Purley Baptist Church are hosting Easter in the Square 2019 on Saturday 20th April from 3-5pm. Purley BID will be running free activities, including an Easter egg hunt, face painting and sand art. Come along for some Easter fun!
Best Festive Window Display Competition 2017 Our judge noted over 80 displays around the whole area as part of this year’s competition looking at them in the day time and at night before picking our three winners. First Prize Rowland Brothers in the High Street Second Prize Rawlings Opticians in Brighton Road Third Prize Get
Happy new year to you all. Well we had a great 2018 and let’s just hope that 2019 is just as good or Purley. Events wise we had a great Food festival again in June, We were really proud that like previous food festivals it was a celebration of all good things to do with
Every year Purley BID runs a “Be Active” Campaign in January and February as part of our year-long Live Well in Purley project. This year we will also be supporting Mind In Croydon campaign called Red January. http://www.mindincroydon.org.uk Mental health is closely associated with physical health so we are really pleased to be supporting Mind and the great
Purley BID help to resolve dumping of general rubbish and lack of recycling facilities in Russell Hill! Following engagement with business owners, residents, local Councillor and Croydon Council, the Purley BID team help to resolve dumping of general rubbish and lack of recycling facilities in Russell Hill. Let’s work together to keep Purley clean and
It was great to see so many members represented at the conference which took place on 23rd October at Christ Church Purley and sharing Purley BID’s current projects and future plans. Following a warm welcome from Marlon Johnson (Chairman), Simon Cripps, CEO of Purley BID, outlined the structure of the team, the budget the team
For the second year running, the Purley Food & Drink Festival drew a fantastic crowd on Saturday past (03rd June) to sample food and drink from Purley’s leading establishments on one of the warmest days of the year so far. The festival was opened by the Mayor of Croydon, Toni Letts, Chair of Purley BID,
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
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