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Storytails

Storytelling for grown ups

This monthly event features readings from professional and non-professional writers in a relaxed and friendly environment.

Find them at The Drop on 29th January. Readings start at 3pm.

Stories are available for free download from the website http://www.storytails.org and ... more

 
Artists' Eye Exhibition at Hackney Museum
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Artists' Eye Exhibition at Hackney Museum

An exhibition of artists' work charting changes in East London as a result of the 2012 Olympics and Paralympic Games opens on Wednesday 25 January, at the council run Hackney Museum.

Art on display includes artistic impressions of the Olympic site, photos through peep holes on Hackney building ... more

 
Time To Show The World The Real Hackney
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Local people are invited to show the world the real Hackney by taking part in an exciting filming project. 

All you need to do is pick up a camera and think; what does Hackney Life mean to me? And then record your view of the area and upload it via YouTube at www.youtube.com/hackneylife2012 for the ... more

 
Hackney's Got Talent
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Hackney's Got Talent

The search for Hackney’s untapped talent continued with auditions at the Hackney Empire, on Saturday (14 January).

As part of Hackney Council’s Discover Young Hackney12 (DYH), 30 contestants aged 13-21 danced, sang, rapped, and baffled the judges with illusions. Now, the best twelve acts have been ... more

 
Hackney Launch Hate Crime Helpline
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A free 24-hour confidential helpline for people affected by hate crime has been unveiled by the Council. The Stop Hate Line is for anyone who feels they have been subjected to any abuse related to disability, gender identity, race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, faith, belief or sexual ... more

 
Funding Available Community Composting Schemes
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Funding Available Community Composting Schemes

Four groups in Hackney can receive help to set up their own community composting scheme by spring 2012, with free support from the Council’s Recycling Team in partnership with the London Community Resource Network and Hackney based environmental charity ecoACTIVE. 

Applications for funding is open ... more

 
Confiscated Cash Benefits Hackney
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Confiscated Cash Benefits Hackney

Hackney Council’s Trading Standards team is working with the Metropolitan Police to claim compensation from ‘rogue traders’ who have been trading illegally in the borough.

Hackney, in line with all local authorities, has powers under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 to confiscate any financial gains ... more

 
Clissold House to re-open
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Clissold House to re-open

Hackney Council will be reopening Clissold House to the public on 3 January, 2012 after 18 months of intense renovation work. 

The Grade II* listed mansion, originally built as a private residence in 18th Century, now boasts a café – run by Company of Cooks - with indoor space, as well as an ... more

 
Diane Abbott warns of further riots
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Diane Abbott warns of further riots

Diane Abbott, MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington and Shadow Health Minister, welcomed, on Tuesday 6 December, the evidence in the Guardian’s 'Reading the Riots'. Diane, who will shortly publish her own account of the riots, has warned that very little progress had been made in addressing ... more

 
Action against disability 'reforms' in December
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Organised by Benefit Claimants Fightback, the month of December will see protests, actions and demonstrations against the government's disability assessors Atos and the government's Welfare Reform Bill. What follows below is an edited version of their press release.

'With thousands facing ... more

 
Hackney Winter Night Shelter
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Winter is finally upon us, and the many homeless in the borough will find themselves freezing in the streets, with little food to eat, and will need somewhere warm and friendly to help get themselves through the cold, rain and ice.

Which is where Hackney Winter Night Shelter comes in. Run by ... more

 
Local charity events
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This website is happy to give free promotion to all charities and good works in the Stoke Newington area, so long as they contribute to the well-being of the parish. Our assistance will relate to local ventures and not necessarily to national organisations. Keep it local. Let's be hearing from you!

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New Dalston Library Ready to Open
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New Dalston Library Ready to Open

Dalston C.L.R James, the first new Council library to be built in Hackney for over 20 years is set to open its doors on 23 January.

This brand new, state of the art facility will be one of the largest public libraries in the UK, and twice the size of the C.L.R James library that it is replacing.

Hackney ... more

 
Happy Birthday N16 Magazine!
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The new issue of N16 Magazine is now available across a variety of outlets in Stoke Newington, Dalston, Stamford Hill, Clapton, Central Hackney and beyond.

This the the 50th issue and marks twelve years of continuous publication, the first issue being published in early 1999. The magazine remains ... more

 
'Hackney Hoard’ gold coin on display
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'Hackney Hoard’ gold coin on display

A specially selected gold coin from the ‘Hackney Hoard’ is now on display at Hackney Museum, the only part of the collection that will be available for the public viewing.

The $20 ‘Double-Eagle’ has been donated by the owner Max Sulzbacher, son of the original hoard owner. ... more

 
Youth unemployment rises again in Hackney
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Diane Abbott, the Shadow Health Minister and MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, has slammed the Government’s economic decisions, as youth unemployment hits a record high. Hackney North and Stoke Newington has seen a 80.6% increase in the number of 18-24-year-old young people claiming for ... more

 
BEWARE - Council Tax refund scam
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Hackney's Trading Standards team is urging residents to be aware of a Council Tax scam which is currently operating in the borough.

The scam involves telephone calls to residents from individuals claiming to be from the Council or the Treasury calling on behalf of the Council. They then ask for bank ... more

 

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Have Your Say on Hackney's Equalities Policy

Hackney Council is reviewing it's Equalities policy and is keen to hear your views about it.

They are inviting residents, service users and other stakeholders to have their say on the development of its Equality objectives which must be in place by April. These objectives set out how the Council will

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Time To Show The World The Real Hackney

Local people are invited to show the world the real Hackney by taking part in an exciting filming project. 

All you need to do is pick up a camera and think; what does Hackney Life mean to me? And then record your view of the area and upload it via YouTube at www.youtube.com/hackneylife2012 for the

Read more ...

Hackney's Got Talent

Hackney's Got Talent

The search for Hackney’s untapped talent continued with auditions at the Hackney Empire, on Saturday (14 January).

As part of Hackney Council’s Discover Young Hackney12 (DYH), 30 contestants aged 13-21 danced, sang, rapped, and baffled the judges with illusions. Now, the best twelve acts have been

Read more ...

Police and Crime Committee examine Gang Violence

The London Assembly Police and Crime Committee will meet for the first time tomorrow  (26th January) as part of new arrangements for the oversight of policing in London. 

The Committee will begin its work on crime reduction by examining programmes to tackle gang violence in London.

The Committee

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Mayor Urges Push for Hackney Olympic Jobs

Mayor Urges Push for Hackney Olympic Jobs

Mayor of Hackney Jules Pipe has called on the people of Hackney to take full advantage of Olympic job opportunities as recruitment deadlines draw closer. Nearly 500 Hackney residents have already been offered jobs associated with the Games but there are still many more jobs available.

Thousands of

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Featured Events

Storytails

Storytails

Storytelling for grown ups

This monthly event features readings from professional and non-professional writers in a relaxed and friendly environment.

Find them at The Drop on 29th January. Readings start at 3pm.

Stories are available for free download from the website http://www.storytails.org and

Chatsworth Road Sunday Market

Chatsworth Road Market is open every Sunday between 11am to 4pm

For more information and a map, go to Full Listings.

Artists' Eye Exhibition at Hackney Museum

Artists' Eye Exhibition at Hackney Museum

An exhibition of artists' work charting changes in East London as a result of the 2012 Olympics and Paralympic Games opens on Wednesday 25 January, at the council run Hackney Museum.

Art on display includes artistic impressions of the Olympic site, photos through peep holes on Hackney building

Kinetica Art Fair 2012

Kinetica Art Fair 2012

KINETICA ART FAIR 2012: 9-12 February 2012

Kinetica Art Fair is a yearly event produced by the Kinetica Museum in Dalston and exhibiting this year in Marylebone. It brings together galleries, art organisations and curatorial groups from around the world who focus on universal concepts and evolutionary processes though the convergence of kinetic, electronic, robotic, sound, light, time-based and multi-disciplinary new media art, science and technology.

Count Oederland - The Review

Count Oederland - The Review

Premiered in the UK by Cerberus Theatre in 2011, Count Oederland was written by Max Frisch in 1951 and provoked riots in Europe. The play combines elements of fairy tale, philosophy and the political. Much of the ‘otherness’ of the piece is conveyed through a monochrome Warhol inspired

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