Posts by Hackney Citizen
Campaigners calling for more places for child refugees to host free evening of films
Safe Passage UK will ask the council to welcome more child refugees and push the government to do the same
Read MoreHackney School Stars: Nominate your heroes for a special award
Children, parents and governors can put forward school staff who they think deserve recognition
Read MoreLetter: ‘Labour must now defend the national interest’
Architect Jake Ireland urges his Labour councillors in Hackney Central to formally ‘support a People’s Vote with the option to Remain’
Read More‘Groundbreaking’: The Hackney school offering would-be doctors the ‘same chance as private pupils’
Mossbourne Community Academy says its medical bursary ‘far exceeds’ the support on offer at many private schools
Read MorePlastic-Free Hackney backs launch of waste-saving repair cafés
Local waste authority to host free events to help people avoid buying new – as it reveals 28 million toys are chucked away every year
Read MoreJewish primary school celebrates Democracy Day
Pupils at Simon Marks created manifestos with local politicians before voting for the school council
Read More‘Where there’s a will, there’s a way’: Urswick head on how the school provides free meals for all
Richard Brown responds to campaign to stop children in Hackney being denied food due to their parents’ immigration status, saying the school has funded meals for all its students for years
Read MoreStik sculpture fetches staggering £150k for homelessness charity
The renowned street artist’s plywood figure sold for ten times its guide price at auction last month
Read MoreHackney Council unveils plaque honouring peace symbol creator
Artist Gerald Holtom’s family ‘proud’ to see his work commemorated on Blackstock Road – where he first presented his design
Read More‘Glitter, punk drag and politics’: Question Time Cabaret is back at Rich Mix
After selling out in 2017, the ‘rowdy political knees-up’ returns on 26 October – and this year the theme is beauty
Read MoreWorld first as Hackney gets all-weekend vegan market
Sean O’Callaghan, better known as the Fat Gay Vegan, extends his Hackney Downs market to Sundays
Read MoreQueer film festival to return to east London for its eighth year
Volunteer-led Fringe!, founded in 2011 in response to arts cuts, is back for six days in November
Read MoreThousands of Hackney homes to get new fire-resistant doors
17,000 front doors to be replaced in multimillion-pound council project which is expected to last three years
Read MoreStudent whose family was killed in Syria wins New City College award
Tales of success in the face of adversity light up the college’s annual ceremony, presented by special guest Richard Blackwood
Read MoreUrswick student’s Black History Month flag raised above Hackney Town Hall
Year 9 pupil Malaika Parillon Langlais Baron’s ‘highly creative’ design was selected from 75 competition entries
Read More‘As I walked into the big gates…’: Petchey newcomers deliver moving speeches after bonding trip to Epping Forest
Year 7s talked about their experiences of starting secondary school following a three-day adventure with their new classmates
Read More‘Don’t be afraid to dream’: Volunteers rouse the crowd at Inspiring Young Men event
Seventeen local professionals, from firefighters to charity workers, dished out career tips to pupils from across the borough
Read MoreAll in a pickle: Gillian Riley turns her eye to microbes
Our resident food historian on the ‘busy little critters’ found inside our guts
Read MoreHackney Citizen teams up with StokeyParents for this year’s Winter Toy Appeal
The fifth annual giveaway run by the local parents’ network is hoping to reach more than 5,000 of the borough’s poorest children
Read MoreTitbits – Missed history, handshakes and mayoral outtakes
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
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