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The town of Croydon's first local authority was a body of improvement commissioners established in 1829. [4] They were superseded in 1849 by an elected local board. [5] [6] The town was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1883, after which it was governed by a body formally called the "Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Croydon", generally known as the corporation, town council ...
The building was commissioned by Croydon London Borough Council to replace the aging Taberner House. [1] The new building, which was designed by EPR Architects and built by AELTC at a cost of £107 million, was completed in May 2013. [2] Croydon Council established a new Public Services Delivery Hub (PSDH) within the new building in September ...
Crisis is the national charity for people experiencing homelessness. The charity has stated: "We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it." [20] In October 2011, Crisis launched a campaign to improve the assistance and support provided by Local Authorities to single homeless people. [21]
In the late 1990s Chalke began working with a group of churches in his home town of Croydon, as well as in partnership with Croydon Council to establish the Croydon Foyer. The foyer, which opened in 2000, was accredited through the Foyer Federation, provided housing and training for homeless people aged 18 to 25. [6]
Kenley is a ward covering the Kenley area of the London Borough of Croydon in the United Kingdom. [1] It elects 2 councillors following the boundary changes made official on 3 May 2018. [2]
According to Your Croydon (a local community magazine) this is due to a stronger partnership struck between Croydon Council and the police. [86] In 2007, overall crime figures across the borough saw decrease of 5%, with the number of incidents decreasing from 32,506 in 2006 to 30,862 in 2007. [ 87 ]
According to authority figures, there were 1,477 people on waiting lists for council houses in York as of September and, this year, 736 households needed homelessness prevention or relief support.
At the 2006 Croydon Council election, Raj Rajendran, Paula Shaw, and Greta Sohoye were elected to the council. All of them were running as Labour Party candidates. Councillor Shaw resigned in 2007 triggering a by-election on 18 February 2007 which was won by Labour's Alison Butler. The former Bensham Manor ward (red) shown within Croydon North ...