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Happy Christmas from the Hackney Citizen!
We’ll be back on 31 December – until then, enjoy some festive content from our archive
Read MoreWinter Toy Appeal: Thousands of the borough’s poorest children to get a gift after huge response
Organisers thank the public for their generosity and the volunteers who help them spread festive cheer
Read MoreTown Hall ponders crime hotline for reporting suspicious activity
Council to explore ‘route for parents and members of the community to raise concerns’
Read More‘Hopefully the first of many’: Students impress at Hackney Shed’s first Monologue Slam
Teachers want the theatre company’s acting contest to become an annual, borough-wide event
Read MoreLocal author’s Alaskan salmon odyssey nets him prestigious literary prize
Adam Weymouth, who lives on a barge in the River Lea, has won the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award for his debut book
Read MoreCan you help? Volunteer Centre Hackney calls for ‘angels’ at Christmas
Help needed to check up on neighbours who might be spending the festive season alone
Read MoreHackney doctor named one of UK’s best at national GP awards
Dr Gopal Mehta of Richmond Road Medical Centre was highly commended at the illustrious General Practice Awards
Read MoreTitbits – Fuelling splits and political mis-hits
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreLeader – Home for Christmas
Amid a housing crisis, the pressure on local charities is growing – now they need your help more than ever
Read MoreHackney Wick charity boss to scale Antarctica’s highest peak in £75k fundraising attempt
Henry Smith, founder of gang prevention charity The Wickers, will battle minus 40 degree temperatures and high speed winds during next month’s climb
Read MoreHackney Winter Night Shelter calls for volunteers to help run seasonal service for homeless people
‘The Shelter runs on togetherness. The people of Hackney coming together to help the people of Hackney’
Read MoreCharity bags arts and culture award for young people’s Citizen TV
Clapton-based WORLDwrite recognised for ‘on the job’ training
Read MoreDalston arts venues to unite for this year’s Winter Weekend
Community-led event will see galleries open up to celebrate the area’s 150-year association with the arts
Read MoreFelipe Baeza, Maureen Paley, exhibition review: ‘Rupture and regeneration’
The Mexican-born artist’s first solo UK show explores migration and mythology
Read MoreCouncil’s use of embedded Home Office staff criticised as part of ‘hostile environment’
Project 17 and Hackney Green Party urge Town Hall to think again on ‘very intimidating’ policy
Read MoreHackney writer wins prestigious flash fiction award
Tim Craig placed first in the Bridport Prize for his very short story
Read MoreCommunity garden looking for trainees seeking to improve their mental health
St Mary’s Secret Garden wants green-fingered residents with common mental health problems to take on volunteer placements
Read MoreSocial Enterprise Manifesto aiming for a ‘fairer economy’ in Hackney set for launch
The manifesto is the culmination of a two-year drive to commit the borough to supporting businesses that benefit society
Read MoreHomerton nurse recognised at first ever national awards for health volunteers
Yusuf Hossenbaccus earned second place in the staff category at the Helpforce Champions Awards
Read MoreWinter Toy Appeal: Organisers call for more help as support workers paint bleak picture of child poverty
Charity appeal run by StokeyParents is hoping to provide toys and food for 5,000 of the borough’s poorest families – and it needs your donations to make it happen
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