Training and Events

Peace Market

The Peace Market is a youth-led campaign to help raise awareness and give practical advice about the challenges young homeless people face, how it affects them and the community. This is a monthly showcase of young creative businesses, musicians, artists, and entrepreneurs, with the aim of bringing the community together to help young people who are […]

Hackney Carnival

Hackney Carnival’s getting bigger every year as more and more people come to celebrate the borough’s renowned creativity and diversity. Read more

Social Action for Health’s Annual General Meeting

Join Social Action for Health on 11 September for food, talks and networking at the Brady Centre in Tower Hamlets! Social Action for Health has been working for over 30 years within and beside the communities of East London to address health inequalities. In this AGM they will celebrate the successes and explore the challenges […]

ENGAGE: Hackney Sickle Cell Community Forum

The Hackney Sickle Cell Community Forum has been created as part of the Sickle Cell community engagement project in Hackney, to give members of the Sickle Community the opportunity to voice their opinions and share their views and experiences in order to help shape the project. Read more

Hackney Vegan Village

The Vegan Village returns with over 50 of London’s hottest vegan traders. Showcasing the best of all things vegan, there will be a wide selection of food available to enjoy, from the naughty - stacked burgers and loaded fries - to the nice - raw, healthy wraps and summer salads. Read more

De Beauvoir flower, produce and dog show

Flower and produce show with adults' and kids' competitions for flowers, growing, baking and arts and crafts. Dog show, teas, cakes, raffle, tombola, plant stall, children's activities and greener planet information. Age group: All ages. St. Peter's Crypt, Northchurch Terrace, Hackney, London N1 4DA Contact: Avril Broadley. Email: dbgardeners@gmail.com Telephone: 07736973617 Read more

Well Street Common Neighbourhood Partnership meeting

The Well Street Common Neighbourhood Partnership is the coming together of voluntary and community groups, residents and frontline statutory staff working in the Well Street Common Neighbourhood. Building on the findings of the Open Space event in April, this will be the first of six partnership meetings. If you access or provide any of health […]

Urban herbal

Hackney Herbal will have an open garden in Hackney Wick in celebration of Urban Food Fortnight. They will be celebrating the Autumn equinox with nature-based craft activities for all ages using a mix of locally-grown and foraged plants. They will be showcasing a range of herbal drinks and teas made by the pooled harvest of […]

Hackney Repair Cafe

Come along and learn repair skills to give new life to items that you would normally throw away and make them useable again. Read more

Plastic-Free Hackney Building A Wildlife Habitat

Organised by Plastic-Free Hackney. The second phase of their canal rewilding project! They will be building raised beds, installing bee boxes and other habitats for other wildlife. Read more

Hackney Fostering Information Session

Being a foster carer plays a hugely important role for a child in care. You will be supporting them with school and medical appointments, encouraging positive activities, overcoming emotional or physical trauma, whilst providing a safe and nurturing environment they can call home. Fostering can be difficult, not just for you and the child involved, […]

Xenia workshop for women

Are you learning English? Come and make a friend, practice English, learn new things, and share your culture. Do you speak fluent English? Come and make a friend, practice whatever you want to, learn new things, and make London a more welcoming place. Read more

Thriving Together – The role of communities in uncertain times

To explore the future of communities, The Young Foundation warmly invites you to join them for an evening of debate, provocation and exhibitions exploring how we can radically re-think how we research in and with communities. You’ll hear from leading figures from across business, academia and civil society who are engaged in transforming how research is used as […]

Celebrating black history and craft fair

This a free entry event for the community, to come together, to learn and celebrate black history. There will be Businesses, organisations, charities designers and artists, too provide, community information, refreshments, workshops, illustrative arts, crafts and decorative items. Stoke Newington Methodist Church, 106A Stoke Newington High Street, Hackney, London N16 7NY Contact: Suzanne Asphall. Email: […]

Hackney Food Poverty Alliance: Call to Action Workshop

Hackney Food Poverty Alliance and Hackney Council welcome you to a workshop to develop the Borough’s food poverty action plan. Hackney Food Poverty Alliance brings together 40 community organisations and statutory services with the aim of tackling the impacts and drivers of food poverty in the Borough. Read more

HSCF Forum Meeting

Voluntary Community Sector Transformation Leadership Group meeting – Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)  The voluntary community and social enterprise transformation leadership group will be consulting with the wider voluntary & community sector on developing into an independent entity with its own values and Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) that covers clear accountabilities and conflict of interest procedures. […]

Hackney Fostering Information Session

Being a foster carer plays a hugely important role for a child in care. You will be supporting them with school and medical appointments, encouraging positive activities, overcoming emotional or physical trauma, whilst providing a safe and nurturing environment they can call home. Fostering can be difficult, not just for you and the child involved, […]

Film Screening: Identity and Clothing

The documentary explores the social and historical contexts of clothing and the personal narratives that an item can illustrate. Followed by a Q&A. Read more

Spirit of London Awards

The Spirit of London Awards were first staged in 2009 at the Alexandra Palace. In 2010 they were staged at the IndigO2 - 2011 The Royal Albert Hall and in 2012 the Main O2 Arena. Originally created by the Damilola Taylor Trust the awards are returning in 2020 under the direction of the Spirit of […]

City & Hackney Come Correct Sexual Health Training

This is a half day training course, running from 9:30-1:30. After completing the training, participants will be able to distribute condoms as part of the Come Correct and The Free Condom Project Schemes. Read more

Hackney Clothes Swap Shop

Please bring no more than 10 items of clothing, accessories and/or footwear clean and ready to go on the racks. We accept all shapes and sizes including children's clothing. Read more

Mentors and Motivators

Mentors and Motivators – Get recognised & qualified for 2020! A 2 Day Course Saturday 23 and Saturday 30 November 2019, 09.45 to 4.30pm Are you ready to take mentoring to the next level? Mentors, do you make a difference to the lives of children or adults in need? Managers, is it time that you […]

Tools for the teenage years. A FREE programme for parents and carers to help address challenging and harmful behaviours in adolescence. Sessions are co-led by professionals and by parents who previously had challenges with their children’s behaviour. Taster & enrolment sessions on 23 and 26 November: register here. Parents open space and 'The Incredibles' family film session […]

Parents – Tools for the Teenage Years

Tools for the teenage years. A FREE programme for parents and carers to help address challenging and harmful behaviours in adolescence. Sessions are co-led by professionals and by parents who previously had challenges with their children’s behaviour. Taster & enrolment sessions on 23 and 26 November: register here. Parents open space and 'The Incredibles' family film session […]

Spotting the Signs Eating Disorders Training for Teachers

With school, college and university students so vulnerable to developing eating disorders, increasing the knowledge of staff, who are well placed to spot the early signs, is essential. Beat on the Ground will provide every school within the community with training for at least one staff member. Staff who can see when students first begin to struggle […]

TEDx Hackney Council Libraries, Dalston

Power to the people – Can we really influence society? What does it take to change the world for the better? Can we as individuals really make a difference and shift the balance of power through activism and social movements? Political scientist Zacharia Mampily demonstrates ‘How activists are redefining democracy around the world’, activist Jeremy […]

Hackney Repair Cafe

Come along and learn repair skills to give new life to items that you would normally throw away and make them useable again. Read more

‘The Incredibles’ family film session

Tools for the teenage years. A FREE programme for parents and carers to help address challenging and harmful behaviours in adolescence. Sessions are co-led by professionals and by parents who previously had challenges with their children’s behaviour. Parents open space and 'The Incredibles' family film session on 30 November: register here. Read more

Nourished Mind

Wellbeing and mental health focused event in a beautiful bright space in Hoxton. The event will be split in two, talks and lectures in the first part, and workshops in the second. All profits will go to a mental health charity. Read more

Ridley Road Market Tour

Meet the traders of Ridley Road showing you the market past, present and future. Located opposite Dalston Kingsland station, Ridley Road Market has been serving the local community since the 1880s. Date: 14 December. Read more

A celebration for Christmas gift day and craft fair

This a free entry community event, to prepare for the coming of Christmas. There will be illustrative art work and decorative items. Browse through the stalls too select perfect gifts, for yourself or someone special. Call or email for stall booking and further information. Stoke Newington Methodist Church, 106A Stoke Newington High Street Hackney N16 […]

Festive Wellbeing Workshops with Mind

This winter, Broadgate is teaming up with Mind in the City, Hackney and Waltham Forest with a series of wellbeing workshops. Why self-care is the one thing that’ll change your life It’s all too easy to put your energy into the things around you – especially work. The problem is, if you’re putting all of […]

Healthcare Horizon pre-employability training

Are you aged between 16-29 and looking for a career in the NHS? Then the Healthcare Horizon pre-employability training programme could be for you. Date: 9 January. Read more

Pembury Community Centre — Smokefree Hackney

Smokefree Hackney’s “New Year, New You!” campaign is launching in Hackney on 27th December 2019. The campaign encourages people to make the resolution to stop smoking for good in 2020, and will run throughout January. Drop in clinic at the Pembury Community Centre IT Suite Room 3, (Upstairs) 1 Atkins Square, Dalston Ln, London E8 1FA. […]

Primary care workshop.

NHS City and Hackney Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is working with City and Hackney residents to find out what they think about GP services. They are particularly keen to hear from people who are members of a faith group. Date: 21 January. Read more

How can trustees support place-based approaches?

The places where we live and work define who we are and what we do. They determine the nature of our relationships with the people around us and the nature of the communities that we create together. Place-based approaches are characterised by a shift away from centrally dictated policy, towards holistic and collaborative solutions that […]

Modern slavery awareness session

CHSAB (City and Hackney Safeguarding Adults Board) offers free training opportunities: Modern slavery awareness session and Trafficking & abuse of children for the purposes of sexual  exploitation. Date: 28 January. If you would like to attend, please complete the form and return it to TrainingHSC@hackney.gov.uk.

Smokefree Hackney

Come to training sessions organised by Smokefree Hackney. Level 1 or ‘Very Brief Advice’: a 2-hour training that equips healthcare professionals with basic skills/knowledge to offer smokers brief advice and then signpost to Hackney’s Stop Smoking Service. Date: 24 January. Level 2 Advisor: applicable for professionals who want to become a specialist Stop Smoking Advisor. Date: […]

Volunteer Fair

The next Volunteer Fair organised by Volunteer Centre Hackney will be taking place in January 2020, and is a great way for anyone interested in social action or volunteering to meet local people and charities who are seeking volunteers. Totally free and open to all, if you live, work or play in Hackney and are […]

Ending violence against women and girls

The next Hackney Faith Network event - Ending violence against women and girls - will focus on the support available to women and girls facing violence and abuse. You will also hear about how to apply to the Windrush Compensation Scheme, the planned women's faith gathering, an interfaith initiative to mark World Water Day and how you […]

Community building/community bridging

Ella Baker School Of Transformative Organising is launching a specific initiative in Hackney called 'Community building/community bridging', designed to bring communities together. The objective is to bring together people from Hackney's diverse communities. If you are from Hackney then do sign up for the first meeting on Monday 3 February.

Hackney CVS community awards night 2020

Join us for an inspirational evening as we celebrate both Hackney's young people and the local voluntary and community sector. Gary Francis awards will be given to local young people who have achieved against the odds. Adiaha Antigha awards will be given to individuals or organisations from Hackney's voluntary and community sector. This year's categories […]

Tower Hamlets CVS – Meet The Funders

Tower Hamlets, Hackney, Redbridge and Barking and Dagenham CVS’s in partnership with the East London Health Care Partnership would like to invite you to attend a meet the funders event. The day will include: A market place with information stalls from over 20 local and national funders. Opportunities to attend a 30-minute workshop on approaches […]

Safeguarding and the Digital Thread

The CHSCP Conference: Safeguarding and the Digital Thread. The Conference is free to attend for all staff and volunteers working with children and young people in either the City of London and/or the London Borough of Hackney. This year's Conference will cover safeguarding children and young people in the context of technology and social media. Date: 4 March. Read […]

How to run a successful crowdfunding campaign

Join the world’s largest equity crowdfunding platform to help you build the best crowdfunding campaign possible for your business. Learn how to create a successful crowdfunding campaign, with experts from Crowdcube. A successful campaign will not only drive investment but will also increase your reach, help to spread brand awareness and keep your community engaged. Read […]

Ways of Being: drop-in family activities!

Autograph Rivington Place,, Hackney, United Kingdom

Saturday, 07 March 2020 1pm - 5pm We warmly invite families - including those with children with SEND - to drop in for fun, creative activities at Autograph. Gallery 2 will be set up with green screen technology to create playful films with fantastical digital backdrops. The entire family can get involved in creating props, […]

Free

Yoga And Moving Mindfulness

St Anne’s Church Hemsworth Street, Hoxton, London, United Kingdom

Join a new yoga and moving mindfulness classes all for a good cause. All income goes to St Anne’s Hoxton Relief in Need charity providing a soup kitchen, night shelter, youth club and food gifts. Led by a qualified yoga teacher. Suitable for all levels, beginners are welcome. Bring your own yoga mat. £5. All […]

£5

Shaping a vision for community navigation

Invitation from the City & Hackney neighbourhoods team Shaping a vision for community navigation in City and Hackney. We are bringing together a broad range of stakeholders to shape a vision for community navigation in City and Hackney. This includes service users, those funding and delivering community navigation, people who refer to these services and […]

‘International Women’s Day’

St. Clement Church Treadgold Street, London, United Kingdom

WAND UK is inviting you all for the celebration of 'International Women’s Day' which is going to be on Thursday 12 March 2020. There will be Drinks, Canapes, Speeches, awards to volunteers and live music by Ebony Steel band. There is only limited places, please book now and be booked, by calling: 020 8962 4132 […]

Making Every Contact Count training

Hackney CVS The Adiaha Antigha Centre, London, United Kingdom

Making Every Contact Count is a model to help frontline workers to have brief conversations with services users and members of the public about positive changes to health and wellbeing. Making Every Contact Count is about using every appropriate opportunity to encourage people to consider, and feel positive about, making changes to improve their wellbeing. […]

Yoga And Moving Mindfulness

St Anne’s Church Hemsworth Street,Hoxton, London, United Kingdom

Join a new yoga and moving mindfulness classes all for a good cause. All income goes to St Anne’s Hoxton Relief in Need charity providing a soup kitchen, night shelter, youth club and food gifts. Led by a qualified yoga teacher. Suitable for all levels, beginners are welcome. Bring your own yoga mat. £5. All […]

£5

The Psychological Impact of Working in Isolation

On 22nd April ELBA are running a webinar on 'The Psychological Impact of Working in Isolation', open to all Hackney-based community organisations. Led by Dr Gwenllian Williams, a doctor of psychology, the session will focus on the effects of adapting to working from home, both professionally and with regards to mental health, and offer the […]

What does voice, rights and choice mean for people at the end of life?

What does voice, rights and choice mean for people at the end of life? A lecture and Q&A with Jonathan Ellis Online via Zoom (they’ll send a link once you book on Eventbrite) Jonathan Ellis will explore how a rights-based approach can make all the difference for a person at the end of life. You […]

Mind hacks for difficult conversations

The ELBA Toolkit is back and it's now digital. The first webinar will be focussed on the multitude of Covid-19 related emergency fundraising grants. The session will be run by Megan Cannons, L&Q's Impact and Evaluation Manager. Megan will be discussing the close alignment between effectively evidencing your impact and writing successful fundraising applications. She will also respond directly […]

Emergency Funding Applications : A response to Covid-19

Right now the community sector is facing a lot of tough decisions, and leaders are having to conduct difficult conversations with their staff - about wellbeing, furlough or even redundancy. This session is run by ELBA and the Learning & Development team at Linklaters LLP, and will look at the psychological effects of these conversations, and […]

Religious London project launch (webinar)

Theos think tank Invites you to a Religious London webinar on 24 June at 7.30pm to hear about: What role can religious communities play in the city’s recovery? How can we help London’s religious communities cope and thrive in a new normal? What are the likely future trends in London’s religious demography? Register here

Return to work after COVID webinar

How can you re-open safely? New ways of working. Putting staff wellbeing first Chaired by Jake Ferguson, CEO at Hackney CVS Health & Safety Rob Bartlett, Senior Environmental Health Officer at Hackney Council will present on what organisations should be doing to prepare to re-open safely, looking at legislation, the risk assessment process, training & supervision for […]

Covid-19: how can we use this opportunity to value carers?

The advocacy Project invites you to online lecture with Sonia Benitez. Over 7 million people in the UK care for a loved one who has an illness or disability. Research suggests this number is increasing dramatically during the Covid-19 pandemic. Caring is rarely something that is planned for and carers often put their own life […]

VCS Safety Planning Tools and Tips Exchange session

Many organisations have requested guidelines so that they can safely deliver services to children and young people in parks, open spaces, youth and community setting. There is a need for clarity about how to keep service users and the workforce safe. Organisations need to assess risk and make reasonable adjustments to adapt and adjust the […]

Hackney Wick Forum

The Hackney Business Network runs forums throughout the year aimed at business owners, employees and entrepreneurs in all areas of Hackney. The forums are an opportunity to network with other local businesses, hear about business focused opportunities, events and news from Hackney Council. Eventbrite links will appear on this page two weeks before each forum, […]

Hackney Central Forum

The Hackney Business Network runs forums throughout the year aimed at business owners, employees and entrepreneurs in all areas of Hackney. The forums are an opportunity to network with other local businesses, hear about business focused opportunities, events and news from Hackney Council. Eventbrite links will appear on this page two weeks before each forum, […]

Dalston Forum

The Hackney Business Network runs forums throughout the year aimed at business owners, employees and entrepreneurs in all areas of Hackney. The forums are an opportunity to network with other local businesses, hear about business focused opportunities, events and news from Hackney Council. Eventbrite links will appear on this page two weeks before each forum, […]

Stop the over-policing of black communities

Stop the over-policing of black communities. Stop the use of excessive force. Stop the use of tasers. Saturday 8 August, 1:00pm, Tottenham Police Station.

COVID-19: Finding solutions for Older People (Day 1)

We would like to invite you to a series of workshops to discuss the needs of older people in the recovery phase of Covid-19. As we emerge from crisis phase of COVID-19, we now need to plan and prepare our recovery from COVID-19, building our local resilience to protect against the potential impact of a […]

COVID-19: Finding solutions for Older People (Day 2)

We would like to invite you to a series of workshops to discuss the needs of older people in the recovery phase of Covid-19. As we emerge from crisis phase of COVID-19, we now need to plan and prepare our recovery from COVID-19, building our local resilience to protect against the potential impact of a […]

Hackney Wick Forum

The Hackney Business Network runs forums throughout the year aimed at business owners, employees and entrepreneurs in all areas of Hackney. The forums are an opportunity to network with other local businesses, hear about business focused opportunities, events and news from Hackney Council. Eventbrite links will appear on this page two weeks before each forum, […]

Public Health Community Champions Training

Volunteer Centre Hackney has launched the new Public Health Community Champion volunteer role and Community Champion training programme to support the reduction in the transmission of COVID-19, by communicating important public health messages to vulnerable residents, through trained volunteers and frontline staff. They are inviting City and Hackney VCS organisations to put forward volunteers and/or […]

Community Forum: Equality in recruitment, HR & organisational culture

The recent ACEVO report, ‘Home Truths’, found that only 9% of employees in the charity sector identify as Black, Asian or ethnic minority, compared to 11% in the private sector. This session is a space for you to discuss the challenges and barriers third sector organisations face in embedding equality and diversity in HR & […]

Wellness – Next Generation Young People and Adults workshop

We will share a proposed plan for an integrated approach to engagement with Children, Young People, Maternity and Families including the introduction of a 'CYPMF system influencer role' and invite input, feedback and participation from voluntary and community organisations to join us in this work. The format for the session: 1. Introduction on the proposed […]

Healthwatch Hackney Annual General Meeting

The main event of the meeting will be a public debate on the impact of coronavirus in Hackney. There will be a presentation by Dr Sandra Husbands, Hackney’s Director for Public Health, focused on the Council’s response to the pandemic. If you want to submit questions to the board and/or panel please call freephone 0808 […]

Public Health Community Champions Training

Volunteer Centre Hackney has launched the new Public Health Community Champion volunteer role and Community Champion training programme to support the reduction in the transmission of COVID-19, by communicating important public health messages to vulnerable residents, through trained volunteers and frontline staff. They are inviting City and Hackney VCS organisations to put forward volunteers and/or […]

COVID-19 Information Grants workshop

COVID-19 Information Grants Grants for VCS organisations to give out accurate information to the local community about keeping safe during the pandemic. This includes informing people about how to get a test at home or at a testing centre, and what to do if you have a positive test. Grants are prioritised for organisations working […]

COVID-19 Information Grants workshop

COVID-19 Information Grants Grants for VCS organisations to give out accurate information to the local community about keeping safe during the pandemic. This includes informing people about how to get a test at home or at a testing centre, and what to do if you have a positive test. Grants are prioritised for organisations working […]

COVID-19 Information Grants workshop

COVID-19 Information Grants Grants for VCS organisations to give out accurate information to the local community about keeping safe during the pandemic. This includes informing people about how to get a test at home or at a testing centre, and what to do if you have a positive test. Grants are prioritised for organisations working […]

Re-opening community centres after COVID webinar

Claire Giraud, Senior Public Health Practitioner, Hackney Council, will introduce the new COVID-19 Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the Voluntary & Community Sector and community centre settings, issued by Public Health London Borough of Hackney and City of London Corporation. This will cover prevention responsibilities, test & trace and what to do in the event […]

Healthwatch Hackney: Maternity Care during Covid-19

Healthwatch Hackney invite you to an information exchange meeting on maternity care during COVID-19. The meeting will provide the opportunity to ask Shirley Peterson, Deputy Chief Nurse / Head of Midwifery at Homerton Hospital, about current maternity services and plans for the future. Download the leaflet Register here

Neighbourhoods Conversation: Shoreditch Park and City

Part 1 of the meeting will give a chance for all those living, working and providing services in the Neighbourhood to come together again in a large cross sector community meeting (groups, organisations, activists, health, council) to continue: • Building connections, local relationships and finding out what’s going on locally • Informing a ground level […]

Neighbourhoods Forum: Shoreditch Park and City of London

Neighbourhoods Forum: Shoreditch Park and City of London Join us for the next Forum for Shoreditch Park and City of London. A new Neighbourhood Forum is being set up for the communities of the City, De Beauvoir, Hoxton and Shoreditch Park. This oddly shaped area stretches from Tower Gateway in the East to Chancery Lane in […]

Neighbourhoods Conversation: Hackney Downs

Part 1 of the meeting will give a chance for all those living, working and providing services in the Neighbourhood to come together again in a large cross sector community meeting (groups, organisations, activists, health, council) to continue: •    Building connections, local relationships and finding out what’s going on locally •    Informing a ground level […]

Stop & Research: Police and the Community in Hackney

Join ACCOUNT and Hackney Archives to explore the past, present and future of policing in Hackney through creative responses, discussion and material from the archives about community campaigns. Register here

Neighbourhoods Conversation: Springfield Park

Part 1 of the meeting will give a chance for all those living, working and providing services in the Neighbourhood to come together again in a large cross sector community meeting (groups, organisations, activists, health, council) to continue: •    Building connections, local relationships and finding out what’s going on locally •    Informing a ground level […]

Neighbourhoods Conversation: Clissold Park

Part 1 of the meeting will give a chance for all those living, working and providing services in the Neighbourhood to come together again in a large cross sector community meeting (groups, organisations, activists, health, council) to continue: •    Building connections, local relationships and finding out what’s going on locally •    Informing a ground level […]

Neighbourhoods Conversation: Hackney Marshes

Part 1 of the meeting will give a chance for all those living, working and providing services in the Neighbourhood to come together again in a large cross sector community meeting (groups, organisations, activists, health, council) to continue: •    Building connections, local relationships and finding out what’s going on locally •    Informing a ground level […]

Neighbourhoods Conversation: Woodberry Wetlands

Part 1 of the meeting will give a chance for all those living, working and providing services in the Neighbourhood to come together again in a large cross sector community meeting (groups, organisations, activists, health, council) to continue: •    Building connections, local relationships and finding out what’s going on locally •    Informing a ground level […]

Neighbourhoods Conversation: London Fields

Part 1 of the meeting will give a chance for all those living, working and providing services in the London Fields Neighbourhood to come together again in a large cross sector community meeting (groups, organisations, activists, health, council) to continue: •    Building connections, local relationships and finding out what’s going on locally •    Informing a […]

Shoreditch Forum

The Hackney Business Network runs forums throughout the year aimed at business owners, employees and entrepreneurs in all areas of Hackney. The forums are an opportunity to network with other local businesses, hear about business focused opportunities, events and news from Hackney Council. Eventbrite links will appear on this page two weeks before each forum, […]

Dalston Forum

The Hackney Business Network runs forums throughout the year aimed at business owners, employees and entrepreneurs in all areas of Hackney. The forums are an opportunity to network with other local businesses, hear about business focused opportunities, events and news from Hackney Council. Eventbrite links will appear on this page two weeks before each forum, […]

Hackney Central Forum

The Hackney Business Network runs forums throughout the year aimed at business owners, employees and entrepreneurs in all areas of Hackney. The forums are an opportunity to network with other local businesses, hear about business focused opportunities, events and news from Hackney Council. Eventbrite links will appear on this page two weeks before each forum, […]

Stoke Newington Forum

The Hackney Business Network runs forums throughout the year aimed at business owners, employees and entrepreneurs in all areas of Hackney. The forums are an opportunity to network with other local businesses, hear about business focused opportunities, events and news from Hackney Council. Eventbrite links will appear on this page two weeks before each forum, […]

Life Lanterns event

Life Lanterns event  St Joseph’s Hospice will be holding a Life Lanterns service for bereaved children and families. It will take place online via Zoom. They will be floating the lanterns on the pond this year. Please email Bridget b.lee@stjh.org.uk for a lantern making kit. Read more  

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