TOWER HAMLETS Council is the only Council including in Stonewall’s Top 100 UK Employers Index. Stonewall, which campaigns for equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people in Britain, publishes the list every year to encourage fairness at work. Stonewall ...
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Labour shares the duties during Holcaust memorials
TOWER HAMLETS Council joined millions of people across the UK last week in remembering the Holocaust – when six million people were killed by the Nazis. Most of the victims died as the Nazis attempted to annihilate Jewish people. Other ...
Read More »It’s not OK 2018 starts today
TODAY – Monday, 5th February – #ItsNotOK2018 is a week of raising awareness of sexual abuse and sexual violence. The Metropolitan Police will be doing all it can to put across information on where victims can find help – and ...
Read More »Celebrating the Bengali Innovators of Toynbee Hall
ON 1ST FEBRUARY, Toynbee Hall held an opening event for a new exhibition at the Idea Store Whitechapel, as part of Toynbee Hall’s Heritage Project. The Bengali Innovators of Toynbee Hall is an exhibition which aims to capture the stories ...
Read More »Time to talk in Tower Hamlets
TOWER HAMLETS Council has launched its new Suicide Prevention Strategy 2018-21. The Strategy was launched on 1st February – national Time To Talk day, when people are encouraged to talk about mental health. The suicide rate in Tower Hamlets is ...
Read More »Police deem safety crackdown a success
THE METROPOLITAN POLICE and Transport for London worked together in the last week of January on Operation Safeway – cracking down on dangerous driving. The joint operation saw over 1,500 people being stopped for traffic offences. The operation coincided with ...
Read More »Muslim murderer gets 43 years
IT TOOK Daniel Osborne a couple of minutes to kill Makram Ali and injure several bystanders. It took nine days to try him for murder and attempted murder. It took the jury less than an hour to convict him. Osborne ...
Read More »L-EAP forward to help in Palestine
THERE ARE MANY organisations which help the Palestinians in many different ways. Education Action for Palestinians (EAP) concentrates on helping Palestinians help themselves and shape their future by improving access to education. The charity works with Palestinians in both Gaza ...
Read More »Liverpool visit for Ghana charity project
Emdad Rahman A VISIT TO LIVERPOOL was a well earned trip for a team of Whitechapel charity volunteers travelling to Ghana after completing the construction of a school and sports complex. The new facilities will be used by children and ...
Read More »Join Jonathan and walk for cancer care
JONATHAN DIMBLEBY is usually connected with serious political programmes on TV or the radio – but once a year he gets into his tracksuit and walks to raise money for a cancer charity set up in 1966 in memory of ...
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