Hackney Youth Parliament: Youngsters urged to sign up and help ‘shape local policy’
Children’s services chief calls for young people from all backgrounds to get involved
Young people
Young composers! Compete for a chance to see your music played at London Baroque Festival
Local recorder quartet Palisander urge residents to take part in prestigious Young Composers Award 2021 after being announced as the partner ensemble
Pirates proffer postcards of pensive prose
Youngsters from a local literacy charity have been sending uplifting messages to older residents during the pandemic
‘Valuing the future’: Jermain Jackman on empowering the borough’s young people
The co-chair of Hackney’s Young Futures Commission on the largest consultation ever conducted with local youngsters, and why he is hopeful it will result in lasting change
New mental health website offers ‘one-stop shop’ of support for young people and parents in Hackney
Deputy Mayor Anntoinette Bramble is urging people to use the site, which covers ‘common concerns through to longer term difficulties’
Council challenged over ‘underuse’ of Hackney Youth Parliament
Town Hall officers vow to address issue at powerful meeting on young people’s experiences of lockdown
Voice of children being ‘stifled’ during pandemic, council warns
Leading officers speak of concerns about the lack of coverage of young people’s experiences of lockdown
‘Disappointment’ from children’s health services over levels of funding
Deputy Mayor questions ‘low’ allocation of cash for children and young people’s health
Council sorry after Citizen journalist is ordered to stop recording a public meeting
Council apology comes after demand made by chair of scrutiny commission to delete recorded material
Hackney students on new blog: ‘the common room conversations just weren’t cutting it’
Neetu Singh has the scoop on Twenty Minutes Till Bedtime, a new site chock full of opinion pieces on global affairs created, funded and managed solely by A-Level students at Mossbourne Community Academy
Diane Abbott Foundation spent nearly £30,000 on awards ceremony, accounts reveal
Sum was more than 80 per cent of annual budget of small education charity of which MP is the director
Foster care child sex abuse could happen again, warns Hackney safeguarding chief
‘Huge risk’ of further sexual abuse, as police body rules out policy review
Hackney Citizens Advice Bureau calls for volunteers
The adviser training programme supported by the Citizens Advice Bureau is seeking new recruits
Hackney charity Skyway celebrates ten year anniversary
Dalston Eastern Curve Garden plays host to the celebrations on Friday 28 September
Campaigners petition Hackney Council to act over ‘criminalisation’ of borough’s young people
Residents have come together to oppose what they see as the excesses of the criminal justice system following last year’s riots
Top Boy gets a mixed reception from Hackney’s youth
A panel of locals enjoys a preview of the Channel 4 drama’s first episode, but finds plenty of flaws in Ronan Bennett’s supposedly realistic portrayal of life in the borough