Thank you, Croydon
Our Croydon Stands Tall herd of little and large giraffes had a brilliant summer of fun across Croydon town centre and have now found their forever homes.
After an exciting Grand Finale Auction, our tall giraffes have been bought by companies and individuals, and the small giraffes have been returned to the schools and youth groups who designed and painted them.
We are still totalling up the final figure raised through the trail, so watch this space!
We would like to thank our trail partners and the wonderful artists who helped make Croydon Stands Tall the success it was, and to everyone who got involved and became an honorary member of our herd – thank you so much!
Please follow Crisis on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter to see how your support of the trail will make a difference.
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Aug 21
Morning porkies with a couple of guest appearances
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Sep 25
Meet ‘Butterfly Effect’.
Our Nursery Schools aren’t the only things standing tall in #Croydon! This #giraffe sculpture named ‘Butterfly Effect’, is part of #CroydonStandsTall – a free art trail in Croydon until 27th October raising funds for #Crisis Skylight Croydon. Created by Jeru Nomi, Butterfly Effect is a celebration of the colour and beauty of nature, and how #humanity interacts with it.
In chaos theory, #TheButterflyEffect is the idea that a small #action or #change can have a huge #impact.
Imagine if our maintained nursery schools were sufficiently funded.
Imagine if, when making decisions, those elected to advocate positive change chose to draw on the extensive #research there is in support of maintained nursery schools. Research has shown that investing in early years education and care positively impacts individuals, families, the wider community and the economy. (Source: EPPE project)
There are a number of things we are doing to support and protect early education across our nursery schools, some of which might seem small, but we believe will have a positive impact.
Here are some of the ways you can get start to get involved:
-Complete the #consultation #survey- it’s open to the #public, and so anyone, anywhere can have their say. (Link in bio)
-Come along to the day of action hosted by southnorwoodkitchen
-Sign the #petition – this will help to highlight the concerns about the #Croydoncouncil’s proposal.
-Repost, like, comment and share posts – engaging with us helps raise the profile of the uncertain future Croydon’s nursery schools currently face.
-For those who have little ones in early years provision, be sure to let staff know that they are valued. Part of protecting early education and care for our children is supporting those who work with them!
#OurNurserySchoolsMatter
#ProtectOurMNS
#SENDmatters
#InclusionMatters
#MaintainedNurserySchoolsMatter
#CommunityMatters
#EarlyEducation
#QualityProvision
#Teaching
#EarlyYears
#Nursery
#DoingNothingIsNotAnOption
#survey
#Croydoncouncil
#consultation
#TheButterflyEffect
#CroydonStandsTall
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Aug 14
Having a giraffe!
These giraffes visited Tower Bridge and Selhurst Park on their way to take part in the free public art trail Croydon Stands Tall, as part of Croydon's London Borough of Culture events. They will be part of a herd of 30 sculptures, sponsored by local businesses, on display from August 21 to October 27 – and will be auctioned to raise money for Crisis Skylight Croydon.
(Photos by Croydon Stands Tall/Glenn Foster) #CroydonStandsTall …
Aug 22
Went giraffe hunting this afternoon 🤣 So nice to see something positive in Croydon and to see the town centre busy.
#wildinart #CroydonStandsTall #Croydon …
May 15
NEW SCULPTURE ANNOUNCEMENT… I’m very proud to be an official artist of #croydonstandstall a 10 week art trail bringing giant 30 giraffes sculptures to Croydon this autumn. checkoutcroydon
This project aims to raise funds for crisis_uk which supports people experiencing or at risk homelessness.
My giraffe is arriving this week ready for painting. I can’t wait to share some sneaky peaks with you. wildinart …
Nov 23
And that’s a wrap on Fleur🦒 What an incredible moment and project to be part of 🫶🏼 well done to all the other artist’s that took part too, we raised over £50,000 on the night, an amazing amount, with Fleur taking the highest bid of the night! What a perfect project to end the year on and I can’t wait to see Fleur go to her forever home, thank you so much to all the bidders last night💛
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