Can you help? Volunteer Centre Hackney calls for ‘angels’ at Christmas
Help needed to check up on neighbours who might be spending the festive season alone
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Reformed gang members urge schools to stop excluding pupils at risk of exploitation
Calls made for more outreach workers able to speak to young people ‘from a Hackney perspective’
Space found for socially rented flats in new Woodberry Down block
‘It’s a pretty good deal to get, because the figures at the start were slightly different,’ says community organisation chair
‘Friends! Musicians! Visionaries!’: Town Hall rally planned to protect Strongroom Studios from construction work
Protesters claim ‘developments such as this will kill culture’ as Save Strongroom petition attracts almost 6,000 names
Hackney doctor named one of UK’s best at national GP awards
Dr Gopal Mehta of Richmond Road Medical Centre was highly commended at the illustrious General Practice Awards
Hackney Wick charity boss to scale Antarctica’s highest peak in £75k fundraising attempt
Henry Smith, founder of gang prevention charity The Wickers, will battle minus 40 degree temperatures and high speed winds during next month’s climb
Chocolate Studios residents protest being ‘plunged into darkness’ by controversial hotel development
‘There are some office occupiers that actually prefer to have lower levels of natural light,’ says council report
Warnings over Brexit impact on food supply spark Town Hall review
‘Setting up food resilience teams is something practical local authorities can do,’ says City University of London
Hackney Winter Night Shelter calls for volunteers to help run seasonal service for homeless people
‘The Shelter runs on togetherness. The people of Hackney coming together to help the people of Hackney’
Make learning an adventure for local young people – Volunteer once a month with the Hackney & Haringey Pirates
You can make learning an adventure for local young people
Charity bags arts and culture award for young people’s Citizen TV
Clapton-based WORLDwrite recognised for ‘on the job’ training
Residents urge Town Hall to seize opportunity to end ‘mistrust’ with community conversation
Mayor canvasses locals’ vision for Dalston’s future as London Renters Union slams proliferation of ‘massive new developer-led flats’
Telford Homes restart exploratory works at contaminated construction site
Hackney Wick residents call for assurances that noxious fumes will not be released again
Mayor talks of challenge of ‘squaring the circle’ over borough’s housing
Town Hall boss calls for ‘balance’ in approach to night-time economy during Mayor’s Question Time event
Hackney to give microplastics the brush-off with biodegradable bristles
Announcement comes as finance chief boasts of ‘Hackney model’ for new sustainable procurement strategy
‘Love Shouldn’t Hurt’: Hackney stands together to tackle domestic violence
Town Hall event marks local launch of 16 Days of Activism to End Gender Based Violence campaign