City Academy joins drive to create ‘old tie networks’ at state schools
National charity Future First is helping schools set up alumni communities to rival those in the private sector
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Volunteer group using dogs to fight loneliness finds a new home for 2019
Pets Against Loneliness to start up again after renovation work at its old meeting spot put its plans on hold
Hackney celebrates LGBT History Month as schools exemplify ‘accepting and supportive approach’
Hackney Museum event to share ‘lively first-hand accounts of how people have created places of belonging’
Town Hall plans ‘big discussions’ over coming years to address recycling rate
Levy on waste disposal could cost borough an extra £5m a year
Cacophony, Yard Theatre, review: ‘Vibrant drama that taps into #MeToo debate’
Seventeen young actors star in Molly Taylor’s energetic play inspired by Jon Ronson’s book on public shaming
Labour’s Meg Hillier rules out defection but reveals hopes for a vote on second referendum
The Hackney South MP hints that she could break with official party policy next week to back a fresh public vote
Local illustrator meets former Dragon’s Den star after winning his Twitter business contest
Allan Thompson triumphs in Theo Paphitis’ weekly social media competition – earning a retweet to the tycoon’s 490,000 followers
Council’s Troubled Families programme under threat amid funding uncertainty
Young Hackney, Youth Justice and Family Support Services also part of ‘high-level savings’ review
Council tax could rise 4 per cent each year as Town Hall stares down £30m budget gap
Hackney Lib Dems say rates should have been increased earlier ‘in sensible increments when the borough really needed it’
Mayor hits out at ‘Orwellian stitch-up’ of urban council funding proposals
Potential removal of deprivation levels as factors in Town Hall cash allocation slammed as ‘continuation of austerity’
Hackney Downs councillor calls for abolition of ‘no-fault’ evictions
‘Tenants being forced to leave their home for no good reason is a disgrace’
Poignant portraits of missing people to feature in charity’s anniversary exhibition
Unmissable, part of next month’s Other Art Fair in Shoreditch, marks 25 years since the founding of the Missing People charity
Town Hall’s anti-bullying training abandoned as not one councillor signs up
‘Councillors do not seem interested in preventing bullying and harassment,’ says union officer
Smash up paving and make space for nature at groundbreaking 10xGreener event
‘If a lot of people make a little space, we can make a difference’, says postcode gardener Kate Poland
Town Hall thanks campaign group for bringing to light incorrect air quality data
‘Human error’ blamed as CleanAir4Schools renew calls for independent study