On Sunday, 7th December Londoners from a diverse range of faith groups held a vigil outside Downing Street. Those assembled called on David Cameron to change the habit of a lifetime and take action to stop climate change. The vigilers ...

The Barts Health NHS Trust has been trying out a new way of getting feedback on its services from its patients and their friends and relatives. They’ve been holding Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment (PLACE) – an annual, mandatory ...

Salvation Army’s Homeless Team makes football finals Emdad Rahman Arsenal and England Football legend Tony Adams was a star guest as the Gunners and Three Lions ex-captain turned out to support homeless footballers in action. The occasion was the Partnership ...

Tower Hamlets Council marked World Mental Health Day on 10th October by encouraging residents to take time out for their mental wellbeing. Around one in four people in the UK will experience a dip in their mental wellbeing each year, ...

The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has been looking at who is coming to them to complain about poor service – and, alarmingly, it has found that South Asian and Muslim women are less likely to complain about their NHS ...

Tower Hamlets Council has been working with partners in the health service and the community to help people join the national “Stopober” initiative and stop smoking. Smoking accounts for over 100,000 deaths in the UK each year and it is ...

Mary Berry, RHS Ambassador, added the final rose to a three-tiered floral cake display made by floral decorator to the Royals and celebrities Simon Lycett, to celebrate the opening of the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Wisley Flower Show. The show ...

It was third time lucky for tiddlers and toddlers who went to the street party at Around Poplar Children Centre last week. This was the third party, organised by Tower Hamlets Council and the Children’s Centres Parents Forum – the ...

A celebration event took place last Thursday to thank residents who helped create a new map showing the borough’s most-valued community assets. Tower Hamlets Council recruited 28 volunteers and helped train them in how to research the views and experiences ...

August Bank Holiday means a trip to the seaside, right? Not for everyone, it seems: new research from Barnardo’s reveals a day by the sea is out of reach for one in five families – because it’s just too expensive. ...