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
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
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
Following the British BIDs annual conference really gave some good advice on creating events to improve business within Purley. Katie Coombes from MayNineteen looked at 3D approach which is Discover, Design, and Deliver. Discover: Let’s look at the objectives first what is the point of the event, what does success look like? How will we
PURLEY businesses and politicians have criticised the council for having a “worrying view” towards the town after the final working lifts in the multi-storey car park were decommissioned. The council said the 30-year-old lifts were taken out of use because it is “increasingly difficult to source spare parts”. The Advertiser understands the car park has
MORE than 8,000 music lovers flocked to ‘Purley Festival’ last weekend to enjoy two days of predominately sunny weather and enjoy the Celebrations. This was the fifth annual, community volunteer-run festival featuring a silent disco, 40’s themed cocktail garden, kids areas, circus entertainers and much much more. The main stage was headlined by jazz-funk with