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.
Luke Shortland was elected as Councillor for Coulsdon Town in 2022. One of the things Luke loves about Coulsdon is the real variety of shops in the town centre, with everything from a pottery café (where he got his first Saturday job over seven years ago!) to a candle shop.
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.
Today, we have published the Penn report - the investigation commissioned through the LGA and conducted by Richard Penn, into the reasons for Croydon’s financial collapse. The report looks at the actions taken by those in power at the time, and makes recommendations about what further action mi
It was good to attend a couple of Local Community Partnership Meetings. Despite all the challenges that are are facing, I am pleased to see Active Citizens, Voluntary and Community Sector organisations, Council, Health and other statutory colleagues continue to come together to stren
Maternity services at Croydon University Hospital rated ‘Good’ for safety following CQC inspection
Maternity services at Croydon University Hospital have been given an improved rating of ‘Good’ for safety following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
In a new report published today
Today I had a meeting with officers to discuss the current role and objectives of our fantastic Street Champions.
We are very fortunate and lucky to have over 3000 fantastic volunteers, who give up some of their free time to champion their local community.
Today I had a meeting with a fantastic Butterfly Conservation group, who are already working with Croydon Council, but I wanted to discuss how we can further promote Butterfly conservation, which of course will also benefit other Pollinators in Croydon and across the capital as a whole.
The Maudsley Hospital celebrated its 100th year anniversary on 31 January 2023. Maudsley Hospital had first been requisitioned by the War Office before its completion in 1915 to deal with the military casualties of the First World War.
Cllr Andy Stranack (Cabinet Member for Culture and Communities) joined Rosemary Vizor (Borough Archivist) and Kristian Aspinall (Director of Culture) and the rest of the Library and Archives team as they received provisional accreditation from the National Archive at an event in the Braithwaite Hall
Today we had full council meeting, and as apart of that the Mayor and Cabinet Members are asked public questions from residents.
The following questions and answers were given for subjects within my portfolio of Streets and Environment:
Question One:
"Mr Mayor, In the ru
This evening I attended the Scrutiny Streets and Environment Sub-Committee.
Main items were Budget scrutiny for my portfolio, and proposed changes going forward.
The Agenda for the meeting can be found here:
