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Posts Tagged ‘children’

Steve Backshall opens new children’s play area in Woodberry Wetlands

By Patrick Cardwell | Thursday 26 March 2026 at 17:40
Steve Backshall at Woodberry Wetlands

The TV star and naturalist hosted an outdoor learning session with children from Holmleigh Primary School to mark the event

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Hackney charity celebrates 25 years of removing barriers to the arts for young people

By Lizzie McAllister | Monday 23 March 2026 at 14:08

Hackney Shed puts on performing arts workshops for under-26-year-olds

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Hackney nursery to close in days with parents scrambling to find new places for children

By Lizzie McAllister | Wednesday 18 March 2026 at 14:31

The nursery will shut down at the end of March due to a ‘continued decline in demand’

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Hackney Council ignored tenant’s concerns over safety of her autistic child in social housing

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 18 March 2026 at 09:24
Town Hall

The council has paid the family £500 to recognise the “distress, uncertainty and frustration” it had caused

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Opposition councillors slam ‘lack of transparency’ over ‘harrowing’ Mossbourne safeguarding review

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 12 March 2026 at 13:16

They claim there has been no reassurance that changes are being made in the three months since the review was published

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Hackney Foodbank launches campaign to help tackle child poverty

By Erin Donnelly | Thursday 19 February 2026 at 10:48

The new campaign, ‘No Child Left Hungry’, will help the nearly 600 children who rely on the food bank’s services every month

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Families warn they could quit Hackney after nursery fee hikes

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 21 August 2025 at 15:24

Parents say the borough has become an unaffordable place to raise children

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Petition urging council to freeze nursery fee hike hits 500 signatures

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 1 August 2025 at 10:16

One signatory calls move ‘slap to the face of hard-working families’, but Town Hall says ‘it was a choice we had to make’

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Council warned of ‘damaging’ school behaviour policies and ‘racism’ towards pupils

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 23 July 2025 at 17:34
Hackney Town Hall

Town Hall reviewing behaviour policies in bid to bring down suspensions and exclusions

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Hackney residents crowdfund to save climbing frame before council scraps it

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 18 July 2025 at 17:16

Parents at Linzell Estate launch £3.5k appeal to repair ageing playset

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Have your say on Hackney’s education plans as council launches consultation

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 14 July 2025 at 12:40

Residents encouraged to get involved as council responds to ‘significant challenges’

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Youth charity launches £20k appeal for Hackney Marsh playground revamp

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 4 July 2025 at 09:45

Build Up wants to refresh the space, which is more than half a century old, this year

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‘Freeze the fees’: Hike in nursery charges prompts parents’ campaign

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 23 June 2025 at 16:57

Council to axe subsidies for households with combined income of 55k and over in September

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Hackney children exposed to verbal abuse could face long-term mental health effects

By Ellie Hammonds | Tuesday 3 June 2025 at 13:32

Charities and psychologists call on schools and MPs to take action

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Popular Hackney soft play centre launches £60k fundraiser to kit out new home

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 28 May 2025 at 08:13

Clapton’s Kidzmania says the money will ‘go a long way to making sure the space is as enjoyable as possible’

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Hackney mayor slams ‘zero-tolerance’ behaviour policies in schools

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 18 March 2025 at 13:50

Caroline Woodley rebukes ‘famous’ academy head as data shows suspensions in Hackney’s secondaries eclipse inner and outer London

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School streets vandalised in ‘appalling criminal sabotage’ across Hackney

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 17 March 2025 at 15:13

More than 20 incidents of damage to cameras, street signs and speed restrictions recorded since June 2024

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From McQueen to green

By Josef Steen | Tuesday 11 March 2025 at 15:20

Meet Brett Mettler, the former high fashion designer teaching kids the beauty of sustainability

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Mossbourne launches review of complaints procedure amid safeguarding inquiry

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 7 March 2025 at 16:57
Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy

Multi-academy trust says it is concerned some parents and carers may have ‘lost confidence’

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Hackney Council launches ‘in-depth review’ of school behaviour policies to tackle high exclusion rates

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 26 February 2025 at 15:38
Councillor Sophie Conway

Councillors lay out scope of investigation into why borough has second-highest number of exclusions in inner London

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