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

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 students celebrate their A-Level and BTec results

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.

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. 

An update from Cllr Robert Chapman

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 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. 

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.

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.

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