Community

The simple way to stop bike theft

A mum who lives on an estate in Bethnal Green traded in her old, polluting car under the ULEZ Scrappage Scheme and replaced it with a good family cargo bike. It’s her main family vehicle now: she uses it to take her daughter to school, to go work, to do her shopping, and to get to pretty much anywhere she …

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Massive grant awarded to Compassionate Neighbours project

St Joseph’s Hospice is delighted to announce that its award winning Compassionate Neighbours project has received a Big Lottery Grant of £415,002 to continue its fantastic work in East London. The grant will enable the Compassionate Neighbours project to be developed further in Hackney and expand into Tower Hamlets. Compassionate Neighbours are volunteers who support people who are experiencing loneliness …

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Tower Hamlets carers find respite in creativity

Adult carers who attend The Carers Centre in Tower Hamlets are taking part in a multi-arts project delivered by award-winning arts charity Create, the UK’s leading charity empowering lives through the creative arts. The workshops, which are led by Create’s professional artists, are giving the participants respite from the pressures of caring, and enabling them to explore their creativity and …

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Celebrating 5 years of Acknowledging Youths CIC

Acknowledging Youths CIC is celebrating 5 years of success on the 22nd of July at Trussler Hall (E14 OEA), with a community event, with free street food and local fashion brands. Acknowleding Youths was founded by Danny Barnes in 2012. Danny Barnes is a man on a mission. He’s overcome major obstacles in his life and wants to help others …

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Beastmode Academy tackling unhealthy lifestyles

Beastmode Academy are a newly established organisation with aims to support and contribute to the wellbeing and development of the local community from which they emerged. They set out as a fitness resource aspiring to tackle and change the prevalent health inequalities of the neighbourhood. Such challenges have been highlighted by statistics published by NHS Tower Hamlets. The research informs …

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