Community health and wellbeing champions for Croydon
Apply to become a community health champion and encourage people to get their Covid vaccinations and to look after their health and wellbeing more generally.
July 2022
June 2022
Popular Covid-19 vaccination van keeps people safe from serious illness
More than 800 Covid vaccination jabs have been administered onboard Croydon Council and the NHS’s joint mobile vaccination van.
March 2022
Funding boost to roll-out Covid vaccination community champions
Croydon Council is working with local community groups to encourage more residents to take up their Covid-19 vaccinations and help them to stay safe as we live with the virus.
February 2022
Keep Croydon safe as we prepare to live with Covid-19
We will all have to live with Covid-19 for the foreseeable future, so it is really important that we manage the risk to ourselves and others.
Croydon Council’s Covid lateral testing vans help you get tested
Keep Croydon Safe Champions are out every day in their rapid testing vans spreading awareness of the importance of regular testing for Covid-19.
December 2021
New report reveals the ‘magnificence and inequalities of Croydon’ during Covid-19
Croydon’s director of public health celebrates how Croydon united to support each other throughout Covid-19, while highlighting how the pandemic has exacerbated local inequalities.
COVID-19 update: a message from Rachel Flowers, Croydon’s director of public health
The government's further tightening of national preventative measures towards Covid-19 aims to give us time to understand the Omicron variant and administer more Covid-19 booster jabs.
Essential advice for residents to keep warm and well this winter
Residents are being advised to follow top tips on winter health to keep warm and well and look out for others to fend off winter bugs and illness.
October 2021
Croydon residents urged to boost winter immunity with vaccines
Residents in Croydon are being urged to get their flu and Covid-19 booster vaccinations as soon as they are offered, to boost their immunity this winter.
Smokers can break out of their lockdown habit with local and online support
Residents who smoke can improve their health and wellbeing and increase their life expectancy by taking part in Stoptober, the national quit campaign throughout October.