Posts Tagged ‘charity’
Charity tackling furniture poverty among London’s children launches campaign with Shoreditch installation
More than 700,000 children in London live in poverty, according to The Childhood Trust
Read More‘Belter for the Shelter’ benefit night sees comedy legends raise money for Hackney charity
The comedy night will raise funds to allow homelessness charity Hackney Night Shelter to continue to provide its vital services
Read More‘It was easy to forget alcohol wasn’t served’ — Spitalfield Crypt Trust hosts boozeless night out in honour of 60th anniversary
Supporters of the charity hope the alcohol-free event in Dalston could set a precedent for more inclusive gigs in future
Read MoreHackney Night Shelter launches Christmas appeal to open new women’s space
Hackney Night Shelter hopes to create a new women’s shelter next year, which could help up to 100 people.
Read MoreHackney children among most deprived in England as working parents ‘struggling to feed kids’
Nearly two thirds of children in Hackney are living in income-deprived households, a concerning report has shown.
Read MoreGet a chance to win Jock McFadyen painting by donating to Ukraine crowdfunder
McFadyen and fellow artist Stephen Skrynka are fundraising for an ambulance and medical supplies to be sent to the country
Read MoreSt Mary’s Secret Garden ‘very likely’ to close permanently amid funding struggles, organisers reveal
Hoxton-based charity has been active in the borough for nearly three decades
Read MoreHoxton charity unveils three alternative audio tours of London penned by children
Listeners can enjoy the ‘wildest tall stories to the most moving of poetry’, says Ministry of Stories director
Read MoreNew short film explores the joys and challenges of life inside an East London brain injury charity
Award-winning filmmaker Kit Vincent documents the work of Headway East London through the stories of four survivors
Read More‘Something special’: Artworks by Hackney teenagers go on display at former royal residence
Young people from Immediate Theatre join arts takeover at Cumberland Lodge
Read More‘Real lifeline’: Hackney Foodbank awarded £20k to help families during the summer holidays
The charity will use the National Lottery funding to provide supermarket vouchers
Read More‘If you think you can, you can’: Philanthropist Sir Jack Petchey OBE dies aged 98
Petchey’s charity has invested over £170m in youth projects across east London and Essex
Read MoreEnvironmentalists buzzing over £250k funding for bee corridor in Hackney
Charity ecoACTIVE plans to build a green thoroughfare for wildlife between four local parks
Read MoreLeader – Right the ship
For the new year, we could all take inspiration from the world’s only Victorian steam ship
Read MoreMuch-loved Hackney Playbus celebrates 50-year anniversary
The education charity, known for the double-decker it has converted into an early years’ play space, threw a well-attended party to mark the occasion
Read More‘Sad sign’: Hackney Foodbank in urgent donations plea as demand soars by 70 per cent
The number of children and over-65s needing the charity’s help has jumped drastically in the last year
Read More‘What else am I capable of?’ Disabled woman from Hackney achieves dream of learning to fly – thanks to charity scholarship
Malky Padwa, 33, said the experience has changed her life and made her ‘rethink my capabilities’
Read MoreNo Man’s Island, The Big House, stage review: ‘A script so authentic it’s like watching a documentary’
This charity production is ‘inventive, funny, powerful and utterly compelling’
Read MoreThe 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
Read More‘It means something to them’: Local arts project for refugees appeals for donations to save it from closure
Creative Art Space, run by Akwaaba, helps its participants ‘feel safe and not isolated’
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