Coronavirus: Town Hall unveils £370k support package for third sector
Council calls on Whitehall to ‘recognise challenge facing charities’ and establish emergency funds to ensure their survival
Charities
Hackney Cypriot Association calls for refugee help
The Hackney Cypriot Association is on a mission to provide aid to the thousands of people living in Greece’s vast transit camps
Titbits — Charity knit-picking, turfed out terrapins and hipster hassle
Mayor Pipe and Hackney Heroine have trendy tiff, government’s ‘Victorian’ stance on charities and predators finally purged from Clissold Park pond
Pro-choice campaigners fight moves to turn back clock on abortion rights
Diane Abbott among those opposing involvement of anti-abortion charity in possible amendment to law
Stand-up to help students with new charity
As tuition fees continue to make the news, the comedian Josie Long has taken her comedy – and her actions – into the political arena, setting up a charity to support students
East End Citizens Advice Bureau offers help to cash-strapped Hackney residents
Free financial advice sessions are now available to individuals and charities
Winners and losers as Hackney Council hands out community cash
Finsbury Park Homeless Family Project, the Alevi Cultural Centre and Cemvi, the Arcola Theatre and the Hackney Society all miss out on funding
Charity’s struggle to meet demand for essentials of cookers, carpets and coats
Every week, Family Action volunteers scrutinise increasingly urgent and bleak applications for emergency welfare grants