Members are invited to a patient event at Croydon’s Central Library at Noon (for two hours) on Wednesday 29 January.
Thi is a workshop aimed at enabling us to benefit from the NHS app, learn simple tips for staying healthy this winter from a local GP, and build good, sustainable habits beyond New Year Resolutions
We have been asked to pubicse the concert as below
Saturday 15th February, 7.30pm, Trinity School Concert Hall, CR9 7AT.
Featuring Mahler Symphony No. 1, also Delius and R. Strauss
Tickets £18 (adults) and £5 (children under 16)
Free parking and interval refreshments included in ticket price.
Book online at: https://croydonsymphony.com/buytickets/
The Mayor of Croydon has advised as follows …
For the eagle-eyed residents who spotted Transport for London (TfL) contractors surveying bus stops in Croydon, I can confirm it’s positive news. I met with Transport for London (TfL) this week to confirm the rollout of new bus shelters across our borough. It has been a priority for me to restore these for residents and we’ll be sharing more information, including a list of the sites, in the coming weeks.
The Croydon Council free real Christmas tree collection service begins next week! Please remove all decorations and lights from your tree and leave it at the front of your property – making sure it does not block the pavement – from Monday 6 January and it will be collected over the next fortnight. You can also take your tree to your nearest household reuse and recycling centre
We apologise for two errors in the December issue, both down to errors by the team (to include the quizmaster)
In the quiz on page 31, reference is made in question 4 to “Edoracum”. This should have been picked up and is, correctly, “Eboracum”.
On page 34, the date of the Clean-Up is given as 14 December and this is the correct date. The date given on page 15 is wrong.
Relevant members of the team will be required to go barefoot and wear sack-cloth for a week.
Croydon Council has asked us to promulgate the following update …
The library service is changing to a model with fewer library buildings which will be open full time, and provision of activities and books in other local venues.
Residents in Shirley can use library services at any other Croydon Library and a free shuttle bus is available to Ashburton Library every Thursday at 10:30am. The bus departs from Wickham Road/Hartland Way, outside the library building and the return journey departs from Ashburton Library at 12pm.
The library service is also partnering with West Wickham and Shirley Baptist Church to host library groups and activities. A collection of books will be available in a designated area at the site in the new year for residents to borrow.
All residents are invited to join a drop in event hosted by the library service and West Wickham and Shirley Baptist Church on December 11th from 2:00-4:30pm.
Activities will include demonstrations of the library digital offer and crafts for adults and children alongside free refreshments. Residents can also join the library, return loaned items and reserve books for collection at a library.
Residents who aren’t able to visit a library can also use the Home Library Service which arranges home delivery of books. To find out more residents can contact homelibraryservice@croydon.gov.uk.
Residents with access to a digital device can also access the library online offer which includes e-books, e-audio books, magazines and newspapers and online learning. This is free with a library card.
Information on all library services can be found on the Council’s webpages here: https://www.croydon.gov.uk/libraries-leisure-and-culture/libraries
The library service can be contacted directly on libraries@croydon.gov.uk
Library staff are now preparing the Shirley Library building to become a community base, continuing to provide a local service. Community organisations or groups interested in delivering services from the library building are invited to apply to communityrelations@croydon.gov.uk.
Applications close on 13th December. Council staff will then review all of the submissions and work with successful bidders to bring the library building back into use for the community. More information can be found on the Council’s webpages here: https://www.croydon.gov.uk/community-and-safety/advice-and-funding-community-groups/are-you-interested-running-community-base-heart-our-local-communities-croydon
Donations of musical instruments for charitable use are sought. We have been asked to draw the following to members’ attentions …
Andrew Moore, recently-appointed Musical Director of Croydon Male Voice Choir, has issued this call for donations of musical instruments:
I am looking to collect any old, unused instruments that people may have. I am building up a collection for my music therapy work. In particular, any handheld percussion instruments. If you may have old instruments looking for a new home please do pass them to me if you are happy to donate!
*Andrew Moore is also an HCPC registered Music Therapist and Assistant Director of Music at St. Anselm’s Church, Kennington. If you have an instrument you would like to donate, please contact Philip Talmage at 33 Wickham Avenue, tel 8656 1886, philiptalmage@gmail.com.
Starting on 11 November and running every Thursday, a new service will be available as follows
Following the closure of Shirley Library, SPRA members may be interested to know that the Council has announced a bus service to run from Shirley to the Ashburton Library, to enable access to that facility. It only runs on one day per week. Details as published by the Council are shown below:
Free bus service from 11 November 2024
Thursdays
Shirley: Departing from Wickham Road/Hartland Way, outside the library
building, at 10.30am
Return journey departing from Ashburton Library at 12.00pm
Members are invited to visit the Council’s website where you are asked to make comments on priorities for the Council’s budgeting next year.
The link is
