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 – September 2021 edition Connect Hackney Read More
Latest Connect Hackney newsletter out now
Connect Hackney newsletter now out Our latest newsletter is available – see below. Sign up for our newsletter here. *|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* View this email in your browser Welcome Welcome to the Connect Hackney newsletter where we share learning from the programme Read More
Protecting our planet, by Margaret Smith
Protecting our planetby Margaret Smith Over the past decade environmental awareness has increased significantly. If we don’t look after planet Earth, environmental problems will accumulate – for example the air, rivers and oceans will become increasingly polluted and more plants Read More
To find your creative inner self
The following article originally appeared in Connect Hackney’s Hackney Senior magazine. By C. H. Daniel. People are asking, I am asking, we all are asking. Why do the swallows fly so high, is it to catch the insects in the Read More
Age-positive image library launched to tackle negative stereotypes
The Centre for Ageing Better has launched a free library of positive and realistic images of people aged over 50. The Centre for Ageing Better launched the first free library showing ‘positive and realistic’ images of older people in a Read More
Join the Connect Hackney media group in 2021
Join the media group in 2021 Many of the articles in the Hackney Senior magazine are produced by members of the Connect Hackney media group – local residents aged over 50, with many aged in their 70s and 80s, who Read More
Calling all older Hackney feminists!
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