DIGITAL OUTREACH AND LEARNING PROJECT PLANNED FOR LIBRARY – £15,000 grant awarded

The Upper Norwood library trust has been awarded £15,000 from the People's Health Trust to fund a digital outreach and learning project at the library. The grant will provide IT training and free access to computers for disadvantaged local residents as a way to engage them in learning and reduce social exclusion.   The trust …

SUBWAY MEMORIES WANTED

The Friends of Crystal Palace Subway  are looking for people who remember visiting the subway when it was open to the public such as on  the 'Subway Superdays' of the 1980s or from those youngsters - now grown-ups - who used to run through it before it was boarded up. "Maybe you played there as …

LAMBETH RESIDENTS TO CHOOSE HOW TAX ON DEVELOPERS IS SPENT LOCALLY

Lambeth council’s cabinet has agreed that local people and communities will have  a greater say in how millions of pounds raised from developers will be used. The current estimated development income across the whole of the Lambeth over the next 17 years is approximately £90 million. . The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) is a new …

COUNCIL TO OFFER AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL SUB-LETTERS

Tenants illegally subletting their homes are set to be offered a month-long amnesty by Croydon council. Under proposals approved by Croydon's cabinet  they will be allowed to hand back their keys anonymously during February, with the promise that no action will be taken against them by the council. The latest move is part of a …

UNDER-AGE SALES LEADS TO LICENSING CRACKDOWN

Bromley council has reviewed the alcohol licences of three businesses following a request by trading standards after they were caught selling alcohol to a 15-year-old girl. Trading standards officers carried out the test purchase operations in August last year using the under-age girl who was sold a bottle of wine from each of Jerry’s at …

REPORT FLY-TIPPING AND BLOCKED DRAINS VIA YOUR APP!

People can now report environmental problems via their smart phones, with Croydon council’s new free app. The app, called My Croydon, is available for both Apple and Android devices and supports the council’s ongoing Keep it Clean campaign. It can be used to tell the council quickly and easily about some of the most commonly …

SO YOU WANT TO BE A SPIELBERG, KUBRICK OR HITCHCOCK…..? ‘Internet images’ theme of competition for young film makers

ORGANISERS OF the Crystal Palace International Film festival are running a competition for young people in the borough of Croydon with a £250 prize for the winner. The Crystal Palace International Film Festival ‘Young Croydon’ Filmmaking competition is open to anyone aged 11-19 who live, go to school, college or a club in the borough …

A GUIDE TO CRYSTAL PALACE (Original title: A GB women’s handball team* guide to the Crystal Palace Triangle)

  ...AND WE'VE GOT A FILM FESTIVAL!!! FIRSTLY, A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY: Once upon a time much of this area was covered by the Great North Wood. Gipsies camped here. Paxton rebuilt the Crystal Palace here. Camille Pissarro painted here. Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale was born here, attending Crystal Palace school of art. Another woman …

DIARY DATES – Celeriac and blue cheese soup….

Saturday 4 January (2014!) Celeriac and blue cheese soup.... Happy New Year!  Did you make any resolutions?  Healthy eating is usually high up the list.  If you’re thinking of expanding your vegetable repertoire, feel free to ask our veggie sellers for advice.  To start with there's celeriac.  It’s the root of a celery plant and is delicious …