Jeet Bains is your Councillor in Addiscombe East ward where he has lived for more than thirty years. Jeet has been a Councillor in Croydon since 2010 and takes a keen interest in helping local residents and businesses with any issues they have.
Mario Creatura is a lifelong Croydon resident and has been a Coulsdon Councillor since 2014. He was state educated locally before being the first in his family to go on to university. He is married to Amy, a local SEN teacher, and they are parents to twin boys.
I'm local to Kenley, where I live with my wife Fiona and our two children, Chloe and Joshua. We love Kenley and have chosen to make the local area our home for our young family.
Lynne Hale has lived in Sanderstead for 30 years. She worked locally as a healthcare professional for over twenty years before, having settled her three children into their Croydon schools, she moved into politics.
Yvette Hopley has lived in and around Sanderstead all her life. From an education in a local state school she went on to spend almost ten years working in public and government relations for an American Oil company. Yvette lives with Chris and has a daughter Natasha and grandson Hugh.
Jason Cummings has been a Croydon Central resident for over 25 years. Married to Rachel with two adult children both born here in Croydon. With a 20 year management career and experience of having worked at the heart of government.
Living in Croydon all of my life has instilled a strong sense of passion for Croydon and its future. I have always been active in many of the local campaigns and projects, growing up in an area which prides itself on its Community spirit, and the ability to show a united front against issues that are important to the local residents.
Maria Gatland has lived and worked in South Croydon for more than 30 years. During that time she helped run the family business and cared for her husband during his long illness. Maria has worked hard to help and support residents in her ward since 2002.
Croydon Labour’s financial mismanagement has required the Council to issue a new Section 114 notice.
Official reports detail “mistakes” made in the previous Administration’s budgets – which Labour claimed were “balanced” – worth tens of millions of pounds.
Cllr Andy Stranack (Cabinet Member for Culture and Communities) joined Rosemary Vizor (Borough Archivist) and Kristian Aspinall (Director of Culture) and the rest of the Library and Archives team as they received provisional accreditation from the National Archive at an event in the Braithwaite H
Cllr. Andy Stranack (Cabinet Member for Communities and Culture) attended the Holocaust Memorial Event hosted in the Town Hall on Friday. The event bought together school children from Oasis School Coulsdon and Riddlesdown Colligate alongside Anita Peleg and Dr.
A number of residents have contacted councillors in relation to the excess deaths reported by various media organisations. It should be noted that some of the reports are not the most up-to-date links reported.
Last Saturday evening Cllr. Andy Stranack (Cabinet Member for Communities and Culture) attended the Thai Pongal Celebrations at the Braithwaite Hall. Andy commented:
Cllr. Andy Stranack (Cabinet Member for Communities and Culture) spent time with the Museum and Archive team last week and learnt more about the work they do across Croydon. Andy said:-
I was pleased to have the opportunity to say goodbye to Mike Bell, Chair of Croydon Health Services. After ten years of working tirelessly for Croydon he is going onward to Lewisham.
I visited the virtual ward at BWH yesterday and spoke to the nurses supporting residents who are kept safe whilst being able to stay at home. Technology is helping to prevent entry to our accident and emergency departments and leaves beds in the hospital for those who need it most.
It was good to have the opportunity to talk to all our wonderful volunteers at South East Cancer Help Centre and treat them to a lunch. They spend hours working to help us support those living with cancer. It was a small token to treat them to lunch for all their hard work.
