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Press releases

2038-40's press releases from all teams:

Addington Stars (Addington HS) - As we are coming to the end of our time as Croydon Council, we have decided to continue to show our commitment to all of the residents of our wonderful borough and we want everyone to feel that Croydon is a place of belonging and opportunity for them. we have decided to help the future by hosting a Urban festival, OAPs by funding health care for them and the disabled by funding a scheme to offer greater employment opportunities. Overall we feel we have enhanced Croydon into a place of belonging and sustainable living, where health and education have been our priorities. One of our other strengths is putting Croydon on the map in terms of entertainment, leisure and shopping.Croydon is now a destination for tourists and citizens of the UK - people compare us favourably to the other thriving cities of Europe.

Archbishop Tenison's School - We decided to fund the urban street games as we thought it would be beneficial to the people of Croydon to take part in such a global phenomenon. It would bring in income to the government through tourism. Also, it would promote a healthy lifestyle, thereby increasing the fitness and wellbeing of the population. We also decided to fund the disability scheme to enable disabled people become a more active part of the community. It helps businesses as it increases the labour force thereby increasing productivity. In addition to this, it gives disabled people a sense of independence thus boosting their morale. We decided against funding the elderly healthcare policy because we felt that it was a lot of money to be spending on one area of the society. Instead, we increased funding on general healthcare in order to benefit all the public.

Coloma Convent Girl's School - We have decided to support our community by improving our health system and we are providing the job opportunities for disabled people.

Croydon College - Croydon Council have been approached by an urban street games company in order to host a BMX competition in Croydon and to use Croydon town centre as a venue for future competitions. After discussions with both the Games Company and Croydon Council, the spokesperson for Communication and Engagement, Jade Murray said; “We have made the decision to go through with the urban street games because we feel that it will be bring a lot of business and entertainment to the town centre, and give the town centre the recognition it deserves as a place of community cohesion and inclusion, and will aid to the Olympic Games in London for the next BMX champion. It will also attract many new individuals, creating a more diverse Croydon and since this is a part of our vision for Croydon; to be facilitate different varieties of communities. Since we already have a congestion charge in Croydon, we are proposing that we will close off the roads in order to save on congestion charges. The scheme would also give children something to do as we do have a curfew in place, and combined with the provision of Crystal Palace FC, we feel it would be a great success. Although we are aware that such an event would bring large amounts of BMX enthusiasts from around the country and world, the amount of litter and noise pollution WILL be effectively controlled and that is a promise.” Croydon Council has been asked to increase and invest the amount of money into projects that help the disabled population of Croydon to get back to work and increase their presence in the work place, along with taking care of them in the community. Croydon Council’s spokesperson for health, Temitayo Taiwo, said: “It is critical that we invest these schemes because we believe that by helping people with disabilities we can improve the local economy and stamp out any discrimination and ill feeling that the general public have towards people with disabilities by putting them in all parts of our society instead off them feeling a sense of isolation. We at Croydon council welcome all people in Croydon and are adamant that Croydon is a place for everybody no matter what differences they posses, and this is part of our vision of Croydon. Croydon is a place of community and we fiercely believe everyone should look after each other, and it is also due to this that we are funding fully the provision for the aging population in Croydon.”

Harris Academy South Norwood - Holding the Urban street games at Croydon is an opportunity that should not be missed. The games will bring Croydon the publicity it needs and help to spread our message as a centre where diverse cultures can flourish. We are also looking forward to some of the financial benefits that this could bring to Croydon in the future. The health of our elderly residents is important to us and we believe that they deserve the very best in health care. This is why we are opting to provide full funding for the project. Providing disabled access has been high on our agenda for many years now and we believe that this new scheme is exactly what is needed to get the ball rolling and make Croydon an accessible place for all.

Old Palace of John Whitgift School - Firstly,we have decided to host an event celebrating street games and also to fund ongoing projects.This is because it will create an active healthy reputation for Croydon and draw in positive media coverage.We voted to turn down any changes in the health care system because we saw it as the best option out of all three alternatives.The first option of paying fully for provision was simply too expensive and we did not want to take too much money away from the younger population who will shape Croydon in the future.We unanimously support the scheme for providing disabled members of Croydon with employment and generally making them more integrated parts of our community

Selsdon High School - For this year and for every year to come Croydon will be the new hosts of the Urban Street Games Festival. We thought it would benefit our community businesses immensely and encourage children and youths to take part in street games such as BMX bike riding and Skateboarding. Some members of the community disapprove of the festival and think it will be disruptive, expensive and create a bad reputation for Croydon. Most of Croydon were thrilled at the idea saying it will exciting and a lively event. We are very concerned with the current health care plan and have decided to put more funding into caring for the elderly. In order for us to do this we will be reducing the amount spent on the younger generations as statistic show the elderly population is much higher than the younger. With increasing the budget on elderly health care this will bring a more positive attitude toward Croydon creating a happier environment for us to live in. Our community is all about equality so we are going to be funding a scheme that will help disabled members of the community find jobs. Disabled people don’t have easy access to certain buildings and are not able to move freely within them so we have chosen to help them by funding this scheme that will help employers recruit disabled people, help make work places easily accessible and create more jobs suitable for disabled people. We are hopeful that this will change people’s attitude towards disabled people and give a small boost to local businesses.

Shirley High School - This week Shirley High have decided to support all of the proposed schemes as we see them as a valuable step into the future of Croydon. The first scheme was a street contest which we think will help business and health in the area despite the road closure. We also have decided to fund Elderly healthcare by removing funds from areas that are over budgeted to balance the books. We also have funded the scheme that helps disabled people into work as they are the same as us and not to do so would be a form of bullying we also think they will be a valuable input into the nations economy.

St Andrew's CofE High School - We decide to fund the health care because the elderly people of croydon we also once young and we will also be old one day so we should fund it for their well being and so we are not known to just let our elderly people die. We decided to fund the urban games because it would create publicity and it would bring people together in a postive way. People would have to spend money if they were planing to saty for the whole week on things like hotels and food. We decided to fund the sceme to help the disabled with jobs because we believe in equality for all in Croydon. Disabled people would feel valued if they are doing something positive in the community and it woul dmake them more independent.

St Mary's High School - Leisure spokesman Ivan Tchetche Santacreu today launched an exciting new initiative for Croydon residents. An urban street games competition will be held annually in Croydon starting from this year. The games will provide young people with a fresh and vibrant opportunity to get involved in positive sporting and healthy activities and will draw an international crowd as the reputation of Croydon as home to these games will well and truly put Croydon on the map! Mr Santacreu stated "the games will include skateboarding competitions, BMX stunt competitions and rollerblading races through the streets! This will be exciting and cause much positive media coverage and publicity". Some residents who challenged the importance of the games said they would lead to disruption and disturbance, but Mr Santacreu said these people have a negative view of the young residents of Croydon and it is actually events like these that can change that perception. Meanwhile the decision not to fund extra healthcare provision for the elderly and not to fund an employment scheme for disabled residents was met with some disagreement. Health Spokesperson Loretta Dido explained "whilst we would love to fund both these important initiatives, we hope to do so in the near future. We have been very succesful lately in introducing a number of new schemes and we hope to continue soon. We understand the councils decision to fund the urban street games as this will bring money into the Croydon area and we may benefit from this in the long run".

The Archbishop Lanfranc School - Although the idea of street games was interesting there was concern from Lanfranc pupils that the events that were suggested might not be popular in 2038 and therefore not draw much response from the residents of Croydon. The general idea though was fully supported as it may also help promote physical activity but again there was caution that the specific sports that were suggested did sound rather risky and it was not made clear how safety and supervision would be carried out. Health care is very important to Lanfranc but it was decided that rather than move resources around it was suggested that families and communities be more inclusive of their older population and provide some of the care they need. With regard to creating jobs for the disabled, pupils felt very strongly that all jobs should be open to all and that the employers should be inclusive and offer equal opportunities to all.

The Dream Team (Riddlesdown High) - the urban street games are fantastic, amazing, we couldnt believe our eyes when we read it. this event will be be a great economic oppurtunity to the council. the games will encourage shopping in croydon centre, a healthier cohesion among its citizens and promte unique and interesting sport among all age groups!!! we need to look after the wealth of knowledge which confides within our society. the elderly will be given more benfits such as discounts and free private dentistry. we need to protect and nuture the window to our former society... disabled people are people too. they have to deal with the challenges of normal life aswell as being to cope with discrimination. as much help as possible will be put towards their lives with regards ofcourse to the health and saftey against discrimination policy of 1998.

Woodcote High School - We have chosen to fund the Urban Street Games because we would like our Croydon to a place full of good entertainment and it would get more young people involved in activites and sports. We have chosen not to fund the scheme to increase provision for the ageing population because we feel that health care in Croydon is good currently for our elderly population, although we have added an extra point to health to improve health care as a whole. We have decided to fund the help to get disabled people into employment to give equality and equal rights to all in our Borough. By the Woodcote Imagine Croydon Team (Alex Lowrie, Hannah Cooper, Caitlin Grant, Sarah Myatt, Melissa Vagg and Miss Souppouris) We love Croydon Council!

Young Enterprise - Croydon strongly supports the scheme to help disabled people into employment. This is something that the borough feels is very important, and with a fairly low cost, is a very worthwhile investment. By helping both the disabled person into work, and businesses to best facilitate disabled people working within their organisations, the proposal should vastly improve the amount of disabled people who want to work, get into work. Any critic that believes that this is money badly spent, is obviously not of the thought that disabled people should work. Croydon feels that this is money very well spent, and so fully supports this scheme. Croydon sees the ageing population of the UK as a potential challenge to all areas of the Country, not just the capital or the borough. The proposal to cut back funding to the younger generation and other areas, to cover older people, is certainly not an option that Croydon feels is good. This would cause the bottom to slip out of the community, and basic educational practices, healthcare and targeted social services, would suffer greatly. Though Croydon strongly believes that caring for the elderly is important, it believes that this should not be tackled on a borough by borough basis. This is a national occurrence that needs to be dealt with on a national level. Croydon believes that further funding should be supplied in order to support a proportionally aging population. However, it is also important to note that population pyramids do tend to change with time, and so investing heavily now on a local level, will not make as positive an impact as people would expect. The vastly high cost together with the focus only being local, is enough for the borough to feel that this is not a feasible option. Croydon therefore, wishes not to invest in this proposal. “Trying too hard to look cool” would be the chants on the street. If Croydon is a place for urban street games, then it should evolve from what is already present. There is a number of dedicated urban followers within the Croydon town centre, many who skate and blade by Fairfield halls, however, this is not enough to warrant the borough spending a considerable amount of funds on this proposed Urban Street Games. Croydon does feel, however, that this kind of event is not something that increases crime, and so is not at all using that reason for not investing in the scheme. Croydon feels that, much like “painting the town pink”, this proposal is targeted at making Croydon look good and in this case look “cool”. However, the borough is aware that to support this would have an adverse reaction, in the form of supporting initiatives in the area. From the ground up, not from the sky down, is our thought behind this. Croydon does not want to be doing things to get votes or to be overly popular or get massive PR, and so is not willing to fund this event. Croydon would suggest either the South Bank in Lambeth or Brixton Skate Park as a venue for this event. These would be much more appropriate, and would allow for the event to be located where people go to from miles around to skate already. Croydon is committed to supporting initiatives that evolve from the community, but also very much realises that its responsibility is not for creating hype, but more for creating happiness. Word of mouth is the best kind of advertising, and we hope that people say “you should live in Croydon; it is a great place to be and live”.

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