newspaper Week, by emphasizing the role of local papers as “being essential to democracy.” The paper has had a turnaround in fortunes and is bucking the trend in local paper closures and rationalization after…
Tower Hamlets has launched a new initiative this week to deal with the…
Planning permission for the Beddington Lane South London Incinerator has been granted following months of deliberation and protest. After a vote on April 24 resulted in a tie, the incinerator was granted the go-ahead at a re-vote at the Sutton Civic Centre on Wednesday May 15. The Sutton Council Development Control…
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