Council nominates community stalwart as pandemic hero
The founder of a voluntary organisation that helps families in need with food and friendship has been nominated by the council leader as a lockdown hero one year on from Covid-19.
March 2021
December 2020
A message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
New Year’s Eve will be very different for all of us this year. And with cases of the new Covid variant spreading rapidly in Croydon and across the country it is so important that residents stay at home and keep following the guidelines.
October 2020
Have your say on our Public Space Protection Orders
A consultation has started on the future of three Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs) in the borough.
September 2020
Illegal cigarettes seized in council operation
Croydon Council trading standards officers have confiscated thousands of cigarettes and other tobacco products from three shops suspected of selling counterfeit and illegal goods.
July 2020
Survey launched ahead of new equalities strategy
Croydon Council is asking residents for their views on how it can better support its diverse communities ahead of a new long-term strategy on equality, fairness and inclusion.
May 2020
Collaborative approach to violence reduction to be at the heart of new community safety strategy
A collaborative approach to reducing and preventing violence in Croydon will be at the heart of the borough’s new community safety strategy it was revealed today.
March 2020
National knife clampdown pilot reaches 15 prosecutions
Illegally selling knives online to a child has landed the owners of major shopping website Very with a £20,000 fine under the latest groundbreaking court cases brought by Croydon Council.
February 2020
Indoor shisha smoking sees men fined thousands of pounds
Two men responsible for three shisha bars across Croydon have been fined thousands of pounds for illegally allowing people to smoke indoors.
Vital domestic abuse services receive £141k funding boost
Life-saving services for domestic abuse victims and their children have been given a £141k funding boost.
October 2019
Illegal online knife sales cost two businesses a total of £20,000
Selling knives online to a 13-year-old led to two companies being ordered to pay a combined total of around £20,000 at Camberwell Green Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.