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 I met with some of the members from the Friends of South Croydon Rec, together with one of the ward Councillors Cllr Danielle Denton.
We discussed a wide range of issues, including what support they need from the council to help improve the fantastic community green space for all to enj
I attended the Holocaust Memorial Event hosted in the Town Hall on Friday. The event bought together school children from Oasis School Coulsdon and Riddlesdown Colligate alongside Anita Peleg and Dr.
A number of residents have contacted councillors in relation to the excess deaths reported by various media organisations. It should be noted that some of the reports are not the most up-to-date links reported.
Rachel Flowers our director of Public Health makes the followi
Today I had a meeting with a volunteer from the "Mums for Lungs" group, they outlined their objectives in the UK as a whole, but what we can focus on in Croydon.
We had a number of interesting discussions, including how we can better promote our Healthy School Streets.
Most of you will be VERY aware of the ULEZ car charges which are being forced on to Croydon by the Labour Mayor of London.
Mayor Perry has released the following statement today:
“I have been clear from the start that Croydon Council strongly opposes Sadiq Khan’s plan to
Last Saturday evening Cllr. Andy Stranack (Cabinet Member for Communities and Culture) attended the Thai Pongal Celebrations at the Braithwaite Hall. Andy commented:
" It was great to attend this colourful and artistic event that celebrates harvest time in the Tamil culture.
Cllr. Andy Stranack (Cabinet Member for Communities and Culture) spent time with the Museum and Archive team last week and learnt more about the work they do across Croydon. Andy said:-
"It was a great pleasure to spend time with Virginia Smith (Museum and Archives Manager) and some of her team.
Today I had a meeting with officers and my deputy for customer service, Cllr Lara Fish.
We discussed the current situation relating to our street trees in residential areas, the location of empty tree pits, and further promotion of the sponsor a tree program:
I was pleased to have the opportunity to say goodbye to Mike Bell, Chair of Croydon Health Services. After ten years of working tirelessly for Croydon he is going onward to Lewisham.
He has played an important role in updating councillors and co-ordinating important work with the Trust and th
