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Posts Tagged ‘Caroline Woodley’

Parks boss ‘really proud’ as Hackney celebrates 29 Green Flag awards

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 19 July 2023 at 12:11

Abney Park becomes the latest to meet the international standard for a well-run green space

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Four more Hackney playgrounds set for a spruce-up as council efforts to make borough better for children continue

By Marion Weaver | Thursday 25 May 2023 at 18:10

Play areas at Hackney Downs, Clapton Common, Stonebridge Gardens and Well Street to get an update

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Parents and nursery workers to be consulted on need for low-cost childcare

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 20 March 2023 at 17:41
Previously: Children joined their parents to fight for the nurseries

Council casts spotlight on affordability

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‘Truly inspiring precedent’: East London’s first wild swimming pond inches closer as campaign group glides past £500k crowdfunding target

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 6 February 2023 at 13:18

East London Waterworks Park campaigners now have their sights set on purchasing the land for their ‘brownfield rainforest’

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Residents report ‘demoralising’ vandalism of new street trees across Hackney

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 10 August 2022 at 15:03

Those responsible for damaging saplings are being urged to think about the climate emergency

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‘Incensed’ residents call on council to stop weeding tree pits as more cases of ravaged plants come to light

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 22 July 2022 at 18:34

Town Hall parks chief issues apology as residents are urged to tie ribbons at sites they have adopted

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Hackney Council scraps this year’s Clissold fireworks with finances ‘under pressure’

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 6 July 2022 at 18:20

Parks chief says the council has to ‘weigh up priorities’ as inflation and costs rise

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Politicians hail ‘world-class’ revamp of Clapton special school – as building’s pioneering past revealed

By Lizzie McAllister | Tuesday 5 July 2022 at 14:46

The Pavilion’s £2m restoration has created 50 new places for children with special educational needs

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‘Devastation’: Residents on Hackney estate urge council to stop using weedkiller after their herbs were destroyed

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 28 June 2022 at 20:09

Calls for biodiversity training for Town Hall contractors after plants on Kingsgate estate were laid to waste

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‘It’s our local park’: Primary school pupils fight for ‘basic right’ to have playtime in De Beauvoir Square

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 23 June 2022 at 14:20

Candidates for upcoming De Beauvoir by-election line up in support of the children following complaints from local residents

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‘Greening the grey’: Clapton pupils help plant 780 trees on former industrial land at Millfields Park

By Lizzie McAllister | Monday 21 March 2022 at 13:38

More than 60 children from Rushmore Primary join planting sessions led by local volunteers

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Bird of play: Winged wonder lands at Clapton Pond as children’s area gets a preening

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 17 February 2022 at 14:12

The timber creature is at the heart of a £60k spruce-up at the popular local haven

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Parents urge Town Hall to completely scrap plans to close two children’s centres after they were ‘put on pause’

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 18 November 2021 at 17:36

The council yesterday called a halt to the proposals until it has undertaken a wider review of its early years provision

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Council shelves plans to close two children’s centres in big win for campaigners

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 17 November 2021 at 12:58

Town Hall calls a halt to any closures until it has held a wider review into early years provision next year

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‘Devastated’ parents fight plans to shut two children’s centres – with 109 affordable childcare places at risk

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 12 October 2021 at 18:31

Early years boss says there is ‘no other way’ as council tries to find £1m in savings

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Group of anti-vaxxers evicted from Hackney Downs following court ruling

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 16 August 2021 at 11:43

Town Hall successfully obtains High Court injunction to remove camp whose presence was upsetting residents

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Hackney’s smaller parks ‘must not to be overlooked’, says equalities chief

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 27 May 2021 at 11:26
Cllr Carole Williams

Ten-year strategy agreed for borough’s parks and green spaces

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‘Strike action works’: Union celebrates as long-running Leaways School dispute settled

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 19 May 2021 at 10:27

Agreement reached on salary bump and better sick pay

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Abney Park fully reopens after a year of virtual events – with 181st anniversary just around the corner

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 14 May 2021 at 11:58

Volunteers at Stoke Newington’s woodland haven are looking forward to the future after a ‘challenging’ pandemic

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Some children with SEND ‘only getting an hour of education a day’, warns local headteacher

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 13 May 2021 at 11:24

Richard Brown calls for ‘urgent’ oversight of special schools outside the borough where local children have been placed

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