Kundakala is a social enterprise, part-funded by the Council, which empowers ethnically diverse women through free sewing classes

Celebrating the history of Hackney’s Irish Traveller community on 25 July

Photographer Tara Darby’s exhibition at Homerton Library is an ode to the Suffolk Estate football cage

Updates to Libraries openings during extreme heat

Pupils across Hackney explain how they’re creating greener, wilder playgrounds.

An inspiring documentary shines a light into the life of Hackney’s Rabbi Herschel Gluck

A humble bowl of rice is bringing Hackney together through the ESEA community centre’s new monthly dinner

Remembering the nursery pioneer who laid the foundations for Hackney’s early years services

The Year of Reading includes free books for under-fives in Hackney and myriad library events

The new V&A East museum sits on the edge of Hackney. But what makes it different?

Rosie Greatorex, executive director at the Rio, talks about her hopes for the future of the iconic Dalston cinema

Set in a Shoreditch club, ‘Flush’ unfolds in a women’s bathroom

Join a free exercise programme for the over-50s in Hackney

Three of Hackney’s nighttime venues have become the first in the UK to be ‘audio-inclusive’– but what does that mean and why is it important?

Hackney Dudes is a social club for older men who want to make friends, explore London and share experiences together

Free historical walks around Hackney help to exercise the mind as well as the body

Charity aims to tackle food poverty among families with its van donated by the Irish Traveller community

A plant-based cookery school teaches people how to cook nutritious recipes

Celebrate LGBT+ History Month in Hackney this February

The food bank feeds approximately 800 residents a week – and donations are desperately needed