Posts Tagged ‘homelessness’
Empty homes crackdown as Town Hall doubles tax for absent owners
More than 400 properties currently qualify for the hike, which could raise an extra £200k a year
Read MoreContactless donation points to help the homeless launch in Hackney
Three terminals have already been installed, with more to be introduced across the borough
Read MoreHomelessness charity launches winter campaign with video shot by Hackney filmmaker
Rob Newman’s film shows how finding a home is often just the first step on the road to recovery
Read MoreLeader – Home for Christmas
Amid a housing crisis, the pressure on local charities is growing – now they need your help more than ever
Read MoreHackney Winter Night Shelter calls for volunteers to help run seasonal service for homeless people
‘The Shelter runs on togetherness. The people of Hackney coming together to help the people of Hackney’
Read More‘A chance to recalibrate’: Street art legend Ben Eine on his ‘reflective’ new solo show in Whitechapel
Eine, whose signature New Circus lettering can be found all over east London, says a move into sculpture has been ‘challenging’
Read MoreStik sculpture fetches staggering £150k for homelessness charity
The renowned street artist’s plywood figure sold for ten times its guide price at auction last month
Read MoreCouncil defends ‘enforcement action’ on homeless men in Mare Street tents
Spokesperson states men’s tents were being used for ‘anti-social behaviour’
Read MoreHackney brothers to ‘celebrate London’s gravel paths and dirt tracks’ in charity cycling event
Bike enthusiasts Andrew and Phil Diprose, who run The Ride Journal, are raising money for St Mary’s Centre
Read MoreSt Mary’s Church to host ‘community sleepout’ for homelessness campaign
Volunteers will spend a night outside on 29 June – under the billboards that have already set tongues wagging in Stoke Newington
Read MoreThree billboards outside St Mary’s, Hackney
Church rector takes inspiration from Oscar-winning film to raise awareness of homelessness in the borough
Read MoreLeader – A winter’s tale
An emboldened community, more than paradoxical housing policy, will help in the fight against homelessness
Read MoreHackney has more than 1,000 empty homes – amid ‘urgent’ housing crisis
Borough has tenth highest number of homeless people in the UK, according to leading charity Shelter
Read MoreHackney among ten worst boroughs for homelessness, new report shows
Shelter launches urgent appeal after revealing one in 200 people in the UK are homeless
Read More‘We’ve got the homeless of Hackney sick of sourdough!’: Volunteer project dishes up weekly meals for the needy
A spin-off from a project born in the Calais Jungle, Refugee Community Kitchen sets up shop every Thursday outside Hackney Central Library
Read MoreHackney Winter Night Shelter opens doors for 25th year
The charity is hunting for new volunteers, as well as welcoming financial and physical donations
Read MoreHackney’s homeless denied ‘appropriate’ end-of-life care
Study published today finds homeless people ‘do not have same access to support as others’
Read MoreFree concert organised by Speaker to raise money for the borough’s homeless and migrants
Choirs, rock musicians and a Turkish saz ensemble among those coming together for ‘Hackney in Harmony’ at St John of Jerusalem Church on 6 May
Read MoreDiane Abbott MP: ‘The only real solution to the housing crisis’
The MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington sets out what should be done to tackle homelessness and the lack of genuinely affordable housing
Read MoreLeader – Complex issue of homeless non-UK nationals
Accusations of charities colluding with the government have brought the topic to the surface once more, but the waters of opinion remain muddied
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