Spring Quiz Night · March
Twenty-two teams packed the Fairfield Rooms, the music round caused two formal protests, and “Quizteama Aguilera” took the trophy. Every penny went on food bank stock.
Raised £1,842Events
Fun days, quiz nights and sponsored miles
Most of our events are free, all of them are friendly, and every penny raised stays in Croydon. Dates below are confirmed – but do check before travelling far, because South London weather has opinions.
Coming up
Dates for the fridge door
Six dates between now and October. Free ones just need your good mood; ticketed ones sell out – book by ringing the Hub or via the contact form.
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8Aug
Brightside Summer Fun Day
Live music from the Bright Sparks studio crew, forty community stalls, food from six continents and the legendary tug-of-war against Croydon Fire Station (current score: 3–3). Bring a blanket; the bouncy castle is free, the burgers aren’t.
Free entry -
13Aug
ESOL Taster Evening
Meet the teachers, find your level with a relaxed ten-minute chat and enrol for the autumn term on the spot. Interpreters on hand, children welcome, samosas guaranteed.
Free – just turn up -
22Aug
The Big Brightside Quiz Night
Teams of up to six, £8 a ticket, chip-shop supper included. Eight rounds, one infamous music round, and every penny goes straight to the food bank shelves. Book early – March’s quiz sold out in nine days.
Fundraiser · £8 -
6Sep
Croydon 10K Sponsored Walk
A gentle loop through Lloyd Park, Coombe Wood and Addington Hills, marshalled the whole way, with a medal and a bacon (or halloumi) roll at the finish. We need water-station volunteers as well as walkers – both count.
Volunteers needed -
18Sep
Golden Hours Seaside Outing
The annual pilgrimage: fish and chips on the pier, a gentle promenade roll (wheelchairs and walkers very welcome) and ice creams on the way home. Free for Golden Hours members – book with Eleanor by 11 September.
Members · free -
4Oct
Harvest Big Collect
Our biggest food-collection day of the year – trolley points at five supermarkets, shopping lists in hand. Two-hour volunteer shifts, full training on the day, and last year’s haul fed the food bank well into January.
Volunteers needed
Community calendar: printed copies of the full calendar sit by the Hub front desk, and Sunny (the chat bubble in the corner) always knows what’s next. Running a local event yourself? We’ll happily add it to the noticeboard – drop us a line.
How they went
Highlights from earlier this year
Because a thank-you is better with numbers attached.
Easter Egg Trail · April
Two hundred and forty children hunted eggs through Wandle Park while the grown-ups drank our tea urn dry. Twelve new volunteer sign-ups before the last egg was found.
240 childrenVolunteers’ Thank-You Tea · June
A hundred and eighty volunteers, one enormous cake shaped like the Hub’s yellow door, and speeches kept mercifully short. The Mayor of Croydon poured the teas – as is right.
180 volunteersBe part of it
Want a stall, a shift or a team sheet?
Stallholders for the Fun Day, marshals for the 10K, quiz teams for August – tell us what you fancy and we’ll pencil you in.