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Preview: Fifteen Croydon charities receive £1,000 grants, a winter shelter appeal doubles donations, and today's listings take you from family rhymes to Amelia Earhart, meditation and more.

Fifteen local charities have each received a £1,000 grant through the 2026 Croydon Community Grant Fund, run by Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield with Croydon Voluntary Action. The funding backs youth engagement, homelessness support and safety projects for women and girls.

Recipients include Keep It Moving, delivering housing workshops for 100 young care leavers, refugees and asylum seekers, Pop Up Top Up, running a creative enterprise event for teenage girls, and Bridging Boundaries, offering self defence workshops for women and girls.

Source: Better Society

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This week we are celebrating the volunteers behind the community garden at Norwood Junction station, who have turned a previously unloved corner into a space of sunflowers, herbs and quiet.

Source: Inside Croydon

Croydon Voluntary Action is running a Big Give match funding appeal for its winter homelessness shelter, with donations made until 12/10/2026 doubled.

The Croydon Together Shelter offers communal beds, showers, meals and support. According to CVA, it supported 48 people between January and April this year, and 35 of them were helped to move on to more stable accommodation.

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Source: Inside Croydon

Croydon Means Business offers grants to help fill empty units and improve shopfronts across the borough, alongside wider support for local firms.

Businesses wanting to understand what they may be eligible for can check the current programme details and support available through the council’s business pages.

Source: Croydon Council

Times can change, so please check each organiser’s listing before you travel.

🎯 Bid to Win, Croydon Smile Hub, 159 London Road, Broad Green, Croydon CR0 2RJ, 16:30 to 18:30. Free weekly workshops from Simple Bid for SMEs, CICs, charities, social enterprises and community organisations. Everyone is welcome. Source: Simple Bid via Eventbrite

☕ Memory Tree Cafe, Selsdon, 13:30 to 15:30. Age UK Croydon’s welcoming cafe for people with mild to moderate dementia and their carers. Source: Age UK Croydon

🎭 Honouring Our Communities, the Croydon Black History Month 2026 launch, 18:00 to 20:00. An evening of awards, recognition and community celebration at London South Bank University, Croydon Campus, 3 Wellesley Road, Croydon CR0 2AG. Registration is required. Source: Eventbrite

🍻 Friday Feelings, BOXPARK Croydon, from 17:00. Source: BOXPARK Croydon

🎤 Hip Hop Karaoke, BOXPARK Croydon, 18:00 to 22:00. Source: BOXPARK Croydon

🌰 Croydon Harvest featuring the Walnut Fair, across the town centre, 12:00 to 17:00, with free entry. Source: Culture Croydon

🍯 2026 Croydon Honey Show, Selsdon Community Centre, 132 Addington Road, Selsdon CR2 8LA, 10:00 to 16:30. Meet the Croydon Beekeepers Association in the hall on the lower floor next to the coffee shop. Source: Croydon Beekeepers Association

🤼 Rumble Wrestling, Selsdon Hall, 132 Addington Road, South Croydon CR2 8LA, from 19:30 to about 21:45, with tickets from £12. Source: Ticket Tailor

🌰 Croydon Harvest featuring the Walnut Fair, town centre, 12:00 to 17:00, free entry. Source: Culture Croydon

✈️ Historic Croydon Airport Open Day, Airport House, Croydon CR0 0XZ, with guided tours from 13:00. Pre booking is required. Source: Historic Croydon Airport Trust

🎤 K Pop vs Pop Queens, a family show at BOXPARK Croydon. Source: BOXPARK Croydon

🎷 Sunday Jazz with vocalist Karen Lane, Manuel’s Restaurant and Bar, 18:30 to 20:30. Source: AllEvents

🚴 Also save Saturday 10/10/2026 for the 10k Fun draising Cycle with Pure in Motion, starting and finishing at Wandle Park Café, Cornwall Road, Croydon CR0 3RD, from about 09:30 to 13:30.

This beginner friendly, female forward charity ride follows the paved River Wandle corridor to Colliers Wood and back, supporting Donate a Wig, CESO and the Music Relief Foundation. Children aged 10 and over are welcome, and under 18s must be accompanied by an adult. Check the booking page for the latest ticket price before booking. Source: Cycling UK

The Great Storm of October 1987 brought down trees across Croydon's parks and woodlands, and residents came together to help clear the damage and restore access.

That response helped shape the borough's Friends of Parks groups, which still look after green spaces across Croydon today, from woodland conservation to practical volunteering.

Source: Croydon Council Friends of Parks Information Pack

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