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Wellbeing Van 2025

Hackney marks International Overdose Awareness Day with week of events and support for residents

Hackney Council and local partners are marking International Overdose Awareness Day (31 August) with a week of activities to raise awareness of the risks posed by increasingly dangerous drugs, provide support to residents, and remember those lost to overdose.

Hackney Council representatives with staff and pupils from Cardinal Pole cropped

“Our students just needed a lot of love”

Hackney students celebrate their resilience and hard work as they receive their GCSE results

Chatsworth Road Market-2

Hackney’s historic market is about to get a whole lot more strollable

Chatsworth Road Sunday market is about to be transformed into a fully pedestrianised shopping and eating zone, making it safer, more spacious, and perfect for a Sunday walk. 

Hackney Council representatives with students receiving their A-level and BTEC results at Skinners Academy

“Believe in yourself”

Hackney students celebrate their A-Level and BTec results

Hoxton Square

Apply now! Over £1 million for community organisations

More than £1.25 million will be invested in Hackney’s community organisations after the Council’s new Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) grants programme opened for applications.

Chatsworth Road Sunday Market

Clapton neighbourhood set for greener, safer streets

Improvement work is set to begin on a new project to create safer, healthier and more welcoming streets, as part of the Council’s Liveable Neighbourhood programme. 

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Statement on 80 Eastway (The Bath House), Hackney Wick

An update from Cllr Robert Chapman

Core Arts and St Barnabas Community Garden, by Core Arts - Redeveloping over 1,000sqm of underused land behind St Barnabas Church to create a new collaborative community garden space aimed at supporting adults with severe mental ill health.

Funding scheme opens to support community initiatives

Hackney Council is inviting local organisations to apply for grants of up to £120,000 to fund projects that will make the borough greener, safer, and fairer for all residents.

Hackney Thinking Spaces

Hackney Thinking Spaces phase one finale showcases achievements and lays recommendations for future change

Hackney Council hosted a celebration to mark the end of the Hackney Thinking Spaces project - a bold community-led initiative tackling the deep and ongoing impact of systemic and structural racism on Black and Global Majority residents in Hackney. 

Colvestone Primary

Repurposing school sites in Hackney for the community

Organisations are being invited to repurpose a much-loved Dalston school after plans were announced for closure following a drop in numbers of primary-aged pupils in Hackney.

Cllr Susan Fajana-Thomas visited the FazAmnesty van-2

Knife surrender van stopped off in Hackney on UK tour to remove weapons from the streets - no questions asked

A mobile weapons surrender van operated by FazAmnesty is touring the UK to allow people to anonymously and safely dispose of knives and other weapons.

Cllr Robert Chapman, Cabinet Member for Finance, Insourcing and Customer Service

In Hackney, we’re showing savings don’t just mean cuts

Savings of nearly £14 million have been approved by the Council's Cabinet.