Council launches plan to improve support for care leavers following Ofsted criticism
Inspectors found children’s services had ‘greatly improved’, but said work still had to be done for care experience
Young people
DBS checks now compulsory for Hackney’s elected politicians
The move follows two recent cases of ex-councillors being charged with sex offences
GCSE outcomes in Hackney ‘at or above’ last year’s, council says
Town Hall says borough’s performance bucks national trend of declining English and Maths results
‘Something special’: Artworks by Hackney teenagers go on display at former royal residence
Young people from Immediate Theatre join arts takeover at Cumberland Lodge
Hackney Council pushes for DBS checks for elected members
Standards committee recommends council immediately adopts new safeguarding measures
‘One-stop shop’ of health services for young people to launch in Hackney
The two-year pilot project is hoping to address increasing demand
The Huddleston: A centre without a centre
The long-running charity is without a permanent home, and the Citizen visited to see a former member perform a fundraising pantomime
‘Wes Anderson likes my work!’ Art by Hackney schoolchildren to be plastered on billboards as part of ‘fantastic’ creativity project
Thirty youngsters took part in Hackney Young Voices – receiving support from renowned artists and education experts
‘What we create has consequences’: Teenagers to be trained up in sustainable fashion as studio launches workshops in East London
CQ Studio to run programme in Poplar to prepare young people for jobs in eco-friendly fashion
‘LTNs would be gone’: Tory mayoral candidate hopes to swerve Labour ‘coronation’ with vow to reverse traffic measures
Nineteen-year-old Oliver Hall also has affordable housing and young people on his agenda ahead of polling in May
Young people who are ‘up for a challenge’ invited to join fire cadets programme in Shoreditch
Sixteen spots still available on training scheme – with many graduates going on to join the fire service
‘Young people are getting vaccinated in secret to avoid being seen as sell-outs’, health bosses warned
Hackney CVS chief says uptake among youngsters could be improved if they are able to get the jab ‘covertly’
Education boss reveals remote learning left Hackney’s poorest kids behind on writing, maths and fine motor skills
Councillors warned that attainment gap will continue to grow without ‘big bit of work’ from teachers
Pandemic triggers surge in demand for children’s mental health services
Huge jump in paediatric admissions and eating disorder services
Town Hall set to merge wellbeing services for everyone under the age of 25
Move ‘could deliver efficiency savings alongside improvements’, according to council report
A group of Hackney residents are using a doughnut to reinvigorate their community
Artist Rose Gibbs tells the Citizen all about plans for a self-built community hall on Mountford Estate – and the snack-shaped diagram underpinning them