Calling all older Hackney feminists! The Carers Collective, a project by City and Hackney Carers Centre, are setting up an online writing group for women aged 50 and over who are interested in recording their experiences of being women/feminists in Read More
Connect Hackney email newsletter – December 2020
Hello all Welcome to Connect Hackney’s December Newsletter. It has been a year like no other, and a year where our projects have really had to be creative and adaptable. There have been numerous challenges, and pre-existing inequalities have really Read More
Connect Hackney email newsletter – December 2020
Below is the December newsletter. To sign up for the newsletter click here. *|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* View this email in your browser Hello all Welcome to Connect Hackney’s December Newsletter. It has been a year like no other, and a year where our Read More
Hackney Senior magazine – now online!
Hackney Senior magazine – now online! Hackney Senior is produced as part of Connect Hackney – one of 14 programmes in England funded through the National Lottery Community Fund’s Ageing Better programme. Download Hackney Senior – December 2020 edition Connect Read More
Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter The Connect Hackney media group recently met on Zoom to discuss the Black Lives Matter movement. Hosted by Media group facilitator, Natasha Julien. Natasha: What are your thoughts on the movement? Margaret: I was surprised how a Read More
Ageing Well in Hackney – Finding solutions to Older People’s isolation
Ageing Well in Hackney – Finding solutions to Older People’s isolation Connect Hackney’s learning event ‘Ageing Well in Hackney: Finding solutions to Older People’s isolation’, was held on 26 November, on the online conferencing platform Zoom. In this event Read More
Scams awareness – keeping you safe
Helen Evans from Toynbee Hall joined a Connect Hackney media group zoom conversation and advised the group on how to spot and avoid website and telephone scams. When might it be a scam?• If it’s too good to be true, Read More
Hackney Social Radio report published
Hackney Social Radio report published A report has been published about Immediate Theatre’s Hackney Social Radio. Immediate Theatre secured funding from Arts Council England for a pilot project, plus support from Connect Hackney (an Ageing Better National Lottery funded project), Read More
The State of Ageing in 2020 report published
The State of Ageing 2020 report has been published Poor health, unsafe housing, financial inequalities and a lack of social connections have exacerbated the impact of coronavirus across the country, according to the Centre for Ageing Better report. The impact Read More
Dance sessions with Carers Collective are back!
Carers Collective dance sessions are back Join Rachel Sparks for a dance and movement session every Wednesday. Participants will learn a different simple, fun choreography every week. Suitable for all abilities including complete beginners – as long as your body Read More