IT WAS JOY all round as the campaign to secure a queer venue – a replacement for the much loved and sorely missed Joiners Arms in Hackney Road – seemed to be moving a step nearer to its goal. The ...

Emdad Rahman A GROUP OF volunteers joined the Bethnal Green-based Lonely Orphans charity team to complete the Dover Trek. This ten mile linear walk offers panoramic views of the English Channel. Three of England’s mightiest coastal forts stand on the route, from the medieval ...

NEIGHBOURS IN POPLAR (NIP) has learned one lesson from the Coronavirus Lockdown – just how valuable and valued a meals delivery service can be. With the Meals on Wheels service axed in Tower Hamlets, the charity is now calling for ...

A LARGE INJECTION of fresh fruit and veg is going into the charitable food donation sector, thanks to co-operation between two organisations which both try to redefine how we look at and deal with food resources. StreetBox is the work ...

NICE IS A canned wine with a difference. The new company was originally formed to supply wine in recyclable cans – ideal for festivals, where the traditional glass wine bottles are too much of a hazard but plastic is unthinkable. ...

THE Tower Hamlets Food Growers are offering local gardeners a series of tips and opportunities to help us enjoy our favourite pastime during what we hope is the last stage of the lockdown. Pest Control It’s the time of year ...

Emdad Rahman blog #MASJIDALNOOR on the Gascoigne Estate has a dedicated team of volunteers who are focussing on serving the estate and surrounding localities in the borough of Barking & Dagenham. The majority of the team are from the local ...

Muhammad Ismael WITH THE GLOBAL Coronavirus pandemic in full swing, the Weavers Community Forum (WCF) has launched the Weavers Food bank to support the most vulnerable and needy residents in the neighbourhood.  Present at the launch were Abdul Malik, Chair; ...

Emdad Rahman A COALITION OF volunteer groups has come together to support East London communities as the Coronavirus continues to bring hardship and misery to the lives of the most vulnerable community members. At the launch of the project today ...

A NEW platform which is seeking to encourage digital business was launched last Monday, 22nd March. The Platform – Pathfinder – has announced that it aims to catalyse innovation, growth, business opportunities. The platform hopes that its work will lead ...