parenting - Hackney Citizen

Dalston dad launches app to find pubs with playgrounds

Alastair Duncan says playgrounds signal to children "that this is a space for them too"

Author: Elspeth Rees

Dalston dad launches app to find pubs with playgrounds

Hackney has lowest meningitis B vaccine rate in London as parents share outbreak concerns

The meningitis outbreak which started in Kent spread to London last week

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney has lowest meningitis B vaccine rate in London as parents share outbreak concerns

Hackney 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’

Author: Lizzie McAllister

Hackney nursery to close in days with parents scrambling to find new places for children

Commission investigating school inclusion and children's wellbeing issues call for evidence

Hackney’s Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission is conducting a review into how the council and its partners can better support children and young people in the borough

Author: Lizzie McAllister

‘Groundhog Day’: Parents fighting to save two children’s centres hit out at council’s ‘tick-box’ consultation

Campaigners say the Town Hall has offered no ‘plan B’ to shutting Fernbank and Sebright centres

Author: Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter

‘Groundhog Day’: Parents fighting to save two children’s centres hit out at council’s ‘tick-box’ consultation

Hackney headteacher unfairly dismissed after tapping her son’s hand, judge rules

Employment tribunal finds that Shelley-Ann Malabver-Goulbourne, who was sacked as head of Northwold Primary School, used ‘reasonable chastisement’

Author: Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter

Hackney headteacher unfairly dismissed after tapping her son’s hand, judge rules

New mental health website offers ‘one-stop shop’ of support for young people and parents in Hackney

Deputy Mayor Anntoinette Bramble is urging people to use the site, which covers ‘common concerns through to longer term difficulties’

Author: Hackney Citizen

New mental health website offers ‘one-stop shop’ of support for young people and parents in Hackney

From where I’m sitting

Most people are considerate of wheelchair users. But there is one group of people which seems oblivious to causing obstruction

Author: Hackney Citizen