Bags of goodness for sale at Croydon’s annual schools’ marketplace
Croydon pupils’ popular one-day schools' marketplace selling fresh fruit and veg is returning to Croydon Clocktower on Thursday 11 July at 1pm
July 2019
May 2019
Croydon children to get £650,000 holiday club boost
Thousands of Croydon children will get free summer holiday activity clubs and healthy meals after the council and a national charity jointly won major Government funding.
September 2018
Croydon serves up Seoul food highlights
A delegation from South Korea made a special visit to Croydon to learn more about the borough’s Food Flagship programme which supports residents to be healthier.
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October 2017
Groundbreaking community mini-market the Food Stop launches for struggling families
London’s first combined welfare and food club for hundreds of people opens tomorrow through a subsidised mini-market set up by Croydon Council, community group The Family Centre and charities.
From tomorrow (Friday 27 October), families on Universal Credit […]
July 2017
Bags of goodness from Croydon’s kids
The popular schools’ marketplace returns today (Tuesday 11 July) with bags of fresh fruit, vegetables and herbs on offer to residents at bargain prices.
Pupils from 10 schools across the borough, including Croydon’s three food flagship schools – […]
April 2017
Food Flagship reaps bumper crop of health benefits
The Mayor of London’s food adviser, Rosie Boycott, has hailed Croydon’s Food Flagship programme a success for helping the borough’s schools, residents and businesses tackle the obesity epidemic and eat more nutritious meals.
Sprucing up vegetable plots, […]
March 2017
MBE for founder of Good Food Matters
The chief executive and founder of the Good Food Matters charity recently had a very special day in London. Evelyn Findlater enjoyed a trip to Buckingham Palace where she was made an MBE for services to education.
The […]
February 2017
January 2017
Healthy delights in new pop-up food zone
A new pop-up healthy food zone, run by budding local entrepreneurs who received business-boosting skills from Croydon Council and the Mayor of London, has opened.
Artisan coffee, home-made chilli, gluten-free cakes, Caribbean delights and a range of other […]