A talented eight-year-old South Croydon pupil hit the right note to win the first Croydon Heart Town competition for children to compose a song to help residents keep fit and healthy.
Megan Henderson, of Atwood Primary School, in […]
School children could be in with a chance of recording a self-composed song by singing from the heart in a competition to be launched on 4 January.
The Healthy Heart Song competition for Croydon primary and secondary school […]
With a career encompassing posts in the NHS, local government, the private sector and charity, Croydon’s new director of public health brings a wealth of experience to the role.
Rachel Flowers comes to Croydon following a spell as […]
With a career encompassing posts in the NHS, local government, the private sector and charity, Croydon’s new director of public health brings a wealth of experience to the role.
Rachel Flowers comes to Croydon following a spell as […]
The cost of living, coupled with an expanding awareness of the need to eat more healthily, is fuelling enthusiasm for home-grown produce.
While there is plenty of advice to be found online and in books, nothing can beat […]
The success of Croydon’s quit-smoking team is behind the decision to make the town one of only 10 across the country to host this year’s Stoptober Roadshow.
Latest figures from the Health & Social Care Information Centre show […]
Dr Mike Robinson has announced his intention to stand down as Croydon’s director of public health.
Dr Robinson leaves the authority on 13 November to take up the post of tri-borough director of public health for Westminster, Hammersmith […]
Improved life prospects, feeling healthier and fitter, and having more cash in their pockets – just some of the reasons smokers should stub out the cigs and loudly proclaim that they are “proud to be a quitter”.
That […]
The generosity of the people of Croydon, while never in doubt, has been confirmed with figures released by charity fundraising website JustGiving.
In 2014, more than 13 million people raised £358m for 13,000 worthy causes around the world […]