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Issue 31 - July 2009

yourYour monthly community newspaper fromcroydon your council www.croydon.gov.uk Extra powers to keep streets safe The streets of Croydon should be cleaner and safer thanks to extension of neighbourhood enforcement officers’ powers, as John Bownas explains. All summer long Antisocial behaviour confiscated from anybody £75 fixed penalty notice. scheme in these difficult Wondering what will be a prime target drinking within Croydon’s Tracey Bellamy, a Neo cases will hinge not to do with the kids of new powers granted no-drinking zones or from since October 2007, said: only on officers like over the schools’ by the police to the those thought to be under “Being able to demand Tracey making use of summer break? borough’s neighbourhood 18. Tobacco can be taken names and addresses is their new powers, but Does six enforcement officers from anyone believed to really useful in cases where also on the support they weeks seem (Neos). be under the age of 16. people refuse to cooperate. receive from the police. like a lifetime? The council’s uniformed The majority of local “What they need When people refuse to If you enforcement team is businesses and residents to understand is that if cooperate, and won’t give answered among the first in should welcome this they don’t give us the their details for checking, yes to either empowered to confiscate step, as they will benefit information then they’re a quick call on the radio – or, worse, alcohol and tobacco. from officers now being just making things will bring in police. both – those They can also more able to keep the worse for themselves, assistance and ensure that questions, now insist that those streets clean and safe. because refusing to give nearby CCTV cameras are we have suspected of antisocial Anybody failing to name and address to trained on the incident. the answer behaviour give them heed instructions, or an accredited person is Ch Supt Adrian for you. their name and address. caught littering, can find another offence in itself.” Roberts, Croydon’s The 36-page Alcohol can be themselves issued with a The success of the borough commander, is Croydon Summer across the borough. confident that his officers Activities 2009, And the range will attend to help officers delivered free with of things to do like Tracey whenever it this edition of Your stretches from Baby is practical to do so. Croydon, is bursting Rhymetime, through He said: “I’ve been with great ideas that a variety of sports, pushing for this new are guaranteed to art groups, street initiative for some keep even the most dance, cookery and time, and I’m glad that energetic of young film-making, to horse Croydon is leading bodies occupied riding and ice skating. the way in London. all summer long. So, as you can “It’s important that Working with see, there really the partnership between partner agencies, is something for the council and the police Summer Uni, Croydon everybody. is a strong one, and my Youth Service and Pull out your copy officers understand that local businesses, the of Croydon Summer the work being done by council’s guide offers Activities 2009 and keep the Neos frees them up to hundreds of activities, it somewhere safe for tackle more serious crimes. events and courses easy reference over the “It’s for this reason for young people summer – and to make that, whenever they do ranging in age from sure each day is filled need help, we’ll always babies and toddlers to with an enjoyable and try to be on the scene 19-year-olds at venues worthwhile activity. New powers: Neos can now demand offenders’ names and addresses as soon as possible.”

This newspaper is printed on environmentally friendly paper from a sustainable source, and produced at lower cost than the previous Your Croydon magazine. 2 yournews July 2009 | Your Croydon Knife sale prosecution for town’s oldest store Online – and on The council’s Safe for All campaign, designed to halt knife culture, has seen the 14th prosecution arising from a series of test purchases. air for a week The oldest department Airwaves set to hum during July. store in Croydon’s town centre has been Not many people know from programme ideas to prosecuted by the council that Croydon can boast writing and performing for selling knives to its own radio station. jingles, and broadcasting. underage school children. Available online all Each year, St Mary’s pleaded guilty year, and at 87.7FM for Junior School is also to the charge at Croydon a week this summer – involved in creating Magistrates’ Court in between 8 and 17 July the breakfast show. June, and was ordered to – BritFM broadcasts Year 10 pupils pay more than £3,000 in from a small studio in enter an X Factor-style fines and costs. the Brit School for the competition and the The case is the Performing Arts and winners are invited to council’s 14th successful Technology in . the Brit School studio prosecution following a Students write, to record their show. series of test purchases produce and present the For more details last year on a wide range radio features as part and to listen to the of shops selling knives, of their studies and are station online, log onto which was part of the involved in everything www.britfm.org.uk borough’s youth crime campaign Operation Safe for All. Help for traders Launched last autumn, the campaign seeks to Illegal sale: knife set sold by Allders 16-year-old sales assistant to two underage teenagers Council steps in to reassure businesses. reduce the impact of young volunteers working previously been given costs and charges of £515. youth violence in the with the council officers advice from the council’s Councillor Gavin Negotiations with agreement with developer borough through the use were able to buy a set of trading standards service Barwell, cabinet member traders affected by the Minerva plc due to lack of of stronger enforcement six large kitchen knives about age-restricted sales. for community services Park Place development satisfactory progress – had and targeted prevention. from the North End store In mitigation, Allders and cohesion, said: “It is have been taken over been negotiating directly Council trading in December last year. said that various systems very disappointing that by Croydon Council, with the developer standards officers The 15-year-old girl had been put in place to this well-respected town- underlining its expressed over blight claims. conducted the test and 14-year-old boy were prevent sales, including centre store has broken intention of moving However the council purchases with the view sold the knives in the removal of all single the law in this way and the project forward. has informed Minerva that of illustrating to traders kitchen department of the knives, and has now made I hope this case acts as Traders affected by the it will be dealing directly that the sale of potential store by a part-time shop the decision to remove a warning to others – major retail development with traders to ensure weapons to children will assistant, who was aged boxed knives as well. we will not hesitate to – currently under review they have confidence that not be tolerated. only 16. The store was fined prosecute anyone who after the council broke the council is committed The court was told that The store had £3,000 and ordered to pay sells knives to children.” off its development to resolving issues.

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Pass will see a change in Residents who have After eight months filling those he works with. the way it is distributed, as an older person’s Freedom the role on a temporary “He lives locally and well as a smart new design, Pass will need to submit basis, Chief Superintendent therefore has not only a when the next round is a renewal application Adrian Roberts has been deep knowledge of the issued next year. – together with their appointed borough borough and what makes Now in its 25th photograph and proof of commander for Croydon. it tick, but also has a year, the Freedom Pass identity, age and address – Speaking of his personal, family interest has proved a popular at the Post Office early next appointment, Ch Supt in how the place is policed and versatile means of year. Roberts said: “I’m and perceived by its providing free travel All old-style passes will immensely proud to have residents. and independence for cease to function after 31 been selected as Croydon’s “Adrian thoroughly qualifying disabled people March, 2010. borough commander. deserves his promotion. and residents aged over 60. The new-style passes “I was born in, and “He has shown that he The new-design card, will be sent to the applicant grew up in, Croydon and is committed to making valid from next April, by post. It will no longer be am extremely excited now Croydon a safer place will remove the need for possible to collect the pass to be given the opportunity and in his time as acting a separate photo card. at the Post Office. to play my part in its borough commander Each applicant will be More information exciting future. has made it clear that required to provide a recent can be viewed on the “I’m fully committed he understands effective photograph which meets council’s website at and determined to build on policing can be enhanced the standards for a British www.croydon.gov.uk or the excellent relationships New man at the top: Ch Supt Adrian Roberts through working closely driver’s licence. at www.freedompass.org that have been forged with a range of local Renewal invitation The travel service team between the police and He was transferred Barwell, the council’s partners. letters will be sent to can be emailed at travel. statutory, voluntary and to Croydon police station cabinet member for “The council welcomes holders of disabled persons’ [email protected]. community partners to in October, 2007, as a community safety and his appointment. passes this summer. uk or phoned on 020 drive down crime and superintendent, and took cohesion, said: “With “Croydon has an These should be 8726 6000 extn 62121 or make Croydon a safe place over the acting borough community safety top of excellent, experienced completed and returned as 63219. in which to live, work and commander’s position in our public service agenda, police officer at its helm, socialise.” October, 2008, when Mark I’m delighted that Adrian someone who is accessible He joined the Gore left the borough. Roberts is to become and has earned respect. Metropolitan Police in Married with children, Croydon’s next borough “We look forward 1984, and has worked in he is a keen supporter of commander. to continue working a number of roles within Crystal Palace FC. “He’s a dedicated police together to achieve our the organisation, including Welcoming the officer who inspires loyalty joint ambition of preventing counter-terrorism. appointment, Gavin and confidence among all and detecting crime.”

Jail and deportation for fraud sisters Adult learners celebrate Shot in the arm for career prospects. Pair swindle thousands in benefit support while working illegally. Nearly 70 local adult at learners who are keen to Two sisters who were from NHS Local. become a nurse. months last July. He was learners have achieved enter employment in the living and working in Following a tip-off, Croydon Crown deported in December. the National Vocational health and social care field, the UK illegally have the council’s anti-fraud Court was told that two Nassolo also pleaded Qualification in health and and the majority of learners been jailed following a team discovered that properties had been built guilty but her sentencing social care. who were unemployed at complex investigation despite having no recourse in Kampala while Nassolo, was deferred after the They were recently the start of the course went led by Croydon Council’s to public funds and no of Manchester Road, investigation discovered presented with their on to gain employment and corporate anti-fraud team. right to work in the UK, , was that her sister, Rachael certificates by Rosemary literacy certificates. Yudaya Nassolo, 41, Nassola had fraudulently being supported by the Thorn, was working Sloman, head of Croydon Calat delivers high- was sentenced to three claimed more than council. Prescription drugs illegally at a Sutton Adult Learning and Skills, quality training, enabling years, while Rachael £135,000 in support from with an estimated value of hospital and was also at the Calat centre, South learners to develop a range Thorn, 35, got 21 months. Croydon Council by using £12,000 were also seized. using the same alternative Norwood. of further skills, in addition They will be deported to somebody else’s identity. Her husband, Isaac identity. Croydon Adult Learning to those directly related their native Uganda after Using the alternative Muwuwa Gwayambedde, The adjournment and Training (Calat) to care. serving their jail terms. identity, she had also been 52, was arrested after allowed Thorn’s case to provides training to Past learners have gone The case was brought working at a care home being found to be be linked to hers but, employed adults working in on to achieve degrees in following a joint operation in Wallington, as well as using a false name. He as she had pleaded not the health and social care nursing and social work. involving the council, the receiving a bursary from later pleaded guilty to guilty, Nassolo’s sentencing field, enabling them to gain For further information UK Borders Agency and the NHS valued at possessing false documents was delayed until the NVQs at levels 2 and 3. please call 0870 556 1630, a counter-fraud specialist £17,650 while studying to and was jailed for eight conclusion of the trial. Entry level 3 is aimed or visit www.calat.ac.uk 4 yournews July 2009 | Your Croydon Helping hand for local firms Business as usual Local commerce told help is at hand as banks promise continued finance. Local question time for Mayor of London. Lively debate is on the economic development, A major financial summit of Croydon’s economic banks’ own loan funds £2,000 and £50,000. cards when Mayor of and London Assembly in Croydon has seen recovery plan in order – including access to Meanwhile, Clydesdale London Boris Johnson member for Croydon and banks and key agencies to share information money from the London Bank’s financial solutions comes to Croydon Sutton, panel speakers promise to keep lending on the recession and to Development Agency, the centre in Croydon has to answer questions will be drawn from local businesses the money find ways of supporting government’s Enterprise reported that lending is at an event labelled the local business and they need in order to Croydon businesses. Finance Guarantee, and the up by 70%, and deposits “Building a road to economic communities. survive the recession. The group agreed European Investment Bank growing by 28%. economic recovery”. Scheduled to run Croydon Council chief to ensure all local Loan Scheme – to Croydon Clydesdale Bank’s The Mayor will be from 7pm to 8.30 at executive Jon Rouse and businesses were aware Enterprise’s own Finance banking model ensures looking at the issues Fairfield’s former Croydon Business of, and able to access, for Enterprise initiative that every £1 raised from of economic recovery, on Wednesday, 22 July, chief executive Brian the various loans and which is a £1m fund able local deposits is reinvested and how businesses and tickets are free of charge. Stapleton called the banks support funds available. to provide small enterprises back into lending for residents can support To book, call the summit last month as part Schemes range from with loans of between local businesses. each other through the box office on 020 8688 The banks summit current recession. 9291 or visit www. formed part of Croydon’s Chaired by Councillor fairfield.co.uk economic recovery plan, Steve O’Connell, More information which aims to help local Croydon’s cabinet member is available at www. people and businesses for regeneration and london.gov.uk/events survive the recession. The plan was drawn up earlier this year by Croydon Council and All change for Croydon Business in partnership with a range the climate of key agencies, including South London Business, Companies, individuals and the climate stand , JobCentre to gain from Climate Change Week 2009. Plus, Croydon Enterprise, Envibe, Safer Croydon, This year’s Climate Change On Saturday, 18 July, Croydon Business Venture, Week is being marked in stalls in North End will Business Link, and Croydon Croydon by a series of offer information and Voluntary Action. events on Saturday, 18 July. advice on how to live Full details of the plan, And the week, running a greener lifestyle. For practical advice visit: led by the new Croydon from 13 to 18 July, will Visitors will be able Economic Development be used by the council to to learn what they can do www.croydoncrunch.org Company, can be found at highlight the measures to change their energy, www.croydoncrunch.org it is putting into place to rubbish, travel and help the environment. shopping habits to improve A major element the environment for both will be to show how the Croydon and the planet. Crime – council’s 2008 Environment Businesses, too, will Swimming for women and Climate Change benefit as Envibe, the the big Strategy is being put into council’s environmental questions practice and what can business advice unit, at all Croydon pools be done by individuals hosts It’s Not Just Put your concerns to and organisations to Greenwash, a marketing the men at the top collectively “take Croydon workshop for progressive beyond carbon”. green companies. New women-only swimming sessions introduced The next public question time session Looking to broaden the swimming lessons, aqua on crime will be staged accessibility of its leisure aerobics or gym sessions. at St Andrew’s Church, A library at home opportunities to include In common with Brook Road, Thornton women who need a other London boroughs, Heath, on Tuesday 7 Make the most of the free resources available female environment, the Croydon recognises the July starting at 7pm. from your local library. council, in partnership need for female leisure It’s the latest in with management sessions as a relaxing, non- a series of events at In these credit-crunch Biography, but don’t have company Fusion, has threatening environment which the public are times, many people are the space for all the books. introduced more women- in which women can being encouraged to taking advantage of free Or perhaps you need only swimming sessions. swim and keep fit. quiz the borough police online access, through to look up that vital In addition to the Many women, for commander, Chief Croydon libraries, to crossword clue, but are existing sessions at cultural, religious or their routines, allowing Superintendent Adrian a range of reference not sure where to start. Thornton Heath and South personal comfort reasons, them a welcome chance Roberts, and Croydon books from Oxford All you need do is Norwood Leisure Centres, find the presence of to unwind and exercise. Council’s cabinet member University Press. visit www.croydon. two new sessions have men inhibiting and The cost for a non- for safety and cohesion, Want to look up a gov.uk/libraries click been introduced at Purley discomfiting, and are member adult swim Councillor . word in the Oxford English on “Online reference and . reluctant or unable to take is £3.30 per hour. These are the people Dictionary but can’t afford services”, choose a title If the sessions prove part in physical activity, Further information responsible for tackling the 20-volume set? from the list below, enter popular and there is or wear swimwear, in on membership, other crime in Croydon – Maybe you’re interested your library card number, enough demand, it may a mixed situation. activities, prices and and they are seeking in researching the lives of and you have access to be possible to consider Many women look timetables is available on public assistance in local heroes in the Oxford the resources 24 hours a additional provision forward to the weekly Fusion’s website at www. the drive to make the Dictionary of National day, seven days a week. in the future, such as sessions as a highlight in fusion-lifestyle.com borough a safer place. www.croydon.gov.uk yournews 5 Everything in the Gardens is rosy

Excited tenants move in as phase one of council housing programme is completed.

The first council houses first phase of the council’s By the end of this help to keep fuel bills to built in the borough for 20 new house-building year, construction is due the lowest possible and years have welcomed their programme, which will to get under way on a reduce carbon dioxide Food for all: one of last years cookery demos new tenants. see 32 high-spec homes further 63 homes, forming production, setting an The 13 three-, four- created in Broad Green the second phase of the example for the kind of and five-bed family and Fieldway. programme. green building the council houses, in Sumner In 2008 Croydon All the new properties wants to encourage on a Gastronomes’ Gardens, Broad Green, became one of the first are being built on under- wider scale. meet robust eco standards London boroughs to begin used council sites to The official opening and have solar panels building a new generation the highest sustainable ceremony for the new festival delight for hot water, and wind of public housing and is standards. homes at Sumner Gardens turbines to generate committed to providing The installation of will be carried out by the Fortnight of fantastic foodie fare promised for power. new affordable homes state-of-the-art energy- Mayor of London, Boris this year’s Croydon Food Festival. They are part of the every year. saving technologies will Johnson, later in July. Taste buds will be on high town-centre stores alert during September offering tasty bites from and October when the their own ranges; borough marks British • guest stalls – Food Fortnight with its local producers own food festival. demonstrating that Bringing together the good-quality food huge diversity of cuisines doesn’t have to travel available across Croydon, great distances. the festival promises a Croydon Food range of events guaranteed Festival, hosted by to please even the most the Croydon Business discerning palate. Improvement District Among the attractions (Bid) team, will run from being planned are: Saturday, 19 September, • restaurant safari – to Sunday, 4 October. taking in independent Local businesses keen to town-centre restaurants play a part should contact offering unique dishes the Croydon Bid team at at special prices: [email protected] • slow-food market – or call 020 8686 2233. offering an alternative For more information to the range of fast food on the Croydon Food available in North End; Festival, visit www. • instore demos – large, croydontowncentre.com

London 2012 Open Weekend Chance to get active as 36-month countdown Highest standard: the new council development in Sumner Road meets the latest sustainability requirements to Olympics begins.

With 27 July marking the Heath leisure centres. beginning of the three-year Fusion will be hosting First steps for new project countdown to the Olympic a programme of free Games, London 2012 is taster sessions and encouraging people to pool splash sessions. Funding secured to help disabled people live independently. open up and join in. The aim of the London 2012 Open event will be to raise User-led disabled people’s disabled people. launched on 2 July, know more about Weekend, a three-day community awareness groups have worked Run by different with the first “know your rights, call 020 celebration of art, culture, of healthy and active together to win funding groups of disabled people your rights” courses 8684 5538 for course sport and everything lifestyles and increase from the Department of working together, it starting on 10 July. details. Courses will run that makes the London opportunities for sporting Health to start formulating will focus on practical Disabled people throughout the year. 2012 Games, takes place participation for people a Centre for Independent support that puts them in attending the day course Support group from 24 to 26 July. of all ages and abilities Living and Learning control of their own lives, will be informed about Disability Croydon would The council’s leisure across the borough. (CILL) in Croydon. focusing on subjects such their rights, and how also like to hear from centre management Keep an eye open for A CILL is a forum as: knowing your rights, they can deal with the anybody keen to get partner, Fusion Lifestyle, more details on www. for creating new getting a job, training, discrimination they often involved in any way. is supporting the weekend croydon-leisure.com kinds of services and advocacy and getting face in everyday life. Further information and will be showcasing the • See page 11 for support designed by access to information. If you are a disabled can be found at www. facilities on offer at South coverage of Cultural disabled people for The project is officially person and want to disabilitycroydon.org.uk Norwood and Thornton Olympiad. 6 yourcommunity June 2009 | Your Croydon

Flying the flag for Croydon Are you a fan of Croydon? If so, you could become a Croydon Ambassador, helping to fly the borough’s flag to promote the positive attributes and attract investment during the current difficult economic times.

Croydon is one of the most diverse and multicultural boroughs in London, so it’s important that our ambassadors reflect those qualities......

Amber Rusk

Slice of the action: the first intake of Croydon Ambassadors celebrate the launch of the scheme

A bright spring evening in young people, football Croydon Council, Croydon The project aims to as Tony Smith, London March saw the gathering players, and movers and Business and Croydon foster civic pride, promote and the South East of a crack team of shakers in political and Enterprise, the project positive recognition and, director of the UK Border “Croydonphiles” at the business life defied the provides residents, ultimately, to attract Agency – the borough’s launch of an exciting pessimists to launch business leaders, inward investment. largest employer. new tactic in the fight the Ambassadors politicians and other Ambassadors so far Croydon-born against recession. programme – a key Croydonians the chance signed up include Olympic broadcaster Matthew Against a wider weapon in the ongoing to stand up and champion athlete Donna Fraser, Wright has also lent backdrop of economic reinvention of Croydon. the many good things and representatives from his support, saying: doom and gloom, A joint initiative of going on in the borough. local businesses, such “Croydon’s my home town www.croydon.gov.uk yourcommunity 7

The number of Croydon Ambassadors currently spreading the good word about our borough. 175

Ambassadorial benefits

• Official ecognitionr of the role that you play in supporting Croydon • Opportunity for increased profile and recognition on a local, national and international level • Opportunity to network with other Ambassadors to share best practice • Recognition through a listing on the Croydon Ambassadors website • Opportunity to join your fellow Ambassadors at exclusive events including launches, networking events, awards and gala dinners • Invitations to attend study tours of different regions and other businesses • Access to the Croydon Ambassadors logo for use on suitable materials such as business cards and websites (subject to approval and brand guidelines) • Access to collateral such as fact files, presentation templates and promotional material • Opportunity to enhance the reputation of Croydon • Receipt of regular updates and communications • Opportunity to benefit from PR and publicity associated from the programme.

Proud ambassador: Olympic medal-winner Tasha Danvers always remembers her Croydon roots and I’m right behind the “Many people may contribution to local life. success of the programme. ambassadors and Ambassadors programme. be acting as unofficial “It’s almost like being “If, say, an ambassador strategic partners – and, “I think it’s great ambassadors for the given the keys to a city, is due to attend an over the long term, that people are taking borough already, but and we hope that people international event as to Croydon itself. the initiative to promote the scheme will give who have had success part of their job, we’d Jon Rouse, chief some positive publicity them official recognition in their lives, or made a expect them to tell executive of Croydon I’m about the area.” and a framework in positive impact on the us so we can provide Council, says: “Croydon is On signing up, which to operate. area, will see this as part them with promotional already recognised as an proud to be Olympic 400m bronze “Business and of their civic duty – to material on Croydon, opportunity area and has a Croydon medallist Tasha Danvers political leaders already shout out about Croydon such as a slideshow or an exciting future ahead. said: “I’m proud to be a involved in promoting and everything that makes an information pack. “I believe that the Ambassador. Croydon Ambassador. Croydon are likely to be it great and unique.” “They could then Croydon Ambassadors “Wherever my career considered, along with Individuals can apply, disseminate these key will become a great “Wherever my has taken me, I always young Ambassadors who or be nominated, to be messages to an audience asset to the borough. career has taken remember my roots are can act as role models an ambassador, and that we may never Despite its considerable firmly in Croydon. I’m for other youths, as a steering panel then otherwise reach.” positives and strengths, me, I always really looking forward well as older people. considers the application. Sponsors are being our ambassadors will to being able to work “Croydon is one of The role is an unpaid sought to help with work to really change remember my toward raising the profile the most diverse and one and ambassadors will the financial support perceptions about Croydon roots are firmly of my home town.” multicultural boroughs in not have to contribute already offered by and will help to increase Project programme London, so it’s important financially to any of existing partners Whitgift awareness of what an in Croydon. I’m manager Amber Rusk that our ambassadors their activities. All Shopping Centre, exciting place it is.” says: “We’re hoping reflect those qualities.” they are required to UK Border Agency, For information really looking to recruit around 750 It is hoped the scheme do is incorporate their Westmead Business on how to become an forward to being ambassadors by the end will involve a cross- ambassadorial role in Group and Dotmailer. ambassador or a strategic of the year, so we’re section of celebrities and their normal professional The ambassadors partner, visit www. able to work keen for anyone with a community champions or community activities. programme offers many croydonambassadors. passion for Croydon and who, by offering their Amber explains: exciting opportunities, co.uk or call Amber Rusk toward raising an active involvement endorsement and “Dialogue is key to the both to the individual on 020 8680 0462 the profile of in the community testimonials, attending to come forward. events and generally Aims of the Croydon Ambassador project my home “Chosen talking about Croydon, town. Ambassadors must be will help create a • Increase the awareness of Croydon as a positive, exciting place in which to able to demonstrate new and inspiring live, work, study, visit and invest Tasha Danvers a commitment to the vision of the town. • Attract more visitors, tourists and shoppers programme and, while And the role is a • Promote the borough’s business and leisure facilities they don’t need to live mutually beneficial one, • Retain local businesses or work here, they must explains Amber: “To be enthusiastic about be invited to become • Attract public, private and partnership investment and stimulate growth Croydon and be able to an ambassador is an • Encourage local sourcing and increase support for the local economy show that they can meet honour and also a • Create positive perceptions and encounters with Croydon. the programme’s goals. recognition of someone’s 8 yourcommunity July 2009 | Your Croydon

junior road safety officers help to make other children in their schools more aware of the 192 dangers of today’s roads. Children honoured at Town Hall Ceremony recognises work done by schools’ junior road safety officers.

The concern shown by The scheme has gone presentations. children for the safety from strength to strength Special mention was of other children was and has proved once again made of Mia Middleditch recognised with a special that children can make a from Oval Primary School visit to Croydon Town difference when helping who had championed Official recognition: junior road safety officers awarded special certificates in Hall. other children become pedestrian awareness in For the second year more streetwise when a previous edition of Your “This event is just running, the council’s crossing the road or when Croydon. reward for all the energy road safety education travelling by car. Ruth Johnston, the they and other junior road Local charity gets team hosted the junior The children were school’s head teacher, safety officers have put road safety officer congratulated for their said: “My pupils Mia, into the scheme.” event at which pupils hard work that included Blake, Jessica and Special guest at the new president from borough schools a number of innovative André have been very event was Hamish McFee, were awarded a special activities, including enthusiastic about the borough’s canine certificate by the then staging road safety plays, preventing children junior road safety officer, man takes the helm at Deputy Mayor, Councillor poster competitions and hurting themselves on who proved a great hit charity supporting the blind. Susan Winborn. the use of PowerPoint the roads. with all the children. His involvement began via the Croydon Advertiser, for which he worked for 46 years, when he provided a weekly round-up of local Refocusing and reforming news on tape. The round- up is sent to hundreds of members each week. The news side of the for the children talking newspaper lasts for 30 minutes, although it takes a lot longer to Wide-ranging programme aims to The new president of prepare. It involves offer top-grade service to borough’s the Croydon Voluntary selecting a variety of Association for the Blind stories and editing them, vulnerable children. is a man whose voice which is where his years of is well known to many journalistic experience play Children, arguably, are Refocus Reform. of its members – for he an invaluable part. Croydon’s greatest asset and, High on the talks to them every week He said: “It’s always as such, deserving of the programme’s agenda are: on the Croydon Talking been a treat and real best we can give them. • better targeting of Social worker opportunities Newspaper. privilege, a weekly delight. We are ambitious in services to those who Roger Bing succeeds the “The most flattering Croydon, and the council need them; in children services late Douglas Thornton. response I’ve had has been has set its sights on • listening to the views Working with some of the most vulnerable He has been presenting when people say they becoming a top-performing of children and their children in the borough, children services aims to a round-up of local regard me as a friend who authority for vulnerable families on how services safeguard children and help strengthen families. news every week for the plops onto the mat every children in our community. are delivered; If you are a newly qualified social worker, or are association for 39 years, week with friendly chat To achieve this, the • working with local and has never missed a about Croydon, and that, considering returning to work in social care, come council needs to refocus partners to improve week since starting the job. because of it, they really do its efforts and reform its well- being and education and see us to find out more. But his involvement feel in touch with the town. services to improve life achievements for children We will be holding a social worker open runs much deeper. He “That is so rewarding. chances for the borough’s and young people in care recruitment session on 17 July, between 2pm and writes and edits the And it’s a real honour to children. with local partners; 5pm in Croydon Town Hall, Katharine Street. monthly newsletter, in become president of such This work will be • supporting social workers If you have any general queries about addition to editing and an association which plays delivered through a so that they can focus on recruitment, please call the recruitment line: presenting the audio a vital role in helping wide-ranging social care working with children 020 8667 8337 or email: [email protected] version of Your Croydon so many people in the programme called and families. each month. borough.” www.croydon.gov.uk yourcommunity 9

The day after The Big Lunch, people will walk down their street and feel they now know someone in most of the houses.

Sit down to lunch with Britain Feeling peckish? The Eden Project is planning to put a smile on the country’s face with a Big Lunch to remember.

What have you got have it in your street, in fact, to set you on the planned for lunch on on a nearby bridge, in a road to self-sustainability. Sunday, 19 July? school’s playing fields – use Launched and run by Maybe you were your imagination, and the Eden Project – the thinking of a family affair, make the party swing. gardens and conservation or perhaps a visit to a nice Central Croydon will centre in Cornwall – The out-of-town pub for a roast be having its own Big Big Lunch encourages and all the trimmings. Lunch, in Surrey Street. communities to come together through growing food and flowers; creating The Big Lunch is an ambitious street music, art and theatre; dressing the street; idea that’s designed to bring and, of course, cooking together communities and eating together. The day after The Big Lunch, people will Whatever you might All you have to do walk down their street have in mind for that is bring your own food and feel they now know particular Sunday, put it for an open-air picnic someone in most of the to one side and take part at which tables and houses. However, the in The Big Lunch instead. chairs will be provided, legacy of The Big Lunch The Big Lunch is an with entertainment will be much bigger ambitious idea that’s from local musicians. than just the day after. designed to bring together The Surrey Street Big The aim is to give people communities, to give you Lunch will begin and the tools to strengthen the chance to meet people noon and run until 3pm. their communities you might see every day but Please bear in mind, through activities such as actually may not know very however, that this is a neighbourhood watch; well – your neighbours. family-friendly event and improving local amenities And it will be you and Croydon town centre is a such as youth centres; Community get-together: The Big Lunch will help you to get to know your neighbours your neighbours who take Controlled Drinking Zone. taking care of the elderly responsibility for your Big Part of the ethos of The or disabled; making millions of us, throughout “This will be a day you’ll be able to find all Lunch. You’ll be organising Big Lunch is that people imaginative improvements the UK, sit down to have to break bread with our the answers in the Big the food, the venue, the could be eating food they to the local environment; lunch together with our neighbours, to put a Lunch guide, costing only facilities, the entertainment, have grown themselves. sharing resources, from neighbours: in the middle smile on Britain’s face.” £2, with all proceeds the decoration – it really For those that have yet lawnmowers to cars; and of our streets, around our To find out how to be going to charity. will be your Big Lunch, with to learn what great fun supporting local charities, tower blocks and on every an organiser, how to team You can also use the everybody mucking in. growing your own food can both with money and patch of common ground. up with neighbours, how site to publicise your Big While your community’s be, anybody attending the volunteering time. “The food, to shut off your street Lunch, let others know Big Lunch might take the Surrey Street Big Lunch will Eden Project chief entertainment, music for the day, how to get what you’ve got planned, form of a park picnic, be able to collect free seeds, executive Tim Smit and decorations we will others involved, what to or to pick up useful tips don’t feel that it has to compost and gardening commented: “Imagine a have grown, cooked, do if it rains, visit www. on how to make your Big be that way. You could equipment – all you need, summer’s day on which or created ourselves. thebiglunch.com where Lunch a meal to remember. 10 yourcommunity July 2009 | Your Croydon

The council is hopeful of there being widespread support for proposals to clarify and tighten the enforcement of existing rules, and also to introduce new regulations that Clean up after your dog will make the borough a cleaner and safer place for everybody. Tightening the leash on careless dog owners A cleaner, safer environment will result if dog-control proposals are adopted.

A recent TV documentary in Croydon, there is a of existing rules, and Enforcement will not concerning the rise in sizeable minority that also to introduce new always be easy, but – as cases of dangerous dogs still allows their dogs to regulations that will make with anti-litter laws being used for personal run unchecked, or fails to the borough a cleaner and – making it absolutely protection – and, in some clean up after them. safer place for everybody. clear to people what their instances, as weapons – There are also Proposals include: responsibilities are, and made mention of Croydon. professional walkers • creating dog no-go what the penalties will be, Fortunately, while who sometimes exercise zones in places such as is the first step in making the TV coverage exposed large numbers of dogs playgrounds and some a difference. the worst examples at a time, leaving them small parks; Christina Farkas, of irresponsible dog with problems controlling • making it a rule that all (right) from Broad Green, ownership from around some of their more unruly dogs must be kept on a walking her dog Jo-Jo the UK, these cases are charges. lead on footpaths and in Wandle Park, said: “I really not that common. For these reasons, the roads; always make sure that I However, despite the council is hopeful of there • setting a maximum of clear up after Jo-Jo, and it fact that considerate and being widespread support four dogs to be walked really annoys me when I kind people make up the for proposals to clarify and by one person at a see people who can’t keep majority of dog owners tighten the enforcement time. their dogs under control.” www.croydon.gov.uk yourcommunity 11

Since the launch of the Cultural Olympiad last September, Croydon has illustrated its commitment to the celebration of cultures. Putting the culture into the Olympiad With the clock ticking down to London 2012, we look at how Croydon people are making a cultural difference. Photos courtesy of Andy Forey Forey Andy of courtesy Photos Ready for the off: youngsters line up under the watchful eye of Olympian Donovan Bailey Drumming up enthusiasm: energy and excitement levels mounted among members of the Cool Club

It has been nine months achievement of our Women’s Link is GB focusing on the Mellissa Gordon, since London officially young London Youth championing traditional Olympic values of respect, manager of the National became the keeper of the Games participants. African and Caribbean friendship and excellence. Autistic Society Croydon I enjoyed Olympic and Paralympic Other events have games such as callenda, The participants Resource Centre, said: the fact that Games, and July 27 will included a singer/ a Caribbean game took part in a number of “The young people with mark the beginning of the songwriter and musicians using bamboo sticks. sporting events including autism at the Cool Club I was given three-year countdown to from the London Mozart Croydon’s own veteran athletics, badminton (a Saturday youth club the London 2012 Games. Players working with Olympic silver medallist, and basketball, as well for people with autism the chance to Since the launch of the pupils from Shirley Dorothy Tyler, was on hand as learning about and spectrum disorder) had a participate in the Cultural Olympiad last High School on a song at Age Concern Croydon’s meeting local athletes, great time and loved the September, Croydon has inspired by the dreams of Celebrating Positive Ageing including Donovan Bailey energy and excitement of sport I love, and illustrated its commitment Olympic achievement. event to talk about her who competed in the 1980 the African drumming, to the celebration of The performance, at experiences at the Berlin Games in Los Angeles. dancing and mask-making. to learn many cultures, people and Fairfield, saw the young Games in 1936, and the Louisa, one of the “Autism is a serious, things other than languages by hosting composers leading 600 last time the Games was project participants, lifelong and disabling a number of events schoolchildren from held in London, in 1948. said: “I enjoyed the fact condition, but projects like coaching around the borough. Croydon’s primary Guests were able that I was given the this just show how, with One of the highlights schools in the song’s to experience activities chance to participate the right help and support, was the welcoming, first performance. including t’ai chi, crafts, in the sport I love, and children with autism can in , of 11 London Sitar Ensemble massage and cooking, to learn many things make a great contribution.” times Paralympic gold involved young people and worked with local other than coaching.” Cool Club member medallist Dame Tanni and local artists looking at schoolchildren to develop The National Autistic James said: “I thought Grey-Thompson to talk the development of Indian an Olympic Memory Wall. Society ran a project with the African dancing was about her achievements. music and dance in the Croydon Supplementary an African drumming splendid because I thought We also saw our borough from the Games Education Project – which performance and they were wicked at it.” own local Olympians, in 1948 to the present offers help with school workshop, and an arts Fellow Cool Clubber Martin Rooney and Blake day, using workshops and topics to 150 youngsters and craft workshop for Lee said: ‘’I enjoyed it Aldridge, at an awards oral history interviews. aged from four to 18 young people with autism because it was energetic ceremony marking the Barbados Overseas – formed a mini Team spectrum disorder. and different.” 12 specialfeature July 2009 | Your Croydon

Mike Fleet’s club record for the 800 metres – a 1.48.2 benchmark set 47 years ago and yet to be beaten. A life in athletics – One of the leading lights of Croydon athletics may be considering his memoirs, but he’s also looking to the future and nurturing up-and-coming track and field stars, as he told Richard Gibbs.

Hammer throwing, it would have dented the Beijing Olympian Martyn and had a good spell in and, with other officials must be said, isn’t the prospects of any Croydon Rooney for many years. 1963 before, as he puts tied up at work, he’s sexiest of sporting events. Harriers winning places He’s pretty hopeful it, “it all went a bit pear- more than happy to be Chunky mammoths in the London Olympics. that at least two more shaped in Olympic year”. the “anchor man at the twisting and grunting So the council’s Harriers will compete The disappointment end of then phone”. to hurl a 16Ib ball with investment, from its in London 2012 – and that injury caused him to “You never know with handle on the end community improvement there’s an outside chance miss out on what would what’s going to come of 120cm of piano wire fund, means that, for a it could be more. have been the pinnacle out of a phone call, doesn’t have the grace of modest outlay, one of Mike was nearly an of his athletics career do you,” he says. clean-limbed runners, or the borough’s foremost Olympian himself. Back was prolonged – but “It could be the start the excitement of pole sporting institutions in the early ‘60s he was Croydon benefitted. of something really vaulters climbing skyward. can celebrate the regularly competing Mike and a few friends special, and you don’t But it’s been an lifting of a cloud. in international events got together to seize the want to miss it.” essential component And that the cage was and doing pretty well. Cinderella club based in Born in Streatham, of top-class athletics installed in time for the His time of 1.48.2 and turn his family moved south to competition for donkeys’ first home match of this for the 800 metres is it into one of the most Thornton Heath and he FACTfive years, and if Croydon year’s athletics season still the club’s record highly ranked athletics went to nearby Kensington Council hadn’t renewed brought huge relief to – 47 years after he set units in the country. Avenue School before Car: An old Peugeot the hammer/discus cage at the doyen of athletics it. It’s Harriers’ longest Croydon Arena runs advancing to Trinity. estate which allows me to Croydon Arena, in Albert in Croydon, the aptly enduring track record. a close second to his Both his next-door cart around hurdles and Road, South Norwood, named Mike Fleet. He represented home in Purley; he’s there neighbour and a scout javelins. the venue wouldn’t have He’s the club’s top UK England in the last Empire twice a week for coaching master were Harriers: “I Reading: Front Runners been able to stage athletics athletics coach and the and Commonwealth nights. For many years got a sniff of the octane – a book on the first matches – and that inspiration who coached Games in Perth in 1962, he was the club secretary and away we went.” athletic track champions and professional runners. It includes something about a guy called John Fleet and I want to find out if there’s a family connection. Music: I once performed on the cruet set with Pluck, an ensemble of classical musicians who put on comical performances at festivals. Best of Croydon: The Whitgift Almshouses – an absolute gem. My wife and I are the only couple to have been married in the chapel. And Croydon’s parks – I think they’re lovely. Imagine Croydon: I’d like to see a fully inclusive stadium to serve the needs of the community, as well as athletics. It should link sports with academia. I’d also like to see less vandalism and violence. And the press should be more positive; they hugely under-sing the decent side of our country. Exciting prospect: teenage star Faraz Rafi is among the future stars being nursed through the ranks of Croydon Harriers by one of the club’s founding fathers, Mike Fleet District Centre Sponsors defy N eWS the downturn JuLY 2009 Flowers give districts a lift

Trading conditions are difficult, the outlook is challenging, improves the look of the area.” but businesses are helping boost confidence by making Sponsor Ray Jones, of Ray Jones Roofing, is backing the the district centre shopping streets brighter and more best conservation project award. welcoming. “I think it’s a great idea; it brightens the day up and Sponsors have defied the doom and gloom to back makes everywhere look less dull. I’m all for it,” he said. Awards and sponsors Croydon in Bloom’s efforts to again add colour to the local Meanwhile, district centre development manager shopping scene. Sharon Baldwin believes the floral displays of Croydon in Best school garden, sponsored by Leroy This summer, the borough will once more be garlanded Bloom help underline the importance of environmental Drummond of Thornton Heath. in hanging baskets, planters and tumbling tiers following last issues in the borough’s trading life. Town or district centre award, sponsored by year’s stunning success in which colourful Croydon won not “Colourful flowers don’t just make our district centres Michael Jellow of Flavours, . only the capital’s London in Bloom contest, but also came a nice place to live in,” she said. “The whole environment is Bloomin’ pub and restaurant award, increasingly important for trade, too. sponsored by Danny Foley of the White Horse “We’re also backing efforts to improve our districts via pub, Selhurst. clean-up campaigns, including the 100-day capital clean- up, and we’re promoting reusable shopping bags to reduce Business premises award, sponsored by Mark waste.” Carruthers of Warehouse, New Addington. Shopping locally, rather than travelling miles, also has Best conservation project award, sponsored a positive environmental impact, and a new generation of by Ray Jones of Ray Jones Roofing, South lamp-post banners is encouraging shoppers to discover the Norwood. hidden gems and bargains on their doorsteps in their local Best community garden award, sponsored by district centres. Philip Abraham from Jati Ltd of . Other district sponsors include: Drummonds, sponsoring the Best School Garden; Flavours, which is sponsoring Best hanging basket or container, sponsored the Town or District Centre award; and The White by NCP car parks. Horse pub, which is sponsoring the Bloomin’ Pub and Hotel and guesthouse award, sponsored by Restaurant award. Cadogan Hanover Park insurance. Central Croydon-based businesses, NCP car parks, Mondial Assistance and Cadogan Hanover Park are also Front garden award, sponsored by Mondial Assistance. Colourful display: sponsors and district centre managers showing their support by sponsoring a number of awards. second in the national Britain in Bloom competition. The flower spectacular wouldn’t be possible without the generous support of the sponsors – a fact Policing priorities acknowledged by Anupa Patel, district centre project manager, who has been coordinating the floral efforts in Improving Norbury’s quality of life the districts. “We simply couldn’t do it without them,” she said. “It’s Burglary, street drinkers and youth violence – those are the three top targets for great that local businesses are so positive about supporting Norbury’s safer neighbourhood team, the local police group tasked with making the the competition, especially when the trading climate is so district a safer place in which to live, work, and to visit. difficult. Sgt Simon Stephenson, whose team includes two PCs and six Police Community “Flowers can have such a positive impact in general, and Support Officers, told Your Croydon: “Our priorities are to support the borough and it is great that so many of our businesses have come on its objectives, and we’re already starting to see results by targeting burglaries.” board to sponsor the displays.” Operation Clubsport has identified burglary hotspots, increased patrols, improved crime awareness and With nominations for this year’s different awards now prevention, and stimulated initiatives to make the area safer. closed, everyone is awaiting the verdict of the judges who “Neighbourhood watch zones make a real difference, and we’re trying to encourage them,” said Sgt have been touring the borough, eyeing up the gardens, Stephenson. “Burglars feel unsafe in neighbourhood watch areas.” schools and commercial displays to make their decisions on Among the crime prevention measures, strengthening doors and doorframes is considered one of the most this year’s prize winners. important, as many burglaries involve thieves getting in through the front door. Rachel Carruthers, of Warehouse, in New Addington, Street drinkers are another target for the police teams, especially ones who congregate in Norbury Park and which is sponsoring the business premises award, said that around the triangle of green at St Helens Road. she and her husband Mark were delighted to be backing Measures include closer liaison with the council’s outreach workers. the competition because everyone needed a lift. On youth violence, Sgt Stephenson said it was important to work toward neutralising gang violence, especially “Flowers really do lift the public’s mood,” she said. “Even around schools. though we hear only doom and gloom on the news, life still “We’re engaging with youths and addressing youth violence and knife crime,” he said. “We have very good goes on, despite the credit crunch. contacts with local secondary schools.” “It just makes people feel lighter and brighter, and it Spotlight on... Norbury’s variety Like many of Croydon’s district centres, Norbury’s offers shoppers – residents and visitors alike – a range of shops offering an impressive array of goods and services.

2. Bids Chemist, 1495 London Road When Bids Chemist moved shops recently from number 1487 to number 1495 London Road, it was a great chance to introduce a series of improvements. Owner Rasiklal Shah did a survey of his customers to find out what they wanted from the new-look shop, and made the first innovation an automatic door because some of his more senior regulars said they had difficulty with conventional doors. “Elderly people appreciate having a door that isn’t heavy to push open,” he said. The wide entrance leads through to shop shelving featuring a full range of shampoos, cosmetics and health foods before you come to the busy prescription section at the back. The sparkling new shop, which opened on the current site on May 18, has prompted positive reactions 3. Ocean Fresh, 1459 London Road from customers, many of whom took up Mr Shah’s offer of free health and blood pressure checks at a stall set up With everything cooked fresh to order, and a pride in 1. O Cappuccino, 1447 London Road during the recent Norbury Dance Festival. serving fish from sustainable stocks to preserve the world’s resources, Ocean Fresh has been established in London Busy, popular and friendly, O Cappuccino café shuffled Road for 16 years. four doors down London Road to its current premises “Thank God it’s Fry Day” reads one of the slogans nine months ago, and now occupies a deceptively big site behind the counter, where Rahmat Lallmamode dispenses behind its narrow frontage. cod, chips, sausages, kebabs – and wisdom! Owner Elsa Viveiros is from Madeira, and operates You have to check out the fried fish for yourself to between 7am and 8pm seven days a week, serving top- “If you ever need marvel at the light, flavoursome batter, with daily fresh quality Camelo Portuguese coffee. fish deliveries ensuring Norbury’s diners are served the A couple of tables are outside on the pavement for very best. sunny days, but the main action is inside, serving cuppas help, people help you. After five years in charge, proprietor Rahmat, who and the café’s superb panini (roasted Mediterranean is from Mauritius, knows what his regulars want – eat in vegetables is the top filling). I get on well with or takeaway – and the extensive menu ensures there is “It’s a great street and a great area,” said Elsa. “If something for everyone. you ever need help, people help you. I get on well with From roast chicken to salads, omelettes to filled jacket everyone, and people really care. It’s a community thing!” everyone, and people potatoes, burgers to Jamaican patties, battered fish to Prompt service with a friendly smile is the key to O grilled fish, everything is offered with a wide range of side Cappuccino’s success, as well as good value. Prices are really care. It’s a dishes. either pegged at last year’s level, or reduced, to help Mushy peas, beans, onion rings, mushrooms, tomatoes regular customers weather the downturn. – even curry sauce, houmous and onion gravy. Recently redecorated, and scrupulously clean, O community thing!” Ocean Fresh also does outside catering for parties and Cappuccino is very popular with groups of regulars, functions, and offers senior citizen discounts. especially from the Semley Dance Studios just round Open from 11am to 10pm daily, with an 11pm close the corner. on Fridays and Saturdays. Closed on Sundays. Why I love Norbury …and what I would change Demi Gunduz 33, lives and works in Norbury. Norbury’s variety The shops are convenient, and you can get all the essentials: hairdressers, leisure centre, restaurants, library; everything’s here. Crime isn’t too bad. You don’t hear of too many bad things. There’s a good mix of races, a good variety of nationalities.

Ali Muhammed 5 31, lives and shops in Norbury. 4 I really like Norbury as a town centre, and I’ve been here five years now. I’m just picking up my daughter from school. The banks, shops and schools are good, and it’s useful having a police station here, too. If I 2 had to change anything, I’d probably try 4. Zaos Menswear, 1539 London Road to bring in another bus route. It’s just the 6 109 now. 3 A popular fixture in a prime site right opposite Norbury station, Zaos is run by chatty shopkeeper Zafar 1 Mohiyuddin. Modesta Tay It’s an Aladdin’s cave of clothes, shoes and accessories, 35, shops in Norbury. with T-shirts, jeans and suits the real specialities. Zafar keeps in tune with the latest men’s fashions and The shopping scene can be sources quality clothes at excellent prices. a bit monotonous here, but Police and French Connection are among the leading there’s easy access to brands, with designer T-shirts from £9.99 to £25 and transportation. What would jeans from £20 to £60. The shop also has Nicholson casual jackets. make all the difference to me? Having a Sunglasses, wallets, caps and hats all sell well, and Waitrose here! I think the shops need there is a wide range of shoes and suits too – ideal for more quality. The greengrocers are good, the working man, and for those wanting to give a good and diversity is certainly one of the area’s impression at job interviews. main strengths. Overall, we need more quality. 6. Showells, 1410 London Road Shilpa Nagar Now doubled in size after owner Kanagaratnam Paramahathan enlarged his grocery and general store into 44, lives and works in the premises next door, Showells is a bustling shop offering Norbury. a big range of fresh fruit and veg, snacks, drinks, off-licence bottles, meat, fresh fish, spices and frozen foods. My father has been in There’s something for every nationality in Norbury’s business here for 30 or 40 richly diverse population, and Kanagaratnam reports years, and there have been brisk trade. lots of changes. Norbury is good for “This is a very busy area and, although I have other specialist shops such as Temptations. businesses in Croydon, I always prefer to come here to There’s such diversity of people here. If shop and do my banking,” he said. “There’s a good buzz 5. Lesna Chata Polish to Norbury.” the empty shops were occupied, it would Delicatessen, 1536 London Road Good quality at affordable prices – that’s the key to be even better still. We need a ladies’ Showells’ business, with everyone imaginable under clothes shop and a toy shop. The latest addition to Norbury’s diverse shopping scene, one roof. this Polish deli stocks a huge range of products Cathy Woodruff aimed at the ex-pat Polish community, and a wider public. Owner Sabina Marcinak, who is from Zary near the 67, lives and shops in Norbury. German border with Poland, launched the shop in May I find it convenient to pop and offers a wide variety of fresh sausages, fish, meat and cheeses as well as tinned and bottled products, magazines, out and shop locally, but it drinks, instant soups, ice creams, would be nice to see more biscuits, vegetables and dried groceries. coffee shops, shoe shops and She even imports fresh eggs from Poland! “They a good ladies’ clothes shop. People still get taste different… really!” she insisted. Eggs are priced at on the bus and go to Croydon for those. I £1.49 for 10. use Somerfield and it’s handy to walk to There is an extensive frozen food section in the clean, modern shop interior. the shops, but I also wish there was a good Opening hours are 9am to 8pm, Monday to traditional family butcher’s. Saturday, and 11am to 6pm Sundays. District Partnerships in Going to market Purley Market Centre Jolly Farmers car park, opposite Tesco, 10am-3pm business are the Farmers market with tasty produce; the focus on food. July 25 August 22 September 26 N eWS key to success October 24 Coulsdon Market Teddies Nursery car park, Chipstead Valley Road, Helping the area by sticking together 10am-3pm. Good mix of food and produce, and general stalls. The network of business partnerships in Croydon’s Get in touch with your local business partnership via key local districts is crucial to future growth, says district your district centre manager. July 4 August 1 September 5 centre development manager Sharon Baldwin. For Thornton Heath, Selhurst and Norbury, call Jason She would like to see more shops and businesses Grant on 07771 842945 or email Jason.Grant@ October 3 November 7 to take an active role in their local partnerships, to croydonenterprise.com coordinate action and give each district a powerful, For Purley and Coulsdon, call Christine Samson Alma Market unified voice. on 07775 824826 or email Christine.Samson@ The Alma pub garden, Crystal Palace, every Saturday “The business partnerships are the catalyst for croydonenterprise.com 10am-3pm. Garden market with arts, crafts and food. change, and every one of our eight district centres has For New Addington and , call Ken Sherwood its own partnership to work to promote the area and July 4 July 11 July 18 on 07876 034008 or email Ken.Sherwood@ improve trade,” said Sharon. croydonenterprise.com July 25 August 1 August 8, etc. Norbury Business Partnership is a good example. Thanks to the efforts of district centre manager Jason For South Norwood and Crystal Palace, call Anupa Grant, there are now 23 active members who meet Patel on 020 8090 5575 or email Anupa.Patel@ New Addington Market regularly to discuss ways of improving the whole area, croydonenterprise.com Central Parade, New Addington, every Tuesday and to everyone’s advantage. Friday, 8am-4pm. General market with clothes and Partnership chairman Ken Hulme believes the group plants, food and bric-a-brac. can work more closely with residents’ associations to “galvanise the area on important issues”, and says that July 3 July 7 July 10 the success of the recent Norbury Dance Festival can be July 14 July 17 July 21, etc. a springboard for growth. “This is a difficult trading year, so we’ve been working on helping and supporting our businesses Crystal Palace Market through it,” he said. Victory Place, Westow Street, third Saturday of “The dance festival was perfect; a combination of the month, 10am-3pm. Good food, fairtrade and community fun and serious networking, and the buzz general stalls. within the community has been even bigger than the event itself.” July 18 July 15 Vice-chairman Hemant Patel added: “The business Hemant Patel, vice-chairman, Elsa Viveiros, secretary, partnership gives us a voice, and, hopefully, the council Norbury Business Partnership Norbury Business Partnership South Norwood Market will listen to us more favourably as a result. Somerfield car park, Station Road, every Wednesday, “It gives us a platform, it highlights Norbury as a 10am-3pm. General market stalls. shopping district and helps all businesses pull together at a time of recession. It can only go from strength to This is the sort July 1 July 8 July 15 strength.” Partnership secretary Elsa Viveiros shares that view of area where July 22 July 29 August 5, etc. of the group as a uniting force. “Each member can exchange information with the people stick others, make the business community stronger and help Valley Retail Park Market each other,” she said. together like a Valley Park car park, Purley Way, 10am-5pm. “The festival in May really helped. This is the sort of Good food and Fair Trade products. area where people stick together like a big family, and, big family July 2 July 3 with the business partnership, the more members we Ken Hulme, chairman, Norbury have, the better it is for everyone.” Business Partnership Norbury’s nimble feet District’s first dance festival proves a big hit

More than 3,000 people thronged Norbury Park for the first Norbury Dance Festival in May – and they were entertained by ballroom dancing, tap dancing, contemporary jazz, be-bop, jive, street and hip-hop. Food stalls served the crowds everything from Caribbean favourites to candyfloss, there were bouncy inflatables for the youngsters, while the professional stage was full all day with dancers aged four and up, showing off their talents. “We’re so lucky to have so many strong dance connections in Norbury, with the Semley Dance School and Betty Wivell’s Dance School, not to mention the ballet shoe specialists, Norbury Shoes,” said district centre manager Jason Grant, who coordinated the event through the business partnership. “Everyone seemed to really enjoy themselves and we had great support from the residents’ associations, businesses and councillors,” he said. “Stall holders already want to be included in the next event, and other dance schools want to take part.” www.croydon.gov.uk specialfeature 13

Mike and a few friends got together to seize the Cinderella club based in South Norwood and turn it into one of the most highly ranked athletics units in the country. Fleet still on track

Teenaged Faraz Rafi is an early beneficiary of the new hammer cage.

For the latest information on Croydon Harriers visit www. croydon Arena improvements: 16-year-old Faraz Rafi is one of the young Croydon Harriers whose technique and ranking can only improve thanks harriers.com to the new Croydon Council-funded throwing cage As a schoolboy, he cross-country runners. as is 16-year-old Kariym sport, but “unfortunately, was immortalised in the Training ran on the arena’s now A bad Achilles tendon Irving who has already I think they don’t see filmChariots of Fire. extinguished cinder track injury ended his race established himself in how close London is. Also participating on sessions against sub-four minute running just before he the senior men’s discus. “Getting interested Russian soil that day was miler Chris Chataway. “I reached 40, but club “He’s one of our most is great for the sport but Ann Packer, a teacher at at Croydon didn’t quite beat him but records show he couldn’t exciting prospects. We these youngsters coming Lady Edridge School, at Arena, Albert I came very close in the give up competing as he also have his 12-year- in now will probably be that time situated next second-best ever junior holds the over-60 record old sister Sherin, who’s 2020 athletes, rather to , and Road, South time and that rather for discus and shot put. capable in many events, than 2012 or 2016. who went on to win launched me a bit.” Nowadays, nothing but is probably just a bit “However, if they Olympic 800m gold. Norwood, After gaining a diploma beats the pleasure of too young for 2012.” get inspiration from “She used to train each Tuesday in PE at Loughborough, introducing another Mike reckons one-lap London that’ll be great.” with the men at Croydon he taught at a number of youngster to the specialist Martyn Rooney, Pride of place in Mike’s Arena and was certainly and Thursday, borough schools before competitive world of whom he went to watch in dining room is a poster responsible for improving finishing at Trinity. track and field. China, is a distinct medal promoting a match in the ambient smell in between 6.30 Linked with his Teenaged Faraz Rafi prospect for London, as Volgograd in 1963 between the weight-training and 8.30pm; all devotion to the Harriers, is an early beneficiary of is 400m sprint hurdler Great Britain and the room,” says Mike. there’s little doubt that the new hammer cage. Natasha Danvers. Russian Federal Republics. “It was so much nicer ages between Mike Fleet is remembered The six-footer, from St The appeal of the The poster is signed when she wore wonderful by generations of Joseph’s College, is already rapidly approaching by all the athletes and perfume, and men decided 10 and 100 are former pupils, as well as in the national rankings Olympics is already officials – including to wash. I must remember welcome. countless athletes and for hammer and discus, building enthusiasm in the Harold Abrahams, who to put that in my book!” 14 yourbusiness July 2009 | Your Croydon

With the ambition, energy and support of the public, private and third-sector players in the borough, I think the timing is good for the creation of the EDC. Croydon - ambitious and gearing up for growth

Just before taking up the reins of Croydon’s new economic development company, Tony Kildare, its first chief executive, spoke toChris Myers.

Tony Kildare is in its standing nationally and and ambition of Croydon’s others. “Yes, I played a The new company will absolutely no doubt about internationally, too. business, public and key role as CEO,” he says, be different to Croydon his ultimate goal – it is, “My job is to drive voluntary sector partners. “but I had a great team Business, he says. he says, “to drive forward forward Croydon ‘the “I can see the power of and many enthusiastic “It’s a new company, the economic development brand’, as well as partnerships in Croydon”, partners.” focused on economic effort to take Croydon Croydon’s economy. he says. “It’s clear that the Tony’s CV sets out his development from skills track record of working and employment, business with partners from local investment, marketing, and central government, strategic sites and the as well as local, regional improvement of the and multinational underlying economic businesses, higher- infrastructure. education institutions, “It will be providing public agencies and the leadership and expertise, European Union. working with business, It is a quality that he investors and the public brought to bear in his sector, to establish previous role at global Croydon as an economic “professional services” centre for the capital, firm, Ernst and Young, and to address gaps in where he was in charge Croydon’s economic offer.’’ of a multimillion-pound What about his first government, public sector few days as CEO of and not-for-profit business, the Croydon economic and is an example of development company? a career that has seen “I’ll be listening him moving seamlessly attentively, and I’ve got between public and a lot of people to meet – private sectors, and back my board members and again. local business leaders for So, does he see himself example; and, of course, as a public- or a private- Croydon Council’s chief Tony Kildare: bringing years of experience to tackle the challenges his new role offers sector person? executive, Jon Rouse. “Neither,” he shoots “I’ve been impressed from ‘good’ to ‘great’.” Working with partners business partnerships, for back. “I see myself as a with what’s going on in And Tony, who to help punch above example, helped win the businessman first and Croydon and the changes My job is started in his role as chief our weight, beyond our original LEGI funding in foremost who happens to that are already taking to drive forward executive of Croydon’s geographical boundaries.” 2005 and they are still in be comfortable in both place through the council’s economic development He says: “There’s place, delivering now.” environments.” influence. Croydon ‘the company at the end strong support and Tony, 48, knows a thing The new EDC will be “I’m excited by the of May, is in no doubt enthusiasm from the or two about partnerships. completely independent, planned developments, brand’, as well about the challenges and business community, Six years ago, as chief so how does Tony and look forward to as Croydon’s opportunities that lie developers, social executive of Renaissance intend to ensure that beginning the new role – ahead. enterprise, investors, South Yorkshire, he set he not only maintains the recession makes for economy He’s also keen to stress Croydon Council, and up a five-year, £1.5bn that independence, but challenging times, but that his ambitions for councillors, as well as the regeneration programme champions it? with the ambition, energy Croydon go well beyond Mayor of London. that led to the building of “I’m completely clear and support of the public, the borough’s boundaries. “I can see opportunities what is now Robin Hood that the EDC is, first and private and third-sector “For me, it isn’t just for Croydon and south Airport near Doncaster, foremost, an independent players in the borough, I about Croydon,” he says. London to become as well as a number of company, although think the timing is good “It’s about Croydon and one of the key London other significant economic Croydon Council will be a for the creation of the south London, Croydon’s ‘superhubs’, an economic projects and business key partner, along with a EDC. place in the wider London driver for the City. districts. range of other bodies that “It’s going to be great economy, potentially as a “The key is to harness But he is anxious to are vital in contributing to for Croydon and I can’t city in its own right, and the enthusiasm, power stress the contribution of the aims and objectives.” wait to get started.” www.croydon.gov.uk yourfinances 15

www.croydoncrunch.org Recession biting? Try croydoncrunch.org Croydon’s recent record shows there are worse places to ride out the recession.

Last year, Croydon economy is genuinely to make sure that when iIt also lists a range of easy, was named the most suffering. people need help and practical ways that you can enterprising place in But, as in previous advice it is only a phone steer your way through the London, and the council’s times of financial difficulty, call or a click of the mouse recession. dedicated website – www. there are opportunities away. From cutting back on croydoncrunch.org – has to be found among the In fact, there are a lot credit and shopping locally been recognised as an stories of business failure, of numbers you can call – to switching utility or invaluable resource. redundancy and housing whether you are a small or phone suppliers to get the And, for those looking market gloom. large business, a budding best deal – there are loads for work, Croydon’s Croydon’s response to entrepreneur or a single of options to help keep JobCentre Plus is the best- the problems being faced mum trying to make ends your personal bank balance performing employment by so many local people meet, there is a helpline in the black. service in the country. has been to develop a for you somewhere in the And, if you run a Of course, the picture network of advice and borough. business, there are links is far from rosy. Large support, drawing on the And finding the right that will help you with numbers of empty shops skills and experience of number couldn’t be tax, organisational and offices, and the slow- a wide range of different easier – simply visit www. restructuring, energy down in the local housing organisations. croydoncrunch.org saving or dozens of other market, are evidence An economic recovery But the site is more than ways to streamline your enough that the local plan has been set in motion just a telephone directory – operation. Ignorance could cost new landlords dearly Desperate times call for desperate measures, just don’t get caught out if things go wrong.

As the credit crunch have to pay the tenant three gov.uk/housing/ continues to bite, some times the initial amount. privatehousing/advice homeowners have found And failure to licence Anyone wanting themselves struggling a property could result in further information can to pay the bills and are a fine of up to £2,000. also contact the council’s considering renting out Having an assets and renewal their homes to relieve some understanding of the enforcement team 020 of the pressure. pitfalls and the rules could 8726 6100 for advice. Rental income can spare new landlords the Councillor Geoffrey help the budget, but a anguish of losing their Theobald OBE, Lacors lack of knowledge of the home or being fined. chairman, said: “The law could prove costly To help them stay credit crunch has placed further down the line. on the right side of the many people’s budgets Many homeowners, for law, Croydon Council, in near to breaking point. example, are unaware that partnership with Lacors – “In trying to combat if they fail to talk to their the local government body mounting bills and rising mortgage lender about overseeing local authority unemployment, many renting out their home, they regulatory services – has people are looking to could potentially lose it. issued new guidance. rent out their home. This Problems could also Copies of the guide guidance aims to keep arise if they fail to store are available to download people from making a tenant’s deposit in an from the council’s website costly mistakes as they approved scheme; they may at www.croydon. take on tenants.” 16 youreducation July 2009 | Your Croydon

Katie Melua – one of the Brit School’s more famous alumni, but there’s much more to the Selhurst school than fame and celebrity. More than just a fame academy Mention the Brit School and most people think of famous past students – such as Katie Melua, and – but the Selhurst school is about much more than celebrities with a talent for song, as Hilary Franklin discovered when she met principal Nick Williams.

vast majority of our students find success in the performing arts, but not necessarily on the stage. They may work as teachers, music therapists, journalists or behind the scenes in production or in arts organisations.” Since Nick was appointed principal in 2001, the school’s profile has grown considerably, attracting interest from countries as varied as Chile, Poland and the US. While he is keen to promote these international links, students are also encouraged to tour and perform across the UK, from London’s West End to the Glastonbury Festival. However, 90% of the school’s catchment area covers Greater London and the vast majority of students live within five miles of the school. Nick sees the school’s Croydon base as an advantage: “What I like Serious educational institution: Nick Williams is keen to point out that the Brit School is more than just a factory for fame about the school’s location is that the school is all With an impressive list of media, art, design and While widespread He says: “While we’re educational institution the about the students doing former students who have technology – it is an recognition of the school extremely proud of all our main purpose of which is their bit for their local gone on to national and independent state school is largely due to the students’ success, I’m not to provide a positive community and not about international success in a at which all places are success of its famous interested in debates influence on the young the bright lights of the number of fields, the Brit free. alumni within the music about fame schools and people who attend. West End. School can be said to be Students are aged industry, principal Nick celebrity culture. Pupils must follow the “I think if we were something of a success. from 14 to 19 years and Williams insists that the “We regard the school national curriculum and sited in the centre of The only one of its most will be aiming for a Brit School for the as representing the exact the school’s overall London it would give the kind in the country – career in the arts, Performing Arts and opposite of what they academic record is wrong message of what dedicated to education entertainment or Technology, to give it its stand for.” excellent with a 99% pass we’re about.” and vocational training communications full name, is not some Nick points out that rate at A level. He is keen that the for the performing arts, industries. kind of “fame academy”. the school is a serious As he explains: “The school’s unique facilities www.croydon.gov.uk youreducation 17

We aim to make people creative, more confident and clearer about where their abilities and talents lie, but we also want them to be focused on providing something back to society.

are accessible to local variety of partners Thornton Heath people and anyone can including Croydon pensioners, and the school attend Brit School schools, police, charities works closely with St Giles daytime shows free of and hospices. Special School. charge. Nick explains: “We aim Nick says: “I like to While Evening adult classes to make people creative, think that everyone who are available in subjects more confident and attends the Brit School is we’re extremely such as photography, clearer about where their aware of their place in the video and production abilities and talents lie, community. proud of all techniques, while Brit Kids but we also want them to “Even those who have our students’ classes in performing and be focused on providing achieved enormous visual arts aimed at something back to society. recognition and fame such success, I’m eight- to 15-year-olds run “That’s when they, and as Kate Nash or will at weekends. we, have succeeded in have been involved in not interested in The school has strong what we set out to work with the local debates about links with Croydon achieve.” community when they Clocktower, in Katharine He cites examples of were at the school, and I’d fame schools Street, and every year pupils who had initially expect that everyone who more than 5,000 Croydon dreamt of achieving fame has been here shows this and celebrity primary schoolchildren through acting but, who, in the way they conduct culture. are entertained by pupils once they became themselves.” at shows performed involved in community While the Brit School locally, at Fairfield, or in work, subsequently will, no doubt, continue to central London. decided to redirect their produce some of the Students are actively talents into helping the biggest names in the encouraged to become less advantaged. music industry, it would involved in local Projects range from seem that fame is clearly community projects as musical workshops with not the only measure of part of their studies and pre-schoolers, to success for its many the school works with a reminiscence work with talented pupils. 18 yourspace July 2009 | Your Croydon

Tomorrow’s politicians today

Four young people are working hard to make sure the opinions and concerns of their peers are being heard – and acted upon.

The commonly held the borough as Members involve setting up a local perception is that politics of Youth Parliament for Youth Council to raise the “I think it’s and young people the next two years profile and voice of young important to mix about as readily The newly elected people across Croydon. as oil and water. MYPs had campaigned The MYPs are be involved so So what, you might on issues ranging supported in their work we can help “I chose ask, could sufficiently from restoring faith in by the UKYP Action capture the imagination young people, to the Team, a group of young in making transport of more than 4,000 provision of cleaner people who volunteer Croydon youngsters to and safer streets. to help run projects decisions, and as the main have them find the time Since being elected, “I stood for and promote the UK have access campaign to cast their vote and they have met regularly Youth Parliament. dispel the popular myth? in Croydon and on a election The group currently to Croydon for me to regional level with other meets in Croydon Town It was, in fact, the because be involved chance of having their MYPs across London. Hall each Wednesday, Council,” collective voice heard Over the next I wanted from 4.30 to 6.30. by local politicians and two years, they will For further Temitope Ojo – in. Public Action Team member community leaders, to be working on three to make information, or to contact transport is influence how society projects that will run Croydon a the group, call youth the way most perceives them, and across the capital: participation worker to possibly make a • Bridge the Gap better place,” Helen Clark on 020 young people real difference. – improving 8670 5598 or 07747 That opportunity relationships Montel Peck – Member 638827. Alternatively, get to school, compelled 4,420 young between young of Youth Parliament email ukyp.croydon@ so how much local people to put an “X” people and police; croydon.gov.uk beside the name of the • Healthy London – it costs and candidate of their choice looking at mental, in the latest election sexual and physical the services it of members to the UK health; and provides affect Youth Parliament. • lowering the cost UKYP is a national of transport for a lot of young charity that aims to give young people. people,” young people aged from A fourth project will 11 to 18 a voice on a Colm Appleby Kenny local and national level. – Member of Youth It works with local “I wanted Parliamentr authorities all over the country so that young to create people can be elected to represent their area. something Any young person positive in aged 11 to 18 can stand or vote in UKYP Croydon and elections, and, in the past two years, more I thought, by than 550,000 young joining the people have done so. Once elected, MYPs Action Team, work with their MPs, councillors, peer group I could get members, and school and more involved youth councils on the issues of greatest concern in Croydon, to their constituents. Back in February, at and give more Croydon’s second round to the town,” of UKYP voting, Joanna Tomlin, Montel Peck, Marcel Amouofo – Charlotte Brown and Action Team member Colm Appleby Kenny were elected to represent www.croydon.gov.uk yourenvironment 19

Croydon people have taken up the challenge to 20 become EcoTeam leaders Leading the eco way Community volunteers join scheme to help ensure Croydon’s environment is healthy and sustainable.

This month, 20 local environmental residents have taken performance has part in training enabling real benefits. Most them to become EcoTeam environmental projects leaders who will go on are based around a to create a number of certain place – organised Croydon EcoTeams. by people who use the An EcoTeam is a same park, go to the group of people, each same church or live representing their in the same street. own home, who come The EcoTeam project is together to make simple different – it makes use of changes in their homes existing social networks and routines in order to to spread the idea that live more sustainably. improving environmental Volunteer EcoTeam performance takes leaders are recruited only small steps, can from the community be fun and can make and are trained by the a big difference. environmental charity Team members are Global Action Plan. encouraged to share On the day, after their experiences, local a fun session of knowledge and ideas introductions and for action, meaning icebreaking, the trainers that the great passion gave a brief history for the environment of Global Action Plan that already exists in and explained exactly Croydon can be shared what an EcoTeam is. and spread throughout Eco cooperation: potential EcoTeam leaders compare notes After training, the community. an EcoTeam leader Diana Battaglia, recruits friends, family, Croydon Council’s colleagues or neighbours community initiatives to join their team. officer, said: “It’s really It’s really The team meets once exciting – we now have a month, for four months, our first group of Croydon exciting – we to discuss environmental EcoTeam leaders trained now have our topics such as rubbish, up and ready to go. shopping, transport and “They, and the people first group energy and to think about they recruit, will spend what each team member the next few months of Croydon and their household taking small practical EcoTeam can do to improve steps to reduce their their environmental carbon footprints and leaders trained performance. save money – showing By developing that ‘every little up and ready actions that fit into (really does) help’. to go a household’s daily “This project is about routine, team members the difference we can have a real chance to all make and it’s also Diana Battaglia reduce environmental about having some fun, impacts, save resources socialising and getting to Looking to the future: Lindsay Ould and Max Brookman and save money. know our neighbours. Thousands of “EcoTeams is just one Ann Morris, of Global bags in local shops, and soon people all over the households in countries of many initiatives across Action Plan, said: “Team others have gone on borough could be making all over the world the borough – businesses, leaders and members to lead more teams in a positive change in their have taken part in schools and colleges, have gone on to achieve their local community.” habits – making Croydon EcoTeams over the voluntary and community some really great results. If just one member of a cleaner place in which past two decades. organisations, faith “In Nottingham, a each EcoTeam goes on to to live, and reducing its This innovative groups and the council team has succeeded create another team from collective impact on the approach to improving are all doing their bit. in eliminating plastic their friends and family, global environment. 20 yoursafety July 2009 | Your Croydon

Best Bar None is a fantastic scheme Esther Sutton Met matters

who was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment after being caught by officers attempting to Opposition scorched break into a house. There are also a number of things that you can do to reduce the risk of becoming a victim by The Green Dragon of burglary. One of the It is fair to say that best things to do is to ask Seven years in, Croydon’s Best Bar None awards are more popular than ever. tackling burglary on the yourself: “If I’m locked borough has become one out, can I still get into my of our biggest challenges own home?” Town-centre pub The in recent months. If the answer is “yes”, Green Dragon has landed The number of a burglar will probably top prize in the annual burglaries committed in find the same way in. Best Bar None awards. Croydon during April and There are a number of The awards were May increased compared different things you can presented at an invitation- to the same period last do to help prevent being only ceremony by actor year, and we are working burgled and I would Graham Cole, who plays hard to reverse this trend. encourage you to visit PC Tony Stamp in TV Police have a the Met Police website police drama The Bill. responsibility to tackle at www.met.police.uk/ In addition to being this issue head-on, crimeprevention/index. named overall winner, The and reducing burglary htm or to speak to one of Green Dragon, in High continues to be one of the officers of your local Street, also claimed the our priorities. safer neighbourhood title of Best Pub. We are running team, who will be happy The title of Best Late- operations across to talk to you about night Venue went to The The Green Dragon: staff accept Best Pub award from actor Graham Cole Croydon and are making your home more Milan Bar, in High Street. targeting certain areas secure. The Green Dragon’s scheme for the borough. going to be a positive thing pubs, clubs and bars. that are most vulnerable Some simple pieces licensee, Esther Sutton, “When we applied to do.” Best Bar None offers to this crime. of advice; keep your said: “We’re absolutely we took a long, hard She said she would licensed premises the We are targeting the vehicle keys in the same thrilled to win the awards. look at our business and encourage all Croydon’s opportunity to prove they individuals responsible room in which you sleep “It was a real surprise the outcome was really pubs and bars to take part. are committed to the for these crimes; overnight. Sadly, some and we’re very honoured – positive. Regardless of the Runners-up were: health, safety and well- enforcing curfews and burglary victims have Best Bar None is a fantastic outcome, it was always • Best Pub – The Skylark, being of their customers, carrying out patrols to had their vehicles stolen South End, and The while promoting prevent burglaries. because their car keys Ship of Fools, London responsible standards of We have carried were left in a place where Road. management and aiming out stop-and-search burglars were able to • Best Late-night Venue to reduce drink-related operations using steal them. – Hustler Club, Crown crime. automatic number plate Double-lock front Hill, and Tiger Tiger, Following a self-audit, recognition technology to and back doors – this High Street. establishments taking part identify and stop vehicles is a great deterrent and Claiming a prized are inspected by a team of we believe to be involved makes it difficult for “accredited” rating were 33 officers from the council’s in this type of crime. burglars to break in. other establishments from licensing department, the These stops disrupt Finally, if you around the borough. police and fire brigade, criminals’ movement, see anybody acting Now in its seventh year, who check door policy, and we have had success suspiciously in your Best Bar None, run jointly health and safety, staff in recovering stolen neighbourhood, or if by the council and Croydon training, customer care items during these stops. you answer the door police, drew its highest and methods of dealing For example, officers to somebody who Night birds: The Milan Bar won the award for Best Late-night Venue number of participating with disorder. recovered two diamond- does not have a good encrusted mobile reason to be calling at phones worth more than your address, contact £160,000, after stopping police immediately by Training offered for weapon dog cases a car that was reported calling 999 and giving a to us to be involved in a description of the person Action to tackle growing menace of dangerous dogs. burglary earlier during – this will help us identify that day. potential suspects and Magistrates are to be being used as effective Dealing with cases This is likely to rise to Gianluca Bertagna, send a message to offered training to better “weapons”. involving weapon dogs £2.5m in 2009/10 if no was caught with the burglars that Croydon is deal with cases involving Specialist officers from in an effective and action is taken to improve mobile phones and was not somewhere they dangerous weapon dogs. the status dogs unit of the speedy manner will save the trial process. sentenced to three years can prosper. The training will Metropolitan Police, will taxpayers money through Doctors and hospitals imprisonment. lead to more effective be training magistrates to reduced kennelling costs. have seen the number of We have made many and speedy trials, and recognise different breeds The average length of patients under the age of arrests, charges and Ch Supt contribute to the Mayor of of dogs, and on how to stay in kennels last year 18 treated for dog bites convictions – notably that Adrian Roberts London’s efforts to combat apply existing legislation was 182 days, costing the has more than doubled in of Colin Green, a prolific Borough commander the proliferation of dogs effectively. taxpayer £1.3 million. the past four years. burglar on the borough, www.croydon.gov.uk yourheritage 21

They’re Looking for Eric, are you? If so, to find out where he can be spotted in Croydon, turn to page 22.

Now we have less traffic, environmentally A cleaner friendly trams, and it all seems George Street so much Local photographer Frazer Ashford brighter points his lens at George Street, just as he did three decades ago.

How claustrophobic where my mother would the old George Street take me after school on now seems. Two lanes special occasions to have of polluting cars, traffic a very posh cup of tea lights, buses and narrow, and a Fuller’s Cake. crowded pavements. This palace of delight Now we have less and every schoolboy’s traffic, environmentally dream location was on friendly trams, and it all the right in the old picture seems so much brighter. somewhere near the No 1 Croydon is Routley Jewellers clock. clearly visible in the Where the bus stands background – even if in the old picture, it was known as the trams now drop off and NLA Tower in those collect passengers. days – but some of the Another business to businesses have now disappear was Dickens disappeared into history. estate agents, which In the original 1970s can be seen on the picture, we can see right-hand side, while the Gateway Building opposite are the Whitgift Society, which was taken Almshouses which will over by the Woolwich probably be there forever. and then was absorbed After all, they have by Barclays Bank. been there since 1596. One business that For more examples of I remember very well Frazer’s work, visit www. was Fuller’s Tea Rooms, frazerashford.com

Can you name the mysterious parkie? Photographic historian keen to give notable local amateur due prominence.

Do you recognise the by John St Aubyn. following his move to “I’m attempting to Croydon Corporation Mr St Aubyn was Folkestone in 1960, was find any reminiscences park keeper featured a well-known and a prominent member of that people may have of in this photograph? respected amateur Folkestone Camera Club, him, or original pictures If you do, you could photographer who the members of which he may have printed help elevate one of lived in Purley Knoll, continue to compete to and had published.” the unsung heroes Purley, for about 40 this day for a trophy One such photo is of photography in years until 1960. he donated in 1969. the unidentified Croydon the borough to his In addition to being Jeremy says: “I’m Corporation park keeper. rightful position. a member of many conducting research If you know anything About a year ago, photographic clubs and into John St Aubyn’s about the picture, photography enthusiast organisations, both here life and the pictures email yourcroydon@ Jeremy O’Keeffe bought and abroad, he founded that he took so that I croydon.gov.uk and the a collection of glass the Old Coulsdon Camera can put him back on the information will be passed stereo photographs taken Club in 1944, and, map photographically. to Jeremy. 22 yourevents June 2009 | Your Croydon

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Angels & Demons (12A*) Tales of Beatrix Potter (U) Sunshine Cleaning (15) husband decides that they Fri 10, Sat 11, Mon 13 to Fri 17, Sat 18, Mon 20 to Fri 24, Sat 25, Mon 27 to should go into a retirement Thurs 16 July Thurs 23 July Thurs 30 July home and has an affair with Stars: Tom Hanks, Ewan Stars: The Royal Ballet – inc Stars: Amy Adams, Emily someone even younger than McGregor, Ayelet Zurer, Wayne Sleep Blunt, Alan Arkin, Jason his wife. The gracious woman Stellan Skarsgård Frederick Ashton brings Spevack, Steve Zahn, Clifton of the present day has seen Religious expert Langdon Beatrix Potter’s famous Collins Jr, Mary Lynn Rajskub more than her fair share of the finds that religious forces with characters from the fields and Rose finds herself a single wild side. She has finally ancient roots are willing to ponds alive, creating a mother attempting to support found love and security in a stop at nothing, When he fantastic and spectacular her son and her sister Norah family of her own and now discovers evidence of the family-friendly performance. while working a mundane job that is in danger. Looking for Eric resurgence of an ancient Mrs Tiggy-Winkle joins Peter as a maid. When her son is secret brotherhood known as Rabbit, Mr Jeremy Fisher and expelled, Rose takes a job as Coraline 2D (PG) the Illuminati, he sees a threat many more in this charming a bio-hazard crime-scene Sat 25, Wed 29 July to the existence of the secret one-act ballet. cleaner to help pay for a Stars: Dakota Fannong, Teri State of Play (12A*) Monsters vs Aliens (PG) organisation’s despised private education, and brings Hatcher, Ian McShane, Dawn Fri 3, Sat 4, Mon 6 to Wed Sat 4 July enemy, the Catholic church. Rudo Y Cursi (15) Norah to help. They work to French 8 July Stars: Hugh Laurie, Reese With a beautiful Italian Fri 17, Sat 18, Mon 20 to clean up after others and A young girl walks through a Stars: Helen Mirren, Ben Witherspoon, Seth Rogen scientist he embarks on a Thurs 23 July learn to reconcile their secret door in her new home Affleck, Russell Crowe Susan Murphy is hit by a non-stop, action-packed hunt. Stars: Diego Luna, differences and overcome a and discovers an alternative Reporter McCaffrey untangles meteor full of outer-space *Contains moderate violence Carlos Cuaron troubled past if they are to version of her life which turns a mystery of murder and gunk on her wedding day and and horror. Two brothers have a simple prosper in their venture. dangerous when they try to collusion among political and mysteriously grows to 49ft dream of saving enough keep her forever. Coraline corporate figures. Collins is 11in tall, is captured, secreted money to build their mother a must count on her the future of his political party away and placed in house. A game of soccer resourcefulness, until his assistant/mistress is confinement with a group of leads to them being picked by determination and bravery to brutally murdered. McCaffrey monsters. This is cut short, a talent scout. They find get back home – and save has an old friendship with when a mysterious alien robot themselves living the high life her family. Collins and an editor lands on Earth and the until forced to compete on Cameron, who has assigned President is persuaded to rival teams. The 400 Blows (PG) him to investigate. He and enlist the motley crew of Spanish with English subtitles. The Private Lives of Pippa Wed 29, Thurs 30 July partner Della try to uncover monsters to combat the Lee (15) Stars: Jean Leaud, Albert the killer’s identity and he alien robot. 17 Again (12A*) Fri 24, Sat 25, Mon 27 to Remy, Claire Maurier, Georges steps into a cover-up that Wed 22 July Thurs 30 July Flamant, Guy Decomble threatens the nation. Revolutionary Road (15) Stars: Michelle Trachtenberg, Stars: Robin Wright Penn, The 400 Blows marks the birth *Contains moderate violence Wed 8, Thurs 9 July Race to Witch Mountain Leslie Mann, Zac Efron Alan Arkin, Keanu Reeves, of legendary nouvelle vague and one use of strong Stars: Kate Winslet, Leonardo (PG) A man, whose life didn’t quite Monica Bellucci, Blake Lively, character Antoine Doinel; his language. di Caprio, Kathy Bates Sat 11 July turn out how he wanted it to, Maria Bello, Julianne Moore, is the story of a 13-year-old This adaptation of Richard Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Carla wishes he could go back to Winona Ryder wild child whose adventures Fireflies in the Garden (15) Yates novel tells of a young, Gugino, Ciaran Hunds high school and make the A devoted wife to a man 30 were based on director Fri 3, Sat 4, Mon 6 to aspiring couple living with The life of Jack, a Las Vegas necessary changes. He wakes years her senior, proud Francois Truffaut’s own Thurs 9 July their two children in a cabbie, is thrown into chaos up one day and is 17 again – mother, and a lovely and adolescence. Stars: Julia Roberts, Willem Connecticut suburb in the when apparently “runaway” and gets the chance to rewrite adored friend until her French with English subtitles. Dafoe, Carrie-Anne Moss, mid-1950s. They hide a teenagers jump into his taxi. his life. Ryan Reynolds, Emily Watson creeping frustration at their He soon realizes they are *Contains moderate sex Michael is about to finish his inability to feel fulfilled in children with exceptional references and language autobiographical novel and either their relationship powers whom he must has come to attend the or careers. protect as they elude ruthless O’Horten (12A*) funeral of his mother, who had enemies. Wed 22, Thurs 23 July a tormenting marriage with Looking for Eric (15) Stars: Bard Owe, Espen her husband – who is also Fri 10, Sat 11, Mon 13 to Sleep Furiously (U) Skjønberg, Ghita Nørby, abusive to his son Michael. Thurs 16 July Wed 15, Thurs 16 July Henny Moan The story evolves through Stars: Matthew McNulty, This quiet, beautifully The hero of Bent Factotum flashbacks. There is a Gerard Kearns, Eric Cantona composed study of life in a Hamer’s yarn is called Odd, sub-plot of Michael and Lisa’s Eric, a Manchester - based mid-Wales village depicts an which proves to be pretty apt. sister, Jane’s childhood affair postman is having a crisis isolated rural community in He’s spent his life driving and Michael’s relationship brought on by his chaotic mid-transition. Watch and trains between Oslo and with Jane’s son. family and his broken heart. listen as they go about their Bergen; now he’s 67 and due The film arose through a lives undaunted by, though to retire. So, what’s he to do series of conversations surely conscious of, the threat with the rest of his life? Get between Eric Cantona, Paul of significant change in their himself involved with a variety Laverty, Ken Loach and the lives. With empathy and an of quietly eccentric producers, inspired by the eye for the surreal, director characters, that’s what. footballing genius of Eric Gideon Koppel has painted a *Contains brief sexualised Cantona and his very special wonderfully impressionistic nudity. relationship with all who film, framed by Aphex Twin’s Norwegian with English Tales of Beatrix Potter love football. gilded score. subtitles. yourevents yourdiary 23

Fairfield, Park Lane, Croydon CR9 1DG Details of all Croydon Box Office 020 8688 9291 Council meetings can be Book online at www.fairfield.co.uk found on the council website where you can choose your own seats. at www.croydon.gov.uk/ A booking fee of £2.25 per ticket may apply meetingsofthecouncil Fairfield Dates for your diary Mayor of London Debate Council Wednesday 22 July 7pm Deadlines for public questions for forthcoming full council meetings (all start at 6.30pm) – Doors open 6pm Noon on the relevant deadline date Boris Johnson and a panel of Meeting: Monday, 13 July, 6.30pm Deadline: Monday, 29 June speakers invite you to this public debate on how we can To submit a question (maximum number of words: 50) for consideration at a full council build a road to economic meeting, email it to [email protected]; fax it to 020 8760 5657; print and recovery and support local complete the form at www.croydon.gov.uk/councilquestion and post it to Questions for the businesses through the council, Democratic and legal services, , Park Lane, Croydon CR9 3JS; or call recession. Ticket holders need 020 8726 6000 extn 63876. to be seated by 6.45pm to guarantee their place. Tickets: call box office for free Scrutiny tickets, limited to two per household Deadlines for the forthcoming scrutiny and overview committee public question sessions – The Three Degrees Noon on the relevant deadline date Film: Cheri (12) Meeting: 7 July Community services Deadline: 29 June Variety Magic the roaring ’20s and ’30s, Thursday 23 & Friday 24 Cabinet member: Cllr Jason Perry (planning and conservation) Wednesday 1 July 7.45pm including toe-tapping hits July 7.30pm A feast of comedy and music, from the golden age of the Tickets: £5, ShowCard £4.50 Meeting: 14 July Scrutiny and overview Deadline: 6 July starring the hilarious Jimmy musicals, Fats Waller, Cabinet member: Cllr Mike Fisher (leader of the council) Cricket, Don Maclean and George Gershwin and The Three Degrees International singing star Dana. Al Jolson. Friday 24 July 8pm Meeting: 8 September Scrutiny and overview Deadline: 31 August Tickets £15.50 £17.50 Tickets: £10 When Will I See You Again is Cabinet member: Cllr Sara Bashford (resources and customer services) (booking fee of £2.50 per just one of the many hits To submit a question (maximum number of words: 50) to the cabinet member detailed above, ticket) The Brit School amassed by this legendary email it to [email protected] ; fax it to 020 8760 5657; post it to FESTIVA! trio. They have been Scrutiny public questions, Democratic and legal services, Taberner House, Park Lane, Croydon Film: Defiance (15) Thursday 16 July 7.30pm continuously touring for over Thursday 2 July 7.30pm A Brit School spectacular, 30 years and today the line-up CR9 3JS; or call 020 8726 6000 extn 62529 or 62315. Tickets: £5, ShowCard £4.50 combining music, theatre and consists of Valerie Holiday, dance for one unique night. Helen Scott and Cynthia Gabriel Woolf Contemporary meets Harrison. Neighbourhood partnership Dylan Thomas: Once traditional on the same stage! Tickets: £19.50 Neighbourhood partnership meetings (start at 7.30pm) Below a Time On behalf of the Love Meeting: 1 July Group: Coulsdon East and Coulsdon West Tuesday 14 July 1.05pm Croydon campaign. John Morgan Venue: Old Coulsdon Congregational Church, Coulsdon Road, Old Coulsdon The life and work of Dylan Tickets: £10 Baritone in Love Thomas entirely in the poet’s Tuesday 28 July 1.05pm Meeting: 8 July Group: Norbury and own words. Great poems, Nicholas McCarthy Accompanied by Kim Colvill Venue: Salvation Army Hall, Westow Street, Upper Norwood wonderfully vivid prose, and Tuesday 21 July 1.05pm on piano, Royal Opera House startlingly witty letters pour out Born without a right hand, Baritone John Morgan Meeting: 15 July Group: Fairfield, Heathfield and Shirley of the life story of this brilliant Nicholas is one of only a few performs a programme of Venue: , Shirley Church Road but pitiful poet and wit. left-handed concert pianists classical, Neapolitan and Tickets: £5, ShowCard £4.50 worldwide, and at present is show songs based on a For information on Neighbourhood Partnerships, visit the website at www.croydononline.org/ the youngest. At the age of theme of love and romance. neighbourhood_partnerships/, email [email protected] , write The Charleston Chasers 17 he won a place at the Tickets: £5, ShowCard £4.50 to Neighbourhood Partnerships, Democratic and legal services, Taberner House, Park Lane, Wednesday 15 July Guildhall School of Music, Croydon CR9 3JS or call 020 8726 6000 extn 62564 or 62811. 2.30pm studying with concert pianist The Australian Pink Floyd Comprising 10 fine musicians Lucy Parham; he now studies Show and a wealth of vocal talent, at the Royal College of Music Wednesday 29 July 8pm Croydon Community Police Consultative Group The Charleston Chasers with Ian Jones. Summer ‘greatest hits’ show Meetings of the Croydon Community Police Consultative Group are held in the Council Chamber perform hot swing music from Tickets: £5, ShowCard £4.50 Tickets: £26.50, £28.50 of the Town Hall. All are open to the public and begin at 6.30pm. For further information, go to www.croydononline.org/ccpcg Forthcoming meeting dates are: Wednesday, 9 September. Details of all Croydon Council meetings can be found on the council website at www.croydon. Clocktower gov.uk/meetingsofthecouncil Jan Ravens – A Funny fascinating and hilarious world Look At Impressions of satirical impersonation. 7.30pm July Ravens’ starring roles include As one of the UK’s foremost all the women in Dead Ringers impressionists, Ravens takes (seven series, six on radio, Contact us the experience of her Radio 4 and BBC2); Alistair General enquiries (customer contact centre) distinguished career and McGowan’s Big Impressions T: 020 8726 6000. distils it into a revelatory (three series) and the Opening hours 8am-7pm (Monday), 8am-6pm (Tuesday-Friday). evening of entertainment. This legendary Spitting Image. Minicom: 020 8760 5797 is a unique glimpse into the £12 (concessions £9) E: [email protected] For practical advice visit: www.croydoncrunch.org 1

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The Croydon summer activities programme THE COUNCIL SERVICES INVOLVED ARE: The Youth Service, Childrens Centres, Libraries, brings together a wide range of people and Clocktower, Sports and Leisure Centres, services that work with families, children Extended Schools Clusters and young people across Croydon. WORKING WITH: Voluntary Sector groups including Summer Uni, Local businesses and many more

A wide range of activities are on offer to tempt you – whatever your age – from “fun with frogs” for the little ones to dance, drama, music and sports projects for teenagers.

Take a look inside to see whats on offer!

To find out more and to book a place on an activity please contact the number given on the listings. Some activities have a limited number of spaces and are only available on a first come first serve basis. A charge is made for some activities. 2 3

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% 020 8760 5598 The Youth Service % 020 8683 5913 Croydon Summer Uni 2009 Programme

In the school holidays, especially during the long summer break, young people can Croydon Summer Uni is back for 2009 with twice as many FREE activities and become bored and at a ‘loose end’. For some the sense of direction which school volunteering opportunities for children and young people in Croydon. normally provides them with can also be lost. Courses available from July – August 09 for people aged 8-25 include;

The Youth Service comes to the rescue by giving all young people Skills for Life, Digital Media, Film and Photography, Business and Careers, Music opportunities to access exciting, fun and challenging activities SUMMER GUIDE FOR and Performing Arts, Arts and Fashion, Sport, Fitness and Wellbeing during the holidays. Not only do these opportunities help them to PARENT CARERS develop new interests and skills while being positively engaged, many activities are also accredited which adds even more value for Do you have a child with a All Croydon Summer Uni courses are coded throughout this To join our mailing list or to request for a brochure please the youngsters who get involved! disability or special need? publication in ‘Yellow’. Spaces are limited so please look out for contract: Nicole Beckford, Croydon Summer Uni Co-ordinator, Is it difficult to find suitable publicity in Croydon Libraries, Schools and Youth Centres. Tel: 020 8683 5913, Email: [email protected] Young people, parents and carers will find plenty of great things activities for them in the summer holidays? for young people to do this summer in the 13-19 diary section of For full listing of courses and to enrol visit: Croydon Summer Uni has been funded by Summer Uni London, this pullout supplement. Please be aware that most Youth Service The Summer Guide for Parent www.summerunilondon.org and www.cvalive.org.uk Croydon Voluntary Action (CVA), Croydon Council and the London activities are provided on a 1st come 1st served basis and that some & Quadrant Housing Trust. have a cost. Availability, charges and other information is available Carers is packed full of up-to-date information about Enrol, have fun, learn a new skill – you might even earn a from the contact points listed for each activity. activities and clubs in the valuable qualification Croydon area that are suitable Croydon Youth Service is a universal service which delivers a wide for children and young people variety of after school Positive Activities for all young people aged with disabilities, and often 13-19 throughout the year. The Service operates 8 Youth Centres their siblings too. It’s available and 9 Neighbourhood Youth Clubs and it also delivers a range of from July 2009. To get your both universal and targeted programmes through its project teams, free copy ring the Carers’ including detached youth work, youth consultation and participation, Information Service on w w w .croydon.gov.uk performing arts, Connexions, adventure projects, work with LDD 020 8649 9339 or download it young people and so on. Details of the very comprehensive term from www.carerscontactline.co.uk time youth work programme can be found at croydonyouthtube.com

% 020 8726 6100 Ext.62065 Housings Summer Activities 2009/10

The Housing department has been organising summer holiday activities to benefit our communities for a number of years. We offer exciting, dynamic, tailor made activities aimed at reaching children and young people of all abilities. The vast majority of the activities are FREE or very cheap!

Places for activities are limited to children who live on the estates. l Tollers Lane l Housing Estate Summer Scheme l Whitehorse Road The following estates will be running activities for children aged 5-12 l Birchfield Estate during August; l Longheath Gardens l Queens Road l Handcroft Road l Tollgate l Green Lane Places on the schemes are limited and l Monks Hill For further details including dates and times please contact Theresa subject to change and some activities l New Addington Rogers Senior Community Development Officer may incur a small charge. l Regina Road Tel: 020 8726 6100 Ext.62065 Fax: 020 8688 7753 l Shrublands 4 5

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020 87608726 5592 Croydon Sports Development Team % 020 8726 6100 Ext.18157 Neighbourhood Warden Summer Activities %

The Neighbourhood Warden Service operates within the boundaries of some Croydon Sports Development Team are running a number of sports courses for young Council Housing Estates. As part of their diverse role in supporting the community people this summer. Sessions will be delivered by qualified and experienced coaches the Neighbourhood Warden Service delivers a summer programme of fun, and aim to introduce and develop a variety of skills in a range of sports. The activities supervised activities for children and young people of various ages. we are offering this summer are:

Many of the coaches have links with sports clubs within the Borough - Angling July 8 – 16 yrs This diverse programme takes place in some of Croydon’s most built children and young people in the areas they cover so that they can pass and young people will be signposted to a local club should they wish - Archery August 8 – 12 yrs and 13 – 16 yrs up communities. Activities range from sports coaching such as football this valuable information on to the community. to continue their involvement in the sport. - Athletics August 8 – 16 yrs training, rounders and the award winning Neighbourhood Warden - Cricket August 8 – 12 yrs Olympics. The Neighbourhood Warden Service actively promotes and If you have a Neighbourhood Warden Service find out what will be These sessions will encourage young people to expand their - Football August 8 – 12 yrs and 13 – 16 yrs supports a wide range of provision and is informed of activities for happening this summer in your area by contacting; knowledge in their respective sport and enable them to develop individual technique. - Hockey August 8 – 12 yrs and 13 – 16 yrs - Judo August 8 – 12 yrs North District Neighbourhood Warden For more information please visit www.croydon.gov.uk or to book a - Multisports July and August 8 – 12 yrs and 13 – 16 yrs ‘blue’ course please contact Croydon Sports Development Team on - Netball August 8 – 12 yrs and 13 – 16 yrs Neighbourhood Warden Manager, Delicia Simpson OLYMPICS 0208 760 5592 or alternatively email: [email protected]. - Tennis July and August 8 – 12 yrs and 13 – 16 yrs 020 8726 6100 Ext.18157 or email [email protected] The wardens Olympics are due to take Pawsons Road Estate Selhurst Place and Auckland Rise Estate Roden Gardens place on the following dates; Queens Road Estate Sevenoaks House / Belgrave / Grosvenor • Tuesday 4th August Tonbridge House in east district at Timebridge. Whitehorse Road Estate Regina Road Estate Marston Way • Wednesday 5th August Green Lane Estate The Lawns Ravensdale Gardens in north district at Green Lane College Green Moffat Road Livingston Road Sports Ground, Highbury Avenue. South / Central District • Thursday 6th August in south central district at Neighbourhood Warden Manager Patrick Manet . % 020 8689 5300 Ext.208 Fu s i o n L i f e s t y l e 020 8726 6100 Ext.64033 or email [email protected] Waddon Estate Longheath Gardens Stroud Green Estate Tollgate Estate The time for each event is Estate from 2.00pm to 4.30pm. Fusion Lifestyle manages five leisure centres across the Borough of Croydon; with a East District If you live on an estate broad range of facilities and services that will provide every opportunity for you and Neighbourhood Warden Manager Gibson Chilumbi (managed by Croydon Council) with 01689808275 or email [email protected] children or young people of different your family to exercise and participate in sport this summer. ages and do not have any activities Shrublands Estate Fieldway Estate New Addington Estate Monks Hill Estate Fusion Lifestyle’s friendly and experienced staff are available to assist, For further information regarding our summer courses please contact and would be interested in organis- whether you want to utilise our facilities on a casual drop-in basis or take your local Fusion Leisure Centre: ing an event / activity in 2010 please advantage of one of our various sports courses. get in touch with Danny Bryan Youth Purley Pool: 020 8668 7251 The five Fusion Lifestyle leisure centres will provide a range of activities Involvement Officer this summer to keep young people fit and healthy. The centres also Thornton Heath Leisure Centre: 020 8689 5300 Tel: 020 8726 6100 Ext. 63188 provide a comprehensive swimming programme and junior gym Fax: 020 8688 7753. sessions for young people of all abilities. South Norwood Leisure Centre: 020 8662 9464 For more information please visit www.croydon-leisure.com or to book a ‘red’ course please contact the Fusion Sports Development New Addington Pool: 01689 842 553 Team on 0208 689 5300 (Ext 208) or alternatively email Monks Hill Sports Centre: 020 8651 0984 [email protected]

BOOKING INFORMATION FOR BOTH CROYDON SPORTS DEVELOPMENT TEAM & FUSION LIFESTYLE

Bookings for our holiday courses can be made by telephone or email. Payment All sports courses are subject to a limited number of places and these are will be taken in the form of cheque which must be received no later than 5 only available on a ‘first come first served’ basis. Please note courses will working days in advance of the course starting. Cheques will be made payable to be cancelled due to insufficient number of participants registered, adverse ‘Croydon Council’ or ‘Fusion Lifestyle’ respectively. All equipment will be provided weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances. Only in the event of a and participants are advised to wear suitable footwear and clothing and bring course cancellation will a full refund will be issued. a bottle of water to each session. 6 7

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There’s something for everyone this summer at Croydon Libraries There’s something for everyone this summer at Croydon Libraries Monday 20th July – Saturday 29th August 2009. The summer holidays are a chance Monday 20th July – Saturday 29th August 2009. The summer holidays are a chance for everyone to read more and to share the pleasures of reading – joining the Book Trail for everyone to read more and to share the pleasures of reading – joining the Book Trail is a great way to do this. And look out for free activities at each library too! is a great way to do this. And look out for free activities at each library too!

Children of all ages – Get on the Book Trail Babies and Toddlers – Come and join the Book Crawl Norbury Library Library South Norwood Library Go along to your local library and take part in our summer reading For every four library books that you share with your child, he or Beatrice Avenue, Norbury, SW16 4UW Addington Road, Selsdon CR2 8LA Lawrence Road, South Norwood SE25 5AA challenge. Just choose a book and start reading. For every book you read she will get a gorgeous certificate. Join in a Book Crawl morning Book Trail Times Book Trail Times Book Trail Times you can win special rewards such as badges, pencils and a free DVD loan. or afternoon once a week at each library when your baby/toddler Monday 9.30am-12.30pm & 2.00- 6.30pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 9.30am -12.30pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 9.30am can participate in the ever popular Rhymetime and Wiggle & Jiggle Come in and ask to join the Book Trail at any point during the dates & 2.00 - 5.30pm -12.30pm & 2.00 -5.30pm sessions as well as the Book Crawl. Check for details of sessions at Tuesday & Thursday 9.30am -12.30pm above. Every child taking part will get a certificate and an entry in a each library. & 2.00- 5.30pm Wednesday closed Thursday closed prize draw to win £50, £25 or £10 Whitgift Centre vouchers. Wednesday closed Friday 2.00 - 6.30pm Friday 9.30am – 12.30pm & 3.30 - 6.30pm Check listings for further details or below for Book Trail opening Teen Summer Reads times and activity times at your local library. Friday 2.00 - 5.30pm Saturday 9.30am - 12.30pm & 2.00 - 4.30pm Saturday 9.30am -12.30pm & 2.00 - 4.30pm Teen Summer Reads works like a library reward card. Read 6 books Saturday 9.30am-12.30pm & 2.00- 4.30pm Bookstart Book Crawl Activity Morning Bookstart Book Crawl Activity Afternoon to enter the prize draw to win a £50 Whitgift Centre voucher. You’ll Bookstart Book Crawl Activity Morning Fridays 9.30am-12.30pm Fridays 1.30 - 3.00pm also receive other rewards as you go. Fridays 9.30am -12.30pm Book Trail and Book Crawl ...... also at Woodlands Children’s Centre, Ashburton Library The library will be open exclusively for babies ...... Farnborough Avenue, Croydon. and toddlers who want to participate in the Thornton Heath Library Ashburton Learning Village, Shirley Road, Children’s Library, , Thursdays: July 23, August 13, 20, 27 1.30 – Book Crawl and Rhymetime and Wiggle & Croydon CR9 7AL Katharine Street, Croydon CR9 1ET Purley Library 3.30pm. Children will need to be accompanied 282 Brigstock Road, Thornton Heath CR7 7JE Jiggle sessions by an adult. Book Trail Times ...... Book Trail Times Banstead Road, Purley CR8 3YH Thornton Heath Library has moved into Monday 9.30am-12.30pm & 2.00-6.30pm Monday 9.30am-12.30pm & 2.00-6.30pm Book Trail Times ...... temporary premises at 282 Brigstock Road Tuesday 9.30am-12.30pm Bradmore Green Library Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 9.30am- Monday 9.30am -12.30pm & 2.00 - 6.30pm while the original building is being refurbished. Shirley Library & 2.00-5.30pm Bradmore Way, Coulsdon CR5 1PE 12.30pm & 2.00-5.30pm Tuesday 2.00 - 5.30pm Wickham Road/Hartland Way, Wednesday closed Book Trail Times Thursday 2.00-5.30pm The Book Trail will not take place in the Wednesday closed Shirley CR0 8BH Thursday 2.00-5.30pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Saturday 9.30am-12.30pm & 2.00- 4.30pm temporary library owing to space restrictions Thursday & Friday 9.30am -12.30pm Book Trail Times Friday 9.30am-12.30pm 9.30am-12.30pm & 2.00-5.30pm Bookstart Book Crawl Activity Morning & 2.00 - 5.30pm but will be running at alternative locations Monday, & Friday 9.30am -12.30pm & 2.00-5.30 pm Thursday closed including Thornton Heath Children’s Centre, Thursdays 9.30am-12.30pm Saturday 9.30am -12.30pm & 2.00 - 4.30pm & 2.00- 5.30pm Saturday 9.30am-12.30pm Friday 2.00-6.30pm Thornton Heath Recreation Ground and the ...... Bookstart Book Crawl Activity Morning Tuesday 2.00 - 5.30pm & 2.00-4.30pm Parchmore Centre. Saturday 9.30am-12.30pm & 2.00-4.30pm Tuesdays 9.30am -12.30pm Bookstart Book Crawl Activity Morning Wednesday closed Bookstart Book Crawl Activity Morning New Addington Library ...... For further information about days and times Thursdays 9.30am -12.30pm Thursday 9.30am -12.30pm & 2.00- 6.30pm Fridays 9.30am -12.30pm Central Parade, New Addington CR0 OJB please telephone 0208 726 6900. The Book ...... Saturday 9.30am -12.30pm & 2.00- 4.30pm Crawl and Teen Summer Reads will be running ...... Book Trail Times Library Bookstart Book Crawl Activity Morning at the library. Broad Green Library Monday, Tuesday & Thursday 9.30am Farm Fields, South Croydon CR2 0HL -12.30pm & 2.00-5.30pm Tuesdays 9.30am -12.30pm ...... 89 Canterbury Road, Croydon CR0 3HH Coulsdon Library Book Trail Times ...... 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The summer holiday is the ideal opportunity to visit your local museum. Over the summer holidays many school clusters will be providing holiday activities Packed full of objects and stories from the 1800s to the present day, the to meet the needs of children, their families and the local community. Activities Museum of Croydon is a brilliant, fun place to discover the real history of include Arts, Drama Music, Sports and day trips. The activity sessions may take Croydon… and it’s FREE! 6 June - 19 September 2009 place in a school or in partnership with community and voluntary groups, Youth Service and other providers. Monday – Saturday, 11am – 5pm (Closed Sundays and Bank Holidays) Museum of Croydon Summer Family Workshops FREE Ground floor, Croydon Clocktower Upper Norwood SCHOOL CLUSTER NORBURY SCHOOL CLUSTER 2 SHIRLEY SCHOOL CLUSTER For details of individual events and the Cluster Coordinator Cluster Coordinator Cluster Coordinator ‘QUICK ON THE DRAW’ illustrates how people use drawing as part of latest information about our exciting and % 020 8655 9976 or 07527431811 % 020 8653 4921 or 07805 570881 % 020 8686 8306 x 306 their work, from a fireworks company who create fabulous multimedia engaging events programme please visit Selhurst SCHOOL CLUSTER % 07837 514560 displays to a wallpaper designer. PURLEY SCHOOL CLUSTER www.museumofcroydon.com or www. Cluster Coordinator IKEA CLUSTER % 0845 11 11 100 Put pen to paper in our drawing studio to design a guitar or a firework croydonclocktower.org.uk. % 0208 684 4003 or 07507889148 Cluster Coordinator SELSDON SCHOOL CLUSTER display or to illustrate where you would like to be in the year 2020 and % 0845 11 11 100 what you would like to see. % 0845 11 11 100 Coulsdon and Woodcote SCHOOL CLUSTER WIN (WADDON CLUSTER) ASHBURTON SCHOOL CLUSTER Cluster Coordinator Cluster Coordinator % % 0845 11 11 100 07915 242914 % 0845 11 11 100 EAST CROYDON SCHOOL CLUSTER World Party August 1st 1-8.30pm CROYDON SOUTH SCHOOL CLUSTER % % 0845 11 11 100 Croydon Mela August 2nd 1-8.00pm 0845 11 11 100 NEW ADDINGTON SCHOOL CLUSTER w w w .croydon.gov.uk NORBURY SCHOOL CLUSTER 1 % 0845 11 11 100 Cluster Coordinator % 01689842268 at Children’s Centres FREE EVENT Croydon Children’s Centres are open over the summer holidays for children and Car Park £5 a day families providing FREE resources and activities. If you are a local mum, dad or carer of children aged 5 years and under, then come along and see what’s on croydonsummerfestival.org Croydon Summer Festival 2009 offer. Some of the examples of activities include stay and play together, painting competition, fruit kebabs, boogie mites, fun with clay and lots of trips. Some of our The Croydon Summer Festival offers two great days out for the family, with an Children’s Centres are providing activities if you have older children just ask! Please exciting range of international and UK artists at Saturday’s World Party and the see details on the events page or contact the children centres directly colourful Croydon Mela on Sunday. Broad Green Sure Start Children’s Centre Kensington Avenue Children’s Centre Tunstall Children’s Centre As well as 3 stages of music, there will be a Play Place run kids’ area, % 020 8649 8441 % 020 8765 8128 % 020 8654 0371 with a range of art and play activities from Giant Hand Map Painting to an inflatable obstacle course. Open from 1pm to 6.30pm on both days Byron Children’s Centre Leaf House Children’s Centre Upper Norwood Children’s Centre children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult. % 020 8763 6285 % 020 8777 1855 % 020 8771 0907 Other attractions will be a green village with community stage and Castle Hill Children’s Centre Peppermint Children’s Centre Winterbourne Children’s Centre interactive zone, sport ‘have a go’, giant dinosaurs roving the site, % 01689 842002 % 020 8251 9481 % 020 8689 7684 funfair, workshops, global food and craft market. Music includes The Proclaimers, disco diva Candi Staton and Dreadzone Chipstead Valley Children Centre’s Purley Children’s Centres Woodlands Children Centre at Gilbert Scott % % on Saturday with Malkit Singh, Veronica and Alaap on Sunday. (Line up 07935258811 020 8660 5639 Children’s Centre % subject to change). 020 8916 0543 Crosfield Children’s Centre Selhurst Children’s Centre See you there! % 0208 654 7566 % 020 8684 3777 Woodside Children’s Centre % 020 8655 5655 Duppas Children’s Centre Thornton Heath Children’s Centre Transport : East Croydon tram 3 to Lloyd Park % 07530852942 % 020 8684 0494 Contact the Family Information Service on Lloyd Park, Croydon CR0 5RD % 0845 11 11 100 Fairchild’s Children’s Centre Tollgate Children’s Centre % 01689 847136 % 020 8655 5680 10 11

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% 0845 11 11 100 Play opportunities % 0845 11 11 100 at Extended Schools at Children’s Centres UPPER NORWOOD There will be ‘Great play opportunities, activities and spaces will be happening UPPER NORWOOD children’s centres cluster NORBURY across Croydon for children and families from June through to August, everything cluster KENSINGTON AVENUE children’s centres from arts to camps to fixing your bike skills to toy libraries. Everyone is welcome and most of it is free or there will be a small affordable charge. Croydon has WINTERBOURNE invested in improving play spaces for children all over the borough such as Duppas children’s centres THORNTON HEATH CROSSFEILD Hill Park, Coulsdon Memorial Ground and Oakland Wood in South Norwood. children’s centres children’s centres THORNTON HEATH ASHBURTON SELHURST cluster cluster cluster BOARD GREEN WOODSIDE children’s centres children’s centres PEPPERMINT WOODSIDE children’s centres cluster CROYDON SOUTH cluster TUNSTALL On rainy days visit indoor play children’s centres areas- Eddie Catz in Colliers Take the bus to the Horniman WADDON Wood, Gambado in Beckenham museum and Gardens Forest cluster and Kidscape in Croydon, check Hill . Free admission, Special EAST CROYDON SHIRLEY centreS for costs and times. exhibition for the summer Robot cluster cluster Zoo (admission charge) Bus route 197 DUPPAS children’s centres CASTLEHILL children’s centres

Croydon will be celebrating play throughout August, NEW ADDINGTON starting with a children’s play area at the Croydon cluster Summer Music and Arts Festival at Lloyd Park on 1 and 2 August. WOODCOTE PURLEY SELSDON Useful websites: cluster children’s centres cluster Wednesday 5 August is National Play Day and every www.netmums.co.uk FAIRCHILDS Wednesday in August will be a mini Play Day. Come www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk children’s centres and join us, we are finalising details and we would love www.visitlondon.com to see you! For more information please contact The Family Information Service on 0845 11 11 100

Play Ideas for you and your children

• Feed the animals at Dean City farm take tram route CHIPSTEAD KENLEY 3 to Wimbledon children’s centres cluster COULSDON BYRON cluster • Check out activities at the Croydon Clock Tower. children’s centres

• Enjoy a picnic in Lloyd Park tram route 3. Croydon has lots of parks and open spaces. Take the train to London to visit the free museums or a day at • Go to Crystal Palace Park to see the dinosaurs and the seaside at Brighton. Check One O Clock club for under fives. out Family railcards and other • Follow the Wandle trail. Starts at Wandle Pond, special offers. cycle and walk the trail to see the sights along the Wandle River.

• Try out the new play equipment or play golf at the South Norwood Country Park Tram route 1 and 2 to Elmers End or Beckenham. 12 13 CHILDRENS Listings SUMMER ACTIVITIES SUMMER ACTIVITIES CHILDRENS Listings YOUTH SERVICE SUMMER UNI/CVA SPORTS FUSION HOUSING LIBRARIES MUSEUMS CHILDRENS CENTRES KEY 18th July 2009 Cine Club - Film Rhymetime and Wiggle The Gruffalo & Friends Rhymetime and Summer Sports: Tennis Rock & Rhyme Film Club Saturday Rock Making Workshops & Jiggle Time: 11.00-11.30am Wiggle & Jiggle & Soft Ball (Group A) Time: 10:30-11:00am Time: 14:00-16:00 and Rhyme Time: TBC Time: 10.00-10.30am Place: Coulsdon Library, Time: 10.00am Time: 14.00-16.00 Place: Ashburton Place: Waddon oddlers oddlers oddlers oddlers T Place: TBC Place: Shirley Library, Brighton Road Coulsdon Place: Broad Green Place: Waddon T Library, Ashburton Inclusion Network T T

oddlers - free session for babies T and toddlers For children in the Wickham Road CR5 2NH Library, 89 Canterbury Inclusion Network Learning Village, Shirley Parish Church CofE Time: 10:30-11:00 Coulsdon West and Hartland Way, Free session for Road, Croydon CRO 3HH Parish Church CofE Road, Croydon CR9 7AL School Warrington Road, Place: Selsdon Library, Kenley extended Shirley CR0 8BH under 7’s Free session for babies School Warrington Road, Free Session for babies Croydon, CR0 4BH 7-14 years

schools clusters. Free session for and toddlers Croydon, CR0 4BH and toddlers 4-16 years Free Addington Road, 5-8 Years Babies and Babies and Selsdon CR2 8LA £TBC Babies and under 5’s Babies and £4 020 8686 8306 x 306 Babies and 07915 242914 020 8686 8306 x 306 www.winextended Free Rhymetime- Arts & Sports Baby Group www.winextended Boogie Mites/Stay schools.btik.com free session for babies Dance Basic Skills (SEN) Movers and Shakers Time: 10:00-16:00 Time: 11:00-12:00 schools.btik.com and Play Date: Saturdays 18th activity group Place: St Joseph’s Place: Fairchildes Time: 10:00-10.30am Time: 10:30-11:30/ 24th July 2009 Wiggle & Jiggle 13:00-15:00 July to 8th August Place: Selhurst College, Beulah Hill, Children’s Centre oddlers 23rd July 2009 Parent Arts and Crafts T Time: 14:20-15:00 Children’s Centre Upper Norwood, Fairchildes Avenue, free activity for toddlers Cooking Place: Fairchildes with Crèche Time: 13.15-14.15 SE19 3HL New Addington CR0 0AH Time: 11.00-11.30am- Children’s Centre, Place: CVA Resource 0-1 years Time: 9.30am-11.30am Time: TBC Centre, 97 High Street, 23 Dagnall Park South Free Free Place: Sanderstead Place: Selhurst Fairchildes Avenue, New Place: Winterbourne 9-16 years Thornton Heath CR7 8RY Norwood Bring packed lunch 01689 847136 Library, Farm Fields, Children’s Centre 23 Addington CR0 0AH Children’s Centre 7-10 years SE25 5PL 020 8655 9976 or South Croydon CR2 OHL 2-5 and 0-5 Years Free Free Babies and Dagnall Park South Winterbourne Nursery

Stay and Play 2-8 Years www.summeruni Free 07527 431811 £TBC Norwood SE25 5PL 01689 847136 and Infant School

Time: 13.00-15.00 0-8 years london.org 020 8684 3777 £3 per session Winterbourne Road Under 18 months-3 years Under 18 months-3 Baby Café Place: Selhurst Arts & Sports Baby Rhymetime 020 8684 3777 Thornton Heath with Katy Turner Children’s Centre 23 Time: 10:00-16:00 Time: 10:30-11:00am 20th July 2009 Family Cooking & CR7 7QT Time: 10:00 -12:00 Dagnall Park South Place: St Joseph’s Place: Croydon Central Stay and Play/Lunch Healthy Eating Cine Club - Film Making Free Place: Winterbourne Norwood SE25 5PL College, Beulah Hill, Library, Croydon oddlers Date: Monday 20th July 0-3 years Workshops

Club/Stay & Play T 020 8689 7684 Children’s Centre Free Upper Norwood, Clocktower, Katharine Time: 10:00-12:00/ to Friday 21st August Time: TBC Winterbourne Nursery 020 8684 3777 SE19 3HL Street, Croydon CR9 1ET 12:00-13.00/ Time: 2.00-5.00pm Place: TBC Cine Club - Film and Infant School Free A free, friendly rhyme

Place: Cornerstone 9-16 years For children in the Making Workshops 13:00-15:00 Stay & Play House, 14 Willis Road, Under 5 Winterbourne Road Bring packed lunch Coulsdon West and and music session Time: TBC Place: Winterbourne Time: 13:00-15:00 020 8655 9976 or for babies and young

8-12 Years Thornton Heath, Children’s Centre Croydon CRO 2XX Kenley extended Babies and Place: TBC Place: Fairchildes 7-14 years Free CR7 7QT 07527 431811 schools clusters. toddlers For children in the Winterbourne Nursery Children’s Centre,

0-8 years Free and Infant School, www.summeruni Painting Competition £TBC Coulsdon West and 020 8689 7684 Fairchildes Avenue, Wiggle & Jiggle Winterbourne Road, london.org Time: 10:00-15:00 07915 242914 Kenley extended New Addington CR0 0AH Time: 11:30-12:00 7-14 years

Thornton Heath 0-5 years schools clusters. 21st July 2009 Stay & Play and Sports Age Range: 0-5 years. Place: Fairchildes Dinosaur Tales Place: Croydon Central CR7 7QT Children’s Centre, Library, Croydon £TBC Rhymetime for Primary School Free Time: 10:00-12:00 noon Free Fairchildes Avenue, New oddlers Clocktower, Katharine 07915 242914 Children 01689 847136 Thursday Drop In T Contact: 020 8689 7684 free session for babies Addington CR0 0AH 0-5 years Street, Croydon CR9 1ET oddlers Time: 10:00 -12:00/ Place: New Addington Rhymetime T Time: 10:00-10.30am Film Club 13:30-15.30 Free Library, Central Parade, A more energetic rhyme - free session for babies Stay and Play/ Place: Shirley Library, Time: 14:00-16:00 Place: Woodland 01689 847136 New Addington CRO OJB session for older under Time: 10:00-10.30am Stay and Play Wickham Road, Place: Waddon Children’s Centre, 3-7 Years Free craft session fives- Wiggle & Jiggle Time: 10:00-12:00/ Hartland Way, Fun with Clay oddlers Inclusion Network Babies and Gilbert Scott Primary, free-younger siblings T

Shirley CRO 8BH Under 5 For ages 3-7 years with free activity for toddlers 13:30-15.30 Parish Church CofE Time: 10:00 -12:00/ welcome too!

Babies and Farnborough Avenue, Place: Woodland Free 13:00-15:00 parents or carers Time: 11.00-11.30am Selsdon, CR2 8HD School Warrington Road, Children’s Centre, Place: Woodland Place: Norbury Library, Free Croydon, CR0 4BH Stay & Play for under Stay and Play Gilbert Scott Primary, Rhymetime Beatrice Avenue, 4-16 Years Free Children’s Centre Time: 13.00-15.00 free session for babies Please book for sports. 5’s/Sports for over 5’s Norbury SW16 4UW Babies and Under Fives Farnborough Avenue, Gilbert Scott Primary, Place: Selhurst Time: 10:00-10.30am 020 8916 0543 020 8686 8306 x 306 Time: 10:00-12:00/ Selsdon, CR2 8HD Farnborough Avenue, Children’s Centre 23 Free Wiggle & Jiggle www.winextended 1.30-3.30 Free Rhymetime and schools.btik.com Selsdon, CR2 8HD Dagnall Park South oddlers free activity for toddlers Place: Woodland Drop in for support 020 8916 0543 T 1 Session for under fives. Norwood SE25 5PL Time: 11.00-11.30am- Wiggle & Jiggle Children’s Centre, 0-3 years and advice Time: 10.00-10.30am 22nd July 2009 1 Session for over fives. Free Arts & Sports Place: Purley Library, Gilbert Scott Primary, Time: 9.00 -12.00 oddlers Place: Coulsdon Library, Stay and Play Book in advance 020 8684 3777 T Farnborough Avenue, Place: Winterbourne Time: 10:00-16:00 Banstead Road, 020 8916 0543 Brighton Road Coulsdon Time: 9.30am-11-30am under 5’s and 5+ Sessions for Place: St Joseph’s Purley CR8 3YH Selsdon, CR2 8HD Children’s Centre CR5 2NH Place: Selhurst Stay and Play College, Beulah Hill, Babies and Free session for babies Art activity Free Please book for Winterbourne Nursery Free session for Children’s Centre 23 Time: 13.00 -15.00 Upper Norwood, and toddlers sports. and Infant School Dagnall Park South Time: 13:00-15:00 Place: Winterbourne under 5’s 020 8916 0543 Under 5 Winterbourne Road 0-3 years SE19 3HL Place: Selhurst under 5’s and 5+ Sessions for Children’s Centre Cine Club - Film Babies and Norwood SE25 5PL Free Children’s Centre 23 Winterbourne Nursery Thornton Heath 9-16 years Making Workshops Free Arts & Sports CR7 7QT Bring packed lunch Storytime Dagnall Park South and Infant School Time: TBC 020 8684 3777 Time: 10:00-16:00 020 8655 9976 or Norwood SE25 5PL Winterbourne Road Free Place: TBC Time: 11:00-11.30am Place: St Joseph’s 0-8 years 020 8689 7684 07527 431811 Place: Shirley Library, Cine Club - Film 4-16 Years Age Range: 3-8 years. Thornton Heath For children in the College, Beulah Hill, oddlers Wickham Road, Making Workshops £3 per session CR7 7QT Art Group Coulsdon West and T Upper Norwood, Stay and Play Hartland Way, Shirley Time: TBC 020 8684 3777 Free Time: 11:00-12:00 Kenley extended SE19 3HL Time: 9.30am-11.30am 7-14 years CRO 8BH Place: TBC 020 8689 7684 Place: Fairchildes schools clusters. Free Place: Selhurst Free activity for For children in the 9-16 Years Children’s Centre, £TBC Bring pack lunch Children’s Centre 23 Under 5’s Coulsdon West and Fairchildes Avenue, 07915 242914 020 8655 9976 or Dagnall Park South Babies and Kenley extended Norwood SE25 5PL 7-14 years New Addington CR0 0AH 07527 431811 0-3 years 1-3 years schools clusters. Free Free £TBC 01689 847136 020 8684 3777 07915 242914 14 15 CHILDRENS Listings SUMMER ACTIVITIES SUMMER ACTIVITIES CHILDRENS Listings

Fun with Frogs/ Saturday Storytime Stay and Play/Lunch Family Coach Trip- Arts & Sports Stay and Play/ Summer Sports: Tennis Baby Rhymetime/ Rhymetime Wiggle and colouring Club/Stay & Play Littlehampton Time: 10:00-16:00 Art activity & Soft Ball (Group A) Wiggle & Jiggle & Jiggle Time: 11:00-11.30 Time: 10.00 -12.00/ Time: 9:30-18:00 Place: St Joseph’s Time: 9.30-11-30/ Time: 14:00-16:00 Time: 10:30-11:00am/ Time: 10.00- Place: Croydon Central 12:00-13:00/ Place: St Joseph’s RC Jnr College, Beulah Hill, 13:00-15:00 Place: Waddon 11.30-12.00 10.30/11.00-11.30 Library, Croydon 13:00-15:00 Sch. 20 Woodend, Upper Upper Norwood, Place: Selhurst Inclusion Network Place: Croydon Central oddlers Place: Bradmore Green Clocktower, Katharine Place: Winterbourne Norwood SE19 3NU SE19 3HL Children’s Centre 23 Parish Church C of E T Library, Croydon

Library, Bradmore Way, Street, Croydon CR9 1ET Children’s Centre via, All Saints Primary, 9-16 Years Free Dagnall Park South School Warrington Clocktower, Katharine 0-8 Years 3-7 years Under 7’s Coulsdon CR5 1PE Join us for stories and Winterbourne Nursery Upper Beulah Hill, Upper 020 8655 9976 or Norwood SE25 5PL Road, Croydon, CR0 4BH Street, Croydon CR9 1ET 5-8 Years Free Stories and Craft colouring. and Infant School Norwood, SE19 3LG 07527 431811 0-3 years. Free/3-8 £4 A free, friendly rhyme 0-8 Years activity for under 7’s/ Free for 3-7 year olds Winterbourne Road £6 per adult £2 per years £3 art activity. 020 8686 8306 x306 and music session Storytime Babies and under 5’s with parents/carers Thornton Heath age Any child. Max 3 children 020 8684 3777 www.winextended for babies and young CR7 7QT per Adult Time: 11:00-11.30am schools.btik.com toddlers Rhymetime and Saturday Summer Free Priority to Upper Place: Shirley Library, Rhymetime and Wiggle & Jiggle Crafts 020 8689 7684 Norwood Extended Wickham Road, Wiggle & Jiggle 30th July 2009 Boogie Mites/ Time: 10.00-10.30am Time: 11:00-12.00 noon School Cluster Infants Hartland Way, Shirley Time: 10.00am Centre based activities Stay & Play oddlers Under 8 Place: New Addington Place: Norbury Library, Arts & Sports School CRO 8BH T Place: Broad Green Time: TBC Time: 10:30-11:30/ Library, Central Parade, Beatrice Avenue, Time: 10:00-16:00 020 8655 9976 or Free activity for Library, 89 Canterbury Place: Timebridge Junior 13:00-15:00

New Addington CRO OJB All ages Norbury SW16 4UW Place: St Joseph’s Under 5’s Road, Croydon CRO 3HH Place: Fairchildes Under 5’s 07527 431811 Club, Timebridge Centre, Free session for under Free drop in session for College, Beulah Hill, Free session for babies New Addington CRO 9AZ Children’s Centre, Baby Group/Stay & Play 5’s families Upper Norwood, Rhymetime and toddlers Years 8-13 £TBC Fairchildes Avenue, New Babies and Time: 11:00- 0-5 Years SE19 3HL free session for babies Contact: Sally Rivers- Addington CR0 0AH Arts & Sports Saturday Rock 12:00/13:00-15:00 Free Time: 10:00-10.30am Rhymetime 01689 841688 2-5/0-5 years Time: 10:00-16:00 and Rhyme 9-16 Years Place: Fairchildes Bring packed lunch Wiggle & Jiggle -free session for babies Free

Place: St Joseph’s Time: 11.00-11.30am 020 8655 9976 or oddlers free activity for toddlers Children’s Centre, Cooking 01689 847136 T Time: 10:00-10.30am College, Beulah Hill, oddlers Place: South Norwood Fairchildes Avenue, T 07527 431811 Time: 11.00-11.30am- Wiggle & Jiggle Time: 9.30-11.30 Upper Norwood, Library, Lawrence Road, New Addington CR0 0AH oddlers Stay and Play Place: Purley Library, T Time: 11.00-11.30am- Place: Selhurst SE19 3HL South Norwood Stay & Play Free Time: 13:00-15:00 Banstead Road, 0-1 and 0-5 years free activity for Children’s Centre 23

9-16 years 9-16 years Free Bring packed lunch SE25 5AA Time: 10:00-12:00 01689 847136 Place: Selhurst Purley CR8 3YH toddlers Dagnall Park South

020 8655 9976 or Free session for babies Place: Duppas Children’s Babies and Norwood SE25 5PL Children’s Centre 23 Free session for babies Place: Sanderstead 2-8 Years

Babies and Stay and Play 07527 431811 and toddlers Centre, Waddon Infants £3 per session Dagnall Park South and toddlers Time:13:00-15:00 Library, Farm Fields, School, Babies and Norwood SE25 5PL South Croydon CR2 OHL 020 8684 3777 Summer Sports: Tennis Performance and Purley Way CR0 4RG Rhymetime Place: Selhurst 0-3 Years 0-3 years & Soft Ball (Group B) workshop with Dub Children’s Centre 23 Under 8 Parents/Carers need Time: 10:00-10.30am Arts & Sports Jungle Fun Free Time: 14:00-16:00 Poet Lennox Carty Dagnall Park South to stay Place: Shirley Library, Time: 10:00-16:00 Time: 10:00-12:00 noon 020 8684 3777 Place: Waddon Time: 11:30-1:00pm Norwood SE25 5PL Free Wickham Road, 0-3 Years Place: St Joseph’s Thursday Drop In Inclusion Network Place: New Addington Free Place: New Addington Stay and Play- 07530 852942 Babies Hartland Way, Shirley College, Beulah Hill, Parish Church CofE Library, Central Parade, 020 8684 3777 Reptile zoo visit CRO 8BH Upper Norwood, Library, Central Parade, School Warrington Road, New Addington CRO OJB Movers and Shakers New Addington CRO OJB Time: 13:00-15:00 Free session for babies Film Club SE19 3HL Croydon, CR0 4BH Limited free places so Time: 13.15-14.15 3-7 Years Free craft session For Place: Winterbourne 9-14 years 9-14 Years Time: 14.00-16.00 Free £4 please book your place Place: Selhurst Rhymetime and 9-16 Years Children’s Centre Bring pack lunch ages 3-7 years with 8686 8306 x 306 on www.summeruni Children’s Centre 23 Wiggle & Jiggle Place: Waddon Winterbourne Nursery 020 8655 9976 or parents or carers www.winextended london.org or at the Dagnall Park South Time: 10.00-10.30am Inclusion Network, and Infant School 07527 431811 schools.btik.com library. Norwood SE25 5PL Place: Coulsdon Library, Parish Church CofE Arts & Sports Winterbourne Road School Warrington Road, 0-8 Years Free Brighton Road Coulsdon Stay & Play Time: 10:00-16:00 Thornton Heath Rhymetime and 27th July 2009 Croydon, CR0 4BH Place: St Joseph’s 18 months-3 years 18 months-3 020 8684 3777 CR5 2NH CR7 7QT Under 5’s Time: 10:00-12:00 Wiggle & Jiggle Centre based activities Free College, Beulah Hill, Free session for 4-16 Years Place: Duppas Children’s Free Time: 2.00pm 28th July 2009 Contact: 020 8686 Time: TBC under 5’s Centre, Waddon Infants Upper Norwood, 020 8689 7684 oddlers Place: South Norwood 8306 x 306 or T Place: Timebridge Junior Centre based activities School, Purley Way SE19 3HL Library, Lawrence Road, Kipper & Co www.winextended Film Club Club, Timebridge Centre, Time: TBC CR0 4RG Free South Norwood Time: 11.00-11.30am schools.btik.com 9-16 Years Time: 14:00-16:00 New Addington CRO 9AZ Place: Timebridge Junior Parents/Carers Bring packed lunch 8 & under

SE25 5AA 8-13 Years Place: Coulsdon Library, Place: Waddon £TBC Club, Timebridge Centre, need to stay 020 8655 9976 or Free sessions for babies Brighton Road Coulsdon 29th July 2009 Inclusion Network Contact: Sally Rivers- New Addington CRO 9AZ Free 07527 431811 Babies and

and toddlers 8-13 Years CR5 2NH Trip to Butlins Bognor Parish Church CofE 01689 841688 £TBC 07530 852942 Under 7’s Free session for Time: 08:00-18:00 Rock & Rhyme School Warrington Road, 25th July 2009 Contact: Sally Rivers- Special Needs Stay & 01689 841688 under 7’s Place: Timebridge Junior Decorating Dream Time: 10:30-11:00am Croydon, CR0 4BH

Saturday Rock Play/Art Group Club, Timebridge Centre, Place: Ashburton 4-16 Years Free

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Baby Café T and Rhyme Time: 9:30-11:30/ New Addington CRO 9AZ Time: 13:00-15:00 Library, Ashburton 020 8686 8306 x 306

-with Katy Turner 8-13 Years oddlers -free session for babies 11:00-12:00 £TBC Place: Fairchildes Learning Village, Shirley www.winextended T Time: 10:00 -12:00 and toddlers Place: Fairchildes Contact: Sally Rivers- Children’s Centre, Road, Croydon CR9 7AL schools.btik.com Place: Winterbourne Time: 10:30-11.00am Children’s Centre, 01689 841688 Fairchildes Avenue, New Free Session for babies Children’s Centre Place: Sanderstead Fairchildes Avenue, 0-6 Years Addington CR0 0AH and toddlers Winterbourne Nursery Babies and Library, Farm Fields, New Addington CR0 0AH Free South Croydon CR2 OHL Free and Infant School Babies and 01689 847136 Under 5 Winterbourne Road

Free and 1-3 years 0-5 Years 01689 847136 Thornton Heath CR7 7QT Free 020 8689 7684 16 17 CHILDRENS Listings SUMMER ACTIVITIES SUMMER ACTIVITIES CHILDRENS Listings

31st July 2009 Making Fruit Kebabs Saturday Summer Stay & Play Rhymetime Badminton UR Special Stay & Play Drop in for Support Time: 10:00-12:00 Crafts Time: 10:00-12:00 -free session for babies Time: 10:00-12:00 Summer Scheme Time: 10:00-12:00 and Advice/Parent Talk Place: Fairchildes Time: 11:00-12.00 noon Place: Duppas Children’s Time: 10:00-10.30am Place: Thornton Heath (Facilitated by the Place: Duppas Children’s Children’s Centre, Place: Norbury Library, Centre, Waddon Infants Wiggle & Jiggle Leisure Centre, 80-110 Institute of Wellbeing) Centre, Waddon Infants with Creche oddlers Time: 9:00 -12:00/ Fairchildes Avenue, Beatrice Avenue, School, Purley Way T Time: 11.00-11.30am- High Street, Thornton Time: 10:00-15:00 School, Purley Way

New Addington CR0 0AH All ages Norbury SW16 4UW CR0 4RG free activity for toddlers Heath CR7 8LF Week 1 Performing Arts CR0 4RG 13:00-15:00 0-6 Years Place: Winterbourne Free Free drop in session Parents/Carers need to Place: Norbury Library, £TBC Book in advance and Life Skills Parents/Carers need 8-11 Years 8 and under Children’s Centre 01689 847136 for families stay Beatrice Avenue, Verena.Trend@fusion- Week 2 Photography 8 and Under to stay Free Norbury SW16 4UW lifestyle.com and Life Skills Free

Winterbourne Nursery Babies and T rip to local woods 3rd August 2009 07530 852942 Free 020 8689 5300 (Ext 208) Week 3 Music and 07530 852942

0-8 Years and Infant School Time: 10:00-16:00 Winterbourne Road Centre based activities Life Skills Place: Timebridge Junior Badminton UR Special Baby Group Bouncy Castle Day Thornton Heath Time: TBC Place: to be finalised Club, Timebridge Centre, Time: 10:00-12:00 Summer Scheme Time: 11:00-12:00 Time: 10:30-15:00 CR7 7QT Age Range: 8-13 years. (either Byron Primary or New Addington CRO 9AZ Place: Thornton Heath (Facilitated by the Place: Fairchildes 8-13 Years Place: Fairchildes Under 5/0-8 years Contact: Sally Rivers- ) £TBC Timebridge Junior Club, Leisure Centre, 80-110 Institute of Wellbeing) Children’s Centre, Please ring for details Children’s Centre, Free 8-13 Years Contact: Sally Rivers- 8-13 Years Timebridge Centre, High Street, Thornton Time: 10:00-15:00 Fairchildes Avenue, New 07915 242914 Fairchildes Avenue, New 020 8689 7684 Week 1 Performing Arts Addington CR0 0AH Addington CR0 0AH 0-6 Years 01689 841688 New Addington CRO 9AZ Heath CR7 8LF 0-1 Years Free. Stay and Play 01689 841688 £TBC Book in advance and Life Skills Free Limited to 30 places. Free Rhymetime and 8-11 Years Time: 9.30am-11.30am Verena.Trend@fusion- Week 2 Photography 01689 847136 01689 847136 Wiggle & Jiggle Children must be Place: Selhurst Special Needs Stay & lifestyle.com and Life Skills attending one of the Time: 10.30-11.00am Play/Art Group Stay and Play Cartoon Creations Children’s Centre 23 oddlers 020 8689 5300 (Ext 208) Week 3 Music and schools in the Coulsdon T Place: Norbury Library, Time: 13:00-15:00 Time: 11.00-13.00 & Dagnall Park South Time: 9:30-11:30/ Life Skills Beatrice Avenue, Grafitti Art Place: Selhurst West Cluster to attend. 14.00-16.00 Norwood SE25 5PL 11:00-12:00 Place: to be finalised 0-3 Years Norbury SW16 4UW Time: 12:00-17.00 Children’s Centre 23 Places allocated on Free Place: Fairchildes (either Byron Primary or Rhymetime and Free session for babies Children’s Centre, Monday 3 August and 8-13 Years Woodcote High School) Dagnall Park South Wiggle & Jiggle a first come first 020 8684 3777 Norwood SE25 5PL served basis and toddlers Fairchildes Avenue, Monday 10 August 0-3 Years

0-5 Years Please ring for details Time: 10.00am Babies and

Place: Elevating Free oddlers Place: Clocktower The Gruffalo and New Addington CR0 0AH 07915 242914 T Place: Broad Green Friends/Rhymetime Rhymetime and Free Success, 30 Union Road Free. 020 8684 3777 Library, 89 Canterbury Activities Room,

and Wiggle & Jiggle Wiggle & Jiggle 01689 847136 8-19 Years Free Croydon Clocktower Limited to 30 places. Stay & Play Road, Croydon CRO 3HH 5-11 Years Time: 10.00-10.30/ Time: 2.00pm www.summeruni Children must be Free session for babies CR9 1ET oddlers Place: South Norwood UR Special london.org Time: 13:00-15:00 Create fabulous cartoon 11-00-11.30 T attending one of the Place: Fairchildes and toddlers Place: Bradmore Green Library, Lawrence Road, Summer Scheme Babies and drawings. Parents/ Movers and Shakers schools in the Coulsdon Children’s Centre, Library, Bradmore Way, South Norwood (Facilitated by the Carers need to stay Time: 13:15-14:15 West Cluster to attend. Fairchildes Avenue, Rhymetime Under 7’s SE25 5AA Institute of Wellbeing) £TBC Coulsdon CR5 1PE New Addington CR0 0AH -free session for babies Free sessions for babies Time: 10:00-15:00 Place: Selhurst Rhymetime and 0-5 Years Free Stories and Craft Free Time: 10:00-10.30am Let’s Get Physical Babies and Children’s Centre 23 activity for under 7’s/ and toddlers Week 1 Performing Arts Wiggle & Jiggle Dagnall Park South 01689 847136 Wiggle & Jiggle Time: 13:00-16.00 and Life Skills Time: 10.00-10.30am oddlers

under 5’s T Summer Sports: Tennis Norwood SE25 5PL Time: 11.00-11.30am- Wednesday 5/8/09- Week 2 Photography Place: Coulsdon Library, Film Club Rhymetime and & Soft Ball (Group B) and Life Skills Free Brighton Road free activity for toddlers 26/8/09 (Every Time: 14:00-16:00 020 8684 3777 Time: 14:00-16:00 Place: Sanderstead Wednesday) Wiggle & Jiggle Week 3 Music and -3 Years 18 Months Coulsdon CR5 2NH Under 5’s Place: Waddon Time: 10.00-10.30am Place: Waddon Life Skills Free session for Library, Farm Fields, Place: Peppermint Inclusion Network 4th August 2009 Inclusion Network South Croydon CR2 OHL Healthy Living Centre, Place: New Addington Place: to be finalised under 5’s Parish Church CofE Babies and Library, Central Parade, Parish Church CofE (either Byron Primary or Centre based activities Free Franklin Way, Croydon 8-13 Years

8-13 Years School Warrington Road, New Addington CRO OJB School Warrington Road, Woodcote High School) Time: TBC Storytime CRO 4UY Under 5’s Croydon, CR0 4BH Badminton Free session for Croydon, CR0 4BH Please ring for details Place: Timebridge Junior Time: 11:00-11.30am Free 9-14 Years £4 Club, Timebridge Centre, Place: Shirley Library, 4-16 Years Free Time: 10:00-12:00 www.summeruni under 5’s 07915 242914 8686 8306 x 306 Place: Thornton Heath 020 8686 8306 x 306 Free. New Addington CRO 9AZ Wickham Road, london.org

8-13 Years www.winextended Leisure Centre, 80-110 Arts & Sports www.winextended Limited to 30 places. £TBC Hartland Way, Shirley Time: 10:00-16:00 schools.btik.com Contact: Sally Rivers- CRO 8BH schools.btik.com High Street, Thornton Summer Sports: Tennis Children must be Under 5’s Heath CR7 8LF & Soft Ball (Group A) Place: St Joseph’s attending one of the 01689 841688 Free activity for 5th August 2009 College, Beulah Hill, 1st August 2009 £TBC Book in advance Time: 14:00-16:00 Under 5’s 8-11 Years schools in the Coulsdon Rhymetime Stay and Play/ Verena.Trend@fusion- Place: Waddon Upper Norwood, Saturday Stories- West Cluster to attend. SE19 3HL free at the library free session for babies The Hungry Caterpillar Art Activity lifestyle.com Inclusion Network Free Time: 10:30-11.00am Stay and Play with Fire Time: 10:00-10.30am Time: 11.00-11.30am Time: 9:30-11:30/ 020 8689 5300 (Ext 208) Parish Church CofE 9-16 Years Bring packed lunch Place: Sanderstead Engine Visit/Lunch Wiggle & Jiggle Place: Coulsdon Library, 13:00-15:00 School Warrington Road, oddlers free activity for toddlers Place: Selhurst Trip to Shawfire T Brighton Road Coulsdon Croydon, CR0 4BH 5-8 Years 020 8655 9976 or 3-7 Years Library, Farm Fields, Club/Stay & Play Outdoor Activity Centre 07527 431811 South Croydon CR2 OHL Time: 10:00 -12:00/ Time: 11.00-11.30am- CR5 2NH Children’s Centre 23 £4

Under 7’s Time: 10:00-16:00 Free. 12:00-13:00/ Place: Purley Library, Free stories and craft 0-3 Years Dagnall Park South 020 8686 8306 x 306 Stay & Play Banstead Road, activity for under 7’s Norwood SE25 5PL Timebridge Junior Club, www.winextended 13:00-15-00 Timebridge Centre, New Time: 10:00-12:00 Saturday Storytime Place: Winterbourne Purley CR8 3YH Free/3-8 years £3 schools.btik.com

Babies and Baby Café- Addington CRO 9AZ Place: Duppas Children’s and colouring Children’s Centre Free session for babies art session Centre, Waddon Infants Time: 11:00-11.30 and toddlers with Katy Turner 020 8684 3777 8-13 Years £TBC Winterbourne Nursery Time: 10:00 -12:00 Sally Rivers - 01689 School, Purley Way Place: Croydon Central 0-8 Years and Infant School CR0 4RG Library, Croydon Rhymetime Place: Winterbourne 841688 Winterbourne Road -free session for babies Children’s Centre Parents/Carers Clocktower, Katharine Thornton Heath

8 and under Time: 10:00-10.30am Winterbourne Nursery need to stay Street, Croydon CR9 1ET CR7 7QT 3-7 Years Place: Shirley Library, and Infant School Free Join us for stories Free 07530 852942 and colouring. Wickham Road, Winterbourne Road

020 8689 7684 Babies

Free for 3-7 year olds Hartland Way, Shirley Under 5 Years Thornton Heath with parents/carers CRO 8BH CR7 7QT Free Free 020 8689 7684 18 19 CHILDRENS Listings SUMMER ACTIVITIES SUMMER ACTIVITIES CHILDRENS Listings

6th August 2009 Under The Sea Stay and Play UR Special Rhymetime and Saturday Storytime UR Special ‘Movers and Shakers Centre based activities Time: 10:00-12:00 noon Time: 13:00 -15:00 Summer Scheme Wiggle & Jiggle and colouring Summer Scheme Time: 13:15-14:15 Time: TBC Thursday Drop In Place: Winterbourne (Facilitated by the Time: 2.00pm Time: 11:00-11.30 (Facilitated by the Place: Selhurst Place: New Addington Children’s Centre Institute of Wellbeing) oddlers Place: South Norwood Place: Croydon Central Institute of Wellbeing) Children’s Centre 23 Place: Timebridge Junior T Club, Timebridge Centre, Library, Central Parade, Winterbourne Nursery Time: 10:00-15:00 Library, Lawrence Road, Library, Croydon Time: 10:00-15:00 Dagnall Park South New Addington CRO 9AZ New Addington CRO OJB and Infant School Week 1 Performing Arts South Norwood Clocktower, Katharine Week 1 Performing Arts Norwood SE25 5PL 3-7 Years

8-13 Years £TBC For ages 3-7 years with Winterbourne Road and Life Skills SE25 5AA Street, Croydon CR9 1ET and Life Skills Free 0-8 Years 3-7 Years

Contact: Sally parents or carers Thornton Heath Week 2 Photography Free sessions for babies Join us for stories and Week 2 Photography 18 Months-3 Years 020 8684 3777 Rivers-01689 841688 £TBC CR7 7QT and Life Skills Babies and and toddlers colouring. and Life Skills Free Week 3 Music and Free for 3-7 year olds Week 3 Music and 11 August 2009 Cooking/Stay & Play Fitness Fun 020 8689 7684 Life Skills Share a skill day with parents/carers Life Skills Centre based activities Time: 9:30-11.30/ -Thursday, Friday & Place: to be finalised (with crèche) Place: to be finalised Time: TBC Saturday-6th-29th Film Club Time: 13:00 -15:00 Caribbean 13:00-15:00 8-13 Years (either Byron Primary or (either Byron Primary or Timebridge Junior Club, Place: Selhurst August Time: 14:00-16:00 Woodcote High School) Place: Winterbourne drumming and dance 8-13 Years Woodcote High School) Timebridge Centre, New Children’s Centre 23 Time: 10:00-12.00 Place: Waddon Please ring for details Children’s Centre with Winston Nzinga! Please ring for details Addington CRO 9AZ

Dagnall Park South Every Thursday, Friday & Inclusion Network 07915 242914 Free Winterbourne Nursery Time: 11:30-13:00 07915 242914 8-13 Years £ Norwood SE25 5PL Saturday Parish Church CofE and Infant School Place: New Addington Contact: Sally Rivers- 2-8 Years Limited to 30 places. Free. Place: Crystal Palace School Warrington Road, Winterbourne Road Library, Central Parade, Cost £3 per session / Children must be 0-8 Years Limited to 30 places. 01689 841688 0-3 years Free Football Club Study Croydon, CR0 4BH Thornton Heath New Addington CR0 OJB

8-14 Years attending one of the Children must be

020 8684 3777 Centre, Selhurst Park 4-16 Years Free CR7 7QT Limited free places UR Special

schools in the Coulsdon 9-14 Years attending one of the Stadium SE25 6PU 020 8686 8306 x 306 West Cluster to attend. Free so please book your schools in the Coulsdon Summer Scheme UR Special www.summeruni www.winextended 020 8689 7684 place on www. West Cluster to attend. (Facilitated by the Summer Scheme london.org schools.btik.com Stay and Play summerunilondon.org Institute of Wellbeing) (Facilitated by the Free Time: 10:00-12:00 Summer Sports: Tennis or at the library. Stay & Play/Lunch Club/ Time: 10:00-15:00 Institute of Wellbeing) 7th August 2009 Place: Duppas Children’s & Soft Ball (Group B) Stay & Play Week 1 Performing Arts Time: 10:00-15:00 Badminton Drop in for support Centre, Waddon Infants Time: 14:00-16:00 Manga Art Workshop Time: 10:00-12:00/ and Life Skills Week 1 Performing Arts Time: 10:00-12:00 and advice School, Purley Way, Place: Waddon Time: 14.30-16:00 12:00-13:00/ Week 2 Photography and Life Skills Place: Thornton Heath Time: 9:00 -12:30 Croydon CRO 4RG Inclusion Network Place: New Addington 13:00-15:00 and Life Skills Week 2 Photography Leisure Centre, 80-110 Place: Winterbourne (Access Coldharbour Parish Church CofE Library, Central Parade, Place: Winterbourne Week 3 Music and and Life Skills High Street, Thornton Children’s Centre Road Entrance) School Warrington Road, New Addington CRO OJB Children’s Centre Life Skills Week 3 Music and Heath CR7 8LF Winterbourne Nursery Croydon, CR0 4BH Free Place: to be finalised

Parents/Carers must 9-14 Years 9-14 Years Winterbourne Nursery £TBC Book in advance £4 www.summeruni Life Skills and Infant School and under 8 Years (either Byron Primary or

8-11 Years stay with their children. and Infant School 0-8 Years 8-13 Years Place: to be finalised Contact: Verena.Trend@ Under 5’s Winterbourne Road All Free 020 8686 8306 x 306 london.org Winterbourne Road Woodcote High School) (either Byron Primary or fusion-lifestyle.com Thornton Heath 07530 852 942 www.winextended Thornton Heath Please ring for details

8-13 Years 10 August 2009 Woodcote High School) 020 8689 5300 (Ext 208) CR7 7QT schools.btik.com CR7 7QT 07915 242914 Please ring for details Free Badminton Centre based activities Free. Wallpaper Designs 8 August 2009 Free 07915 242914 020 8689 7684 Time: 10:00-12:00 Time: TBC Limited to 30 places. Time: 11.00-13.00 & 020 8689 7684 Free. Place: Thornton Heath Saturday Rock and Place: Timebridge Junior Children must be 14.00-16.00 Places Limited to 30 places. Stay and Play Leisure Centre, 80-110 oddlers Rhyme-free session for Club, Timebridge Centre, T rampolining attending one of the allocated on a first T Children must be Time: 9:30-11.30 High Street, Thornton babies and toddlers New Addington CRO 9AZ Time: 10:00-11:00 schools in the Coulsdon

come first served basis 8-13 Years attending one of the Place: Selhurst Heath CR7 8LF Time: 10:30-11.00am £TBC Place: Monks Hill Sports West Cluster to attend. Place: Clocktower schools in the Coulsdon Children’s Centre 23 £TBC Book in advance Place: Sanderstead Contact: Sally Centre, Farnborough Activities Room, 8-11 Years West Cluster to attend. Dagnall Park South Verena.Trend@fusion- Library, Farm Fields, Rivers-01689 841688 Avenue, Selsdon, South Rhymetime Croydon Clocktower Norwood SE25 5PL South Croydon CR2 OHL -free session for babies 0-3 Years

lifestyle.com Babies and Croydon CR2 8HD Rock & Rhyme CR9 1ET Free 020 8689 5300 (Ext 208) Special Needs Stay and £TBC Book in advance Time: 10:00-10.30am

Time: 10:30-11:00am Design and print your 020 8684 3777 Saturday Summer Play/Art Group 8-11 Years Wiggle & Jiggle

5-11 Years Verena.Trend@fusion- oddlers Place: Ashburton own wallpaper. Trip to Shirley Hills Crafts Time: 9:30-11:00/ lifestyle.com 020 8689 T Time: 11.00-11.30am- oddlers Free Kipper & Co Woods Time: 11:00-12.00 noon 11:00-12:00 T Library, Ashburton 5300 (Ext 208) free activity for toddlers Learning Village, Shirley Drop In. Parents/Carers Time: 10.00-10.30am Time: 10:00-16:00 Place: Norbury Library, Place: Fairchildes Place: Purley Library, need to stay Place: Bradmore Green Timebridge Junior Club, Beatrice Avenue, Children’s Centre, Road, Croydon CR9 7AL Stay and Play Banstead Road, Purley Free Session for babies Thursday 6 August and Library, Bradmore Way, Timebridge Centre, New All ages Norbury SW16 4UW Fairchildes Avenue, CR8 3YH Coulsdon CR5 1PE Free drop in session New Addington Time: 10:00-12:00 Babies and and toddlers Thursday 13 August Addington CRO 9AZ 0-5 Years Free

Under 7’s Place: Duppas Children’s Babies and Free Stories and Craft 8-13 Years £TBC for families CRO OAH. Wiggle & Jiggle activity for under 7’s Sally Rivers- 0-5 years/1-3 years. Centre, Waddon Infants Rhymetime/Storytime Baby Rhymetime Time: 11:30-12:00 01689 841688 Rhymetime and Free School, Purley Way, Time: 10:00- Time: 10:30-11:00am Place: Croydon Central Rhymetime and Wiggle & Jiggle 01689 847136 Croydon CRO 4RG 10.30/11:00-11.30 Place: Croydon Central Library, Croydon Wiggle & Jiggle Rhymetime Time: 11.00-11.30am (Access via Coldharbour oddlers Place: Shirley Library, Library, Croydon T oddlers Clocktower, Katharine Time: 10.00-10.30am -free session for babies Place: Bradmore Green Road Entrance). Wickham Road, T Clocktower, Katharine Street, Croydon CR9 1ET Place: New Addington Time: 10:00-10.30am Library, Bradmore Way, Parents/Carers must Hartland Way, Shirley

Street, Croydon CR9 1ET Library, Central Parade, Coulsdon CR5 1PE and under 8 Years stay with their children

A more energetic rhyme Wiggle & Jiggle Under 7’s oddlers CRO 8BH T A free, friendly rhyme Under 5’s New Addington CRO OJB Free stories and craft all free session for older under Under 5’s Time: 11.00-11.30am Free session for babies/ and music session fives-younger siblings Free session for Place: Norbury Library, for under 7’s 07530 852942 Babies and under 5’s for babies and young under 5’s

Babies and welcome too! Beatrice Avenue, toddlers Free Norbury SW16 4UW Saturday Rock Stay and Play Free session for babies and Rhyme Time: 10:00-12:00/ Boogie Mites/Stay Babies and Customizing Fashion and toddlers Time: 11.00-11.30am 13:30-15.30 & Play oddlers Place: South Norwood Place: Woodlands Time: 12.00-17.00 T Time: 10:30-11:30/ Place: Elevating Baking Cup Cakes Library, Lawrence Road, Children’s Centre Gilbert 13:00-15:00 Success, 30 Union Road, Time: 10:30-12:00 South Norwood Scott Primary School, Place: Fairchildes SE25 5AA Farnborough Ave, South

Croydon CRO 2XU Place: Fairchildes Under 5’s Children’s Centre, Free Children’s Centre, Free session for babies Croydon CR2 8HD. 8-19 Years Fairchildes Avenue, www.summeruni Fairchildes Avenue, Babies and and toddlers 020 8916 0543 0-5 Years New Addington CRO OAH london.org New Addington Free 0-6 Years 2-5/0-5 years CRO OAH. Free Free 01689 847136 01689 847136 20 21 CHILDRENS Listings SUMMER ACTIVITIES SUMMER ACTIVITIES CHILDRENS Listings

Rhymetime and Wiggle Stay and Play T rampolining Explosive Designs UR Special Baby Rhymetime 14 August 2009 T rampolining & Jiggle/Jungle Fun Time: 13.30-15:30 Time: 10:00-11:00 Time: 11.00-13.00 & Summer Scheme Time: 10:30-11:00am Drop in for Support Time: 10:00-11:00 Time: 10.00-10.30am/ Place: Woodlands Place: Monks Hill Sports 14.00-16.00 Places (Facilitated by the Place: Croydon Central and Advice Place: Monks Hill Sports 11:00-11.30 Children’s Centre Gilbert Centre, Farnborough allocated on a first Institute of Wellbeing) Library, Croydon Centre, Farnborough oddlers Time: 9:00 -12:00 Place: Coulsdon Library, Scott Primary School, Avenue, Selsdon, South come first served basis Time: 10:00-15:00 T Clocktower, Katharine Place: Winterbourne Avenue, Selsdon, South Brighton Road Coulsdon Farnborough Ave, Croydon CR2 8HD Place: Clocktower Week 1 Performing Arts Street, Croydon CR9 1ET Children’s Centre Croydon CR2 8HD CR5 2NH Under 5’s South Croydon CR2 8HD. £TBC Book in advance Activities Room, and Life Skills A free, friendly rhyme Winterbourne Nursery £TBC Book in advance 8-11 Years 8-11 Years Free session for under Under fives free Verena.Trend@fusion- Croydon Clocktower Week 2 Photography and music session and Infant School Verena.Trend@fusion- Under 5’s 7 Years and under 7 Years 5’s/Free craft activity 020 8916 0543 lifestyle.com 5-11 Years CR9 1ET and Life Skills for babies and young lifestyle.com

Babies and Winterbourne Road for under 7’s 020 8689 5300 (Ext 208) Create firework displays Week 3 Music and toddlers 020 8689 5300 (Ext 208) 12th August 2009 Thornton Heath on paper. Life Skills CR7 7QT Baby Café UR Special Summer Boogie Mites/ Stay and Play Fruit Picking (Gravel Hill) Free, drop in. Parents/ Place: to be finalised Free -with Katy Turner Scheme (Facilitated Stay & Play Time: 10:00-12:00 -travel by tram Carers need to stay (either Byron Primary or 020 8689 7684 Time: 10:00 -12:00 Time: TBC by the Institute of 8-13 Years Woodcote High School) Time: 10:30-11:30/ Place: Duppas Children’s Place: Winterbourne Place: Winterbourne Wellbeing) Family Picnic and Please ring for details 13:00-15:00 Stay and Play Centre, Waddon Infants Children’s Centre Children’s Centre Time: 10:00-15:00 outdoor games and 07915 242914 Place: Fairchildes Time: 9:30-11.30 School, Purley Way, Winterbourne Nursery Winterbourne Nursery Week 1 Performing Arts activities Free Children’s Centre, Place: Selhurst Croydon CRO 4RG and Infant School and Life Skills Time: 12:00-15:00 Fairchildes Avenue, (Access via Coldharbour 0-5 Years 0-8 Years and Infant School Limited to 30 places. Children’s Centre Winterbourne Road Week 2 Photography Place: Woodlands New Addington CRO OAH Road Entrance) Under 5’s Winterbourne Road Children must be 23 Dagnall Park South Thornton Heath Thornton Heath and Life Skills Children’s Centre Gilbert Free Norwood SE25 5PL 07530 852942 attending one of the 0-3 Years

CR7 7QT CR7 7QT Week 3 Music and Scott Primary School, schools in the Coulsdon 01689 847136 Free and under 8 Years Parents/Carers must Free 020 8689 7684 Life Skills Farnborough Ave, South 020 8684 3777 stay with their children, West Cluster to attend. Model Homes 020 8689 7684 Place: to be finalised All Ages Croydon CR2 8HD. All free T rip to Diggerland, Kent (either Byron Primary or 020 8916 0543 T rampolining Time: 11.00-13.00 & The Hungry Caterpillar/ Stay and Play Time: 08:00-18:00 8-13 Years Woodcote High School) Family event all Time: 10:00-11:00 14.00-16.00 Places Rhymetime and Wiggle T rip to Laser Quasar Time: 10:00-12:00 Timebridge Junior Club, Please ring for details welcome. Weather Place: Monks Hill Sports allocated on a first & Jiggle Time: 10:00-16:00 Place: Woodlands Timebridge Centre, New 07915 242914 permitting there will be Centre, Farnborough come first served basis Time: 10.00-10.30am/ Place: Timebridge Junior Children’s Centre Gilbert Addington CRO 9AZ Free activities on the field. Avenue, Selsdon, South Place: Clocktower 11:00-11.30 Club, Timebridge Centre, Scott Primary School, £TBC Limited to 30 places. Croydon CR2 8HD Activities Room, Place: Bradmore Green New Addington CRO 9AZ 8-13 Years Farnborough Ave, Contact: Sally Rivers- Children must be 13th August 2009 £TBC Book in advance Croydon Clocktower Library, Bradmore Way, 8-13 Years Contact: Sally Rivers- Under 5’s 8-11 Years South Croydon CR2 8HD. 01689 841688 Centre based activities 5-11 Years CR9 1ET Coulsdon CR5 1PE 01689 841688

attending one of the Verena.Trend@fusion- Under 7’s Under fives free Time: TBC Design and make a 3D Free Stories and Craft schools in the Coulsdon lifestyle.com Rhymetime and 020 8916 0543 Stay and Play/Art Timebridge Junior Club, model of a building. activity for under 7’s/ West Cluster to attend. 020 8689 5300 (Ext 208) Wiggle & Jiggle Activity Timebridge Centre, New Free, drop in. Parents/ free session for T rampolining Time: 10.30-11.00am Time: 9:30-11:30/ Stay and Play Addington CRO 9AZ Stay and Play/ Carers need to stay under 5’s Time: 10:00-11:00 oddlers Place: Norbury Library, T 13:00-15:00 Time: 10:00-12:00 8-13 Years £TBC Book trail with craft Place: Monks Hill Sports Wiggle & Jiggle Beatrice Avenue, Place: Selhurst Place: Duppas Children’s Sally Rivers- activities/Stay & Play Rhymetime and Wiggle Centre, Farnborough Time: 11:30-12:00 Norbury SW16 4UW Children’s Centre 23 Centre, Waddon Infants 01689 841688 with book crawl & Jiggle Avenue, Selsdon, South Dagnall Park South School, Purley Way, Time: 10:00-12:00/ Place: Croydon Central Time: 10.00-10.30am Free session for babies Croydon CR2 8HD 0-8 Years Norwood SE25 5PL Croydon CRO 4RG Cooking/Stay & Play 13:30-15:30 Library, Croydon Place: New Addington and toddlers £TBC Book in advance 0-3 years. Free/ 3-8 Time: 9:30-11:.30/ Clocktower, Katharine Library, Central Parade, Babies and

8-11 Years (Access Coldharbour Place: Woodlands Contact: Verena.Trend@ years £3 per session 13:00-15:00 Street, Croydon CR9 1ET New Addington CRO OJB

Road Entrance) Children’s Centre Gilbert Under 5’s

fusion-lifestyle.com 5+ Years A more energetic rhyme Sports Day 020 8684 3777 Parents/Carers must Place: Selhurst Scott Primary School, Under 5’s Free session for 020 8689 5300 (Ext 208) session for older under Time: 13:00 -15:00 8 Years and under 8 Years Children’s Centre 23 under 5’s stay with their children. Farnborough Ave, Place: Winterbourne Rhymetime and Dagnall Park South fives-free-younger Baby Group All Free South Croydon CR2 8HD. Children’s Centre Wiggle & Jiggle Norwood SE25 5PL siblings welcome too! UR Special Summer 07530 852 942 2-8 Years 020 8916 0543 Time: 11:00-15:00 Time: 10.00am Scheme (Facilitated Winterbourne Nursery

oddlers 2-8 years £3 per session/ Under 5’s free

Place: Fairchildes T Stay and Play- and Infant School Place: Broad Green Stay and Play 0-3 years Free by the Institute of Children’s Centre, Music Session Winterbourne Road Library, 89 Canterbury Time: 10:00-12:00 020 8684 3777 Fairytale Fun Wellbeing) Fairchildes Avenue, Road, Croydon CRO 3HH Place: Woodlands Time: 10:00-12:00 noon Time: 13:00-15:00 Time: 10:00-15:00 0-8 Years Thornton Heath New Addington CRO OAH Place: Winterbourne CR7 7QT 0-1 Years Free session for babies Children’s Centre Gilbert Girls Football Thursday Drop In Free Week 1 Performing Arts Free and toddlers Scott Primary School, Time: 10:00-11.00 craft sessions Children’s Centre and Life Skills Free 01689 84713. Babies and Farnborough Ave, Thursdays 13/8/09- Place: New Addington Winterbourne Nursery Week 2 Photography 020 8689 7684

Rhymetime-free Under 5’s South Croydon CR2 8HD. 27/8/09 Library, Central Parade, and Infant School and Life Skills Stay and Play Winterbourne Road Rhymetime and session for babies Under fives free Place: Monks Hill Sports New Addington CRO OJB 0-8 Years Week 3 Music and Time: 13:00-15:00 3-7 Years Wiggle & Jiggle Time: 10:00-10.30am Centre, Farnborough Thornton Heath Life Skills Place: Selhurst 020 8916 0543 For ages 3-7 years with Time: 2.00pm Wiggle & Jiggle Avenue, Selsdon, parents or carers CR7 7QT Place: to be finalised oddlers Children’s Centre 23 oddlers Place: South Norwood T Fun In The Garden Free T Time: 11.00-11.30am- 8-12 Years CR2 8HD Free (either Byron Primary or

Dagnall Park South 8-13 Years Library, Lawrence Road, Free activity (paddling pool party, Free 020 8689 7684 Woodcote High School) Norwood SE25 5PL South Norwood 0-3 Years for toddlers weather permitting) www.summeruni Rock & Rhyme Please ring for details Free SE25 5AA Place: Sanderstead Time: 10:30-15:00 london.org Time: 10:30-11:00am 07915 242914 020 8684 3777 Free sessions for babies Library, Farm Fields, Place: Fairchildes Place: Ashburton Free Babies and Babies and Children’s Centre, oddlers Library, Ashburton and toddlers Stay and Play South Croydon CR2 OHL T Limited to 30 places. Time: 13:00-15:00 Fairchildes Avenue, Learning Village, Children must be Place: Fairchildes 0-6 Years New Addington Shirley Road, attending one of the Children’s Centre, CRO OAH Croydon CR9 7AL schools in the Coulsdon Fairchildes Avenue, Free. Free Session for babies West Cluster to attend. New Addington 01689 847136 Babies and and toddlers

0-5 Years CRO OAH Free 01689 847136 22 23 CHILDRENS Listings SUMMER ACTIVITIES SUMMER ACTIVITIES CHILDRENS Listings

15 August 2009 UR Special Summer Under the sea Stay & Play/Sports Coach trip to Hastings Paper Doll Fashion Rock & Rhyme Jungle Fun/Rhymetime Saturday Stories-free Scheme (Facilitated -free stories and for primary school (Return time subject to Time: 11.00-13.00 & Time: 10:30-11:00am and Wiggle & Jiggle at the library by the Institute of craft session children/Stay & Play change, please phone 14.00-16.00 Places Place: Ashburton Time: 10.00-10.30/ oddlers Time: 10:30-11.00am Wellbeing) Time: 10:30-11.30am Time: 10:00-12:00/ for details) allocated on a first T Library, Ashburton 11:00-11:30 Place: Sanderstead Time: 10:00-15:00 Place: Shirley Library, 13.30-15.30 Time: 09:30-16:00 come first served basis Learning Village, Shirley Place: Bradmore Green 3-7 Years Library, Farm Fields, Week 1 Performing Arts Wickham Road, Place: Woodlands Leave from: Fairchildes Place: Clocktower Road, Croydon CR9 7AL Library, Bradmore Way, and Life Skills Hartland Way, Shirley Children’s Centre Gilbert Children’s Centre, Activities Room, Free Session for babies Coulsdon CR5 1PE South Croydon CR2 OHL Under 7’s BC 4-9 Years

Week 2 Photography CRO 8BH T Scott Primary School, Fairchildes Primary Croydon Clocktower and toddlers Free Stories and Craft Saturday Storytime and Life Skills For children aged 4-9 Farnborough Ave, South School, Fairchildes CR9 1ET Babies and activity for under 7’s/ All Ages 5-11 Years and colouring Week 3 Music and with parents/carers Croydon CR2 8HD Avenue, New Addington Create and dress your Baby Rhymetime under 5’s Time: 11:00-11.30 Life Skills Free 020 8916 0543 CR9 0AA own paper family. Time: 10:30-11:00am Rhymetime and Place: Croydon Central Place: to be finalised Under fives free £9 per adult, Free, drop in. Place: Croydon Central Library, Croydon (either Byron Primary or Baby Café Please book for sports £4 per child Parents/Carers need to Wiggle & Jiggle

8-13 Years Library, Croydon -with Katy Turner oddlers Time: 10.00-10.30am Clocktower, Katharine Woodcote High School) session Limited seats available. stay T Time: 10:00 -12:00 Clocktower, Katharine Place: New Addington Street, Croydon CR9 1ET Please ring for details 01689 847136 Street, Croydon CR9 1ET 3-7 Years Join us for stories and 07915 242914 Place: Winterbourne Baby Group/Stay & Play 20th August 2009 Library, Central Parade, Children’s Centre Time: 11:00-12:00/ Rhymetime and A free, friendly rhyme New Addington CRO OJB colouring. Free Centre based activities Under 5’s Winterbourne Nursery 13:00-15:00 Wiggle & Jiggle and music session Free session for Free for 3-7 year olds Limited to 30 places. Time: TBC for babies and young with parents/carers Children must be and Infant School Place: Fairchildes Time: 10.00am Place: Timebridge Junior Babies and under 5’s oddlers toddlers Winterbourne Road Children’s Centre, T Place: Broad Green Under 5’s Club, Timebridge Centre, attending one of the UR Special Summer Saturday Summer schools in the Coulsdon Thornton Heath Fairchildes Avenue, New Library, 89 Canterbury New Addington CRO 9AZ Boogie Mites/

0-1 Years Scheme (Facilitated Crafts CR7 7QT Addington CR0 0AH Road, Croydon CRO 3HH 8-13 Years £TBC West Cluster to attend. Stay & Play by the Institute of Time: 11:00-12.00 noon Free Free Free session for babies Contact: Sally Rivers- Time: 10:30-11:30/ Wellbeing) Place: Norbury Library, Lunch Club/Stay & Play 020 8689 7684 01689 847136 and toddlers 01689 841688 13.00-15.00 Babies and Time: 10:00-15:00 Beatrice Avenue, Time: 12:00 -13:00/ Place: Fairchildes

All ages Rhymetime and Wiggle Stay and Play Week 1 Performing Arts Norbury SW16 4UW 13:00-15:00 Rhymetime- UR Special Summer Children’s Centre, Free drop in session Place: Winterbourne & Jiggle/Dazzling Time: 13:30-15:30 free session for babies Scheme (Facilitated and Life Skills Dinosaurs Place: Woodlands Fairchildes Avenue, New Week 2 Photography for families Children’s Centre Time: 10:00-10.30am by the Institute of 0-5 Years Addington CRO OAH Winterbourne Nursery Time: 10.00-10.30/ Children’s Centre Gilbert Wiggle & Jiggle Wellbeing) and Life Skills 17 August 2009 oddlers 2-5 years/0-5 years. 11.00-11.30 Scott Primary School, T Week 3 Music and and Infant School Time: 11.00-11.30am- Time: 10:00-15:00 Free Centre based activities Winterbourne Road Place: Coulsdon Library, Farnborough Ave, South Week 1 Performing Arts Life Skills 0-8 Years free activity for

Under 5’s 01689 847136 Time: TBC Thornton Heath Brighton Road Coulsdon Croydon CR2 8HD. toddlers and Life Skills Place: to be finalised Place: Timebridge Junior 0 -7 Years CR5 2NH 020 8916 0543 Week 2 Photography (either Byron Primary or CR7 7QT Place: Sanderstead Ideal Town 8-13 Years Club, Timebridge Centre, Free Free session for under Free Library, Farm Fields, and Life Skills Time: 11.00-13.00 & Woodcote High School) New Addington CRO 9AZ 5’s/Free stories and craft Babies and Please ring for details 020 8689 7684 19th August 2009 South Croydon CR2 OHL Week 3 Music and 14.00-16.00 Places 8-13 Years £TBC activity for under 7’s Life Skills allocated on a first 07915 242914 Contact: Sally Rivers- 18th August 2009 Streatham Common UR Special Summer Place: to be finalised Free UR Special Summer come first served basis 01689 841688 Centre based activities Paddling Pool (travel Scheme (Facilitated (either Byron Primary or Place: Clocktower Limited to 30 places.

Scheme (Facilitated 8-13 Years Time: TBC by bus) by the Institute of Woodcote High School) Children must be by the Institute of Activities Room, Special Needs Stay and Place: Timebridge Junior Time: TBC Wellbeing) Please ring for details attending one of the Wellbeing) Croydon Clocktower Play/Art Group Club, Timebridge Centre, Place: Winterbourne Time: 10:00-15:00 07915 242914 CR9 1ET schools in the Coulsdon

Time: 10:00-15:00 5-11 Years Time: 09:30-11:00/ New Addington CRO 9AZ Children’s Centre Week 1 Performing Arts Free Create a fantasy town West Cluster to attend. 11:00-12:00 Week 1 Performing Arts 8-13 Years £TBC Winterbourne Nursery and Life Skills Limited to 30 places. and Life Skills on paper Rhymetime and Place: Fairchildes Contact: Sally Rivers- 0-8 Years and Infant School Week 2 Photography Children must be Week 2 Photography Free, drop in Wiggle & Jiggle Children’s Centre, 01689 841688 Winterbourne Road and Life Skills attending one of the Parents/Carers need Fairchildes Avenue, New and Life Skills Thornton Heath Week 3 Music and Time: 10.30-11.00am schools in the Coulsdon to stay oddlers 0-5 Years

Week 3 Music and T Place: Norbury Library, Addington CRO OAH Rhymetime CR7 7QT Life Skills West Cluster to attend. 0-5 years/1-3 years. -free session for babies Life Skills £TBC Place: to be finalised Wiggle & Jiggle Beatrice Avenue, Free Time: 10:00-10.30am Place: to be finalised 020 8689 7684 (either Byron Primary or Pirates and Friend Time: 11:30-12:00 Norbury SW16 4UW 01689 847136 Wiggle & Jiggle (either Byron Primary or 8-13 Years Time: 10:00-12:00 noon Free session for babies

8-13 Years Place: Croydon Central oddlers Woodcote High School)

T Canal Boat Trip to Time: 11.00-11.30am- Woodcote High School) Please ring for details Thursday Drop In Free Library, Croydon and toddlers Stay and Play-with London Zoo Babies and free activity for toddlers Please ring for details 07915 242914 craft sessions Clocktower, Katharine library visit 07915 242914 Time: 08:00-18:00 Place: Purley Library, Free Place: New Addington Street, Croydon CR9 1ET End of Summer Time: 10:00 -12:00 Free Place: Timebridge Junior Banstead Road, Purley Limited to 30 places. Library, Central Parade, A more energetic rhyme Scheme Party Place: Winterbourne CR8 3YH Limited to 30 places. Club, Timebridge Centre, New Addington CRO OJB 3-7 Years session for older under 3-7 Years

Babies and Children must be Time: 11:00-13.30 Children’s Centre Children must be New Addington CRO 9AZ Free attending one of the For ages 3-7 years with fives-free-younger Place: Timebridge Junior Winterbourne Nursery attending one of the 8-13 Years £TBC schools in the Coulsdon parents or carers siblings welcome too! Club, Timebridge Centre, and Infant School schools in the Coulsdon Contact: Sally Rivers- Free Free Winterbourne Road West Cluster to attend. New Addington CRO 9AZ 0-8 Years West Cluster to attend. 01689 841688

8-13 Years £TBC Thornton Heath Stay and Play Stay and Play/Sports 21 August 2009 CR7 7QT for 5-11 year olds Contact: Sally Rivers- Time: 10:00-12:00 and Family Funday 01689 841688 Free 13.30-15.30 Time: 10:00- Time: TBC 020 8689 7684 Place: Woodlands 12:00/13.30-15.30 Place: Winterbourne Cultural Lunch Children’s Centre Gilbert Place: Woodlands Children’s Centre Time: 12:00-14:00 Scott Primary School, Children’s Centre Gilbert Winterbourne Nursery Place: Fairchildes Farnborough Ave, Scott Primary School,

Under 5’s and Infant School Children’s Centre, South Croydon CR2 8HD Under 5’s Farnborough Ave, South 0-8 Years Winterbourne Road Fairchildes Avenue, Free Croydon CR2 8HD. Thornton Heath New Addington CR0 0AH 020 8916 0543 020 8916 0543 Bring your own food to

CR7 7QT 0-6 Years Free Free share with others. 020 8689 7684 £TBC 01689 847136 24 25 CHILDRENS Listings SUMMER ACTIVITIES SUMMER ACTIVITIES CHILDRENS Listings

T ower Tales a story Brain Teaser Workout 25 August 2009 26 August 2009 27 August 2009 Wiggle & Jiggle T aekwondo (Advanced) Saturday Storytime with props and singing Time: 14.30-16.00 Rhymetime Rhymetime and Stay and Play/Drama Time: 11:30-12:00 Time: 11:00-12:00 and colouring Time: 13.30-15.30 Place: New Addington Place: Croydon Central Place: Thornton Heath Time: 11:00-11.30

-free session for babies oddlers Wiggle & Jiggle Club for over 5’s/Sports Place: Woodlands Library, Central Parade Time: 10:00-10.30am T Time: 10.00am for 5-11 year olds Library, Croydon Leisure Centre, 80-110 Place: Croydon Central

Children’s Centre Gilbert CRO OJB oddlers Clocktower, Katharine High Street, Thornton Library, Croydon

T Wiggle & Jiggle Place: Broad Green Time: 10:00- Scott Primary School, A lively session of Time: 11.00-11.30am- Library, 89 Canterbury 12:00/13.30-15.30 Street, Croydon CR9 1ET Heath CR7 8LF Clocktower, Katharine Farnborough Ave, South quizzes and fact finding A more energetic rhyme £TBC Book in advance Street, Croydon CR9 1ET Under 5’s Under 5’s free activity for toddlers Road, Croydon CRO 3HH Place: Woodlands 8-14 Years Croydon CR2 8HD. with prizes too! Place: Purley Library, Free Children’s Centre Gilbert session for older under Verena.Trend@fusion- 3-7 Years Join us for stories and 9-14 Years Babies and 020 8916 0543 Limited free places Banstead Road, Purley Scott Primary School, fives-free-younger lifestyle.com colouring. Babies and Free so please book your CR8 3YH Rhymetime- 5-11 Years Farnborough Ave, South siblings welcome too! 020 8689 5300 (Ext 208) Free for 3-7 year olds place on www. Free free session for babies Croydon CR2 8HD with parents/carers Rhymetime and 28 August 2009 End of Holiday summerunilondon.org Time: 10:00-10.30am 020 8916 0543 Wiggle & Jiggle Rhymetime and Wiggle & Jiggle Dazzling Dinosaurs/ Barbeque Saturday Summer oddlers Free Time: 2.00pm 24 August 2009 Wiggle & Jiggle/ T free activity for Rhymetime and Time: 12:00-14:00 Crafts

oddlers Please book for sports

T Place: South Norwood Place: Fairchildes Time: 11:00-12.00 noon Brighton Trip Happy Holidays toddlers and drama club Wiggle & Jiggle Library, Lawrence Road, Time: All Day Time: 10.00- Time: 11.00-11.30am- Time: 10.00- Children’s Centre, Place: Norbury Library, South Norwood Place: Woodlands 10.30/11.00-11.30 Place: Sanderstead Boogie Mites/ 10.30/11.00-11.30 Fairchildes Avenue, New Beatrice Avenue, 0-6 Years SE25 5AA Children’s Centre Gilbert Place: Coulsdon Library, Library, Farm Fields, Stay & Play Place: Bradmore Green Addington CR0 0AH All ages Norbury SW16 4UW Free Scott Primary School, Brighton Road Coulsdon Babies and South Croydon CR2 OHL Time: 10:30-11:30/ Library, Bradmore Way, Free Free drop in session for Babies and Farnborough Ave, South CR5 2NH 13:00-15:00 Under 7’s Coulsdon CR5 1PE 01689 847136 families Under 7’s Any Age Any Croydon CR2 8HD Free session for under Sports for 5-11 year Place: Fairchildes Free Stories and Craft 22 August 2009 Rhymetime and 5 September 2009 020 8916 0543 5’s/Free stories and olds/Drama Club/Stay Children’s Centre, activity for under 7’s/ Saturday Rock Wiggle & Jiggle Please book in advance. craft activity for and Play/Drama Club Fairchildes Avenue, New Free session for Saturday Rock & Rhyme and Rhyme Time: 2.00pm 2-5 Years There is a small charge. under 7’s for over 5’s Addington CRO OAH under 5’s oddlers Time: 11:15-11.45 oddlers T

oddlers -free session for babies Place: South Norwood Time: 10:00-12:00/ T Place: New Addington T 2-5 years/0-5 years. and toddlers Library, Lawrence Road, Special Needs Stay and T aekwondo (Beginners) 13:30-15.30 Free Rhymetime and Library, Central Parade, Time: 10:30-11.00am South Norwood Play/Art Group Time: 10:00-11:00 Place: Woodlands 01689 847136 Wiggle & Jiggle New Addington CRO OJB Place: Sanderstead Time: 09:30-11:00/ Place: Thornton Heath Children’s Centre Gilbert Time: 10.00-10.30am SE25 5AA Free session for babies Library, Farm Fields, 11:00-12:00 Leisure Centre, 80-110 Scott Primary School, Rock & Rhyme Place: New Addington Free sessions for babies and toddlers Babies and 5-11 Years South Croydon CR2 OHL Babies and Babies and Place: Fairchildes High Street, Thornton Farnborough Ave, South Time: 10:30-11:00am Library, Central Parade, and toddlers Free Children’s Centre, Heath CR7 8LF Croydon CR2 8HD Place: Ashburton New Addington CRO OJB Under 5’s

oddlers 29 August 2009

Fairchildes Primary £TBC Book in advance £TBC Please book in T Library, Ashburton Free session for Saturday Storytime 8-14 Years Saturday Stories-free and colouring School, Fairchildes Verena.Trend@fusion- advance Learning Village, Shirley under 5’s

0-5 Years at the library Time: 11:00-11.30 Avenue, New Addington lifestyle.com 020 8916 0543 Road, Croydon CR9 7AL CR9 OAA 020 8689 5300 (Ext 208) Free Session for babies Drama Club/Stay and Time: 10:30-11.00am Place: Croydon Central T aekwondo (Beginners) Play/Drama Club for Place: Sanderstead Library, Croydon 0-5years/1-3 years. and toddlers Babies and Free Stay and Play/Drama Time: 10:00-11:00 over 5’s 3-7 Years Library, Farm Fields, Clocktower, Katharine Club for over 5’s Place: Thornton Heath Time: 10:00-12:00/ South Croydon CR2 OHL 01689 847136 Baby Rhymetime Street, Croydon CR9 1ET Time: 10:00-12:00/ Leisure Centre, 80-110 13.30-15.30 £TBC 3-7 Years Time: 10:30-11:00am Join us for stories and T aekwondo (Beginners) 13.30-15.30 High Street, Thornton Place: Woodlands Place: Croydon Central colouring. Time: 10:00-11:00 Place: Woodlands Heath CR7 8LF Children’s Centre Gilbert Saturday Rock and Library, Croydon Free for 3-7 year olds oddlers Rhyme-free session for

Place: Thornton Heath Children’s Centre Gilbert £TBC Book in advance T Scott Primary School, with parents/carers 8-14 Years Clocktower, Katharine babies and toddlers Leisure Centre, 80-110 Scott Primary School, Verena.Trend@fusion- 5’s Over Farnborough Ave, South oddlers

Street, Croydon CR9 1ET T High Street, Thornton Farnborough Ave, South lifestyle.com Croydon CR2 8HD. Time: 10:30-11.00am Saturday Summer Under 5’s A free, friendly rhyme Heath CR7 8LF Croydon CR2 8HD. 020 8689 5300 (Ext 208) £TBC Place: Selsdon Library, Crafts and music session £TBC Book in advance 020 8916 0543 020 8916 0543 Addington Road,

Time: 11:00-12.00 noon 8-14 Years for babies and young Verena.Trend@fusion- £TBC Please book in T aekwondo (Advanced) Babies and Please book for Selsdon CR2 8LA Place: Norbury Library, toddlers lifestyle.com advance. Time: 11:00-12:00 drama club. Free Beatrice Avenue, Babies and 020 8689 5300 (Ext 208) Place: Thornton Heath

All Ages T aekwondo (Beginners) Norbury SW16 4UW T aekwondo (Advanced) Leisure Centre, 80-110 Rhymetime and Time: 10:00-11:00 Free drop in session for T aekwondo (Advanced) Time: 11:00-12:00 High Street, Thornton Wiggle & Jiggle Place: Thornton Heath families Time: 11:00-12:00 Place: Thornton Heath Heath CR7 8LF Time: 10.30-11.00am

Leisure Centre, 80-110 oddlers

Place: Thornton Heath Leisure Centre, 80-110 £TBC Book in advance T Place: Norbury Library,

Saturday Rock 8-14 Years High Street, Thornton Leisure Centre, 80-110 High Street, Thornton Verena.Trend@fusion- Beatrice Avenue, and Rhyme Heath CR7 8LF High Street, Thornton Heath CR7 8LF lifestyle.com Norbury SW16 4UW Time: 11.00-11.30am £TBC Book in advance 8-14 Years

oddlers Heath CR7 8LF £TBC Book in advance 020 8689 5300 (Ext 208) Free session for babies

Place: South Norwood 8-14 Years T Verena.Trend@fusion- £TBC Book in advance Verena.Trend@fusion- and toddlers

Library, Lawrence Road, 8-14 Years

lifestyle.com Babies and Verena.Trend@fusion- lifestyle.com South Norwood 020 8689 5300 (Ext 208) SE25 5AA lifestyle.com 020 8689 5300 (Ext 208) T aekwondo (Beginners) 020 8689 5300 (Ext 208) T aekwondo (Advanced) Time: 10:00-11:00 Free session for babies Baby Group/Stay & Play

Babies and Time: 11:00-12:00 Place: Thornton Heath and toddlers Dance Basic Skills (SEN) Time: 11:00 -12:00/ Place: Thornton Heath Leisure Centre, 80-110 Date: Monday 24th 13:00-15:00 Saturday Rock & Rhyme Leisure Centre, 80-110 High Street, Thornton August to Thursday Place: Fairchildes Time: 11:15-11.45 High Street, Thornton Heath CR7 8LF 27th August Children’s Centre, Place: New Addington Heath CR7 8LF £TBC Book in advance 8-14 Years oddlers Time: 2.20-3.00pm Fairchildes Avenue, New T Library, Central Parade, £TBC Book in advance Verena.Trend@fusion-

Place: CVA Resource Addington CR0 0AH 8-14 Years New Addington CRO OJB 0-5 Years Verena.Trend@fusion- lifestyle.com Centre, 97 High Street, 0-1 years/0-5 years. Free session for babies lifestyle.com 020 8689 5300 (Ext 208)

7-10 Years Thornton Heath CR7 8RY Free and toddlers 020 8689 5300 (Ext 208) Age Range: 7-10 years 01689 847136

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Y YOUTH SERVICE SUMMER UNI/CVA SPORTS FUSION HOUSING LIBRARIES MUSEUMS CHILDRENS CENTRES KE 18th July 2009 Sports, cooking, Family cooking & Quick Start Social 23rd July 2009 R esidential -Abseiling, Horse riding 28th July 2009 Animation – course art & more. healthy eating Enterprise Course Days Out Canoeing, Climbing & more Time: 10:00-16:00 Leap Diversify runs till 23rd July Joint Disabilities Project/ – course runs till 21st Time: 14:00-16:00 every locations TBC. Time: Please contact Place: at Beechwood Basketball Time: 10:30-11:30 Waddon YC August every Tuesday to 1st Sep Bring packed lunch. for details Riding School, Time: 10:00-12:00 Place: CVA Resource Time: 10:00 – 15:00 Mon & Tues Place: CVA Resource Time: 9:00 – 17:00 Place: Via Asian Youth Woldingham, CR3 7UD Place: Thornton Heath Centre, 97 High St, Place: Waddon Youth Time: 14:00-17:00 Centre, 97 High St, Place: Registration Project going to Book in advance Leisure Centre, Thornton Heath, Centre, 85 Waddon Way, Place: Cornerstone Thornton Heath, via Girls Work Project, Court Farm, Contact Positive 100 High Street CR0 4HY House, 14 Willis Road, CR7 8RY Ross-on-Wye, Hereford, Activities for Young 11-15 years

10-19 years CR7 8RY Goldcrest Yth Centre, CR7 8LF 8-12 years Free Limited numbers. Croydon, CR0 2XX Free Goldcrest Way, HR9 7JN People, Lanfranc Youth £TBC 13-19 years 13-19 years £TBC Free www.summeruni £TBC Returning on Wing, Lanfranc School 12-16 years www.summeruni New Addington, CRO 11-19 years Book in advance london.org 11-19 years Contact Paul Funnell www.summeruni london.org OPL 26th July. Denyse Weller Contact Verena 020 8686 2304 london.org Free Contact Najma 020 8760 5768 020 8689 5300 (ext 208) or 22nd July 2009 Family Football (Boys) 07990 790183 Contact Becky Bawla-Solanki ext 13275 verena.trend@fusion- Master Class or Nick Weatherley 21st July 2009 Badminton Pendlebury 020 8665 0398 07771 555792 lifestyle.com Saturdays till 22 August 020 8686 2304 Sports, cooking, Time: 18:00-19:00 - Mothers under 20 & their children 01689 844420 07771 843061 Time: 10:30-12:30 07771 843067 every Wednesday till Arts & Crafts, Cooking, Water Sports at Lee art & more. 25th July 2009 Photography, Drama Place: Spring Park Joint Disabilities Project/ 26th Aug 2009 Sports, cooking, Valley Regional Park Primary School, Pro Skills Place: Monks Hill art & more. Find Your Voice Time: 10:00-16:00 Time: 10:00-16:00 Basketball Camp Waddon YC Place: Samuel Coleridge Bridle Rd, CR0 8HQ Time: 10:00 – 15:00 Sports Centre, Joint Disabilities Project/ Time: 11:30-13:00 Place: Registration 14-19 years course runs till 23rd July Taylor Centre Free Place: Waddon Youth Farnborough Avenue Waddon YC Place: New Addington Samuel Coleridge Time: 10:00 – 15:00 11-15 years 194 Selhurst Rd, South www.summeruni Centre, 85 Waddon Way, Selsdon, CR2 8HD Time: 10:00 – 15:00 Library, Central Parade, Taylor Centre london.org Place: Harris Academy, Free Place: Waddon Youth New Addington, Norwood, SE25 6XX 194 Selhurst Rd, Cumberlow Avenue, CR0 4HY 13-19 years £TBC Limited numbers. www.summeruni Centre, 85 Waddon Way, CR0 OJB South Norwood, Positive Expressions South Norwood, london.org CR0 4HY Free Contact Joy Spence 13-19 years SE25 6XX 11-19 years Time: 11:00-16:00 SE25 6AE £TBC 9-14 years 020 8653 3449 11-16 years Contact: Paul Funnell Limited numbers. Limited Spaces £2 Place: Selsdon Park Free Sports, Cooking, Art & £TBC www.summeruni Contact: Joy Spence 020 8686 2304 Arts & Crafts, Cooking, Hotel & Golf Culb www.summeruni More. Joint Disabilities 11-19 years Contact Paul Funnell london.org 020 8653 3449 07990 790183 Sports & Challenges Free london.org Project/Waddon YC 020 8686 2304 or at the library or Nick Weatherley Time: 10:00-15:30 www.summeruni Time: 10:00 – 15:00 07990 790183 Horse riding at london.org Pro Skills 020 8686 2304 Place: Waddon Youth 27th July 2009 Place: Sir Philip Game Beechwood Riding 13 years & under 13 years or Nick Weatherley Football Camp 07771 843067 Centre Centre, 85 Waddon Way, 020 8686 2304 Leap Diversify School, Woldingham, Movie Making course runs till 23rd July 38 Morland Ave, CR0 6EA CR0 4HY 07771 843067 Basketball CR3 7UD make an action movie Time: 10:00 – 15:00 Cook It Yourself with Learning Difficulties Limited numbers. Time: 10:00-12:00 Time: 10:00-16:00 course runs till 8th Aug Place: Harris Academy, Time: 10:00-13:00 & Disabilities. £TBC Preparation for College/ Place: Thornton Heath Book in advance every Tuesday & 13-19 years Time: 12:00-14:00 Cumberlow Avenue, Contact Paul Funnell Work (NEET YP) £TBC Contact Positive 11-19 years Leisure Centre, Place: CVA Resource South Norwood, Wednesday till 26th Aug Contact Paul Funnell 020 8686 2304 Time: 10:30 – 15:30 100 High Street Activities for Young Centre, 97 High St, SE25 6AE Place: CYDT, Teaching 020 8686 2304 11-16 years Kitchen, 64/66 Windmill 07990 790183 Place: PAYP, Sir Philip CR7 8LF People, Lanfranc Youth Special educational needs. Free or Nick Weatherley Game Centre, 07990 790183 13-19 years Wing, Lanfranc School

12-16 years 12-16 years £TBC Book in advance 10-19 years Free www.summeruni Road, CR0 2XP 10-16 years 020 8686 2304 38 Morland Avenue, CR0 6EA Denyse Weller Free Contact Verena T-Shirt Making, www.summeruni london.org 07771 843067 Free 020 8760 5768 www.summeruni 020 8689 5300 (ext 208) Arts & Crafts london.org Contact Denyse Weller ext 13275 Preparation for College/ london.org 14-16 years or verena.trend@ Time: 10:00 – 16:00 Girls Allowed 020 8760 5768 07771 555792 Street Dance Work (NEET YP) fusion-lifestyle.com Place: Waddon Time: 10:00-15:00 - ext 1327 course runs till 8th Aug Time: 10:30 – 15:30 Preparation for College/ Youth Centre every Wednesday till 07771 555792 Future Families Arts & Crafts, Cooking, Time: 15:25-16:45 Place: PAYP, Sir Philip Work (NEET YP) 85 Waddon Way, CR0 4HY 26th Aug 2009 course runs till 7th Aug Sports & Challenges Place: CVA Resource Game Centre, 38 Time: 10:30 – 15:30 £TBC Place: Valley Park 24th July 2009 Time: 10:00-13:00 Time: 10:00-15:30 Centre, 97 High St, Morland Avenue, Place: PAYP, Sir Philip 11-19 years Contact Nick Weatherley Healthy Living Centre, Sports, cooking, Place: Croydon Place: Sir Philip Thornton Heath, CR7 8RY CR0 6EA Game Centre, 38 020 8686 2304 ears Franklin Way, Croydon art & more. Supplementary Game Centre, Special educational needs. Free Y Morland Avenue, 07771 843067 14-16 years CR0 4UY 38 Morland Avenue, 13-17 years Joint Disabilities Project/ Education Project, 10-19 years Free Contact Denyse Weller CR0 6EA Free Waddon YC 32-34 Sydenham Rd, CR0 6EA www.summeruni 020 8760 5768 ext Free 5-a-side Football 14-16 www.summeruni Time: 10:00 – 15:00 CR0 2EF with Learning london.org Contact Denyse Weller Time: 14:00-16:30 13275/07771 555792 london.org 14-17 years Disabilities & Difficulties. 020 8760 5768 Place: Waddon Youth & Parents. Place: Timebridge Youth 13-19 years £TBC. 20th July 2009 Slam Dunk Basketball ext 13275 Centre, 85 Waddon Way, Free Centre ,Fieldway, New Preparation for College/ Contact Paul Funnell Time: 18:00-19:00 - 07771 555792 CR0 4HY www.summeruni Addington, CR0 9AZ Book Trail & Teen Work (NEET YP) 020 8686 2304 every Monday till 3rd Limited numbers. london.org £TBC Summer Reads Time: 10:30 – 15:30 07990 790183 Cario Skip 13-17 years 11-19 years £TBC Time: 9:30-17:30 Aug 2009 Place: PAYP, Sir Philip Contact: Wayne Stevens Place: Monks Hill Time: 11:00-11:45 Contact Paul Funnell 01689 841688 Drop in Monday – Place: Monks Hill Game Centre, 38 Ice Skating Sports Centre, ears 020 8686 2304

Saturdays till 29th Aug Y Morland Avenue, Time: 10:00 – 16:00 Sports Centre, 07990 790183 Relationship Building (excluding Weds &/or Farnborough Avenue CR0 6EA Place: Waddon Youth Farnborough Ave or Nick Weatherley Time: 19:00 – 21:00 Thus at some libraries) Selsdon, CR2 8HD Free Centre, 85 Waddon Way, Selsdon 020 8686 2304 Place: Regina 10-15 years 14-16 8-14 years Place: All Croydon Libraries Free Contact Denyse Weller CR0 4HY www.summeruni CR2 8HD 07771 843067 Community Centre, 110 Free 14-19 years 020 8760 5768 £TBC. Free Regina Road, SE25 4TW Contact your local library london.org ext 13275 Contact Nick Weatherley www.summeruni Preparation for College/ Free www.summeruni 07771 555792 11-19 years 020 8686 2304 london.org Work (NEET YP) Contact Emily london.org 07771 843067 Time: 10:30 – 15:30 Collinsbeare 13-19 years Place: PAYP, Sir Philip 07789 395684 ears

Y Game Centre, 38 emily.collinsbeare@ Morland Avenue, CR0 6EA croydon.gov.uk Free

14-16 Contact Denyse Weller 020 8760 5768 ext 13275/07771 555792 28 29 Teenage Listings SUMMER ACTIVITIES SUMMER ACTIVITIES Teenage Listings

Cario Skip Sports Dance Works Arts & Crafts, Cooking, Music with Decks Sports Relationship Building Staff vs Young People Time: 11:00-11:45 Time: 10:00 – 16:00 Time: 16:00-18:00 - Sports & Challenges Time: 14:00-16:30 Time: 10:00 – 16:00 Time: 14:30-20:30 Competitions Place: Monks Hill Place: PAYP, Lanfranc Every Wednesday till Time: 10:00-15:30 Place: Timebridge Youth Place: PAYP, Place: Canterbury Road Time: 14:00-16:30

Sports Centre, ears Youth Wing, Mitcham Rd, 26th August 2009 Place: Sir Philip Game Centre, Fieldway, Lanfranc Youth Wing, Recreation Ground, Place: Timebridge Youth Y ears Y Farnborough Ave CR9 3AS ears Place: ACE Youth & Centre, 38 Morland New Addington, CR0 Mitcham Rd, ears Broad Green Centre, Fieldway, Y Y

Selsdon Free Community Centre, ears Avenue, CR0 6EA 9AZ CR9 3AS Free New Addington, CR0 9AZ CR2 8HD Contact: Denyse Weller Thornton Heath Y with Learning £TBC Free Contact Emily £TBC 12-16 years 12-16 years 13-19 14-19 years Free 020 8760 5768 ext 13275 CR7 8LX Disabilities & Difficulties Contact: Wayne Stevens 13-19 Contact Denyse Weller Collinsbeare Contact Wayne Stevens 13-25 13-19 www.summeruni 07771 555792 Free 7-14 £TBC 01689 841688 020 8760 5768 ext 13275 07789 395684 01689 841688 london.org www.summeruni Contact Paul Funnell 07771 555792 emily.collinsbeare@ Arts & Crafts, Cooking, london.org 020 8686 2304/07990 Relationship Building croydon.gov.uk Arts/Creative Cooking/Wii Fit Games Sports & Challenges 790183 Time: 14:30-20:30 Arts & Crafts, Cooking, Time: 19:00 – 21:00 Time: 14:00-16:30 Time: 10:00-15:30 30th July 2009 Place: Grange Park, Sports & Challenges DURING AUGUST Place: Regina Place: Timebridge Youth Place: Sir Philip Game Trip to Greenwich Park jct of Coulsdon Road Time: 10:00-15:30 Community Centre, 110 Days Out Money For Life

ears Centre ,Fieldway, New Centre locations TBC. via Boat and Canons Hill, Place: Sir Philip Game Regina Road, SE25 4TW Y ears ears Time: 10:00 - 12:00 Addington, Y 38 Morland Avenue, Bring packed lunch. Time: 10:00 – 18:00 Y Old Coulsdon Centre, 38 Morland Free

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CR0 9AZ CR0 6EA Place: Registration at Free Y Avenue, CR0 6EA Contact Emily Time: 9:00 – 17:00 Place: Oval Primary

£TBC. with Learning Difficulties ears Waddon Youth Centre, Contact: Emily with Learning Collinsbeare 13-19 years 12-16 Place: Registration Y

13-19 13-19 School, 98 Cherry Contact Wayne Stevens & Disabilities. £TBC via Girls Work Project, 85 Waddon Way, Collinsbeare Disabilities & Difficulties. 07789 395684 01689 841688 Contact: Paul Funnell CR0 4HY 07789 395684 13-19 £TBC Orchard Rd, emily.collinsbeare@ Goldcrest Youth Centre, Croydon

020 8686 2304 £TBC emily.collinsbeare@ Contact Paul Funnell 14-16 years croydon.gov.uk Goldcrest Way, 11-13 Relationship Building CR0 6BA 07990 790183 New Addington Contact Nick Weatherley croydon.gov.uk 020 8686 2304 Time: 14:30-20:30 Free Croydon Next CRO OPL 020 8686 2304/07771 07990 790183 Place: Thornton Heath Mini Olympics – Sports Y es We Can www.summeruni Top Role Model Free. 843067 Recreation Ground, Day, BBQ at Pavillion Time: 17:00-19:00 – Trip to Imperial War london.org Time: 12:00-14:00 every Contact Becky

ears Melfort Road, (evening TBC) Asian Theatre, Every Thursday till 27th Museum Monday, Tuesday &

Y Pendlebury 3rd August 2009 Free Time: 10:00 – 16:00 children their & 20 under Mothers Jewellery & Card August 2009 Time: 10:00 - 17:00 Wednesday till 19th Aug 01689 844420 Contact Emily Place: Waddon Youth making, Asian cooking Place: ACE Youth & Place: Registration at Arts & Crafts, Cooking, Place: Open Gate

ears Photography, Drama Collinsbeare Y Centre Time: 11:00-17:00 Community Centre, Waddon Youth Centre, Centre, 2 Union Road, 13-19 Leap Diversify 07789 395684 85 Waddon Way, Place: Asian Youth Thornton Heath, 85 Waddon Way, Time: 10:00-16:00 Croydon, CR0 2XU Basketball 12-19 years Place: Samuel Coleridge

emily.collinsbeare@ CR0 4HY ears Project, Winterbourne CR7 8LX CR0 4HY Free Time: 10:00-12:00 13-16 years Y croydon.gov.uk 11-19 £TBC Youth Centre, Free £TBC Taylor Centre, www.summeruni Place: Thornton Heath 11-19 years Contact: Nick Leisure Centre, Winterbourne Rd, CR7 7QT www.summeruni Contact Nick Weatherley 194 Selhurst Rd, london.org Music 4 Life Weatherley 020 8686 £TBC london.org 020 8686 2304 South Norwood, 13-19

100 High Street, 13-19 years Time: 16:00-18:00 4th August 2009 2304/07771 843067 CR7 8LF Contact Najma 07771 843067 SE25 6XX Every Tuesday till 1st 31st July 2009 £TBC Book in advance Bawla-Solanki £TBC Boat Trip & Picnic Sept 2009 Henna Painting, Indoor Go Karting, Indoor 12-16 years Contact Verena 020 8665 0398 Leap Diversify Contact Joy Spence at London Duck Tours

ears Place: ACE Youth & Games, Health & 07771 843061 Basketball Games, Health & 020 8653 3449 Time: 10:00-16:00

Y 020 8689 5300 (ext 208) Community Centre, Beauty, Ice skating Beauty for Boys or verena.trend@ Time: 10:00-12:00 Place: Registration at Thornton Heath, Time: 11:00-17:00 Fashion Jewellery Time: 11:00 - 17:00 Pool Tournament, fusion-lifestyle.com Place: Thornton Heath Samuel Coleridge CR7 8LX Place: Asian Youth Making Place: Asian Youth Music Workshop, Juice 12-19 Leisure Centre , Taylor Centre Free Project, Winterbourne Arts & Crafts, Cooking, Time: 12:00-16:00 100 High Street, Project, Winterbourne Making, Card Design 194 Selhurst Rd, South ears ears

Time: 11:00-17:00 13-19 years Y www.summeruni Youth Centre, Photography, Drama, Thurs 30th July, CR7 8LF Y Youth Centre, Norwood, SE25 6XX london.org Winterbourne Rd, Singing Fri 31st Jul, Tue 5th Aug £TBC Winterbourne Rd, Place: Asian Youth £TBC 12-16 years CR7 7QT ears & Wed 5th Aug CR7 7QT Project, Winterbourne

Time: 10:00-16:00 Y Book in advance Contact Joy Spence 13-19 29th July 2009 13-19 £TBC Place: Samuel Coleridge Place: Elevating – Contact Verena £TBC Youth Centre, 020 8653 3449

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Y Taylor Centre 020 8689 5300 (ext 208) 8-19 Basketball Bawla-Solanki 194 Selhurst Rd, CR0 2XU or verena.trend@fusion- Bawla-Solanki CR7 7QT Pool Tournament, 13-19 years Time: 10:00-12:00 020 8665 0398 South Norwood Free lifestyle.com 020 8665 0398 £TBC Indoor Games, Health

Place: Thornton Heath 07771 873061 13-19 SE25 6XX www.summeruni 07771 873061 Contact Najma & Beauty, Bollywood Leisure Centre £TBC london.org Skiing, Skating, Bawla-Solanki Dance Art & Crafts Bowling ears Place: Thornton Heath Contact Joy Spence Snowboarding 020 8665 0398 Time: 11:00-17:00 Y Time: 14:00-16:30 Band Workshop Time: 14:00-16:30 Leisure Centre, 020 8653 3449 at Chatham Dry Ski/ 07771 843061 Place: Asian Youth 100 High Street Place: Timebridge Youth Time: 13:00-16:00 Snowboard Centre Place: Registration Project, Winterbourne Centre ,Fieldway, New then every Thursday at Timebridge Youth Creative Arts –

12-16 CR7 8LF Sports Time: 10:00-16:00 Youth Centre, ears £TBC Book in advance Y Addington, CR0 9AZ Time: 10:00 – 16:00 till 27th August Place: Registration Centre, Fieldway, Graffiti Art Winterbourne Rd, CR7 7QT

Contact: Verena £TBC Place: PAYP, Lanfranc Place: Norbury Manor Samuel Coleridge New Addington, Time: 12:00-17:00 & 13-19 years £TBC 13th August 2009 020 8689 5300 (ext 208) 1-16 Contact Wayne Stevens Youth Wing, Mitcham Business & Enterprise Taylor Centre CR0 9AZ Contact: Najma 12-16 years 01689 841688 ears College, £TBC Place: Elevating -

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lifestyle.com Free Kensington Avenue, 13-19 years South Norwood, Contact Wayne Stevens Success, 30 Union Rd, 020 8665 0398 Thornton Heath, 01689 841688 CR0 2XU 14-19 years Contact: Denyse Weller SE25 6XX 8-19 years 07771 843061

Theatre Trip – ‘Stomp’ Relationship Building 13-19 020 8760 5768 CR7 8BT £TBC Free at the Sadlers Wells Time: 14:30-20:30 ext 13275 Free Contact Joy Spence www.summeruni Theatre Place: Milne Park, 07771 555792 www.summeruni 020 8653 3449 london.org Time: 10:00-16:00 Homestead Way, london.org

Place: Registration ears Croydon Y ears

Y Samuel Coleridge Free Taylor Centre Contact: Emily Collinsbeare

194 Selhurst Rd, South 13-19

13-19 Norwood, SE25 6XX 07789 395684 £TBC emily.collinsbeare@ Contact: Joy Spence croydon.gov.uk 020 8653 3449 30 31 Teenage Listings SUMMER ACTIVITIES SUMMER ACTIVITIES Teenage Listings

Cooking Art – Tile and Cup Visit to London 7th August 2009 Manga Art Work Shop 11th August 2009 12th August 2009 13th August 2009 Time: 14:00-16:30 Making Dungeons, Bollywood In/Outdoor Games, Time: 14:30-16:00 Forest Project at Forest Project at Forest Project at Place: Timebridge Youth Time: 14:00-16:30 Dance Workshop, Scheme Awards Place: New Addington Morgans Wood, Morgans Wood, Morgans Wood, Centre , Fieldway, New Place: Timebridge Youth Indoor Games, Ceremony & Social Library, Central Parade, East Grinstead, East Grinstead, East Grinstead, Addington, CR0 9AZ Centre ,Fieldway, Football Tournament Time: 10:00-16:00 New Addington, Time: 9:00-16:00 Time: 9:00-16:00 Time: 9:00-16:00 £TBC New Addington, Time: 11:00-17:00 Place: Registration at CR0 OJB Book in advance Age Range: 13-19 years. Book in advance 13-17 years Contact: Wayne Stevens CR0 9AZ Place: Asian Youth Samuel Coleridge 9-14 years Free Contact Positive Book in advance Contact: Positive 01689 841688 12-16 years £TBC Project, Winterbourne Taylor Centre www.summeruni Activities for Young Contact Positive Activities for Young Contact Wayne Stevens Youth Centre, london.org

13-19 years 194 Selhurst Rd, South People, Lanfranc Youth Activities for Young 13-19 years People, Lanfranc Youth

Arts/Creative 01689 841688 Winterbourne Rd, CR7 7QT 13-19 years 13-19 years

Norwood, SE25 6XX Wing, Lanfranc School 13-19 years People, Lanfranc Youth Wing, Lanfranc School Time: 14:30-20:30 10th August 2009 £TBC £TBC Denyse Weller Wing, Lanfranc School Denyse Weller Place: Thornton Heath Arts/Creative Contact: Najma Contact Joy Spence Forest Project at 020 8760 5768 Denyse Weller 020 8760 5768 ext 13275 Recreation Ground, Time: 14:30-20:30 Bawla-Solanki 020 8653 3449 Morgans Wood, ext 13275 020 8760 5768 07771 555792 Melfort Road, Place: Milne Park, 020 8665 0398 East Grinstead, 07771 555792 ext 13275 Free Homestead Way, 07771 843061 Football Tournament, Time: 9:00-16:00 07771 555792 Days Out Contact: Emily New Addington Basketball, Talent Book in advance Trampolining locations TBC. Collinsbeare Free Customizing Fashion 13-19 years Show, Indoor Cinema Contact: Positive Time: 11:00-12:00 Trampolining Bring packed lunch. 07789 395684 Contact Emily Time: 12:00-17:00 & Time: 11:00-17:00 Activities for Young Place: Monks Hill Sports Time: 11:00-12:00 Time: 9:00 – 17:00 emily.collinsbeare@ Collinsbeare 13th August

Place: Asian Youth 13-19 years People, Lanfranc Youth Centre, Farnborough Place: Monks Hill Sports Place: Registration croydon.gov.uk 13-19 years 07789 395684 Place: Elevating Project, Winterbourne Wing, Lanfranc School Avenue, Selsdon, CR2 8HD Centre, Farnborough via Girls Work Project, emily.collinsbeare@ Success, 30 Union Rd, Youth Centre, Denyse Weller £TBC Book in advance Avenue, Selsdon, CR2 8HD Goldcrest Youth Centre, Belly Dance croydon.gov.uk CR0 2UX Winterbourne Rd, CR7 7QT 020 8760 5768 ext 13275 Contact Verena £TBC Book in advance Goldcrest Way, Time: 16:30-17:30 12-16 years 8-19 years Free £TBC 07771 555792 020 8689 5300 (ext 208) Contact Verena New Addington & Tue 11th August 13-19 years www.summeruni Contact Najma or verena.trend@fusion- 12-16 years 020 8689 5300 (ext 208) CRO OPL Place: Monks Hill 6th August 2009 london.org Bawla-Solanki Trampolining lifestyle.com or verena.trend@fusion- Free Farnborough Avenue Days Out – locations 020 8665 0398 Time: 11:00-12:00 lifestyle.com Contact Becky Selsdon, CR2 8HD Media Medley TBC. Bring packed lunch. 07771 843061 Place: Monks Hill Sports Music workshop, Pendlebury Free Time: 14:00-16:00 - 11-15 years Time: 9:00 – 17:00 Centre, Farnborough arts & crafts, PS2, Nail art, dance mat,

Mothers under 20 & their children 01689 844420 www.summeruni Place: Registration every Thursday, Quad Biking Avenue, Selsdon, CR2 8HD competitions, smoothie table tennis coaching, london.org via Girls Work Project, Friday & Saturday till Time: 14:00-16:30 £TBC Book in advance making, dance healthy cooking Ice Skating trip Goldcrest Yth Centre, 29th Aug 2009 Place: Register with Contact: Verena Time: 13:30-16:00 Time: 13:30-16:00 Time: TBC 5th August 2009 Goldcrest Way, New Place: Crystal Palace FC, Timebridge Youth 12-16 years 020 8689 5300 (ext 208) Place: Goldcrest Youth Place: Goldcrest Youth £TBC Outdoor Swimming Addington CRO OPL Study Centre, Selhurst Centre ,Fieldway,New or verena.trend@fusion- Centre, Goldcrest Way, Centre, Goldcrest Way, Contact: Goldcrest Youth at Brixton Lido or Go- Park, SE25 6PU Free. 15-25 years Addington, CR0 9AZ lifestyle.com New Addington CRO OPL New Addington CRO OPL Centre, Goldcrest Way,

Karting at East London Contact Becky Free £TBC 13-19 years £TBC £TBC New Addington CRO OPL 13-19 years

Time: 10:00-16:00 Pendlebury www.summeruni 12-16 years Book in advance Competitions, cooking, Contact Lesley Grigg Contact Lesley Grigg Lesley Grigg Place: Registration at london.org t-shirt printing and 13-19 years

Mothers under 20 & their children their & 20 under Mothers 01689 844420 Contact Wayne Stevens 01689 843333 or Lesley. 01689 843333 or Lesley. 01689 843333 or Lesley. Samuel Coleridge 01689 841688 photography. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Taylor Centre Fitness Fun Trampolining Time: 13:30-16:00 Time: 14:00-16:30

13-19 years 194 Selhurst Rd, South Time: 10:00-12:00 - Arts/Creative Place: Goldcrest Youth Music – steel pans, Rounders Trampolining Norwood, SE25 6XX every Thursday, Place: Timebridge Time: 14:30-20:30 Centre, Goldcrest Way, wii competitions Time: 14:00-16:30 Time: 11:00-12:00 £TBC Friday & Saturday till Youth Centre, Place: Canterbury Road New Addington CRO OPL Time: 14:00-16:30 Place: Timebridge Place: Monks Hill Sports Contact Joy Spence 29th Aug 2009 Fieldway, Recreation Ground, £TBC Place: Timebridge Youth Centre, Centre, Farnborough 13-19 years 020 8653 3449 Place: Crystal Palace FC, New Addington, Broad Green Contact Lesley Grigg Youth Centre ,Fieldway, Fieldway, New Ave, Selsdon, CR2 8HD Study Centre, Selhurst CR0 9AZ Free 01689 843333 or Lesley. New Addington, Addington, £TBC Book in advance Indoor Sports, 12-16 years £TBC 8-14 years Park, SE25 6PU Contact Emily [email protected] CR0 9AZ CR0 9AZ Contact: Verena

Jewellery Making, Free Contact: Wayne Stevens Collinsbeare 13-17 years £TBC 13-17 years £TBC 12-16 years 020 8689 5300 (ext 208) 13-19 years Bollywood Dance www.summeruni 01689 841688 07789 395684 Music-steel pans Contact Wayne Stevens Contact Wayne Stevens or verena.trend@fusion- Workshop, Healthy london.org emily.collinsbeare@ Time: 14:00-16:30 01689 841688 01689 841688 lifestyle.com Arts/Creative Cooking croydon.gov.uk Place: Timebridge Youth Time: 11:00-17:00 Horse Riding, Time: 14:30-20:30 Centre, Fieldway, New Multi Agency Multi Agency BBQ & games Place: Asian Youth Care & Games Place: Grange Park, 8th August 2009 Addington, CR0 9AZ Information Information Time: 14:00-16:30 jct of Coulsdon Road Project, Winterbourne at Chessington Caribbean Drumming £TBC Time: 14:30-20:30 Time: 14:30-20:30 Place: Timebridge Youth

and Canons Hill, Old 12-16 years Youth Centre, Equestrian Centre Time: 11:30-13:00 Contact Wayne Stevens Place: Thornton Heath Place: Milne Park , Centre ,Fieldway, New Winterbourne Rd, CR7 7QT Time: 10:00-16:00 Coulsdon 01689 841688 Recreation Ground, Homestead Way, Addington, CR0 9AZ 13-19 years Place: New Addington Free £TBC Place: Registration at Library, Central Parade, Melfort Road, New Addington £TBC

Contact Emily Multi Agency 12-16 years Contact Najma Samuel Coleridge Taylor New Addington, Free Free Contact Wayne Stevens 13-19 years Collinsbeare Information Bawla-Solanki Centre CR0 OJB Contact Emily Contact Emily 01689 841688

07789 395684 Time: 19:00 – 21:00 13-19 years 13-19 years 020 8665 0398 194 Selhurst Rd, 9-14 years Free Collinsbeare Collinsbeare

13-19 years emily.collinsbeare@ Place: Regina 07771 873061 South Norwood, www.summeruni 07789 395684 07789 395684 croydon.gov.uk Community Centre, 110 SE25 6XX london.org emily.collinsbeare@ emily.collinsbeare@ Let’s Get Physical Regina Road, SE25 4TW £TBC or at the library croydon.gov.uk croydon.gov.uk Time: 13:00-16:00 - Contact Joy Spence Free every Wednesday till 020 8653 9449 Contact Emily 26th Aug 2009 13-19 years Collinsbeare Place: Peppermint 07789 395684 Healthy Living Centre, emily.collinsbeare@ Franklin Way, croydon.gov.uk

8-13 years CR0 4UY Free www.summeruni london.org 32 33 Teenage Listings SUMMER ACTIVITIES SUMMER ACTIVITIES Teenage Listings

Multi Agency Multi Agency Bank On It Dance & Sports Dance & Sports Graffiti Art/Studio Dance & Sports Outdoor & indoor Information Information Time: 10:00 - 12:00 2hrs Time: 14:30-20:30 Time: 14:30-20:30 Production Time: 14:30-20:30 games & activities, Time: 14:30 - 20:30 Time: 14:30-20:30 for 2 Mornings in August Place: Thornton Heath Place: Milne Park , Time: 14:00-16:00 Place: Canterbury Road day trips. Programme Place: Grange Park, jct Place: Canterbury Road Mon 17 and Tues 18th Recreation Ground, Homestead Way, New Place: Whitehorse Youth Recreation Ground, TBC running till Fri 28th of Coulsdon Road and Recreation Ground, Place: Oval Primary Melfort Road, Addington Centre, Whitehorse Broad Green August Canons Hill, Broad Green School, 98 Cherry Age Range: 13-19 years. Free Road, CR0 2LG Free Time: 10:00-16:00 Old Coulsdon Free Orchard Rd, Free Contact Emily £TBC Contact Emily Place: Free Contact Emily Croydon Contact Emily Collinsbeare Contact Terrence Collinsbeare Boys & Girls Club, Stroud 13-19 years 13-19 years 14-16 years

CR0 6BA 13-19 years 13-19 years Contact Emily 13-19 years Collinsbeare Collinsbeare 07789 395684 Sommers 07789 395684 Green Way, Croydon CR0 7BE 13-19 years 12-17 years Collinsbeare 07789 395684 Free 07789 395684 emily.collinsbeare@ 020 8684 1076 emily.collinsbeare@ £TBC 07789 395684 emily.collinsbeare@ www.summeruni emily.collinsbeare@ croydon.gov.uk 07771 843053 croydon.gov.uk Contact John Southwick emily.collinsbeare@ croydon.gov.uk london.org croydon.gov.uk 07774129071 or john. 20th August 2009 Dance and Sports croydon.gov.uk Dance & Sports [email protected] Jamaican Dance Hall Days Out Time: 14:30-20:30 22nd August 2009 14th August 2009 17th August 2009 Time: 19:00 – 21:00 Time: 16:30-17:30 & Place: Grange Park, Taekwondo (advanced) Place: Regina locations TBC. Bring Brain Teaser Day Trip to Thorpe Park Outdoor & indoor 25th August 2009 packed lunch. jct of Coulsdon Road Time: 14:30-16:00 Time: 11:00-12:00 games & activities, Community Centre, Place: Monks Hill and Canons Hill, Old Place: Thornton Heath with Timebridge Youth 110 Regina Road, Time: 9:00 – 17:00 Place: New Addington Centre day trips. Sports Centre Place: Registration Coulsdon Library, Central Parade, Leisure Centre, 100 High Programme TBC running SE25 4TW Farnborough Avenue Free Street, Thornton Heath, Time: 8:00-18.30 Free via Girls Work Project, New Addington, CR0 0JB Place: Goldcrest Youth till Fri 21st August Selsdon, CR2 8HD Goldcrest Yth Centre, Contact Emily 9-14 years Free CR7 8LF Time: 10:00-16:00 Contact: Emily 11-15 years Free 13-19 years Collinsbeare £TBC Book in advance Centre, Goldcrest Way, 13-19 years Collinsbeare Goldcrest Way, New www.summeruni New Addington CRO OPL Place: Addiscombe www.summeruni Addington CRO OPL 07789 395684 london.org 8-14 years Contact: Verena 020

13-19 years 07789 395684 £TBC Book in advance Boys & Girls Club, Stroud london.org Age Range: Mothers emily.collinsbeare@ 8689 5300 (ext 208) or 12-17 years Green Way, Croydon CR0 7BE emily.collinsbeare@ croydon.gov.uk 24th August 2009 verena.trend@fusion- Lesley Grigg croydon.gov.uk under 20 & their 01689 843333 or Lesley. £TBC 19th August 2009 children. Free Arethusa Residential lifestyle.com [email protected] Contact John Southwick Go-Karting trip Contact Becky 21st August 2009 – outdoor sports/ 07774129071 or john. 18th August 2009 Football Coaching & Dj/ Mothers under 20 & their children Pendlebury adventure Time: TBC Assault Course Rap/Singing Forest Project at [email protected] Basketball Coaching & 01689 844420 Time: TBC – Returning £TBC Book in advance Time: 10:00-17:00 Time: 11:00-13:00 Morgans Wood, BSM Driving Contact Goldcrest Youth Place: Dorking on 28th August 2009 Football Coaching Place: Whitehorse Youth East Grinstead, Time: 11:00-13:00 Centre, Goldcrest Way, Activities at Frylands Final itinerary TBC Book in advance Time: 11:00-13:00 Centre, Whitehorse Time: 9:00-16:00 Place: Whitehorse Youth New Addington CRO OPL (Archery, team – Organised by Contact Positive

Place: Whitehorse Youth 13-19 years Road, CR0 2LG Book in advance Centre, Whitehorse Lesley Grigg building, trampolining, Whitehorse Youth Activities for Young

13-19 years £TBC Contact Positive Centre, Whitehorse Road, CR0 2LG cycling. People, Lanfranc Youth 01689 843333 or Lesley. Centre, Whitehorse Rd, Contact Terrence Activities for Young Road, CR0 2LG £TBC Time: TBC 13-19 years

13-19 years [email protected] CR0 2LG Wing, Lanfranc School

£TBC 13-19 years Sommers People, Lanfranc Youth Contact Terrence £TBC Book in advance £TBC Denyse Weller 13-19 years 020 8684 1076 Wing, Lanfranc School Contact Terrence Sommers Football Coaching & Dj/ Contact: Goldcrest Youth 020 8760 5768 ext 13275

13-19 years Contact Terrence Sommers 07771 843053 Denyse Weller 020 8684 1076 Rap/Singing Centre, Goldcrest Way, Sommers 07771 555792 020 8760 5768 ext 13275 020 8684 1076 07771 843053 13-19 years New Addington CRO OPL Time: 11:00-13:00 020 8684 1076 Movie Making 07771 555792 07771 843053 Lesley Grigg Taekwondo (beginners) Place: Whitehorse Youth 07771 843053 – make a scary movie Computers, PS2 games, Centre, Whitehorse 01689 843333 or Lesley. Time: 10:00-11:00 Uni-hoc match, design course runs till 27th Trampolining health and fitness Road, CR0 2LG [email protected] We’re In Business Place: Thornton Heath & fashion, independent August Time: 11:00-12:00 workout, cooking, £TBC Time: 10:00 – 16:00 for Leisure Centre, 100 High living budgeting, Time: 12:00-14:00 Place: Monks Hill Sports design and fashion, Contact Terrence Basketball Coaching & Place: Oval Primary Street, Thornton Heath, topical quiz 13-19 years Place: CVA Resource Centre, Farnborough table tennis coaching Sommers BSM Driving School, 98 Cherry CR7 8LF Time: 13.30-16.00 Centre, 97 High St, Avenue, Selsdon, CR2 8HD Time: 13.30 – 16.00 020 8684 1076 Time: 11:00-13:00 Orchard Rd, Croydon £TBC Book in advance £TBC Book in advance £TBC £TBC Place: Whitehorse Youth Thornton Heath, 8-14 years Contact Verena 07771 843053 CR0 6BA CR7 8RY Contact Verena Place: Goldcrest Youth Place: Goldcrest Youth Centre, Whitehorse 020 8689 5300 (ext 208) Free 10-19 years 12-16 years 020 8689 5300 (ext 208) Centre, Goldcrest Way, Centre, Goldcrest Way, Road, CR0 2LG Special educational 13-19 years Dance & BSM Driving 10-13 years or verena.trend@fusion-

13-19 years www.summeruni New Addington CRO OPL needs. or verena.trend@fusion- New Addington CRO OPL Time: 14:00-16:00 £TBC london.org lifestyle.com lifestyle.com Contact Lesley Grigg Contact Lesley Grigg Contact Terrence Free Place: Whitehorse Youth 13-19 years 01689 843333 or Lesley. 01689 843333 or Lesley. Centre, Whitehorse Sommers Drama – course runs till www.summeruni Day Trip to Thorpe Park [email protected] [email protected] Road, CR0 2LG 020 8684 1076 Thursday 27th August london.org Music, pool, table tennis, with Goldcrest Youth £TBC 07771 843053 Time: 10:30-11:30 Dance Session football and a BBQ. Graffiti art, Centre Graffiti Art/Studio Contact Terrence Place: CVA Resource & BSM Driving Time: 13.30-16.00 photography, healthy Time: 14:00-16:30 Production 13-19 years Centre, 97 High St, Sommers cooking, quiz, £TBC Book in advance Time: 14:00-16:00 Time: 14:00-16:00 £TBC Thornton Heath, CR7 8RY 020 8684 1076 basketball Contact Timebridge Place: Whitehorse Youth Place: Whitehorse Youth Place: Goldcrest Youth Special educational 07771 843053 Time: 13.30 -16.00 Youth Centre ,Fieldway, Centre, Whitehorse Centre, Whitehorse Centre, Goldcrest Way, needs 10-19 years £TBC New Addington, Road, CR0 2LG Road, CR0 2LG New Addington CRO OPL Free 13-19 years 12-16 years Place: Goldcrest Youth CR0 9AZ £TBC £TBC Contact Lesley Grigg www.summeruni Wayne Stevens Contact Terrence Contact Terrence 01689 843333 or Lesley. Centre, Goldcrest Way, 13-19 years london.org 13-19 years 01689 841688 or wayne. 13-19 years Sommers Sommers [email protected] New Addington CRO OPL [email protected] 020 8684 1076 020 8684 1076 Contact Lesley Grigg 07771 843053 07771 843053 01689 843333 or Lesley. [email protected] 34 35 Teenage Listings SUMMER ACTIVITIES

Dance & BSM Driving Graffiti Art/Studio 27th August 2009 28th August 2009 Time: 14:00-16:00 Production Party time end of Taekwondo (beginners) Place: Whitehorse Youth Time: 14:00-16:00 scheme food, music, Time: 10:00-11:00 Centre, Whitehorse Place: Whitehorse Youth presentations Place: Thornton Heath Road, CR0 2LG Centre, Whitehorse Time: 13.30 – 16.00 Leisure Centre, 100 High £TBC Road, CR0 2LG £TBC Street, Thornton Heath, Contact Terrence £TBC Place: Goldcrest Youth CR7 8LF 13-19 years Sommers Contact: Terrence 13-19 years Centre, Goldcrest Way, £TBC Book in advance 8-14 years 020 8684 1076 Sommers 13-19 years New Addington CRO OPL Contact: Verena 07771 843053 020 8684 1076 Contact Lesley Grigg 020 8689 5300 (ext 208) 07771 843053 01689 843333 or Lesley. or verena.trend@fusion- Street Dance – course [email protected] lifestyle.com runs till 27th August 26th August 2009 Time: 15:25-16:45 Activities at Shawfire Taekwondo (beginners) Taekwondo (advanced) Place: CVA Resource (quad biking, zip wire, Time: 10:00-11:00 Time: 11:00-12:00 Centre, 97 High St, human table football) Place: Thornton Heath Place: Thornton Heath Thornton Heath, CR7 8RY Time: TBC Leisure Centre, 100 High Leisure Centre, 100 High Special educational £TBC Street, Thornton Heath, Street, Thornton Heath, needs. 10-19 years Contact: Goldcrest Youth CR7 8LF CR7 8LF Free Centre, Goldcrest Way, £TBC Book in advance £TBC Book in advance

www.summeruni 13-19 years New Addington CRO OPL 8-14 years Contact: Verena 8-14 years Contact: Verena london.org Lesley Grigg 020 8689 5300 (ext 208) 020 8689 5300 (ext 208) 01689 843333 or Lesley. or verena.trend@fusion- or verena.trend@fusion- 25th August 2009 [email protected] lifestyle.com lifestyle.com Day trip to London, Madame Tussauds/ Taekwondo (beginners) Taekwondo (advanced) Go-Karting & Youth South Bank walk/picnic Time: 10:00-11:00 Time: 11:00-12:00 Exchange Time: TBC Place: Thornton Heath Place: Thornton Heath Time: 10.00-17.00 £TBC Book in advance Leisure Centre, 100 High Leisure Centre, 100 High Place: Trip to Mile Contact: Goldcrest Youth Street, Thornton Heath, Street, Thornton Heath, End – final itinerary Centre, Goldcrest Way, CR7 8LF CR7 8LF TBC – Organised by 13-19 years New Addington CRO OPL £TBC Book in advance £TBC Book in advance Whitehorse Yth Centre,

Lesley Grigg Contact: Verena 8-14 years Contact: Verena Whitehorse Rd, 8-14 years 01689 843333 or Lesley. 020 8689 5300 (ext 208) 020 8689 5300 (ext 208) CR0 2LG [email protected] or verena.trend@fusion- or verena.trend@fusion- £TBC 13-19 years lifestyle.com lifestyle.com Contact: Terrence Taekwondo (beginners) Sommers Time: 10:00-11:00 Basketball Coaching & Taekwondo (advanced) 020 8684 1076 Place: Thornton Heath BSM Driving Time: 11:00-12:00 07771 843053 Leisure Centre, 100 High Time: 11:00-13:00 Place: Thornton Heath Street, Thornton Heath, Place: Whitehorse Youth Leisure Centre, 100 High CR7 8LF Centre, Whitehorse Street, CR7 8LF £TBC Book in advance Road, CR0 2LG £TBC Book in advance

8-14 years Contact: Verena £TBC Contact: Verena

020 8689 5300 (ext 208) 8-14 years Contact: Terrence 020 8689 5300 (ext 208) 13-19 years or verena.trend@fusion- Sommers or verena.trend@fusion- lifestyle.com 020 8684 1076 lifestyle.com 07771 843053 Taekwondo (advanced) Time: 11:00-12:00 Football Coaching & Dj/ Graffiti Art/Studio Place: Thornton Heath Rap/Singing Production Leisure Centre, 100 High Time: 11:00-13:00 Time: 14:00-16:00 Street, Thornton Heath, Place: Whitehorse Youth Place: Whitehorse CR7 8LF Centre, Whitehorse Youth Centre, £TBC Book in advance Road, CR0 2LG Whitehorse Road,

8-14 years Contact: Verena £TBC CR0 2LG Contact: Terrence 020 8689 5300 (ext 208) or 13-19 years £TBC

verena.trend@fusion- Sommers 13-19 years Contact Terrence lifestyle.com 020 8684 1076 Sommers 07771 843053 020 8684 1076 Basketball Coaching & 07771 843053 BSM Driving Dance & BSM Driving Time: 11:00-13:00 Time: 14:00-16:00 Place: Whitehorse Youth Place: Whitehorse Youth Centre, Whitehorse Centre, Whitehorse YOUR VISION • YOUR MONEY • YOUR CROYDON Road, CR0 2LG Road, CR0 2LG £TBC £TBC Contact: Terrence Contact: Terrence 13-19 years Sommers 13-19 years Sommers 020 8684 1076 020 8684 1076 07771 843053 07771 843053