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Croydon BME Forum is joining forces with local organisations in a bid to inform the black community about the Covid-19 vaccines following the recent low uptake. A recent study by the University of Oxford and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine found that 21% of black people over the age of 80, who…

Croydon BME Forum is joining forces with local organisations in a bid to inform the black community about the Covid-19 vaccines following the recent low uptake. A recent study by the University of Oxford and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine found that 21% of black people over the age of 80, who…

Vaccine information in community languages NHS doctors, nurses and other frontline staff have come forward to help reassure communities that COVID-19 vaccines are safe, effective and have been independently tested to the highest standards.

Croydon BME Forum is hosting a Community Conversation with the new Leader of Croydon Council, Hamida Ali at 7pm on Zoom. Councillor Ali will be engaging with us and answering your questions. Join us as she shares and sheds light on the issues of interest and concern to our community – from the council’s current…

GPs and support groups have highlighted the issues faced by diabetics during the pandemic, as figures released by Diabetes UK World Diabetes Day this weekend show that diagnoses of the disease are increasing in all of the Eastlondon lines boroughs.to coincide with The charity found 23,348 people are living with diabetes in Croydon, 7.14% of the borough’s…

Councillor Hamida Ali has tonight (22 October) been elected as the new leader of Croydon Council at an Extraordinary Full Council meeting.Councillor Ali has served as ward member for Woodside since being elected to the council in 2014. She has held the position of cabinet member for Safer Croydon and communities since May 2016 and…

THE FINDINGS OF SURVEYS WE CONDUCTED SUGGEST THAT IF THE CRISIS CONTINUES FOR UP TO 3 MONTHS, CLOSE TO 90% OF 137 BAME LED MICRO AND SMALL ORGANISATIONS WHO RESPONDED TO THE SURVEY COULD CLOSE PERMANENTLY WITHIN 3 MONTHS IF THE CRISIS EXTENDS INTO JUNE.

THE FINDINGS OF SURVEYS WE CONDUCTED SUGGEST THAT IF THE CRISIS CONTINUES FOR UP TO 3 MONTHS, CLOSE TO 90% OF 137 BAME LED MICRO AND SMALL ORGANISATIONS WHO RESPONDED TO THE SURVEY COULD CLOSE PERMANENTLY WITHIN 3 MONTHS IF THE CRISIS EXTENDS INTO JUNE.

FATIMA KOROMA, DIRECTOR of Revivify CIC Foodbank, and member of SI Croydon, was elected President at their recent Zoom AGM. “I hope to encourage new membership and opportunities for us and other women to partake in activities involving women worldwide.