Local Hero – Eastlondonlines

Shaniqua Benjamin: from a college dropout to Croydon’s first poet laureate

When Shaniqua Benjamin dropped out of university in 2013 she never thought that one day she would become the first-ever …

by Monet Olrod/ April 13, 2021/ Croydon, Local Hero, People/

With groups such as Extinction Rebellion and the Black Lives Matter movement, young people are now more engaged than ever …

by Fiona Holland/ December 2, 2020/ Community, Features, General Features, Local Hero, People/

Alex Armitage is often photographed in his scrubs and his image fits the image of a young earnest doctor. But …

by Samuel Shaw/ November 30, 2020/ Features, Local Hero, People/

‘’We know how much food poverty is an issue for the families. We have heard from some children who’ve been …

by Rainer Brittain-Catlin/ October 30, 2020/ Community, Features, Lewisham, Local Hero, Tower Hamlets/

EastLondonLines speaks to three members of a Tower Hamlets student-led pro-bono clinic, who work in their free time to help …

by Mieke Faeste/ March 9, 2020/ Features, Local Hero, People, Tower Hamlets/

“Fitness found me. I used to work in psychology, hoping to become a consultant one day, I realised I could …

by Georgia Ridout/ November 4, 2019/ Features, Hackney, Local Hero/

“We need people out of their cars, whether they are parents or not. People in London need to reduce driving …

by Sahira Raja/ May 31, 2019/ Environment, Features, Health, Local Hero/

Arthur Perez left Paris for London’s East End eight years ago. When he left he had no idea he would …

by Amanda Wahlqvist/ May 24, 2019/ Environment, Features, General Features, Local Hero, People, Tower Hamlets/

Laat month, Zisca Burton stepped onto the stage of the Mariott Hotel in Canary Wharf on behalf of Lewisham charity …

by Victoria Smith/ April 6, 2019/ General Features, Lewisham, Local Hero, Uncategorized/

A charity worker from Tower Hamlets has told ELL how he used £10,000 that he raised in an emergency appeal …

by Ayesha Rahman/ March 22, 2019/ Features, Local Hero, People, Tower Hamlets/