Healthwatch Hackney Annual General Meeting
2020-09-23 16:30 - 18:30 (Europe/London)
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 164 7664 or email info@healthwatchhackney.co.uk. Date: 23 September. Read more

Public Health Community Champions Training
2020-09-30 09:00 - 12:30
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 frontline staff members who would benefit from being equipped with this knowledge, in order for this to then be shared with service users. Dates: 16 and 30 September. Read more

COVID-19 Information Grants workshop
2020-10-07 12:00 - 13:30, 2020-10-14 11:00 - 12:30, 2020-10-19 11:00 - 12:30
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 with communities disproportionately affected by COVID-19, or where there are barriers to understanding Public Health information.
Book on a workshop to support you to apply. Workshops are run jointly by Hackney CVS and City and Hackney Public Health Team.
Register here

Re-opening community centres after COVID webinar
2020-10-23 10:00 - 11:30
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 of an outbreak.
Rob Bartlett, Senior Environmental Health Officer, Hackney Council, will be giving an update on the rule of 6, face coverings and some of the other changes since the last webinar he hosted with Hackney CVS earlier in the year.
Your questions
It would help us to answer your questions if you could let us know in advance if there is anything specific you would like to ask – please email vicky@hcvs.org.uk before the meeting.
We will try to answer your queries in the webinar, and there will also be a chance during the session for you to ask questions directly to Claire and Rob.
Date: Friday 23 October
Time: 10.00am – 11.30am
Register here
Useful downloads

Standard Operating Procedure for the Voluntary & Community Sector (VCS) and community centre settings > Read more
Checklist to ensure safe reopening of VCS and Community Settings > Read more

Healthwatch Hackney: Maternity Care during Covid-19
2020-10-27 13:00 - 14:00
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
2020-11-04 13:00 - 14:30
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 picture of needs and priorities
• Sharing key updates and covid-19 developments – from Public Health, the Council and others
• Highlighting opportunities, resources and opportunities for joint action
Part 2 of the meeting will focus on practical next steps for collaboration, tailored to each Neighbourhood.
Register here

Neighbourhoods Forum: Shoreditch Park and City of London
2020-11-04 14:00 - 15:00
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 the West and from the River Thames in the South to Balls Pond Road in the North.
The Neighbourhood Forum has the aim of improving the lives of everyone who lives in the area with accountability of local services to local people.
This event is a follow up from the last Forum in January ’22 and will be a shorter 1-hour session that will focus on finalising ongoing Forum arrangements in Shoreditch Park and City Neighbourhood. This session will recap on recommendations made throughout the Forum Co-Design that has taken place over the last year.
8 March. Register here

Neighbourhoods Conversation: Hackney Downs
2020-11-10 13:00 - 14:30

Stop & Research: Police and the Community in Hackney
2020-11-11 19:00 - 20:00
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
2020-11-12 11:00 - 12:30

Neighbourhoods Conversation: Clissold Park
2020-11-17 11:00 - 12:30

Neighbourhoods Conversation: Hackney Marshes
2020-11-19 11:00 - 12:30

Neighbourhoods Conversation: Woodberry Wetlands
2020-11-24 13:00 - 14:30

Neighbourhoods Conversation: London Fields
2020-11-26 11:00 - 12:30
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 ground level picture of needs and priorities
• Sharing key updates and covid-19 developments – from Public Health, the Council and others
• Highlighting opportunities, resources and opportunities for joint action
Part 2 of the meeting will focus on practical next steps for collaboration, tailored to each Neighbourhood.
Register here

Shoreditch Forum
2020-12-01 09:30 - 11:00
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, to be notified of when a forum goes live please subscribe using the form at the end of this page.

Dalston Forum
2020-12-03 09:30 - 11:00

Hackney Central Forum
2020-12-07 09:30 - 11:00

Stoke Newington Forum
2020-12-08 09:30 - 11:00

Life Lanterns event
2020-12-10 17:00 - 18:00
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

Volunteering Summit
2021-01-14 14:30 - 16:30
The GLA, London Plus and the London Boroughs Faiths Network invite you to the pan-London Volunteering Summit on 14 January, 2:30 – 4:30pm. Register here

COVID-19 – we need a resilience strategy for the VCS
2021-01-20 13:30 - 15:30
We need your help. Since the first lockdown, you have been telling us how Covid-19 has impacted on the communities you represent, the people you support and the impact on your own organisations.
We’ve been listening to everything you have said and now want to share back with you how we think the sector’s resilience can be strengthened, laying the foundations for how the VCS can eventually get back to some sense of normality.
As such, we would like to invite you to the Covid-19 VCS resilience strategy event on 20 January 2021. It’s free of course.
Read more and register here

Modern Day Slavery scoping meeting
2021-01-20 14:00 - 15:00
Hackney Council would like to community groups to a Modern Day Slavery scoping meeting.
This meeting marks the launch of a project to better understand the profile of modern slavery in Hackney. The data collected for this project will be used to develop a set of proposals on how to take this work forward to better support victims living in Hackney and prevent slavery from occurring.
Please get in touch with Rachel at rachel.robb@hackney.gov.uk if you would like to attend the meeting. Date: 20 January 2021, 2pm-3pm via Google Meet.

Hackney's Holocaust Memorial Day Event: Be the light in the darkness
2021-01-27 10:00 - 11:00
The Holocaust Memorial Day is the International Day of Remembrance for the victims of the Holocaust and other genocides. Date: 27 January, at 10am. Register here

Children & families forum meeting
2021-01-28 10:30 - 12:30
Join us at a Children & families forum meeting. We will learn about effective approaches to protect children at risk, and address wellbeing and resilience.

Register more and register here.

City and Hackney Public Health Community Champions Programme
2021-02-09 09:00 - 12:00, 2021-02-23 09:00 - 12:00
Volunteer Centre Hackney, in partnership with Hackney CVS and City and Hackney Public Health, recently launched the new Public Health Community Champions programme. The aim of the programme is to support the reduction in the transmission of COVID-19 in City and Hackney, by communicating important public health messages to vulnerable residents, through trained volunteers and frontline staff.
The programme has been designed to maximise reach to ensure the most vulnerable residents in City and Hackney can receive life supporting advice and guidance on issues relating to COVID-19 and how to stay safe during the pandemic. Read more

Healthwatch Hackney Board meeting
2021-02-10 18:00 - 20:30
Healthwatch Hackney Board meeting on zoom. Anne Canning, Group Director, Children and Education, will report to the meeting on the actions the Council is taking to address the issues raised in the Ofsted report. Come along and find out more and ask questions about how the Council will improve children’s services. Register here

People management in a crisis
2021-02-25 11:30 - 13:00
The East London Business Alliance (ELBA) works with corporate companies in the City and Canary Wharf to support and empower East London communities. We know the impact of coronavirus has hit charities and community organisations hard, and we are endeavouring to provide a variety of remote and online support to tackle the various challenges that have arisen as a result.
They are running an online webinar on 25th February as part of our ‘Learning from Leaders’ series, about how to manage people and teams during a crisis. Read more
