Working in the Home Office’s engineering profession
Read about Imran's role as head of engineering at the Home Office and how the department is improving its digital systems.
Croydon digital community
The new Croydon Safeguarding Children Partnership (CSCP) microsite
Read about our project to bring the Croydon Safeguarding Children Partnership's website in-house.
CronxTech round-up: Summer 2023
Your regular-ish roundup of news and views from Croydon’s tech community.
Free digital skills support for adults
Adults who have difficulty getting online will be able to access digital skills courses, workshops and drop-ins in their local libraries after Croydon Council was successful in securing grant funding.
Empowering Croydon Council with Figma’s Interactive Prototyping
Find out how Croydon Council uses Figma to improve the design and delivery process for its digital services.
Can ChatGPT improve your business?
ChatGPT has taken over the web and with it, raised a lot of concerns. This article will cover what it is, how it works and whether you should use it.
A user-centred approach to the new school medical form
Explores how Croydon Council's User-Centred Design team tackled the challenge of improving the school medical form.
Upcoming ClearCommunityWeb events
ClearCommunityWeb are a local social enterprise helping people feel more confident and comfortable with technology through classes, workshops and individual support in the home.
A day in the life of a service designer at GDS
Service designers work with many other disciplines to help make sure the needs of users are prioritised. They design end-to-end services, thinking about everything.
CronxTech round-up: 2022 Winter update
Your quarterly roundup of news and views from Croydon’s tech community.
What does a Technical Architect at the Home Office do?
Technical Architects are responsible for the design and build of the technical architecture that benefits Home Office teams as well as the services you use.
Writing an accessible social post
Writing with accessibility in mind allows your posts to be successful, as they will be clear, understandable, and most importantly, inclusive for people with disabilities.
How work experience helps young people’s careers
Claire Scaramanga talks to two work experience students about how it can help with young people's careers.
Your vote matters!
ClearCommunityWeb has been nominated for an award at the Croydon Business Excellence Awards.
From building control to bin replacements: putting user-centred design first
Croydon Council’s digital platform team has relished the chance to move on from Covid apps in the last 12 months.
CronxTech round-up: 2022 Summer update
Your regular-ish roundup of news and views from Croydon’s tech community.
Croydon College launches the Croydon Digital Skills Hub!
The newly launched Hub will give residents the opportunity to gain new skills in the growing industry.
Do you want to manage exciting tech projects?
The Home Office graduate Dynamic Development Scheme opens soon.
Do you need a laptop?
ClearCommunityWeb have a small selection of Laptops available to help local residents who need access to a computer at home for a short or medium-term loan.
Content and interaction – How to become design BFFs
Rob and Sheida talk about how content and interaction designers work together to deliver great results.
What is colour accessibility and why is it important?
Public sector websites have to conform to accessibility standards, find out what that means and how to achieve it.
The Home Office are hiring!
Every day, our teams across the UK and beyond deliver outcomes to improve citizens’ lives.
Nexus Talks with Elizabeth Tweedale
Deana Hassanein and Elizabeth Tweedale discuss the benefits of learning to code, being female in the tech industry, and empowering young girls with the confidence to take on coding.
CronxTech roundup: 2022 Spring update
Your regular-ish roundup of news and views from Croydon’s tech community.
Digital skills spring programme announced
ClearCommunityWeb have a full programme of activities in Croydon designed to help build confidence and awareness of digital technology.
Why is Community Management important?
Scaramanga take us through why Community Management is important in social media.
CronxTech roundup: 2022 kick-off
Your regular-ish roundup of news and views from Croydon’s tech community.
New report on the impact of community tech support in lockdown
Croydon's ClearCommunityWeb reflect on a year of digital inclusion work, at a time when the ability to get online changed lives.
CronxTech roundup: together in electric dreams
Your regular-ish roundup of news and views from Croydon’s tech community, for autumn 2021.
Parenting in a Digital World: free webinar series
Digital Awareness UK and Vodafone launch a series of free webinars for parents and carers to learn about how to survive and thrive online.
CronxTech roundup: end of summer tech buzz
Your regular-ish roundup of news and views from Croydon’s tech community, although we know it’s been a while!
Community Tech Support: a case study of a critical pandemic service
ClearCommunityWeb share their insights into promoting digital inclusion during lockdown.
Croydon Council’s low code platform: delivering more for less
The technology has enabled the council’s digital department, CDS, to support the council’s pandemic efforts alongside building better online services for residents.
Community Fibre: new broadband package supports Londoners affected by COVID
Community Fibre is offering 10Mbps broadband at the affordable price of £10/month for one year to help London households get back on their feet.
CronxTech roundup: Croydon’s best and brightest
A roundup of what Croydon's tech community has been blogging about in the past few weeks.
Goodbye Croydon Digital Meetup, hello LinkedIn
Join our tech community on LinkedIn to keep up to date with our latest event news.
The challenges of starting a digital learning programme during COVID-19
Digital Horizons teaches people in South East London to use tablets from their own homes. Georgina Foster talks about the challenges of remote digital inclusion.
CronxTech roundup: local tech buzz for local tech people
Your regular-ish roundup of news and views from Croydon's tech community.
Grow your business with a BIG South London Innovation Voucher
Would an injection of knowledge, skills and specialist expertise help you deliver key strategic projects and grow your business?
The all new Croydon Digital tech directory
A bird's eye view of the flourishing tech scene in the CRONX.
Digital Parenting Webinars: supporting families online during COVID-19
Digital Awareness UK is running online safety webinars for parents and carers to help protect kids from dangers like grooming.
Community Fibre’s Digital Ambassadors are breaking the digital divide across London: get involved!
You can help isolated people to improve their digital literacy and stay connected, and boost your own skills in the process.
New digital course for adults to help build tech confidence
ClearCommunityWeb is running a new remote course to help you learn internet basics and get to know your own laptop, tablet, or computer.
CronxTech roundup: Croydon’s tech bloggers carry on the good work
A roundup of what Croydon's tech community has been blogging about in the past few weeks.
Tech Befriender: enabling older people to access support and wellbeing services
ClearCommunityWeb, a community tech support service, is working with Age UK Croydon to help more residents in Croydon benefit from being online.
Shaping Future Skills at Education Evolution 2020
Caterham School hosted its third Education Evolution Conference last week, this year in partnership with Croydon Council and Ada, the National College for Digital Skills.
CronxTech roundup: innovation and inspiration from across the tech sector
A roundup of what Croydon's tech community has been blogging about in the past few weeks.
London Mayor launches ‘Resilience’ fund
Grants of up to £30,000 are available to help London's communities and businesses recover from lockdown.
Cadava: made in the digital heart of Croydon!
Former Kayak and DailyMail lead engineer, Colin Humphrey, introduces us to the Croydon start-up that he founded during lockdown.
Watch the highlights from our Discover Digital Croydon event at London Tech Week
A look back at our fun virtual showcase of diverse Croydon Tech at last week's event.
Leeds and Croydon are creating a digital inclusion toolkit
Leeds and Croydon Councils recently won central government funding to create a comprehensive and collaborative how-to guide for digital inclusion.
Supporting the digitally excluded during Covid-19
Croydon Council has been teaching vulnerable residents how to get online, learning and adapting along the way.
Our London Tech Week event: Discover Digital Croydon, the London Tech Cluster with actual community
We’re running a fun, PechaKucha-style showcase of Croydon tech on 10 September as part of London Tech Week 2020.
Scaramanga lands at No. 1 Croydon
The team at Scaramanga Agency are delighted to have taken up new office space at No. 1 Croydon. The move comes as the team expands, with Mike Gammon joining the team as Head of Design.
When Google runs your classroom: teaching in lockdown
Last month, Croydon Digital hosted a virtual round table with school teachers in the borough who came together to share notes on how they adapted their approach to teaching during lockdown.
CronxTech roundup: Croydon’s tech bloggers on lockdown easing, digital marketing and more
A roundup of what Croydon's tech community has been blogging about in the past few weeks.
Keep Croydon Connected: donate your used tech to people who need it
A new initiative is collecting devices for children, young people and older people in need.
Free tablets and tech support for 10 isolated Croydon residents
ClearCommunityWeb has 10 tablets available for isolated residents - get in touch if someone you know is stuck on their own.
Croydon’s tech community on taking care of your business and yourself
A roundup of what Croydon's tech community has been blogging about in the past few weeks.
ClearCommunityWeb helps vulnerable stay connected online
Local social enterprise ClearCommunityWeb has helped over 100 vulnerable people stay in touch with friends and family during lockdown
Multi-council Drupal code sharing: Alpha, Sprint 1 notes
Croydon Council and partners have completed the first sprint of an Alpha code sharing project, and here's what they've found so far.
Connect and Protect: GovTech Digital Inclusion virtual roundtable on Wednesday 3 June
If you're involved in tech, the public sector or charities (or all 3) come along to this techUK event to discuss how to best support vulnerable people remotely.
Croydon tech businesses on working from home and staying connected
Croydon’s businesses share advice on how to keep your business going, stay connected and work from home effectively.
Croydon tech company pivots to launch Local Support Vouchers – a platform to help small businesses
Chris Giddins, CEO and Founder of Uniqodo, talks about the company's initiative to use their platform to support local businesses during the coronavirus lockdown.
Offer Coronavirus (COVID-19) support from your business
Use this service if your business can offer to help respond to the impact of Coronavirus.
New technology challenge to support people who are isolating
£500,000 of funding is available for technology companies who come up with digital support solutions for people who need to stay at home because of coronavirus.
Digital support during these challenging times
Clear Community Web is offering support and advice with tasks like online shopping, video chat and online forms.
Coronavirus/COVID-19: update on Croydon Digital Events
Several Croydon Digital Events have been postponed to help stop the spread of coronavirus. Check here to find out what's changed and what's on the horizon for CDS.
Why mission patch stickers matter (and how to get a Croydon Digital one!)
A tribute to the humble laptop sticker, used by CDS and digital teams everywhere to celebrate good work and communicate values.
Croydon schools, take on a free EdTech challenge!
Techembrace specialises in technology solutions for the business and education sectors. As its director, I'd like to highlight some educational opportunities available for pupils and teachers to get to grips with tech.
How I discovered the power of Croydon’s entrepreneurial community
Director of Strata Security and experienced entrepreneur Ben Holt on how Croydon's community spirit gives it the edge over East London.
Focus on Proptech: Share My Space aims to stop wasted commercial spaces
Chloe Cort, founder of Share My Space, on how she got the idea for a digital tool to relieve the shortage of commercial space for small businesses.
Ain’t no party like a Croydon Business Excellence Awards party
Smart parking startup Hozah crowned 2019’s best business for digital, data and tech - closely followed by Uniqodo and Rise Media.
Results of croydon.digital beta service assessment
Better late than never, here's the verdict on whether the Croydon Digital blog team managed to pass the high standards they set themselves.
Interview: East Croydon Cool talks CGI with Michael Dowd and Howard Gardner
East Croydon Cool speaks to the CGI artists who have been digitally tagging the Cronx with bizarre figments of their imaginations.
Croydon Digital community profile: TMRW
We kick off our new series profiling great Croydon digital businesses with a visit to TMRW, South London's largest coworking space.
Croydon Council is sharing a publishing platform with Brighton & Hove
Rather than reinventing the wheel, Croydon Council has agreed with Brighton & Hove City Council to re-use its web publishing platform and work on updates together
Croydon Digital drinks on the roof terrace
A perfect summer evening marked the relaunch of the Croydon Digital blog.
Big changes on their way for Croydon Digital
Rebooting the Croydon Digital brand and website with a much improved design, better content and new features.
Croydon Digital drinks goes Karaoke
We're having a karaoke and networking night at Urban Exchange Bar, for our third Croydon Digital monthly informal social.
Who missed seeing a Hadouken and a cat behind the bar?
It's games night at Croydon Digital's second monthly informal social evening.
Launching Tech Stack Croydon
Announcing Tech Stack Croydon, a brand new event for software development and operations people.
Notes from the first Croydon Digital drinks
Read about our 1st drinks event in Limitless VR, one of the coolest hangouts in Croydon.
Introducing Ash Balakrishnan and Croydon Digital drinks
Croydon resident and seasoned tech networker Ash will be helping to bring our community together.
Croydon Digital is now open for submissions!
Croydon Digital is written by the community, for the community. Get writing!
Our next event: selling to government
Find out how to best to approach selling to the public sector.
Open Coffee events for the Croydon tech community
Sussex Innovation Croydon held their first Open Coffee event this week.
My wish for Croydon digital: go far, go together in 2019
Reflections on the power of networking and the importance of this community, from a former Croydon Tech City co-founder.
Croydon is digital and we’re #notmessingaround
Introducing Croydon Digital, a blog for and by the digital changemakers of Croydon.
Launching Croydon Digital at Croydon Tech Forum
Hello, World! Introducing the council's new digital leadership to the local tech community.