A celebration of youth, organized by Hackney Quest: Based on the traditional African concept of Ubuntu, the event aims to bring together people from all walks of life to promote community, love, unity, mutual respect and so much more. The idea behind this event was driven by the youth of Hackney Quest following the positive [...]
He is young, articulate and dedicated to social inclusion. His aspiration is to get all young people, all over the UK involved in helping their local communities – as he believes this will prevent many from falling into crime. He held office as the Vice Chair of Hackney Youth Parliament (HYP) in 2008, finally taking [...]
Pupils from schools in the borough including Stoke Newington High School, Horizon School and Hackney Free and Parochial Secondary School strutted their stuff at the newly refurbished Stoke Newington Town Hall on Thursday evening (2nd December). Showing designs they had made entirely out of recycled material, thanks to the Hackney Re-Made project organised by the [...]
Nine young people from Hackney Quest, a Hackney based childrens charity, recently returned from Cape Town, South Africa, where they spent nine days engaging in inter-cultural activities and a life inspiring and learning mission. For 9 months they worked tirelesly to raise the over £12,000 they needed for the trip and project, by running various [...]
Young people who live, work or go to school in Hackney are invited to the borough’s first ever Youth Conference, offering thought-provoking debates, screenings and interactive workshops, on Saturday 11 September, 11am to 4.30pm, at Hackney Town Hall. Members of the Hackney Youth Parliament (HYP) and the four Area Youth forums (Homerton, North East, Shoreditch [...]
“Consistency, Consistency, Consistency!” That was the message given by John Connolly in the Proposition team’s opening speech at the inaugural Legal & Compliance Summer Internship Program Student Debate ‘Increasing voter participation in UK General Elections’ held on Wednesday, 21st July 2010. The event, which was the culmination of a four week internship programme at UBS, [...]
Hackney council are giving young women in the borough, a chance to get pampered, get fit and have fun on Friday 18th June. Workshops in dance, general health advice, drugs and alcohol awareness, and healthy eating will be complimented by free beauty and pampering sessions, plus yoga, Wii Fit, Aeroball and retro school sports day [...]
Join The Crew! The charity WORLDwrite, with support from the Heritage Lottery Fund Young Roots programme, are offering a unique opportunity for new volunteers to join young documentary crews to plan and shoot short films and programmes on the suffragettes, the women who fought for and won the right to vote for women, starting with [...]
Are you 16+? Do you want to sing, dance and perform with an international choreographer and musical director? Come and sign up: May 29th or 30th. 2pm or 3:30pm. Rehearsals: June, July and August. Performances: August 6th, 7th and 8th. Open group auditions at Queensbridge Community Centre, 30 Holly Street, Hackney, London E8 3XW. More [...]
Parents looking for something to occupy their little ones, over the summer will be happy to know of the Lollibop Festival. Billed by the organizers as “a fantasy adventure in a world of imagination, magic and wonder where anything can happen”, Lollibop is a childrens festival formulated for the under 10′s and will be held [...]
