Community

The seaside was brought to the East End on 2nd August as thousands of revellers enjoyed Victoria Park’s “A Great Day Out” event. Organised by Tower Hamlets Council as part of the Sports and Play Festival, the event marked the ...

You’ll be a-mazed at what’s going on at your Idea Store and library this summer with the Mythical Maze, Summer Reading Challenge. Fantastical creatures from the world of legend and mythology, including a yeti and Minotaur, are hoping to encourage ...

Looking for a career in events management or just fancy helping out on a dynamic festival which attracts an international audience? Tower Hamlets Council is looking for a team of enthusiastic volunteers of all ages to work with the Council’s ...

Tower Hamlets Council is expanding the reach of the services available at the Parents Advice Centre. For the past 20 years, the Centre has been offering expert advice, information and support to parents of children with special educational needs and/or ...

A sponsored two kilometre walk around Valentines Park in Ilford saw many children come together and raise thousands of pounds to help the children of Gaza. The event, named “Walk in the Park: for children, by children”, was organised by ...

What utter, ridiculous, self-indulgent twaddle. Baroness Warsi has woken up, smelled the coffee and taken the photo opportunity. What a complete Tory. Nestled under the newspaper headlines announcing that Baroness Warsi was resigning was another story revealing that over its ...

Operation Valour is a project commemorating the police officers from K Division (what is now Newham, Tower Hamlets, Redbridge and Barking & Dagenham boroughs) who enlisted in the armed forces during the First World War and were subsequently killed in ...

Over 600 people turned up to a musical fiesta of local talent at Victoria Park for the third Our Big Gig held in Tower Hamlets at the end of July. The annual community music celebration takes place across the UK ...

The Riverside Muslim Association, Barking organised a community Iftar to celebrate the month of Ramadan.   Residents and guests from various backgrounds came together to break bred and eat at sunset.   Barking Councillor Cameron Geddes said: “I was so ...

It’s hard to keep a secret in Tower Hamlets – so all credit to East End Homes for keeping the outcome of their meeting last week totally under wraps. By way of context, you should know that when Labour Councillors ...