Jason Cummings has been a Croydon Central resident for over 25 years. Married to Rachel with two adult children both born here in Croydon. With a 20 year management career and experience of having worked at the heart of government.
Jeet Bains is your Councillor in Addiscombe East ward where he has lived for more than thirty years. Jeet has been a Councillor in Croydon since 2010 and takes a keen interest in helping local residents and businesses with any issues they have.
Lynne Hale has lived in Sanderstead for 30 years. She worked locally as a healthcare professional for over twenty years before, having settled her three children into their Croydon schools, she moved into politics.
Yvette Hopley has lived in and around Sanderstead all her life. From an education in a local state school she went on to spend almost ten years working in public and government relations for an American Oil company. Yvette lives with Chris and has a daughter Natasha and grandson Hugh.
Living in Croydon all of my life has instilled a strong sense of passion for Croydon and its future. I have always been active in many of the local campaigns and projects, growing up in an area which prides itself on its Community spirit, and the ability to show a united front against issues that are important to the local residents.
Maria Gatland has lived and worked in South Croydon for more than 30 years. During that time she helped run the family business and cared for her husband during his long illness. Maria has worked hard to help and support residents in her ward since 2002.
I am very passionate on making sure Croydon is as green as it can be, I am very pleased to announce the additional funding we have received for up to 500 tree across Croydon.
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I had the opportunity to meet staff and residents at Heavers Court. The modern building provides residential, nursing and respite care for older people, including those who are living with dementia. Maintaining independence is key to health and wellbeing in later life.
I was pleased to visit the Cherry Hub and meet some of the staff and residents enjoying the facilities and learning life skills. The Cherry Hub is not a day centre in the traditional sense - it's a place for people with disabilities to use as part of their personalised activity programmes arou
Cllr Jeet Bains and myself went on a walkaround this afternoon with the fantastic Thornton Heath community group.
Thornton Heath's reputation locally and nationally is normally negative, this group really want to change that for the better.
I today met with volunteers from the Friends of Rickman Hill Park.
This is apart of my ongoing exercise to meet the 47 friends of groups we have in Croydon, and rebuild the broken trust between the Council and our community groups across the borough.
We discussed a number of concerns a
I was pleased to be able to attend the Topping Out Ceremony at East Croydon Medical Centre at 59 Addiscombe Road Croydon. This is great news for Croydon residents. It consists of a four-storey modern purpose-built NHS Health Centre. I look forward to the opening next year.
Today I went on a walkaround with the Friends of Marlpit Lane Park, together with one of the ward councillors Cllr Margaret Bird.
We discussed a number of issues such as grass cutting schedule issues, the playground maintenance, and the bowling green amongst other topics.
This group ar
Cllr Andy Stranack (Cabinet Member for Communities and Culture) joined Mayor Jason Perry at the launch event for Croydon Stands Tall hosted by Croydon Bid at the South Bank London Croydon Campus last Tuesday Evening (11th October).
Croydon Stands Tall will showcase an art trail lasting 10 weeks, br
