Loneliness Awareness Week This week is Loneliness Awareness Week from 14 to 18 June. Loneliness is something that can affect any one of us at any point in our lives, but this issue has become more prominent during the coronavirus Read More
Hackney Brocals exhibition at Hackney Museum
‘Out of the Man Cave’ at Hackney Museum – patterns created with Hackney Brocals participants about their lockdown stories Hackney Museum launch ‘Collecting Covid’ archive inspired by new ‘Out of the Man Cave’ display Hackney Museum’s new ‘Collecting Covid’ Read More
Hackney Giving grants open
MHCLG Small Grants – up to £5000 for community groups Hackney Giving grants of up to £5,000 are available for voluntary and community sector (VCSE) groups working with people most affected by the coronavirus pandemic in Hackney and/or the City Read More
Activities during Carers Week 2021
Carers Week activities This week, between 7 and 13 June, is Carers Week – the annual campaign that highlights the challenges unpaid carers face. Carers are unpaid and look after family or partner or friend because they are ill, frail Read More
Hackney’s past in pictures
Photographs © Rio Cinema Archive. Remember Hackney in the Eighties? Hackney Museum is showing a fascinating new exhibition of local photographs from the 1980s. The museum documents the highs and lows of life in Hackney during the 1980s and a Read More
Co-production Learning
Co-production Learning This Spring Ageing Better held a Festival of Co-production Learning. During this festival, Ageing Better partner organisations shared their co-production learning from the last six years through 12 distinct themes. Ageing Better is an initiative to improve the Read More
Apply for a Hackney Giving small grant – deadline 27 May
Hackney Giving small grants of up to £3k to support your community Grants of up to £3,000 are on offer for small not-for-profit organisations in Hackney which are responding to community needs as the coronavirus restrictions reduce in summer 2021. Read More
Dementia Action Week events
Hackney Dementia Festival – 17 to 23 May 2021 The Hackney Dementia Festival 2021 takes place 17 May – 23 May with most events being held online. https://www.lovehackney.uk/dementia-festival The festival celebrates Dementia Action Week and the continued involvement of people Read More
The Commonwealth Fair
The Commonwealth Fair By Patricia Rodgers There are 54 Countries in the Commonwealth, in Africa, Asia, The Americas, Europe, and the Pacific. The Commonwealth Fair is held annually on the second Saturday of November, at Kensington Town Hall. The fair Read More
Mental Health Awareness Week
Mental Health Awareness Week This Mental Health Awareness Week the theme is nature. One of Connect Hackney’s former deliver partners, Mind in the City, Hackney and Waltham Forest, is asking everyone to find a way to connect with nature that Read More