Local brain injury charity launches emergency appeal to combat ‘significant losses’
Headway East London is hoping to raise £10k to maintain its vital support for vulnerable members during lockdown
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Coronavirus: Hackney Giving awards £15k in grants to five frontline organisations
One beneficiary, Oladapo Awosokanre of Community African Network, said their £3k will “go a long way in helping people during the crisis”
Coronavirus: Local charity awards grants to young people helping their communities
Jack Petchey Foundation asks public to nominate youngsters ‘doing inspirational things’ for their neighbours
Hackney photographer up for charity award after live-tweeting stem cell donation
Sonny Malhotra shortlisted for Donor Champion of the Year by leading blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan
‘One in ten adults in Hackney struggle to read’: Meet the charity trying to change the story
Read Easy UK chose the borough as the place to begin its expansion into London last year – team leader Serena Naismith explains why
Food charity puts out call for volunteers in Hackney after £20k funding boost
The Felix Project, which distributes grub to good causes across London, will train up 25 out-of-work youngsters
St Joseph’s Hospice launches its first ever charity shop
Five Sisters on Mare Street is named after the pioneering women who helped set up the care centre in 1905
Meet the Hackney charity turning out the next generation of social entrepreneurs – for free
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Office rental space available immediately at St Joseph’s Hospice, central Mare Street
The rent from this office space, which is located in a newly refurbished and decorated wing of the hospice, will support funding of their specialist palliative care services
Hackney parent runs first ever marathon to support disabled children
53-year-old tackling 26.2 mile course shines spotlight on local SEND cuts
Merry Christmas from the Hackney Citizen!
We’ll be back on 27 December – until then, enjoy some festive content from our archive
Black Cat vegan cafe to combat cold winter night with soup kitchen
The cooperatively run Clarence Road spot say reveal the menu for the inaugural evening on 22 December, where ‘nobody will be refused food’
Homerton’s Berger Primary School to donate proceeds from Summer Fair to Grenfell victims
Adding to the estimated £2.8 million raised so far for those affected by the fire, the event will feature bouncy castles, a BBQ, sales stalls, and a raffle
Literacy champions Hackney Pirates win National Small Charity Big Impact Award
The prize comes in recognition of the help the charity have provided for 500+ young people in the last year
East London artist Stik to raise cash for charity through artwork auction
Hackney Council will determine which organisation gets the money generated from sale of artwork which formed part of Pride festival in London last year
Literacy on the high seas: Hackney Pirates looks back on an incredible six years
Pioneering afterschool club’s founder Catriona Maclay looks back on its successes thus far