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Hackney food charity raises £5k through sales of its ‘delicious’ plant-based burger

Made In Hackney has teamed up with Fuller’s brewery, which has sold 10,000 of the burgers in its pubs and hotels

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney food charity raises £5k through sales of its ‘delicious’ plant-based burger

‘So much local support’: Teachers striking over pay force closure of 47 Hackney schools

‘Teachers have had enough of low pay and a lack of funding,’ says local union representative

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

‘So much local support’: Teachers striking over pay force closure of 47 Hackney schools

Thousands of council tenants facing seven per cent rent hike as housing costs spiral

Town Hall asks residents for feedback on the planned increase by 17 February

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

Thousands of council tenants facing seven per cent rent hike as housing costs spiral

‘Toughest time in living memory’: Hackney Foodbank launches emergency £100k appeal as it struggles to keep up with unprecedented demand

The charity is expecting to spend £125k on food this year – a figure that has risen from just £2k in 2017

Author: Hackney Citizen

‘Toughest time in living memory’: Hackney Foodbank launches emergency £100k appeal as it struggles to keep up with unprecedented demand

Warming to the idea of heat exchanges: Residents donate winter fuel rebates to neighbours in need

Some people could get £1,000 in government help but cannot return it if they do not need the money

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

Hackney Wick and Victoria heat exchange

Council invites residents to donate coats at Hackney’s libraries – with winter swap scheme in ‘very high demand’

All seven public libraries have coats available to people in need of an extra layer

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

Council invites residents to donate coats at Hackney’s libraries – with winter swap scheme in ‘very high demand’

‘Using all means at our disposal’: Fifteen Hackney sites earmarked for council housing – as scheme to build more than 1,000 new homes kicks on

Town Hall ‘looking for suitable locations to build homes across all our land’ despite challenging financial landscape

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

‘Using all means at our disposal’: Fifteen Hackney sites earmarked for council housing – as scheme to build more than 1,000 new homes kicks on

Leader – Desperate measures

Help out Hackney Foodbank through our winter appeal

Author: Hackney Citizen

Leader – Desperate measures

‘Wages haven’t kept pace with living costs’: Hackney Foodbank launches Friday night centre to reach working people

‘When even working people can’t afford to heat their homes or buy food, you know the system is very broken,’ says Foodbank boss

Author: Hackney Citizen

‘Wages haven’t kept pace with living costs’: Hackney Foodbank launches Friday night centre to reach working people

Second heat exchange launched in Hackney to help people donate their energy rebates to neighbours

Cllr Penny Wrout was inspired by De Beauvoir residents to set up a new scheme in Victoria and Wick

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

Second heat exchange launched in Hackney to help people donate their energy rebates to neighbours

‘Amazing’: Halloween charity trail collects three tonnes of food for residents in need

Team behind the Trick or Eat scheme ‘very grateful’ to everyone who took part

Author: Hackney Citizen

‘Amazing’: Halloween charity trail collects three tonnes of food for residents in need

Winter Toy Appeal returns for ninth year – with organisers expecting it to be ‘toughest yet’

Initiative distributes thousands of toys to children in poverty across north-east London

Author: Hackney Citizen

Winter Toy Appeal returns for ninth year – with organisers expecting it to be ‘toughest yet’