Local residents have criticised a new housing scheme in Salcombe Road, just off Kingsland Road in Dalston, that’s been approved by Hackney council. Campaigner David Spurring complains that the only concession the developers had given them was ‘bricks.’ He said the new building was “incredibly ugly and institutional looking” and…
The 170 Community Health Project is calling for volunteers to assist with their fresh fruit and vegetable stall, the Eat a Rainbow Food Co-op. The project seeks to support the community by promoting cost effective access to healthy food. Eat a Rainbow Food Co-Op is a branch of the 170…
Plans for the Convoys Wharf site, Deptford, the largest development site in the Borough of Lewisham, have been resubmitted by “internationally recognised firm of architects” Terry Farrell and Partners. The firm, known for projects such as the MI6 building at Vauxhall Cross, was invited by developers Hutchison Whampoa to work…
A proposed plan for a new £18.9million development to be designed by David Chipperfield Architects for the Geffrye Museum in Hackney has been voted down by a Council planning committee. The museum, dedicated to the history of the home of the urban middle classes, made itself unpopular amongst a group of…
![Battle to protect Croydon’s environment [Audio]](http://www.eastlondonlines.co.uk/ell_wp/wp-content/themes/blognews/timthumb.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastlondonlines.co.uk%2Fell_wp%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F05%2FFloCroydonConservation1-.jpg&q=90&w=255&h=260&zc=1 "Battle to protect Croydon’s environment [Audio]")
Action for Croydon’s Environment is on the front-line of volunteer groups battling to protect green spaces in Croydon. They are part of a national umbrella organisation called The Conservation Volunteers, founded in 1959, in response to large areas like playing fields, allotments and nature parks being sold off by UK…
The Ladywell Day Centre is celebrating reaching the final stages of a significant funding bid and holding its Spring Event this week. The Department of Health announced that the Ladywell Day Centre is amongst successful applicants for stage 1 of the £50 million funding of capital projects to improve care…
![London renters campaign for better rights [Audio]](http://www.eastlondonlines.co.uk/ell_wp/wp-content/themes/blognews/timthumb.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastlondonlines.co.uk%2Fell_wp%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F05%2Fperformance.jpg&q=90&w=255&h=260&zc=1 "London renters campaign for better rights [Audio]")
Tenant groups from across London have convened in Hackney to launch a new campaign called Let Down. The groups are reacting to changes in the private rental market and fighting for improvements for renters by calling for lower rent, an end to fees for tenants, proper regulation of letting agents,…
Labour councillors in Tower Hamlets are campaigning to increase local authority powers to control the spread of betting shops in the High Street. At a council meeting last week, the group urged Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman to sign up to a cross-borough and cross-party request to the Government that…
On Wednesday April 24, BBC Three’s Free Speech came to Goldsmiths to record the fourth episode in the second series of the programme on the subject of ‘Rent Britain’- the difficulties that young people face in being able to set up their own homes. Rents in London are increasing 8…
![Met’s closer links to faith communities [Audio]](http://www.eastlondonlines.co.uk/ell_wp/wp-content/themes/blognews/timthumb.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastlondonlines.co.uk%2Fell_wp%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F04%2FMultifaith-Discussion.jpg&q=90&w=255&h=260&zc=1 "Met’s closer links to faith communities [Audio]")
The Metropolitan Police could be setting up help points in faith buildings such as churches and mosques, in an attempt to better engage with diverse faith communities across the capital. That was one of the suggestions discussed at a conference organised by Faiths Forum For London, a charity which works…
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