Help Healthwatch Hackney celebrate another successful year of influencing local health and care services at their Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 12 July from 17:30 to 20:00 at the Tomlinson Centre.

More than two thirds of UK employers are concerned that they cannot recruit skilled staff and yet one in eight black graduates in the UK cannot find a job. You are invited to the launch of an evaluation of Moving on Up, a two-year initiative aiming to increase employment rates for young black men in […]

Launch event for the RISE employment service for refugees Refugees and asylum seekers face multiple barriers to employment. These include language, poor wellbeing due to traumatic experiences, and a lack of recognition of their qualifications by UK employers. This means that unemployment in refugee communities is above 50%, compared to 6% for the UK national […]

Open to families, carers and survivors of brain injury, the group is a great place to receive information and support from others who have experienced the same issues first-hand. They are also the perfect place to meet HEL staff and access our advocacy service to receive information about welfare benefits, health and social care services […]

Make vibrant decorations for the Hackney One Carnival on 10 September, while listening to live music, and if you are under 5, enjoying the Hackney Playbus. 22 July, 29 July and Saturday 5 August. http://www.hackney.gov.uk/dalston-square

The programme for children aged 10 - 13 if full of events and classes and will be open from 24 July until 4 August. Want to do something different this summer? Why not start your career here while having fun. Workshops and clubs Include: Breakfast clubs, Family Fun Day, Baking, Arts & Crafts, Music, Film […]

Exploring health inequalities: This session delivered by Rachel and will cover how the wider determinants of health affect us – leading to health inequalities. It will also explore how by understanding this we can act to change this. It is important for all volunteers, sessional staff and new staff to attend. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-health-inequalities-tickets-35563268694?aff=erelpanelorg

We invite you to attend the next event in our briefing series, this time focusing on our Environmental and Land Defenders campaign. At this event, we will launch our latest report detailing the killings in 2016 of those defending their land, rivers and forests against destructive industries. These ‘land and environmental defenders’ are being murdered […]

Colourful Beginnings is a non-profit organisation that works with the families of premature/sick babies on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). We aim to bring hope to these families by sharing success stories on our social media platforms, organising networking events, providing support and giving out care packages throughout the year. We are having our […]

The Summer Knees Up is a family fun day, which will raise vital funds for St Joseph’s Hospice as well as giving our local community the chance to come and find out more about us. There will be stalls selling a range of items including clothes, crafts and bric-a-brac. We will also have entertainment on […]

Hackney Young People’s University (HYPU) runs a range of summer activities for children and families. Have fun with your family while take part in the following workshops: Baking made Easy, Music production, Cake Decorating, Arts & Crafts, Singing.  Cost: free https://www.htea1.com/hypu-programme-2017

Hackney Young People’s University (HYPU) runs a range of summer activities for children and families. Have fun with your family while take part in the following workshops: Baking made Easy, Music production, Cake Decorating, Arts & Crafts, Singing.  Cost: free https://www.htea1.com/hypu-programme-2017

Help keep the garden beautiful and learn about growing herbs and vegetables. The gardening sessions are run almost every Saturday. http://dalstongarden.org/dig-weekly-saturday-afternoon-volunteer-gardening/

Learn new skills playing games from around the world, plus classics like backgammon and giant chess. For ages 8+ 11th, 18th and 25th August http://www.hackney.gov.uk/dalston-square

Frontline are delighted to invite you to our London career changer networking evening. The Frontline Leadership Development Programme offers individuals the opportunity to transform the lives of vulnerable children, training as a child protection social workers and completing fully-funded postgraduate diploma and masters qualifications. Frontline are committed to attracting and recruiting outstanding participants to join […]

A Celebration of Art and Creativity in a Mad World - Your brutality is against the rules of Humanity. Do join us as we launch our charity Nomad – Nations of Migration Awakening the Diaspora. Come and learn from us and with us the real stories behind the mythical headlines of Migration, Refugee and Asylum […]

Boost your confidence and realise that skills and personal qualities count! Contact: Maxine Collins, maxinec@hcvs.org.uk Telephone: 020 7923 1962  

Discover what an interpreter in the community does; how to provide valuable help to people who have difficulty in accessing help and advice. The Community Interpreting Pathway provides a range of opportunities for people to explore their skills, abilities and interests in becoming a community interpreter. For more information and to book, email: maxinec@hcvs.org.uk

Compassionate Neighbours is free community-led support at St Joseph's Hospice for anyone living with or caring for a person with a serious, long-term or terminal illness, or a person who is frail and/or isolated. This is a 2 day training on 9th and 16th September. For more information please contact Joy on 020 8525 3206, j.kahumbu@stjh.org.uk or […]

Join us as the procession dances its way along Queensbridge Road, Richmond Road, Mare Street, Amhurst Road and Dalston Lane between 1.30-5pm. As well as the procession, there's: a pop-up play area and hula-hoop workshops in Gillett Square from 12 noon-6pm the Hackney Playbus and other entertainment in Hackney Town Hall Square from 12 noon-3pm Carnival judging […]

Thousands of new/secondhand books, all £1 each. 'As new' books donated by publishers/publications and good quality second-hand bargains from our bookshops. All topics - fiction/non-fiction, including lots of foreign language novels. Tubes: Old St/Liverpool St. Buses: Shoreditch High Street.  

These free sessions will help you with your CV, job search, filling in application forms, applying for jobs more effectively and interview preparation. Your tutor will support you with setting some personal goals and you will keep a record of your progress towards achieving these. For more information call 020 8525 6960 or email info@hmp.org.uk […]

Are you a frontline worker that offers regular advice and support to children and young people in Hackney? Frontline staff and volunteers - Would you like to improve your practitioner skills and access support in a peer to peer setting? Managers -Would you like your staff to receive regular  casework supervision and work with service […]

A weekend of fun for all the family featuring a street food court with a variety of ready to eat offers and speciality drinks, groceries, a live music stage, bar area offering the best of British and International craft beers and ales as well as rides for the children. Friday, 15th September: 11am to 7pm […]

The London Festival of Choice aims to raise awareness of threats to reproductive rights and the plight of those in countries around the world who do not have access to safe and legal abortion. The Festival also wishes to celebrate the solidarity and feminist activism and to strengthen and support the prochoice message, locally and globally. 

Show off your baking, preserving and horticultural skills and enjoy:  live music – raffle – home-made jam and honey for sale – games for all – freshly-pressed apple juice – plant stall – produce for sale – free entry.

DIY Art Market is back in Hackney, as part of London Design Festival. D.I.Y. Art Market, brings together a community of creatives and provides visitors the opportunity to discover and take home unique pieces that include - art prints, ceramics, zines, independent publications, jewellery, sewn items, screen prints, and artist books.

A competition of home-grown flowers, vegetables, fruit, baked goods, jams and crafts, with entry open to everyone. Stalls include baked goods, tombola, books/CDs/DVDs, plants, teas and cakes, children's games and face painting, raffle and the famous De Beauvoir Dog Show. Contact: Nancy Korman, e-mail: nancylkorman@hotmail.co.uk, telephone: 0207 249 4919

Do you need to build skills in your organisation for change management; organisational development; team building or coaching? Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is a recognised technique that builds on an organisations or individuals strengths and assets with the aim of building or rebuilding organisations around what works, rather than trying to fix what doesn't. Hackney CVS […]

Do you need to build skills in your organisation for change management; organisational development; teambuilding or coaching? Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is a recognised technique that builds on an organisations or individuals strengths and assets with the aim of building or rebuilding organisations around what works, rather than trying to fix what doesn't. Hackney CVS have […]

Create your Future. Come along to this fun session and meet like-minded BAME women who are thinking of returning to work.   To book your place email maxinec@hcvs.org.uk or call 020 7923 1962 On the day, please bring the following documents with you: proof of being unemployed and your UK passport, Residency Permit or Home Office letter […]

This practical training session aims to provide an understanding of data management procedures using the MS Access service user database. This includes how it is applied in practice and its importance for organisations holding personal information on their service users and volunteers. Who is this aimed at? Anyone who has a degree of/overall responsibility for […]

This ½-day workshop is open to staff from statutory and non-statutory agencies from across the CHSAB partnership and to those working with adults with care and support needs in the City of London and Hackney areas. Attendees will be in positions such as social worker, housing officer, organisational safeguarding lead, manager/senior manager, nurse/senior nurse, nursing […]

We have plenty of Cook and Eat courses taking place across Hackney and they're all completely FREE. Come and join us in your local area! Every Tuesday 4pm-6pm, 3rd October - 7th November (excluding 24th October). To find out about our next set of courses and book a place, contact us: food@shoreditchtrust.org.uk , 020 7033 8529.

Our courses are fun and friendly and you will learn how to prepare fresh, seasonal ingredients and make nutritious, satisfying and delicious meals with your neighbours. Every Wednesday 4 October - 8th November, 6pm-8pm. To book a place, contact 02070338529 or food@shoreditchtrust.org.uk.

A festival of food, workshops, performances, arts and crafts, massage and more. Join us at Centre 151 for our Wellbeing Day and get a free taster of our many activities in a family friendly atmosphere: Yoga, Tai Chi, Qi Gong, massage, Zumba, arts & crafts for children. Dive into Vietnamese culture through delicious homemade food, […]

This is an event for young people from Hackney aged between 15-19 years, who are interested in getting into the media industry. We will have an exciting variety of industry professionals from film, radio, social media and many more to come in and give workshops and valuable experience of the industry. Age group: 15-19. Hackney […]

This practical training session aims to provide an understanding of data management procedures using the MS Access service user database. This includes how it is applied in practice and its importance for organisations holding personal information on their service users and volunteers. Who is this aimed at? Anyone who has a degree of/overall responsibility for […]

This is an internationally recognized and certificated Adult Mental First Aid training delivered by certified Mental Health First Aid England instructors. This is an introductory three-hour mental health awareness course After attending this course you will be able to: Define mental health and some common mental health issues Identify stigma and discrimination surrounding mental health […]

Hackney Council's Public Health team and the City and Hackney Clinicial Commissioning Group (CCG) have joined forces to offer an exciting grants fund for projects to run from May 2018. This combines the existing Healthier Hackney Fund and the Innovation Fund, to create a larger programme that will support groups to deliver meaningful change for […]

Tuesday 24 – Friday 27 October 2017, 10.30am - 12.30pm and 2 - 4pm. Free Creative workshops exploring how we make, keep and spend our time at home. New! Fun digital sessions including animation and designing your own advert for a servant in Victorian times.

This a free entry event open to the community. We want to come together to learn and celebrate black history. Businesses, organisations, charities designers and artists will provide community information, refreshments, workshops, illustrative arts, crafts and decorative items. Please contact us for further information or to book a stall. Contact: Suzanne Asphall. Email: designsbysuzanne01@hotmail.com, telephone: […]

Hackney Co-operative Developments CIC is pleased to present the ‘Social Enterprise in the City’ conference in a partnership led with Hackney Council (for full list of partners see below). Using Hackney as a case study, the conference will explore how to develop a vibrant urban social enterprise ecosystem in which social enterprises can address inner […]