ABOUT THE RIDDLESDOWN RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION

Payment of Subscriptions 2023

Founded in 1937, the Association's objectives were established:

“to promote the well-being of the community resident in the Riddlesdown locality for such purposes as may by law be deemed to be charitable and in particular by associating the Local Authorities, voluntary organisations and residents in a common effort to further health, advance education, and to foster a community spirit for the achievement of such purposes as aforesaid.”

The Committee nowadays interprets this rather long-winded statement as a mandate to maintain and improve the Riddlesdown environment, liaising with local authorities and services.

Click this link for full rules of the RRA Association which were adopted at the AGM on 20 May 2022. Link

The Association covers approximately 1,500 households from 31 roads with a membership of about 2,500 people.

2017 was our 80th anniversary.

Read what was happening in the first year - 1937 Link

WHAT DOES THE RRA DO, YOU MAY ASK?

The RRA has been active since 1937 as a local community organisation. We are a non political, voluntarily run and non-profit organisation, serving 1,400 households in Riddlesdown.

Below are a few examples of our aims and achievements:

• Working in conjunction with Croydon Council’s Officers, the Sanderstead, and Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown Ward Councillors, to try and maintain and keep Riddlesdown, a ‘clean, tidy and a green’ place in which to live.
• To try and retain and increase tree numbers and improve grass verge appearance and green open spaces. To report to the Council, any highway and environmental defects.
• Overseeing and keeping a watchful eye on local environmental & planning matters, in order to try to maintain the pleasant and rural character of Riddlesdown.
• Working to reduce anti-social behaviour and crime in Riddlesdown in conjunction with the local Police SNTs.
• Erecting and maintaining the “Riddlesdown” sign on Mitchley Avenue/Buttermere Gardens and the other four notice boards in the area (on the wall by St Edmunds Church, Mitchley Ave, on the Green at the junction of Lower Barn Rd and Mitchley Ave, outside the Pharmacy in Lower Barn Rd and on the Green beside the railway station on Lower Barn Rd.)
• Keeping the local community informed of local events and activities and news, either by our Recorder magazine, this website, Facebook, our E-Blast newsletters and the notice boards.
• Working in consultation with the bus and rail operators to ensure good local public transport to and from, and within Riddlesdown.
• Working with Croydon Council, City of London Corporation and other land owners to retain the local Greenbelt, agricultural, all the woodland and ancient woodland, which makes up a large proportion of our area.
• Holding an annual children’s Christmas party and other social events our members would like.
• Producing a twice yearly issue of a local community magazine – The Riddlesdown Recorder.
• Liaising with & working on joint projects with Riddlesdown Collegiate, the largest school within the Borough of Croydon.
• Working to promote our local retail shops, in Lower Barn Rd and Mitchley Ave, who are a lifeline for many people in the area.
• Working to liaise and promote the Riddlesdown community and leisure groups and organisations within our area, or nearby.

The above is just an example of what Riddlesdown residents’ get for their £5 annual membership!

Are you interested in getting more involved in your local community? New RRA members, volunteers, road stewards, sponsors and supporters are always warmly welcomed.

OUR MAGAZINE:
THE RIDDLESDOWN RECORDER

We publish this twice yearly. It is free to members and delivered to all households, containing information and articles of interest to residents.

Click here for more information.

OUR COMMITTEE

To see Committee members

OUR ROAD STEWARDS

Delivery of the Recorder and of other material is done by our loyal and hardworking band of road stewards. They also collect the annual subscription of £5 - this will be from 2023. The road stewards are recruited and organised by John Rapp, Membership Secretary. Apply to John (8660 9531) or any Committee member if you wish to join the Association.

We are always in need of road stewards to replace those that unfortunately leave, or to lighten the burden of those with large patches. Please contact John if you can help.

RRA AGM 2024

The next RRA AGM 2024 for residents/members living in the RRA area will be held at St Edmund’s Hall, Mitchley Ave on Wednesday 17 April 2024 at 7pm

Here the annual election of Committee members will take place (new Committee members are always welcome to stand for election) and residents will be updated on all the happenings within the area since the last AGM. At the AGM residents can also ask questions and raise any matter or topic. The minutes for the 2023 AGM are on this link

CONTACTING US

For general correspondence, you may e-mail the Riddlesdown Residents' Association at Riddlesdownresidents@gmail.com

RIDDLESDOWN RECORDER EDITOR

For contacting “The Riddlesdown Recorder” editor about articles or advertising, please use this e-mail address; EditorRRA@gmail.com

RRA TREASURER

To contact the RRA Treasurer, please use this e-mail address; RiddlesdownRAtreasurer@gmail.com

FACEBOOK

Our Facebook page exists for members to submit and discuss issues.

RRA Notice Boards

Updated 16/9/22

The two RRA notice boards in Lower Barn Rd are now back in situ following repair. They now have a self-healing rubber bonded material.

Can we ask, PLEASE DO NOT use nails, tacks, sticky tape, glue or staples to fix notices. Drawings pins are fine. Due to restricted space, we also do not allow trade advertising, so those type of notices will be removed.

Payment of Subscriptions 2024

The RRA has now given residents the option to pay the annual subs of £5, either by cash, a cheque, or by a printed Standing Order form. If you wish, you can make one single annual payment, or set up an annual Standing Order instruction via your online bank account, or through your banking app.

The RRA's Bank details are:

Name; Riddlesdown Residents Association

Sort Code; 30-99-50

Account Number; 37821768

Ideally all future subscription payments of £5 should be made each year on 1 June.

For the 'Payment Reference' please use your postcode first and then your house number (plus flat number (F1 or F2 etc, if applicable)); e.g., CR81HW-23(F1).

Cheques should be made payable to the 'Riddlesdown Residents Association' - please write the first line of your address and postcode on the back of the cheque, and it can be given to your Road Steward when they call. Or the cheques and/or the Standing Order forms can be returned by post, or hand delivered to; The Treasurer, Riddlesdown Residents' Association, 23 Purley Bury Close, Purley CR8 1HW. If delivering by hand, please note Purley Bury Close is accessed from the bend on Brancaster Lane and not to be confused with the nearby Purley Bury Ave. For any enquiries, please use this e-mail address; RiddlesdownRAtreasurer@gmail.com

If a resident does not have online banking or the banking app, the Standing Order form is available to download and print at home, on this link

We are very lucky to have a fantastic group of Road Stewards and they will still continue to call and collect subs either by cash, a cheque or they can give you a Standing Order form to complete. They will also deliver the Recorder magazine twice yearly.

As per the RRA’s constitution, households in streets abutting the Association's area may be eligible for dual membership with their own Residents' Association. Please check the RRA’s area on this link

DISCLAIMER

Every effort is made to ensure that the information on this website is factually correct but accuracy must not be assumed and no responsibility can be taken for any actions arising in the case of error or otherwise. This information on this site, is made in good faith. The RRA can in no way guarantee or endorse any of the services or retailers named on this website or any statements made. Please bring to the attention of the Website Editor, any inaccuracies, by e-mailing Riddlesdownresidents@gmail.com

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