‘Iconic’ Stoke Newington club asked to rethink plans for later openings
Club No 8’s management says no other venue in the area ‘specifically caters for the Black community’
Sistah Space
Child Q: Protestors hit streets over police strip-search of Black teenage girl at school
People gathered in Stoke Newington High Street outside the police station to express their anger and disgust
By-election candidates debate violence against women and girls at online hustings
Domestic abuse charity Sistah Space chairs event organised by the Women’s Equality Party
Town Hall holds debate on future of domestic violence charity Sistah Space
Town Hall urged to provide minimum five-year lease for new premises as leading councillors complain of ‘social media kangaroo court’ around dispute
Sistah Space campaign accuses council of failure in equalities duty
Group renews demand for ‘safe and secure’ premises for the domestic violence charity, whose founder vows to keep fighting
Sistah Space and Hackney Council ‘agree to move on’ from premises dispute
Two sides settle acrimonious months-long row, but opposition parties raise concerns over ‘wider unresolved issues’
Opposition parties back formal complaint against Hackney Mayor by Sistah Space
Local Lib Dem, Green and Women’s Equality parties line up behind domestic violence charity as it steps up its fight against eviction
Domestic violence charity ‘shocked and saddened’ by council eviction notice
Sistah Space, a specialist service for women of African and Caribbean heritage, has been asked to move back to a former home it claims is unsafe following a months-long dispute with the Town Hall
Hundreds turn out to support domestic violence charity at centre of premises row with Hackney Council
Sistah Space, the only organisation in London serving African and Caribbean women, is fighting a move back to its former home after deeming it ‘unsafe’
Town Hall strongly criticised by domestic violence charity Sistah Space in premises row
Founder Ngozi Fulani calls for charity’s move to be put on hold until next year because of coronavirus as she accuses council of ‘discrimination’ – a claim it disputes
Community mourns the death of homeless man in Stoke Newington bus stop
Hackney Mayor announces review into tragedy as crowdfunder set up for memorial
Three ‘community champions’ celebrated at Mayor’s Civic Awards
Retired nurse and two local charity workers honoured in Town Hall ceremony
Town Hall launches search for 100 inspirational Hackney women to mark suffrage centenary
Nominations are open to find and showcase ‘local heroes’ driving change in the borough
Making Her Mark: new exhibition shows that women’s activism in Hackney didn’t end after 1918
The stories of Hackney’s female activists over the past century are being celebrated at Hackney Museum – plus, a chance to nominate your own inspirational local women