Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
BEMA, FOCUS & Arcola Theatre Present Arts Fundraiser
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Public Meeting: Together for Transport - Monday 12 December, 6.30pm
Hackney Unites is proud to be supporting the Together for Transport initiative which wants to protect Hackney’s local railway stations from staffing cuts. There is a public meeting on Monday 12 December, at 6.30pm at the Old Fire Station, 61 Leswin Road N16 7NX.
There will be speakers from:
This will be an opportunity to hear about the government’s ‘McNulty Report’ and its recommendations which if carried through will see the closure of ticket offices at six of the borough’s railway stations and reductions at a further three (the government is also planning above inflation fare increases).
However, this meeting is not intended to be just a ‘talking shop’ we want to establish rail user groups (similar to the park user groups already active in the borough) for each railway station in Hackney. Elsewhere, rail user groups have been active in their communities and have worked with train operating companies to win improvements to stations, and have campaigned successfully to maintain staff on their stations.
This meeting will initially focus on Stoke Newington, Stamford Hill and Rectory Road, and we have invited speakers from the company Abellio which will be operating the train services through these stations from next year, (but if you use any station in Hackney and want to get involved, please come along).
Bring your friends and bring your ideas about how we can create a voice for passengers in the borough.
The meeting is supported by the N16 Magazine: http://www.n16mag.com/news/latest-news/974.html
Help us promote this meeting by forwarding this email onto friends, neighbours and colleagues who you use Hackney’s rail stations, by forwarding this email on, by sharing it on social networking sites, and by promoting our facebook event https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=552496836&ref=notif¬if_t=friend_confirmed#!/events/248155985240504/
If you have any time over the next week, and can help by leafleting outside one of the stations, then please email woodsg@tssa.org.uk
Please consider forwarding this email to Hackney people who may be interested. Hackney Unites is a coaltion for social justice, if you are not already on our mailing list, you can sign up on-line (http://eepurl.com/bPJDH) to receive regular updates.
Many thanks
John Page
Secretary
Hackney Unites
There will be speakers from:
- Disability Backup (highlighting the value of station staff to disabled people using rail transport)
- The TSSA (rail workers’ union),
- Jennette Arnold (Labour Party GLA member covering Hackney) and
- Anna Hughes (Green Party candidate for the GLA).
This will be an opportunity to hear about the government’s ‘McNulty Report’ and its recommendations which if carried through will see the closure of ticket offices at six of the borough’s railway stations and reductions at a further three (the government is also planning above inflation fare increases).
However, this meeting is not intended to be just a ‘talking shop’ we want to establish rail user groups (similar to the park user groups already active in the borough) for each railway station in Hackney. Elsewhere, rail user groups have been active in their communities and have worked with train operating companies to win improvements to stations, and have campaigned successfully to maintain staff on their stations.
This meeting will initially focus on Stoke Newington, Stamford Hill and Rectory Road, and we have invited speakers from the company Abellio which will be operating the train services through these stations from next year, (but if you use any station in Hackney and want to get involved, please come along).
Bring your friends and bring your ideas about how we can create a voice for passengers in the borough.
The meeting is supported by the N16 Magazine: http://www.n16mag.com/news/latest-news/974.html
Help us promote this meeting by forwarding this email onto friends, neighbours and colleagues who you use Hackney’s rail stations, by forwarding this email on, by sharing it on social networking sites, and by promoting our facebook event https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=552496836&ref=notif¬if_t=friend_confirmed#!/events/248155985240504/
If you have any time over the next week, and can help by leafleting outside one of the stations, then please email woodsg@tssa.org.uk
Please consider forwarding this email to Hackney people who may be interested. Hackney Unites is a coaltion for social justice, if you are not already on our mailing list, you can sign up on-line (http://eepurl.com/bPJDH) to receive regular updates.
Many thanks
John Page
Secretary
Hackney Unites
Money for Old Prose
On Saturday, December 11, at 7:45 pm, a group of renowned actors and musicians will give a special performance at Old St Mary's Church, Stoke Newington, in aid of a great local cause. Hackney residents and stars of stage and screen Selina Cadell, Paul Bradley, Paul Jesson, Carrie Quinlan, Maggie Steed, Michael Thomas, Jane Wymark and The Occasional Choir are stepping forward into the spotlight to help save the beautiful, 400-year-old church from closure. All proceeds from their performance - an evening of festive readings and song called Money for Old Prose - will go towards the fundraising effort to transform Old St Mary's into a vibrant arts centre for the whole community. This is the fourth year that the group has joined together at Christmas in support of the project, St Mary's Arts Centre for the Community. Actors Selina Cadell and Michael Thomas say: 'It is such a pleasure to perform in the old church. For an actor it has a warm acoustic, and the audience sit like friends in a front room. And a tiny church like this, in the middle of a busy city, feels like a stolen treasure. When the great new church was built for an exploding population, this quiet old church next to it could have been demolished. But it wasn't, and it stands for all demolished buildings; the one that got away.' Fundraiser Sarah Robson says: 'We are thrilled that Selina, Michael and the whole troupe are coming back for what promises to be another wonderfully entertaining evening, and for helping to raise funds for the work needed to save and transform the church. As well as being a gem of a theatre for our community, Old St Mary's could become a place to bring our children for art classes, an affordable venue for our teenagers' first gigs, a space to book for a special occasion and a treasure trove of history for pupils to explore.' Tickets for this very special event are £12 / £10 concessions and are available on the door. To reserve a ticket email artsmanager@smartn16.org For further information about Money for Old Prose and the St Mary's Arts Centre for the Community project, please contact John Field on 02076907449 Details about the project are also available at http://www.smartn16.org/
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Transition Hackney presents....
Transition Hackney presents.... Swap shop, mending skillshare and 'The Story of Stuff'
on Tuesday 15th November, 7pm
at Passing Clouds, 1 Richmond Road, Just off Kingland Road behind the Haggerston Pub
Presenting positive pictures and providing a discussion space for people to be inspired, proactive and positive members of our flourishing Hackney community. It’s a space for learning, sharing ideas, and finding solutions to challenges that our locality faces such as peak oil, climate change, and an unsustainable economy in ways that strengthen community.
With Christmas fast approaching and Buy Nothing Day almost upon us, it's the perfect time to be thinking about all the 'stuff' we buy and all the things we throw out. Transition Hackney is hosting a lively evening about consumerism with a swap shop, skillshare on mending clothes, the screening of 'The Story of Stuff' and speakers from inspiring projects - Chris Hardy from Upcycle and Hannah Lewis from the Remakery.
Join us for our 6th and final event for 2011 and bring along:
- A dish for the food share
- Any unwanted clothes and books (in good condition please, and washed if it's clothing!)
- A sock to darn, a jumper to mend or a pair of jeans to patch. If you have an item of clothing that is in need of repair, bring it along and we will help you to mend it
Programme for the evening
7.00pm - Food share - bring a dish and take a little from the many dishes provided by others
7.30pm - Film screening
8.00pm - Presentations
8.30pm - Skillshare, swap shop and time to exhange ideas
transitionhackney@gmail.com
www.transitionhackney.org
on Tuesday 15th November, 7pm
at Passing Clouds, 1 Richmond Road, Just off Kingland Road behind the Haggerston Pub
Presenting positive pictures and providing a discussion space for people to be inspired, proactive and positive members of our flourishing Hackney community. It’s a space for learning, sharing ideas, and finding solutions to challenges that our locality faces such as peak oil, climate change, and an unsustainable economy in ways that strengthen community.
With Christmas fast approaching and Buy Nothing Day almost upon us, it's the perfect time to be thinking about all the 'stuff' we buy and all the things we throw out. Transition Hackney is hosting a lively evening about consumerism with a swap shop, skillshare on mending clothes, the screening of 'The Story of Stuff' and speakers from inspiring projects - Chris Hardy from Upcycle and Hannah Lewis from the Remakery.
Join us for our 6th and final event for 2011 and bring along:
- A dish for the food share
- Any unwanted clothes and books (in good condition please, and washed if it's clothing!)
- A sock to darn, a jumper to mend or a pair of jeans to patch. If you have an item of clothing that is in need of repair, bring it along and we will help you to mend it
Programme for the evening
7.00pm - Food share - bring a dish and take a little from the many dishes provided by others
7.30pm - Film screening
8.00pm - Presentations
8.30pm - Skillshare, swap shop and time to exhange ideas
transitionhackney@gmail.com
www.transitionhackney.org
The Earth Course (from Friends of the Earth)
The Earth Course is a space to learn, share, discuss, debate, and ultimately come to your own conclusions about the environment. It is designed for residents of Hackney and Tower Hamlets who know a little but not a lot about the environment, and would like to explore the issues more.
The Earth Course consists of six evening sessions at weekly intervals with the following themes.
Week 1: Introduction
Week 2: The Natural World
Week 3: Climate Change
Week 4: Green Economy
Week 5: People Power
Week 6: What can we do?
Between each session there will be thought-provoking readings on the theme of the next session, as well as recommendations for further readings on the issues covered. The sessions themselves will be participative, with an emphasis on co-learning rather than traditional ‘teaching’.
The sessions will run on Wednesdays 11, 18 and 25 January, and 1, 8 and 15 of February.
For an application form, please email earthcourse@foe.co.uk by 30 November.
The Earth Course consists of six evening sessions at weekly intervals with the following themes.
Week 1: Introduction
Week 2: The Natural World
Week 3: Climate Change
Week 4: Green Economy
Week 5: People Power
Week 6: What can we do?
Between each session there will be thought-provoking readings on the theme of the next session, as well as recommendations for further readings on the issues covered. The sessions themselves will be participative, with an emphasis on co-learning rather than traditional ‘teaching’.
The sessions will run on Wednesdays 11, 18 and 25 January, and 1, 8 and 15 of February.
For an application form, please email earthcourse@foe.co.uk by 30 November.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Public sector unions challenging the government's cuts agenda
The trade union Unite has a Battle Bus that will be touring round the hospitals and town halls of London next Monday October 24th, to build a Yes Vote for the public sector strike scheduled for November 30th. They will be stopping at various sites in Hackney, and would love to have a group of people to come and greet the bus when it arrives at the stops.
They will be at Hackney town hall at 2.30pm, and at Homerton hospital at 3pm.
If you are available why not greet the bus and show your support for one of the many public sector unions that are challenging the government's austerity agenda.
http://www.unitetheunion.org/images/voteyesfooter.jpg
They will be at Hackney town hall at 2.30pm, and at Homerton hospital at 3pm.
If you are available why not greet the bus and show your support for one of the many public sector unions that are challenging the government's austerity agenda.
http://www.unitetheunion.org/images/voteyesfooter.jpg
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