Connie Duxbury, the founding chief exec of Croydon Community Energy and occasionally a guest on our Croydon Insider podcast, was this week named Customer Champion at the Young Energy Professionals Forum Awards, staged at London’s Bankside Hilton Hotel. At a …Continue reading→

Jamaica has been declared a disaster zone, after Hurricane Melissa ripped through the Caribbean island overnight. But according to Mayor Jason Perry’s most senior colleague at Croydon Town Hall, the climate emergency “is not a priority”. Today, the supercharged Hurricane …Continue reading→

Last week, the cabinet member for finance, Conservative councillor Jason Cummings, pictured left, stood up in the Town Hall Chamber and explained that the council had failed to spend £3.9m of carbon offset grants in nine years because… well… they …Continue reading→

CROYDON IN CRISIS: ‘The council declared a climate emergency in 2019, but where’s the emergency response? This is a fight for survival, not a PR exercise.’ That’s according to one resident who wants to ask some pointed questions at next …Continue reading→

Our Croydon Insider podcasts are an (almost) regular delve behind the headlines at the stories that matter to you, Inside Croydon’s loyal readers. And in our latest wide-ranging episode – part of what has been described as a “citizens’ revolt …Continue reading→

Croydon Community Energy yesterday plugged in and switched on the first of its innovative schemes, after installing solar panels on a public building in the borough with the intention of saving you money while helping to save the planet. “We …Continue reading→

‘What are you going to do about the Whitgift Centre?’ one of our readers asked Councillor Rowenna Davis, Labour’s recently selected candidate to stand for election as Croydon Mayor in May 2026. ‘At the moment, there’s more buckets than businesses.’ …Continue reading→

The people behind Croydon Community Energy, the innovative new company which wants to install solar panels across some of the borough’s public buildings, saving you money while helping to save the planet, are celebrating today after hitting their initial target …Continue reading→

There is a bright spot in the future for Croydon, and KEN TOWL went along at the weekend to discover more about it When a breathless press release from Croydon Community Energy informs you of a scheme that will not …Continue reading→