By Margaret Smith, Connect Hackney Media Group With older people living longer and longer, there is now a sizeable body of modern literature – novels, plays, poems – where authors are portraying the subject matter of older age, older people Read More
Silver Saturday at Mind on the last Saturday of month
Join Mind for exciting activities every month Silver Saturday meets on the last Saturday of every month for live music, line dancing, games and lunch. Silver Saturdays is a social club, bringing older people together for fun and creative activities Read More
Connect Hackney launch booklet and films celebrating older people and diversity
Over the past 6 months, Hackney elders have been sharing their stories – about love, work, change, prejudice, loneliness, pride and resilience. Connect Hackney has spoken to people from Hackney’s diverse communities, including disabled people, LGBTQ+, Senegalese, Nigerian, British, American Read More
Immediate Theatre installation
Connect Hackney partners Immediate Theatre are holding an event to celebrate their work and achievements. The event takes place on Saturday 26 October, from 11am at CLR James Library in Dalston. The short film documents the work of the group Read More
Hackney Dudes workshops light up Christmas for over 50s
Hackney Dudes are running electronic decorations, LED circuitry and soldering, peer-led workshops. The Hackney Dudes is a free Friday morning drop-in for men aged 50+ living in Hackney. Hackney Dudes are hosting a series of free peer-led workshops, where participants Read More
Join Mind for Silver Saturdays
Join Mind at 15a Homerton Row, 28th September, 11am-4pm, for live music, a history of Hackney art project and a delicious lunch. This month Mind’s Silver Saturdays are going to have a history of Hackney art project, where attendees will Read More
Coffee Afrik launch a new Somali Elders Project
Coffee Afrik are one of the latest organisations to receive funding from Connect Hackney, which is funded through the National Lottery Community Fund Coffee Afrik run a Somali Elders Project, a weekly film and cultural club, involving food, recounting memories Read More
Social singing with Core Clapton
Core Clapton’s Social Singing is for people of all ages with a special focus on the social inclusion of older people aged 55 and over that might be experiencing social isolation. The group meets once a week and is an Read More
The value of volunteering
Volunteering matters By Andreas Kyriacou In 1965, I met somebody who seemed to be a lonely person. He was a Palestinian refugee of 1948, when Palestinians were driven away from their homes. Visiting friends He was living on his own Read More
Inter-generational theatre in Hackney
George and the Dragon Immediate Theatre has been working incredibly hard this term with their Older People’s group who have been preparing for the performance of St George & the Dragon. Immediate Theatre are a Connect Hackney partner and their Read More