Posts Tagged ‘children’
Steve Backshall opens new children’s play area in Woodberry Wetlands
The TV star and naturalist hosted an outdoor learning session with children from Holmleigh Primary School to mark the event
Read MoreHackney charity celebrates 25 years of removing barriers to the arts for young people
Hackney Shed puts on performing arts workshops for under-26-year-olds
Read MoreHackney nursery to close in days with parents scrambling to find new places for children
The nursery will shut down at the end of March due to a ‘continued decline in demand’
Read MoreHackney Council ignored tenant’s concerns over safety of her autistic child in social housing
The council has paid the family £500 to recognise the “distress, uncertainty and frustration” it had caused
Read MoreOpposition councillors slam ‘lack of transparency’ over ‘harrowing’ Mossbourne safeguarding review
They claim there has been no reassurance that changes are being made in the three months since the review was published
Read MoreHackney Foodbank launches campaign to help tackle child poverty
The new campaign, ‘No Child Left Hungry’, will help the nearly 600 children who rely on the food bank’s services every month
Read MoreFamilies warn they could quit Hackney after nursery fee hikes
Parents say the borough has become an unaffordable place to raise children
Read MorePetition urging council to freeze nursery fee hike hits 500 signatures
One signatory calls move ‘slap to the face of hard-working families’, but Town Hall says ‘it was a choice we had to make’
Read MoreCouncil warned of ‘damaging’ school behaviour policies and ‘racism’ towards pupils
Town Hall reviewing behaviour policies in bid to bring down suspensions and exclusions
Read MoreHackney residents crowdfund to save climbing frame before council scraps it
Parents at Linzell Estate launch £3.5k appeal to repair ageing playset
Read MoreHave your say on Hackney’s education plans as council launches consultation
Residents encouraged to get involved as council responds to ‘significant challenges’
Read MoreYouth charity launches £20k appeal for Hackney Marsh playground revamp
Build Up wants to refresh the space, which is more than half a century old, this year
Read More‘Freeze the fees’: Hike in nursery charges prompts parents’ campaign
Council to axe subsidies for households with combined income of 55k and over in September
Read MoreHackney children exposed to verbal abuse could face long-term mental health effects
Charities and psychologists call on schools and MPs to take action
Read MorePopular Hackney soft play centre launches £60k fundraiser to kit out new home
Clapton’s Kidzmania says the money will ‘go a long way to making sure the space is as enjoyable as possible’
Read MoreHackney mayor slams ‘zero-tolerance’ behaviour policies in schools
Caroline Woodley rebukes ‘famous’ academy head as data shows suspensions in Hackney’s secondaries eclipse inner and outer London
Read MoreSchool streets vandalised in ‘appalling criminal sabotage’ across Hackney
More than 20 incidents of damage to cameras, street signs and speed restrictions recorded since June 2024
Read MoreFrom McQueen to green
Meet Brett Mettler, the former high fashion designer teaching kids the beauty of sustainability
Read MoreMossbourne launches review of complaints procedure amid safeguarding inquiry
Multi-academy trust says it is concerned some parents and carers may have ‘lost confidence’
Read MoreHackney Council launches ‘in-depth review’ of school behaviour policies to tackle high exclusion rates
Councillors lay out scope of investigation into why borough has second-highest number of exclusions in inner London
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