Society news & features – Hackney Citizen

How Hackney reclaimed child protection social work

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 9 November 2011 at 13:36

Hackney Town Hall. Photograph: Hackney Citizen

Is a model of social work that radically transformed child protection in one borough about to go mainstream?

After the riots: the Hackney worker teaching young men to be ambitious

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 20 September 2011 at 22:29

Youth worker Emeka Egbuonu’s book has much to teach policymakers following the riots, writes Rachel Williams

Will the National Citizen Service stop young people rioting?

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 30 August 2011 at 17:30

Burning car Clarence Road E5 Monday 8 August 2011

David Cameron says the scheme will restore values, responsibility and self-discipline. Its critics say it is too expensive and will not help disaffected youngsters