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Coronavirus: Town Hall unveils £370k support package for third sector
Council calls on Whitehall to ‘recognise challenge facing charities’ and establish emergency funds to ensure their survival
Read MoreReturning Hackney1000 charity drive adapts for lockdown life with online challenges
Hackney Quest aim at 1000km target by mixing socially distanced runs with sponsored silences, knitathons, karaoke marathons and more
Read More‘Sense of pride’: Absences in Hackney’s waste service lower than normal during pandemic
Waste chief pays tribute to staff loyalty and performance as reports indicate service continues to operate with zero disruption
Read MoreCoronavirus: Stratford walk-in centre shelved in favour of home testing
NHS confirms that work on the site, which had been expected to open this week, has been halted
Read MoreCoronavirus: Local charity awards grants to young people helping their communities
Jack Petchey Foundation asks public to nominate youngsters ‘doing inspirational things’ for their neighbours
Read MoreMental health must be ‘paramount’ to coronavirus recovery plan, deputy mayor urges
Cllr Anntoinette Bramble says mental wellbeing of frontline staff as much a focus as physical protection
Read MoreFollow in the footsteps of Mary Wollstonecraft around Newington Green with locally made app
Enjoy a slice of Hackney history by taking a guided walk, virtually or physically, to the old haunts of the ‘foremother of feminism’
Read MoreCoronavirus: Town Hall needs tens of millions more in emergency funding, report reveals
Council finance whiz lays bare dramatic impact of crisis on its budget, with further austerity measures ‘a real possibility’
Read More‘Holiday hunger’: Education chief hits out at government over free school meals delay
Cllr Anntoinette Bramble pays tribute to teachers after last-minute announcement left them scrambling to help families over Easter
Read MoreWoodberry Down locals fight to save Happy Man Tree from destruction by developers
Council officers accept loss of venerable plane tree would cause ‘substantial harm to biodiversity and public amenity’
Read MoreDiaries and rainbows: Town Hall to celebrate Hackney’s artistic and literary talents
Speaker Kam Adams to judge winning rainbow drawing as Hackney Museum calls for diaries to give future insight into lockdown life
Read MoreTributes pour in for lost Homerton staff after ‘heartbreaking weekend’
Acute care nurse Michael Allieu and carers support specialist Sophie Fagan remembered by colleagues
Read MoreRose Vouchers for people on low incomes now accepted by all Ridley Road traders
More than 3,000 redeemed in the space of 10 days
Read MoreCharity delivering hot meals to vulnerable Woodberry Down residents appeals for help
Manor House Development Trust needs donations to expand the reach of its free service to 500 people
Read MoreCall goes out to community for donations of PPE to local care organisations
Town Hall works to source emergency stock as masks, goggles, plastic aprons and gloves sought for staff
Read MoreMuch-debated school in former police station wants to double student numbers
Olive School hopes to open with 180 pupils as residents warn of ‘intolerable conflict’ between needs of pupils and ongoing construction
Read MoreChildren’s ward at Homerton Hospital converted for adult Covid-19 patients
Children’s A&E remains fully operational as child inpatients to be transferred to Royal London
Read MoreTown Hall urged to suspend planning amid community concern over lockdown impact
Hackney Society says residents are right to express unease over a system that ‘already suffers from many barriers to access’
Read MoreAppeal for donations of smart devices so quarantined patients can video-call relatives
Homerton Hospital receives ‘tremendous boost’ with donation of 50 iPads
Read MoreStamford Hill rabbi and former councillor Avrohom Pinter dies of coronavirus
Leading figures pay tribute to a ‘giant of community politics’
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