Training and Events

Hackney Young People’s University (HYPU)

BSix Sixth Form College Kenninghall Road, United Kingdom

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 […]

Exploring health inequalities

Ment House Unit1C Mentmore Terrace, United Kingdom

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 […]

Environmental & Land Defenders Evening Briefing

Global Witness 1 Portsoken Street, United Kingdom

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 […]

Colourful Beginnings. Launch & Networking Event

67 Rothbury Road , United Kingdom

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 […]

The Summer Knees Up

St Joseph's Hospice Mare Street, United Kingdom

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 […]

Family Fun Learning Day

BSix Sixth Form College Kenninghall Road, United Kingdom

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, […]

Family Fun Learning Day

BSix Sixth Form College Kenninghall Road, United Kingdom

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, […]

‘Dig’ Volunteer Gardening Session

Dalston Eastern Curve Garden 13 Dalston Lane, United Kingdom

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/

Global Games

Dalston Square 2821 Roseberry Pl, London, United Kingdom

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: Career Changer Networking Evening

London Canal Museum 12-13 New Wharf Road, United Kingdom

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 […]

Nomad Launch Event

RICH MIX 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, United Kingdom

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 […]

Recognise your potential – free taster session

Whitmore Community Centre 2-4 Phillip Street, London, United Kingdom

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

Create Your Future – What is Community Interpreting?

Whitmore Community Centre 2-4 Phillip Street, London, United Kingdom

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 […]

Compassionate Neighbours – free training

St Joseph's Hospice Mare St, London, United Kingdom

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 […]

Hackney One Carnival

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 […]

Amnesty International UK £1 Book Sale

Amnesty International UK 17-25 New Inn Yard, London, United Kingdom

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 […]

Create Your Future – Activate Your Career Job Club

Morningside Community Centre Cresset Road, London, United Kingdom

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 […]

Clissold Park Craft Beer & Street Food Festival

Clissold Park Church Street / Green Lanes, London, United Kingdom

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 […]

Amnesty International UK – Festival of Choice

Amnesty International UK 17-25 New Inn Yard, London, United Kingdom

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 […]

Autumn Flower and Produce Show

King Henry’s Walk Garden 11c King Henry's Walk, London, United Kingdom

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 – […]

London Design Festival – DIY Art Market

EPIC Dalston 13 Stoke Newington Rd, London, United Kingdom

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 […]

De Beauvoir Flower & Produce Show

St. Peter’s Church De Beauvoir Road, London, United Kingdom

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 […]

Create Your Future – Get Ready for Work

Kingsland Hub 242 Kingsland Road, London, United Kingdom

  A wellbeing and employability course for Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic women who are not working or in education. Contact us: learn@peterbedford.org.uk or call 0203 815 4100

Practical Appreciative Inquiry Training (Day One)

Hackney CVS 24-30 Dalston Lane, London, United Kingdom

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 […]

Practical Appreciative Inquiry Training (Day Two)

Hackney CVS 24-30 Dalston Lane, London, United Kingdom

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 […]

Explore your career options – taster workshop

Halkevi Turkish and Kurdish Community Centre 31-33 Dalston Lane, London, United Kingdom

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 […]

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Create Your Future – Pathways into Playwork

Homerton Grove Adventure Playground Wardle St, London, United Kingdom

This practical, accessible and fun course is ideal for those new to playwork. The course will cover Play Way Level 2 Certificate in Playwork, Paediatric First Aid Certificate and Safeguarding. […]

Data Management, Recording & Reporting on MS Access Database

Hackney CVS 24-30 Dalston Lane, London, United Kingdom

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 […]

Learning from Safeguarding Adults Reviews

Tomlinson Centre Queensbridge Rd, London

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 […]

Cook and Eat – Family Course with Make Kit

Fellows Court Community Hall London, United Kingdom

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 […]

Adult cook and eat course

Stamford Hill Community Centre Stamford Hill, London, United Kingdom

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 […]

Wellbeing Day – Centre 151

Centre 151 151 Whiston Road, London, United Kingdom

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 […]

Explore your career options – taster workshop

Halkevi Turkish and Kurdish Community Centre 31-33 Dalston Lane, London, United Kingdom

                  Come along to this fun session and meet like-minded BAME women who are thinking of returning to work 11.00am – 12.30pm: Explore Your Career Options and Professional Development […]

Family cook and eat course

Banister House Community Centre London, United Kingdom

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 family and neighbours. Every Thursday […]

Hackney Media Reach – careers event for 15-19 year olds

Hackney Picturehouse 270 Mare St, London, United Kingdom

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 […]

Data Protection & Handling (Practical Workshop)

Hackney CVS 24-30 Dalston Lane, London, United Kingdom

This practical workshop aims to provide an understanding of Data Protection Principles and Data Sharing Protocols. This includes how it is applied in practice and its importance for organisations holding […]

Data Management, Recording & Reporting on MS Access Database

Hackney CVS 24-30 Dalston Lane, London, United Kingdom

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 […]

Mental Health First Aid

Hackney CVS 24-30 Dalston Lane, London, United Kingdom

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 […]

Healthier City and Hackney Fund 2018/19 Launch Event

Arcola Theatre 24 Ashwin Street, London, United Kingdom

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. […]

HYPU October Half Term Programme 2017

Are you aged between 10-13? Want to do something different this half term? Why not start your career here while having fun. Workshops and clubs Include: Breakfast clubs, Family Fun […]

Black History Month 2017 – Black SuperSheroes Exhibition

Shoreditch Library 80 Hoxton Street, London, United Kingdom

Sweet Design Studio is proud to collaborate with Shoreditch Library again this year to host another event for Black History Month. 'Black SuperSheroes' will be the first of its kind […]

Black history quiz evening

Join us for our black history month quiz! Friday 27th of October at 8 Palatine Road, N16 8SX. Tickets and more information: 0207 241 1646 / info@claudiajones.org  

Celebrating Black History – craft fair

Stoke Newington Methodist Church Stoke Newington High Street, London, United Kingdom

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, […]

Social Enterprise in the City – a one-day conference

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 […]

Compassionate Neighbours – free training

St Joseph's Hospice Mare St, London, United Kingdom

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 […]

Women-led thinking space

This space is especially for women who have experienced any form of abuse. We meet the 2nd and 4th Thursday each month during term time, creating a safe space to […]

Hackney Small Grants ‘How to Apply’ session

Hackney CVS 24-30 Dalston Lane, London, United Kingdom

Hackney CVS is working in partnership with Hackney Council to deliver a workshop on 'How to Apply' to the Hackney Small Grants up to £5,000. This workshop will: Provide an […]

City and Hackney ‘stay healthy’ event

Would you like to know more about how to keep healthy? Join us for this free community health event which includes the below and more: • Massage • Foot health […]

Managing Your Money Workshop

With real incomes falling and personal debt at a record high, there has never been a better time to improve your personal financial skills. What will the session cover? Know […]

Citizen-led hubs: building the ecosystem together

We invite you to co-design ways we can share knowledge and support each other to achieve a socially just and sustainable London for the future. We’ll bring together starter ideas […]

#ourwayahead – Better Health For All Londoners?

Purpose: to ensure grassroots community issues and solutions are at the heart of London’s health inequality strategy and policy implementation The event is organized by Community Development Network London and […]

Active Citizens

Shoreditch Trust 8 Orsman Rd, London, United Kingdom

Active Citizens are individuals across the world who want to make a difference in their community. They are people and institutions established, trusted and valued in the community – volunteers, […]

Compassionate Neighbours – free training

St Joseph's Hospice Mare St, London, United Kingdom

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 […]

Jewellery Making

Join this creative workshop You will have opportunity to use different techniques to produce your own earrings, bracelets and necklaces to take home, using a selection of cool colours and […]

Youth Mental Health First Aid Training

Hackney CVS 24-30 Dalston Lane, London, United Kingdom

                        This is an internationally recognised and certificated Youth Mental First Aid training delivered by certified Mental Health First Aid England instructors. Do you work with […]

Control your cash

Looking to cut back on spending, but don’t know where to start? Come along to our relaxed workshop where you will be provided with: • tips to improve your money […]

Minute Taking in 60 minutes

Hackney CVS 24-30 Dalston Lane, London, United Kingdom

This fast-paced, interactive course will cover: • Preparing for a meeting, • The role of minute taking • The writing of minutes. During this bite-sized session you will learn how […]

Starting Your Own Business

This taster workshop is aimed at unemployed BAME women interested in setting up their own businesses. The 2-hour session will enable you to explore ideas about the types of businesses […]

Modern Slavery Awareness Sessions

This 3 hour training session will provide Adult Social Care staff with the knowledge you need to support the Slavery Safeguarding Lead (SSL). These sessions are open to Hackney ASC […]

CEO & Directors Network

Hackney CVS 24-30 Dalston Lane, London, United Kingdom

Would you like the chance to join, shape and develop a peer support network for Hackney based CEOs and Directors working in the charity, voluntary, social enterprise sector? If yes […]

Recognise your potential – free taster session

Boost your confidence and realise that your skills and personal qualities count! Try out this workshop and if you like it sign up for the longer pathway course. Date: Tuesday […]

Mental Health First Aid

Hackney CVS 24-30 Dalston Lane, London, United Kingdom

This internationally recognised and certificated 2-day Youth Mental First Aid training is for those working with young people. This course will provide you with the information, tools, and techniques needed […]

ESOL advice day

Do you want to learn English for life and work? There are free ESOL classes in Hackney to help you. Come to the ESOL advice day below and an adviser […]

Christmas community gospel concert

A community concert for everyone. Featuring The Camden United Gospel Choir, St Katherine's Gospel Choir, The VMC Gospel Choir and others. More information in the leaflet here.

Coffee afternoon for 50+

Wednesday, 22 November 2017 - Wednesday, 28 March 2018 12 noon - 3pm. Are you fed up of watching the telly? Wish to meet people who are over 50 and […]

MTR BFI Film Academy for 16-19 year olds

Saturday, 06 January 2018 - Sunday, 11 February 2018 Are you passionate about film? Want a career in the film industry? If so, the BFI Film Academy is for you. […]

Stamford Hill history walk

Trace the area's place in Hackney's history and people who have lived there. Visit two little known Victorian gems: Allen Gardens and St. Andrew's Church, with its beautiful murals. Meet […]

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