Shape culture in Croydon

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What is the Croydon Makers & Creators?


CMC is an independent, community-driven CIC created to support and amplify creative freelancers and grassroots organisations in Croydon.

Our core values

Local


We're focused on what culture means to our hometown of Croydon.

Collaborative


We support each other to work together in collaboration.

Transparent


We operate with transparent budgets and decision-making.

High quality


We advocate for high-quality arts in all its forms.

Our core activities in 2025:

Connecting


Creating opportunities for creatives to meet & collaborate.

Upskilling


Giving our community the skills to succeed & innovate.

Sharing


Supporting infrastructure & action needed for the sector to survive & thrive long term .

Signposting


Ensuring our membership know about events & opportunities.

Resources

CMC currently has 4 Co-Directors who focus on different areas;
  • Honey Gabriel - Admin & Finance
  • Katie Hurley - People & Programming
  • Katia Del Rio Smith - Comms & Engagement
  • B Atherton - Funding & Development
Our message board on Slack for ad-hoc discussion, sharing events and opportunities.
An overview of expenditure and planned expenditure.
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