Training and Events

Hackney Black Women Writers

Hackney Black Women Writers return for the second public showcase of the their work, this time created in response to the Women on Screens exhibition, which chart the history and […]

You are invited to the Greater London Authority’s annual civil society conference on Friday 12 July 2019 at City Hall. This year’s conference theme is: ‘Cross-sector working: from Transaction to […]

Hackney CVS Summer Open Dat

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

Come to Hackney CVS Summer Open Day to hear more about our vision and to: - take part in interactive discussion-based workshops; - tell us about your current needs - […]

Hackney CVS Open Day

Join us at our 2019 summer open day. Learn about our work for a FairerHackney. Hear about our projects for migrants and refugees, young people older people. Enjoy our Rainbow […]

Mental Health First Aid Half Day Course

Mind in the City, Hackney and Waltham Forest has partnered with Hackney Council to deliver MHFA training to frontline professionals who work in Hackney What is Mental Health First Aid? […]

Waste Less, Lunch Free

Did you know that the average family wastes £800 worth of food every year? This summer Keep Britain Tidy will again be returning to Hackney to host the ‘Waste Less, […]

Creative Mentor Network 4 x 5

Creative Mentor Network presents 4 x 5 In partnership with Hackney Council Hosted at We Are Social Research shows that young people who make 4 or more professional connections before […]

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, […]

Hackney Town Hall tour and Vaults display

A town hall is more than just a building: it represents both local government and the community, and provides a public space where the two can meet. Now residents and […]

Hackney Fashion Festival

Discover over 50 sustainable fashion vendors at this fun fashion-focused festival at Bohemia Place Markets. Bohemia Place continues its ‘Summer Series’ by bringing some of the most exciting vintage, retro […]

Shoreditch Live

Shoreditch Live will include an art exhibition by local young people, a live music stage featuring young musicians and bands from Hackney, urban graffiti workshops and performances, plus food and […]

Plastic – Free Hackney Planning Meeting

At this month's meeting the following exciting projects will be on the agenda: 1. Planting and Rewilding Project on the Canal 2. Zero Waste Week with Hackney Council 3. Collaboration […]

Summer Career Festival

Just received your exam results and unsure about your next move? Come and get some free expert advice and guidance. Read more

A family summer fair and craft fair

This is a free entry event for the community. The holiday summer break is coming to an end. Come, have fun and celebrate the last few days of this holiday […]

Mental Health First Aid Training

Are you the manager, owner, or pastoral care lead of a small business or organisation in Hackney? Do you worry that you do not have the knowledge or skills to […]

Youth Voice festival

Come along to the Geffrye Museum for the Youth Voice festival, designed with and for young people! Take part in creative art workshops, work alongside young artists and talk about […]

Hackney Support Group

A monthly drop-in for families, carers and survivors of brain injury where people come together, share experiences and support each other. Runs on the 1st Friday of every month between 2 & 4pm at […]

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 […]

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

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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, […]

£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 […]

‘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 […]

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. […]

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, […]

£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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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