Youth Zone

HAVE FUN… or else! is the message coming from Tower Hamlets Council. Their press release showcasing activities and events available to residents this summer is quite exhausting. There are events for residents of all ages. You have “opportunities to come ...

AN INVESTMENT OF £4.8 million is headed for Tower Hamlets schools to help them support pupils with special needs. The money will fund a range of measures designed to make schools more inclusive. Executive Mayor Lutfur Rahman has long been ...

AS THE SCHOOL holidays approach, parents will be planning what to do with their littles – and going out often means eating out. Gone are the healthy, free school lunches, and in are the fast food joints on the high ...

HOW DO young people experience air pollution? And what do they think should be done about it? Come and see! This weekend Tower Hamlets Council is staging The Air We Inherit – a youth-led art exhibition and festival which explores ...

HACKNEY CHILDREN who are starting secondary school this September will need various supplies to support their studies. Now the School Parliament has appealed for public donations to ensure all pupils have what they need. The Youth Parliament has drawn up ...

IT’S NO Council Tax for foster carers in Tower Hamlets, after Mayor Lutfur Rahman decided to give everyone who registers as a foster carer a 100% Council Tax reduction. The newly re-elected Mayor described how much he values the work ...

HOW MUCH screen time should young children enjoy? The Government has now issued new guidance on this topic – and an East London professor’s research has contributed to the findings. Professor Sam Wass, Director of the Institute for the Science ...

OVER THE last four years, Mayor Lutfur Rahman has lived up to his promises and transformed the Tower Hamlets Youth Service. Gone are the Biggs days, when the Labour Mayor expected young people to share just eight hubs across the ...

FROM 8 TO 180,000 – that’s the story of how Tower Hamlets Youth Services has progressed from the Labour ragbag of provision to the unified, coherent Young Tower Hamlets today. Eight? That was the number of youth centres which Labour ...

“WE WANT to deliver an excellent Youth Service…” said Deputy Mayor Cllr Maium Talukar, “so we are looking for some excellent youth workers!” As Cabinet Member for Education, Youth and Lifelong Learning, Cllr Talukdar oversees the Youth Service and its ...