You don’t need to spend long in Purley to realise the town is home to many elderly people. The otherwise unremarkable suburb of Croydon is surrounded by numerous residential care homes, and in Purley Library, staff are used to adapting to the needs of elderly visitors.While the older generation adds much to the town’s community
Purley Swimathon, 2017 The Purley Rotary Club is a community led organisation with a long history of serving the local Purley community since 1923. By combining their skills and resources, members of the Purley Rotary Club work to make a real contribution to the lives of others. Every year Purley Rotary Club organises great fun
How is the year going so far? So The week of Monday 16th January is meant to be the worst week of the year. After all the excitement of Christmas and new year with all the food, presents and family we all come down to earth with a bump. That diet is not going so
Role Specification Job title: Administrator Location: Purley Reports to Purley BID CEO Responsible for Delivery of Business Improvement District Job summary The Administrator reports to Chief Executive of the Purley Business Improvement District (BID). Main responsibilities: To support the Purley BID delivery team with administration and communications Create Board meeting invites and agenda To maintain the BID contacts
Purley is a unique community. The independent shops and cafes, combined with numerous charity shops and estate agents with a large superstore make for an eclectic mix of visitors to the town centre. There are many people who visit Purley town centre who are living with dementia. We are very lucky to have store owners
We all want to Live Well and that means different things to different people, however here in Purley we believe that ‘Being and Staying Active’ contributes a lot to staying healthy and Living Well! “If exercise were a pill, it would be one of the most cost-effective drugs ever invented. Find out how you could
Could you be our Purley King or Queen? We are looking for enthusiastic people to join the Purley BID team to improve our business area. What is the role? These are part time roles from between 10 and 20 hours a week. The role is to talk with businesses, shops and visitors and to make
On Wednesday we dropped in to say hi to Croydon Radio and let them know all about the Launch event for Live Well in Purley. Listen to the pod cast and hear all about the event and the many things that we have going on. From Gardening work shop, living libraries, kids work out and dementia awareness
Purley Business Improvement District is a not for profit company led by local businesses. Their objective is to create a more active community and support local businesses on issues of concern. Purley BID team is looking for street ambassadors to be the key link between the business community and the BID Company. Role Specification Job
Ever since the 2010 Purley Realm improvement project that delivered more trees, electric charge points, cycle facilities some public art in the form of a mosaic outside Astoria court, there has also been a reduction in the number of parking spaces available. This reduced the number of spaces from 42 to 38. Working with Chris Philp MP, local business owners