Caroline Selman – Hackney Citizen

Town Hall seeks opinions on ageing well, antisocial behaviour and plans for Shoreditch Park

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 8 October 2020 at 15:33

Residents invited to have their say in three consultations being run by the council

Mayor announces temporary reshuffle as community safety chief prepares to go on maternity leave

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 5 October 2020 at 12:59

Cllr Caroline Selman’s duties to be covered by existing cabinet members and newly appointed Cllr Susan Fajana-Thomas

Migrants’ rights groups welcome departure of Home Office staff from Town Hall

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 8 September 2020 at 19:29

Sunday's best: Licensing committee considers Hoppers' bid for longer opening hours

Embedded immigration officer, whose presence was criticised for acting as a deterrent to people seeking council help, deemed surplus to requirements

Town Hall pledges action to put young people at heart of local policy

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 17 July 2020 at 16:29

Young Futures Commission calls on council to act on ‘thoughts, concerns and ideas’ of thousands of borough’s young people

Hackney councillors call on Metropolitan Police to recognise ‘implicit bias’

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 10 July 2020 at 21:22

Equalities boss Cllr Carole Williams and community safety chief Cllr Caroline Selman want police to ‘understand people’s differences’ after figures show stark race disparity in local stop and search

Town Hall hopes to ‘harness’ mutual aid energy beyond Covid crisis

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 5 June 2020 at 19:50

Community safety boss says council is working to ‘link in with mutual aid groups’ in an effort to support community resilience

Council runs out of paper to fine public urinators as parks chief hits out at ‘leisure class’

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 3 June 2020 at 20:00

Town Hall urges people to ‘take responsibility’ after issuing 70 fines in London Fields alone last weekend

Volunteer Centre Hackney attracts record number of helpers during pandemic

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 3 June 2020 at 14:49

Charity reveals more than 2,000 have signed up since lockdown began as it marks week of thanks for volunteers across the UK

Domestic abuse referrals up 60 per cent in Hackney during lockdown

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 12 May 2020 at 17:18

Town Hall’s intervention service says restrictions are ‘creating more opportunity for perpetrators to hurt and control victims’

‘After I fled, he emptied the joint account and left us with nothing’: Domestic abuse charity expresses concerns over impact of lockdown

By Tamsin Ssembajjo Quigley | Tuesday 5 May 2020 at 17:35

Solace Women’s Aid fears victims are increasingly hesitant to seek support as financial and social pressures mount

Council working to track Covid’s effect on vulnerable residents

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 4 May 2020 at 20:50

Community safety chief Cllr Caroline Selman reveals project to chart wider social and economic impacts of the virus on locals

Coronavirus: Town Hall unveils £370k support package for third sector

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 27 April 2020 at 19:14

Council calls on Whitehall to ‘recognise challenge facing charities’ and establish emergency funds to ensure their survival

Coronavirus: Hackney Migrant Centre forced to close drop-in service

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 17 March 2020 at 19:12

Joint Council for Welfare of Immigrants calls on government for ‘urgent changes’ to ensure migrants’ safety during pandemic

Councillors tear into Thames Water over Finsbury Park flooding

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 16 January 2020 at 21:19

Company ignored offers from council to run emergency training following Lea Bridge flood in 2018

Titbits – Selective memoir and a chuting spar

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 11 November 2019 at 20:17

Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough

Finsbury Park flood: Local politicians put ‘serious concerns’ to Thames Water

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 18 October 2019 at 19:46

Hackney Mayor joins MPs Diane Abbott and Jeremy Corbyn to grill company bosses over their response to last week’s catastrophe

Town Hall ‘agreed to disagree’ with Home Office on counter-terror strategy

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 18 July 2019 at 15:21

Criticism by government over lack of radicalisation referrals ends in ‘stalemate’

Over 13,500 cigarettes seized in raid on Hoxton shop amid council crackdown on illegal tobacco

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 12 July 2019 at 14:08

Sniffer dog Pippa helps trading standards officers track down the stash, hidden in a sink unit and under the chocolate stand

‘Built on trust’: Hackney’s Integrated Gangs Unit reveals expansion and ‘evolution’

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 4 June 2019 at 13:23

IGU expands focus to more preventative safeguarding from gang exploitation for 40 young people

Community Law Centre could close by next year after ‘sudden and unconsulted’ 45 per cent cuts

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 26 March 2019 at 12:09

HCLC ‘deeply shocked and puzzled’ as trustees hit out at redistribution of grants pot