Posts Tagged ‘Carole Williams’
Raising the colour: Hackney flies flag for Black History Season
Following a summer where flag wars have polarised the country, the borough is ‘Standing Firm in Power and Pride’
Read MoreWindrush Day celebrations see fresh calls for justice over Home Office scandal
Hackney’s equalities chief warns of the world ‘regressing’ from past recognition of structural racism
Read More‘Sex realists’ demand Town Hall changes mixed-facility plans for Kings Hall refurbishment
Equalities chief says council is considering impact of Supreme Court ruling but stresses support for ‘all Hackney communities’
Read MoreOpposition parties slam government’s ‘cruel’ welfare cuts
Hackney mayor defends Labour, saying she sees ‘strong direction of travel’ in Whitehall policy
Read MoreHackney Youth Parliament pleads with cabinet against future cuts
Education lead apologises to junior politicians for not consulting them
Read More‘Full support’: Opposition councillors back Town Hall’s green jobs drive – but stress need for extra cash
Green councillors welcome Town Hall’s target to help 60 people find jobs in next year
Read MoreHackney caregivers praise ‘empowering’ council-backed sewing scheme
Kundakala’s ‘Make and Mend’ programme aims to support women in gaining financial independence
Read MoreHackney Council still has ‘no plans’ to bring in four-day working week
Town Hall unmoved as government drops objection to practice
Read MoreTown Hall commits £24 million over four years to upgrade ‘aged’ lift stock
Council admits many lifts have been in use beyond their “natural life cycle”
Read MoreHackney Council rejects Green bid for four-day working week
Pressure from central government cited as one of the reasons for rejection
Read MoreHackney to host series of Windrush advice clinics to help people navigate government’s ‘unsatisfactory’ compensation scheme
Surgeries are taking place in June, July and August to support residents through the application process
Read MoreLGBT+ History Month: Hackney mayor hopes ‘people of every identity feel represented’ as borough’s celebrations get underway
Walks, talks, films, performances and more are taking place across the borough throughout February
Read More‘Expressing solidarity’: Campaigners gather outside Homerton Hospital in support of national nursing strikes
Despite nurses at the hospital narrowly missing out on joining the action, supporters still turned up to demand better pay for them
Read More‘What a moment’: Veronica Ryan wins Turner Prize for work including Hackney Windrush sculptures
Artist pays tribute to her family after taking home UK’s most prestigious art award
Read More‘An attack on women’s bodily autonomy’: Hackney politicians protest US Supreme Court’s decision to end abortion rights
Ruling has ‘reset the clock to a time when the constitution was written by slave-owners’, says Cllr Carole Williams
Read More‘They are so beautiful’: Delight in Hackney as two sculptures are unveiled outside the Town Hall to mark Windrush Day
Thomas J Price says his nine-foot-tall figures of a Black woman and a Black man are a ‘celebration of the Windrush generation’
Read More‘Let us help you’: Windrush campaigners urge people to come forward for free support – even if they don’t want to claim compensation
A group of organisations are offering mental health support as well as free legal advice if needed
Read More‘How can we shift the narrative?’ Photographs of smiling Black schoolboys go on display around Hackney as ‘call to action’
Exhibition by artist Kay Adekunle Rufai closes out this year’s Black history season
Read MoreHoxton museum hints that slaver statue could be moved following months of protests
Museum of the Home says there is ‘potential’ for monument of Robert Geffrye to be relocated to a ‘less prominent space’
Read MoreFamily and friends gather to celebrate community stalwart Kit Crowley at the garden that now bears her name
The garden was the first to receive a new moniker through a Town Hall project to reclaim places linked to slavery
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