Croydon council pension fund has invested over £120 million in companies complicit in genocide, including Israel’s largest arms manufacturer Elbit Systems which describes itself as the backbone of the Israeli occupation forces in Gaza.
Please write to your councillors urging Croydon council to divest from genocide. So far 473 letters have been sent, help us reach a 1000 letters. Use our simple 3 step tool – it only takes 2 minutes.
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473 Letters Already Sent
As of 21st May 2025, 473 letters from Croydon residents have been sent to Croydon Councillors urging them to divest Croydon Council from companies complicit in genocide in Gaza.
As the map shows, more letters have been written to councillors in the ward of Norbury Park where the Resistance Kitchen is situated than any other. This is closely followed by the adjacent ward of Thornton Heath where the Chair of the Pension Committee Callton Young is councillor.
Its particularly important to write to the Pension Committee as they directly decide where the money is invested. It’s also important to write to your local councillors. As your representatives they are obliged to help and can exert indirect pressure on the pension committee. Our tool enables you to write to both.
Croydon Council Evading Divestment Demand
Last December 2024 a petition was presented to the council asking for divestment, this was largely ignored.
On 31st March 2025 the Resistance Kitchen wrote to Croydon Council Pension Committee asking it to divest from companies complicit in genocide and instead invest in housing and other ethical funds that benefit Croydon. Other councils have chosen this path without facing financial loss. We have had no reply, not even an acknowledgement of receipt ( apart from an acknowledgement from the mayor who indicated the pension committee will aim to respond within 10 working days). Its been over 50 days.
On 16th April 2025 the Croydon Divest coalition, which includes the Resistance Kitchen, at the full meeting of the council, directly asked the Chair of the Pension Committee, Callton Young, for a meeting to discuss divestment. In front of the full council, he agreed to the meeting. Despite repeatedly chasing him up, so far the meeting hasn’t materialised, even though its been over a month. Our understanding is that the Labour whip is now involved.
We are urging Croydon residents to write to the pension committee directly, and to their local councillors, demanding divestment. With your help we can smash the 1000 letter target.
Write To Your Councillor – Divest From Genocide
Croydon Council Complicit Investments - Key Facts
- Croydon council has known investments of £122 million in companies complicit in genocide and occupation of Palestine.
- Croydon council has directly lent Israel £489,000 via the purchase of Israel state bonds.
- Croydon council currently invests £22 million in 27 arms companies, these include:
Elbit Systems (£93,886) – Israel’s largest private arms company, it has played a central role in the genocide in Gaza. It produces 85% of Israel’s killer drone fleet responsible for the targeted slaughter of children in Gaza.
BAE Systems (£504,647) – UK’s biggest arms manufacturer, produces 15% of the F-35 stealth fighter aircraft that has been used in bombing hospitals and schools in Gaza and Yemen.
Lockheed Martin (£1,206,590) – World’s largest arms manufacturer. Produces F-16, F-35 fighter aircraft, used in war crimes around the world including Gaza and Yemen.
Airbus (£948,319) – Its Typhoon fighter jets have been implicated in Saudi war crimes in Yemen
Boeing (£1,381,522) – World’s 2nd largest arms company. Its Apache attack helicopters are being used by Israel to commit genocide in Gaza.
Raytheon (£1,780,425) – Produces bombs and missiles that have been documented by Human Rights Watch as being used by Saudi Arabia in Yemen against civilian structures including food warehouses leading to famine. The International Criminal Court in The Hague has been asked to investigate senior arms company executives from BAE Systems, Airbus and Raytheon for responsibility for aiding and abetting Saudi war crimes in Yemen.
Northrop Grumman (£765,364) – Produces nuclear missile systems and stealth bombers, has strong partnerships with the Saudi military.
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