The consultation is here gov.uk/government/con… Our briefing is here: centreforpublicdata.org/blog/who-reall… We’ll publish our full consultation response soon. If you have thoughts on this, we’d love to hear from you!

Call for local Croydon artists to contribute art work in various media for an exhibition at Turf Projects in Nov to celebrate the creativity and diversity of our local disabled community croydoncc.wordpress.com/2024/08/30/dis… Submission deadline 1 Oct

The other week we attended a Paint & Sip workshop at Hive – the new arts space on the edge of Sanderstead rec. 🎨🥂 It was relaxed evening and a fun option for a different night out. We catch up with Hive founders post workshop to chat further 👉 croydonist.co.uk/hive/

"Our experience with Heathfield is emblematic of our attempts to use space for noncommercial means in Croydon." turf-projects.com/all-the-spaces… Cllr Ria Patel (they/she) Peter Underwood 💚 Esther Sutton Sarah Jones MP Alastair McKinlay John Grindrod CRcultureUK Ahmad Elmadhoun 🇵🇸 David Gilbert might be of interest!

"With ready acceptance of corporate systems, public spaces become a machine of business." All The Spaces We’ve Never Used: Place & Power in Croydon: turf-projects.com/all-the-spaces… Guy Shrubsole Anna Powell-Smith The Transformation Group Croydon Stephanie Edwards Croydon Forum Norwood Junk Action Brutalist Library

Too many Croydon politicians and senior officers treat our Council as a private business, not a public service The experience of Turf Projects is typical of those trying their best for our communities who find the Council unhelpful at best and more often an obstacle to success

It’s Autumn which means Croydonites Festival is back very soon. 🍁 The theatre & performance festival is back x 2, as they are hosting their first ever Fringe (31 Oct - 3 Nov) before the festival takes over from 6 until 24 Nov. 🤩We catch up with the team 👉 croydonist.co.uk/croydonites-24/

Haven't seen any comparisons between Croydon and Shoreditch in a while.

Walking through Croydon, I came across this poster outside a boarded up pub (Drum & Monkey) Brilliant little doc Pubs are all about the stories told from within those 4 walls. These are some of those stories 📹 🔗 turf-projects.com/project/desire… Turf Projects CAMRA

Art exhibition 10am - 4pm Saturday, 26 October at Christ Church, 114 Lower Addiscombe Road Turf Projects eastcroydon.org.uk/2024/10/24/art… via ECCO Croydon, UK

London Group artist's talks 2 - 4pm, Saturdays 2 & 30 November at Croydon Art Space, 41 Lower Addiscombe Road Croydonist Turf Projects Culture Croydon eastcroydon.org.uk/2024/10/26/lon… via ECCO Croydon, UK

Forever Temporary exhibition Wednesday, 30 October to 22 March Turf Projects Museum of Croydon eastcroydon.org.uk/2024/10/28/for… via ECCO Croydon, UK

Croydon Community Clothes exchange is BACK this Saturday 9th Nov 11-2pm Your unloved clothes are only unloved until they find someone who loves them! So bring them to the swap 😎 £4 nonprofit entry. Events link in bio 🔌

Did you know Pollocks Toy Museum has its current temporary home near Turf Projects in the Whitgift Centre? One of the oldest toy museums in the UK, we catch up with curator Debby Brown to find out more about the collection and their Croydon base 🧸🎭🤩👉 croydonist.co.uk/pollocks/

Have your say about the Croydon Town Centre Strategy until Saturday, 14 December at Croydon Urban Room, next to WH Smith, ground floor Whitgift Centre Your Croydon Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan Turf Projects eastcroydon.org.uk/2024/11/26/hav… via ECCO Croydon, UK