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Social isolation and BME older people in Croydon

Latest News ArchiveMarch 20, 20182KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Croydon BME Forum held an event to discuss the key issues around social isolation and BME older people in Croydon. The issue (and possible solutions) were summarised in a report that the Community Development Worker for older adult had produced as a result of the engagement with local health/social care professionals and older people.

Croydon’s Young Mayor announced!

Latest News ArchiveMarch 15, 20182KViews 1Like 0Comments

Croydon’s young people have elected William Awomoyi to be the borough’s first ever Young Mayor and a new voice for London’s largest youth population. William, 14, a pupil at The Cedars School, was tonight (15 March) revealed as the winner of first Croydon’s Young Mayor Election. Shea Williams, 15, who attends Harris Academy South Norwood,…

Voter ID trials ‘risk disenfranchising vulnerable people’

Latest News ArchiveMarch 6, 20182KViews 4Likes 0Comments

A group of more than 40 charities, campaign groups and academics have written to the government to warn that plans to trial compulsory voter ID at the local elections in May risk disenfranchising large numbers of vulnerable people. The letter to Chloe Smith, the constitution minister, says the pilot scheme is a disproportionate response to…

Croydon commits £250k to support borough youth

Latest News ArchiveFebruary 28, 20182KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Youth projects and community groups that work to help young people make positive choices are to benefit from a boost of a quarter of a million pounds. The funding was announced by councillor Alisa Flemming, cabinet member for children, young people and learning, at Monday’s cabinet meeting.

Mayor sets up £45m fund to help young Londoners

Latest News ArchiveFebruary 13, 20182KViews 1Like 0Comments

Young Londoners at risk of getting caught up in crime will be supported by a new £45 million fund created by Mayor Sadiq Khan to counter government cuts and “end the scandal of young talent going to waste”.

Young people ‘being let down’ as Croydon more than quarters its youth service spending

Latest News ArchiveJanuary 25, 20182KViews 1Like 0Comments

The number of youth workers in Croydon – the borough with the largest child population in London – has fallen by 69% in four years. A freedom of information request revealed that in an area with about 40,000 residents aged 11-18, full time jobs in youth work plunged from 61 in 2013-14, to just 19…

THE REAL CRIME IS A LOST GENERATION

Latest News ArchiveJanuary 24, 20183KViews 2Likes 0Comments

School boy Jermaine Goupall was just minutes from his home when he was stabbed in the thigh – bleeding out on the pavement – as he tried to flee masked knife wielding teenagers.

A Manifesto for Race Equality in Britain

Latest News ArchiveDecember 21, 20172KViews 0Likes 0Comments

We have looked at the power of the black vote and developed a race equality manifesto to address some of the issues facing black and minority (BME) communities in the UK. Read the preface below.Britain is at a crossroads. Brexit, immigration, and British identity.

Working Together to Protect Croydon

Latest News ArchiveDecember 21, 20162KViews 0Likes 0Comments

A statement from Croydon’s Chief Superintendent Jeff Boothe and Councillor Tony Newman, leader of Croydon Council, following the increased terrorism threat level.“Following the government’s announcement of an increased terrorist threat level, we would like to reassure residents that we are doing all we can to protect Croydon.

Registering BME Voters in Croydon

Latest News ArchiveDecember 15, 20164KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Thursday 18th May, Operation Black Vote (OBV), with the support of Croydon Council, hosted a voter registration campaign in Croydon, aimed at increasing the number of BME people registered to vote.Along with an ad van plastered with a 48 sheet poster,we took to various locations in Croydon to meet and engage with the borough’s citizens,…

How Scotland reduced knife deaths among young people

Latest News ArchiveDecember 3, 20162KViews 0Likes 0Comments

In 2005, Strathclyde police set up a violence reduction unit (VRU) in an effort to address a problem that had made Glasgow, in particular, notorious. Later that year, a United Nations report illustrated why that strategy was so urgent.

African, Caribbean? Dont risk losing your sight

Latest News ArchiveOctober 13, 20162KViews 0Likes 0Comments

SIGHT-LOSS WARNING TO CROYDON’S AFRICAN-CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY Latest figures show that people of African-Caribbean descent are up to eight times more likely than others to get the eye condition Glaucoma; if undetected and untreated, Glaucoma can lead to sight loss – possibly all of it.