From groundshare to grand stadium: Hackney Wick FC’s campaign for a permanent home
Hackney Wick FC, a community-based football club committed to steering youth away from gang violence, has launched a crowdfunding campaign
Social wellbeing
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The Common Room: a humble space with an enormous heart just off the Roman
After four years of tireless planning and an £80,000 crowdfunding campaign, The Common Room has re-opened its doors, offering locals
The gift of giving: charities and good causes to support this Christmas
As the cost of living crisis continues, spare a moment this Christmas to support a charity’s mission to change lives.
‘Bewildering and inhumane’: Tower Hamlets charities condemn Suella Braverman’s claim that homelessness is a ‘lifestyle choice’
‘We are far more concerned with people dying than we are with being fined’: Punitive measures proposed by the Home
Foster the community with Capstone
Capstone Foster Care is calling upon Tower Hamlets residents to give back to the local community and consider fostering. More
Bow-based Bikeworks charity shortlisted for National Social Enterprise award
Celebrating 17 years of breaking down barriers to cycling this month, Bikeworks has been shortlisted for a Social Enterprise award.
New study finds heart attack prevention drug less effective in South Asian communities
Researchers at Queen Mary University say the findings will lead to better treatment for cardiovascular disease among East London’s South
Hackney Wick FC to launch academy with Loughborough University on Olympic Park
A collaboration between Bobby Kasanga’s Hackney Wick FC and Loughborough Sport, the academy aims to provide top-quality education and guidance
Tower Hamlets Council invests £13.7 million into new youth service
‘Tower Hamlets Young’ will see the opening of a youth centre in every ward, addressing years of funding cuts for
Tower Hamlets children ‘bombarded’ with unhealthy junk food adverts
Tower Hamlets Council attributes high rates of childhood obesity to the concentration of unhealthy junk food advertising in the borough,
Mile End Community Project wins Local Hero award
Recognised for its work bridging the digital divide in Tower Hamlets, the Mile End-based initiative will receive a lifetime of
London’s first inclusive cycling centre launched in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
The social enterprise Bikeworks has partnered with the London Legacy Development Corporation and London Marathon Foundation to address inequalities in
