An art gallery opened on Saturday at ‘The Thicket’, to raise funds for the Norwood Library, Crystal Palace. Lightbox, a local developer, in conjunction with Bigger Picture Gallery organised the art exhibition to re-develop a former local pub, ‘The Thicket’ and raise funds for the greatly underfunded Upper…
Croydon Library recaptures the Victorian era workhouse where children were well fed, unlike the grim picture painted in Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist. Taking quotes from Oliver Twist, Librarian and historian, Janice Hendry, compared historical records of Croydon Workhouse and workhouses across London. She made this remark during a talk held at…
The main building of the Goldsmiths campus, a familiar landmark for local and those stuck on traffic on the A2 in New Cross, is to receive a £1.4 million refurbishment this summer. The Richard Hoggart Building, named after the literary critic and former warden of the College is over…
Tower Hamlets is giving 400 young people £1500 towards their university fees. The scheme was announced at the boroughs first annual Youth Award Ceremony on June 4. Lutfur Rahman, The Mayor of Tower Hamlets, said that education is his top priority in the borough, and added: “From this September, every…
A music school is set to open in Tower Hamlets for 16 to 19 year olds as part of 102 new free schools approved by Michael Gove the Education Secretary. The school expected to open in 2014 will join The Brit School as one of the only state-funded performing arts…
Tucked away in the St George’s Town Hall on Cable Street, the Unite Community Centre is working to help underprivileged people in the Borough. This is the first of a number of such centres that will be rolled out by the trade union Unite. The centre will be open five…
A Goldsmiths postgraduate student’s online project based in Lewisham called Zanstekan, aimed…
The national volunteering charity TimeBank have set up a new youth project in Tower Hamlets called Engage — a ten-week programme providing support for young people aged 16–18, who are not in education, training or employment. Aklima Begum, the project’s co-ordinator, said Engage is a necessary programme for the borough’s…
Students at Hackney Community College have been shortlisted for their anti-smoking film What Will You Do About It? for the National Cut Film Festival awards. The Cut Film project aims to dissuade young people from smoking. It was started by the Deborah Hutton Campaign group, a peer to peer smoking prevention charity,…
The annual Goldsmiths Graduate Festival is currently being hosted at Goldsmiths, University of London in New Cross. It features over 100 events, such as public lectures, musical installations and performances with an aim to showcase postgraduate talent. New to the festival this year is the participation of students from universities in…
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