Posts Tagged ‘Chris Kennedy’
School nursing in Hackney set for £7m rejuvenation
New structure will see nurses cover a certain neighbourhood, earning praise from public health expert
Read MoreRidley Road dropped from Hackney Carnival route over safety fears
The market street was a ‘crush’ when the last in-person parade took place, says council’s health and culture chief
Read More‘It’s about humanity’: Pro-Palestinian campaigners defend graffiti on Hackney border following complaint
Chair of local organisation for Jewish ex-servicemen and women threatens direct action if messages are not removed
Read MoreHackney councillors trained to use drug overdose kits amid concern over synthetic opioids
At least 16 councillors have been taught how to provide emergency treatment using a Naloxone kit
Read More‘Little happy space’: Free activities at Hackney GP surgeries prove a hit with patients and volunteers
Together Better scheme set to expand – much to the ‘delight’ of the council’s health chief
Read MoreProtest as Hackney Unison chair amongst those handed compulsory redundancies in libraries shake-up
Union claims there are ‘more than enough posts available in the restructured library service’
Read MoreGet a glimpse of what the borough was like 300,000 years ago in ‘fascinating’ new exhibition at Hackney Museum
‘Hackney is one of the richest sites for finding objects from that time period,’ says Town Hall culture boss
Read MoreKeep NHS land for NHS use, say campaigners over St Leonard’s Hospital sell-off fears
Council should call on the government for more funding for buildings upkeep, according to Hackney Keep Our NHS Public
Read MoreUnion calls off tomorrow’s library strike in Hackney as ‘gesture of goodwill’ – but February action set to go ahead
Unison says it wants to ‘give management more time to work on compulsory redundancies and make other positive changes’
Read More‘Hands off our jobs’: Library staff across Hackney go on strike amid dispute over council cuts
Unison members take first of four days of action in an effort to protect jobs, with Unite set to follow suit
Read MoreLibrary staff to go on strike over job cuts: four dates announced
Town hall bosses are planning a shake-up of jobs – they could cut 76 roles and create 57 new ones.
Read More‘I’ve never had this sort of help’: Support services praised as drug-related deaths in Hackney fall to lowest level in a decade
Borough bucks national trend after receiving £1 million in government funding
Read More‘Absolute disgrace’: Protesters hit out at council plan to cut library jobs – with union set to vote on strike action
Town Hall culture boss says restructure is ‘not in any way different to what works in other inner London boroughs’
Read MoreHackney Council defends plan to restructure libraries as unions promise to fight any job losses
Town Hall proposals, which it hopes will save £300,000, could lead to 19 jobs being scrapped
Read More‘Reimagine the world’: New trail of globe sculptures in Hackney puts racial injustice under the spotlight
Arts and education combine for a project designed to develop our understanding of the slave trade
Read More‘Wes Anderson likes my work!’ Art by Hackney schoolchildren to be plastered on billboards as part of ‘fantastic’ creativity project
Thirty youngsters took part in Hackney Young Voices – receiving support from renowned artists and education experts
Read MoreSexual health service launches in Hackney to tackle ‘unfair and avoidable’ inequalities
Project Community will provide free advice and supplies to the borough’s global majority residents
Read MoreHackney Museum to explore local history of Chinese and Indian nannies
Exhibition featuring stories of ayahs and amahs who looked after British children during colonial times opens today
Read MoreHackney schoolchildren mark two ‘special milestones’ by planting trees at Olympic Park
Mossbourne pupils, all born in 2012, celebrate both the 10-year anniversary of the London Olympics and the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
Read MoreHackney Wick pub wants to open later to help it recover from the pandemic – but residents say it’s a ‘nightmare waiting to happen’
The Tiger on Wick Road is hoping to extend its weekend hours to boost income
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