Local Hackney Press
Black Lives Matter: What can you do?
Alice Jones provides a useful list of resources, from what to read and watch to educate yourself and your children, to which petitions to sign and where to donate
Campaigner Patrick Vernon calls on MPs to deliver restorative justice through Windrush Compensation Bill
A Windrush campaigner and former Hackney councillor is calling on MPs to deliver restorative justice to victims by making amendments to the Windrush Compensation Bill.
Grassroots organisations urged to apply for Windrush Justice Fund to support victims
Grassroots organisations set up to help people affected by the Windrush scandal are being urged to apply for funding.
100 Great Black Britons: Former Hackney councillor relaunches poll, calling it ‘more relevant than ever’
A cultural historian who led the Windrush Day campaign is bringing back his 100 Great Black Britons project after declaring it “more relevant than ever”.
Hopes for Windrush artwork in Town Hall Square to become ‘landmark of national significance’
Hackney Council is inviting opinions on a final shortlist of three proposals
Made in Hackney: Hoxton’s Focus Games develops boardgames for the NHS like The Sepsis Game and Game of Stools
Each week, the Gazette takes to the streets to unearth something being manufactured right here in Hackney. This week we visit Focus Games’ HQ in Hoxton, where former councillor Patrick Vernon’s Windrush board game was developed, as well as a plethora of teaching aids for the NHS.
Patrick Vernon’s board game Every Generation shows how Britain has changed in 70 years since Windrush
A board game designed by former Labour councillor Patrick Vernon is being marketed worldwide by an educational games company based in Hoxton.
Hackney is first council in UK to pass motion supporting Windrush Generation
Hackney is the first council to officially oppose the criminalisation of Windrush familes, celebrate Windrush Day and call for a public enquiry into the scandal.
ex-Hackney councillor named Man of the Year
An ex-Hackney councillor and cultural historian has been named Man of the Year at a prestigious awards ceremony, where he dedicated his award to teenager Shereka Marsh who died earlier this year.
The last supper: Patrick Vernon dines with Hackney Citizen
In the first in an occasional series, former Labour councillor tucks in at Clapton eatery Spice and Grill
