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Read MoreCoronavirus: Town Hall to redeploy youth workers to support schools
Council’s outreach staff to be made available as borough’s schools prepare to stay open over Easter
Read MoreCoronavirus: Town Hall unveils crisis funding for over 20,000 vulnerable households
Financial care package includes automatic tax rebates and an extra £500k for emergency support fund
Read MoreCoronavirus: Transport chief slams guidance for councils on parking as ‘unworkable mess’
Cllr Jon Burke fears advice to cease enforcement could spark ‘collapse in availability for key workers’
Read MorePoetry: Not even… by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning local playwright on life in lockdown
Read MoreCoronavirus: Businesses to receive £100m in financial aid from Hackney Council
Mayor pledges to support ‘lifeblood of local economy’ as all rents waived for voluntary and community organisations for three months
Read MoreVIDEO: The Citizen Gardener on how to run a wormery
Award-winning community gardener Kate Poland shows you how to make compost using worms
Read MoreHackney Giving launches fundraising appeal for a Coronavirus Response Fund
The grants-giver, run by borough stalwart Hackney CVS, hopes to collect £30k to help groups working with vulnerable people
Read MoreFamilies of children with SEND take challenge over funding to Court of Appeal
Town Hall decision to cut schools’ SEND budgets by five per cent was ruled to have been taken lawfully by High Court last year
Read MoreCoronavirus: Victoria Park closes amid warnings of ‘displacement effect’
Hackney councillors predict ‘different kind of crisis’ as park’s gates close following ‘consistent failure’ in social distancing
Read MoreCoronavirus: Made in Hackney launches free food delivery service for vulnerable people
Community cookery school teams up with local restaurant to provide plant-based meals for those most in need
Read MoreCoronavirus: Citizen Gardener sets up seed giveaway for people who want to grow at home
Kate Poland has filled a donation box at Hackney City Farm with seeds suited to pots and small spaces
Read MoreCoronavirus: Town Hall launches volunteering hub to harmonise local efforts
Hackney Mayor says system will provide a ‘robust, safe and sustainable’ way for people to support one another
Read MoreCoronavirus: Town Hall data on vulnerable residents reveals scale of local impact
Around 12,500 households considered ‘particularly vulnerable’ to Covid-19 as one in six local workers could face financial hardship
Read MoreCoronavirus: Hackney Foodbank ‘up against it’ as emergency food packages run low
Charity calls for more donations amid unprecedented demand as community response praised as ‘amazing’
Read MorePoetry: Perfect Storm by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning local playwright shares her intimate response to the coronavirus crisis
Read MoreVIDEO: Hackney Herbal founder Nat Mady on how to sow lettuce seeds
The local herb specialist shares her tips on growing your own food while stuck at home during the coronavirus lockdown
Read MoreCoronavirus: Housing relief funds ‘vastly insufficient’, warns Town Hall
Council leadership calls for lifting of benefit cap as more information sought on national hardship fund
Read MoreCoronavirus: Town Hall runs skeleton staff for lockdown as all council buildings close
Parks to remain open as Hackney Mayor calls on users to ‘be respectful, mindful of the vulnerable and understand social distancing’
Read MoreCoronavirus: ‘Buy up empty homes to ease overcrowding’, Hackney MP tells government
Meg Hillier and fellow MP Karen Buck urge Whitehall to ‘relieve pressure on overstretched housing sector’
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