The Roman Road Winter Festival weekend was packed full festive fun. There was Santa’s Grotto, giant bubbles, henna tattooing, face painting, jugglers, magicians, paper chain gangs, Letter to Santa workshop, theatre, plays, bands, buskers, swap shops and our very own Festival Post Office sending festive messages to your nominated pals.
For decades the Grand Union has been foregrounding the lives, culture and musical heritage of some of the UK’s most underrepresented ethnic minority communities. Many live in London’s East End, ...
Four Corners believes in film and photography for all. As a registered charity, our work builds upon almost 50 years of radical, socially-engaged approaches to photography and film. Situated on ...
St Margaret’s House is a unique charity supporting creativity and wellbeing. Our mission is to promote positive social change by creating opportunities for people to come together and play a ...
The Heritage and Arts Centre (The HAC) is a newly formed, community focused space dedicated to facilitating heritage and arts events within the restored Holy Trinity Bow Church in Mile ...
Pirate Dalston is a multi-purpose venue in Hackney featuring fully equipped DJ studios, acoustically treated rehearsal rooms, private recording studios, professional podcasting facilities, and an event space. Born in Bristol ...
The Baths is a not-for-profit community building with artist studios, event and gallery spaces, garden and cafe in Hackney Wick. We are continuously updating our programme of events and activities, ...
SUPPORT LOCAL JOURNALISM
We want to keep our content FREE for all. With your support, we can.
As a social enterprise using constructive journalism to strengthen communities, we have not put our digital content behind a paywall or subscription fee as we think the benefits of an independent, local publication should be available to everyone living in our area, whatever their income.
We are a tiny team of three covering the borough of Tower Hamlets, relying entirely on member donations. Hundreds of members have already joined. Become a member to donate as little as £3 per month to support constructive journalism and the local community.
Tabitha Stapely is the founder of Social Streets C.I.C, a not-for-profit news and media organisation using journalism to strengthen communities, particularly those in disadvantaged areas. Prior, Stapely was a writer and editor for national titles including The Telegraph Saturday Magazine, Elle and Red magazines.
