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📣Starts Tuesday 28 July at Hackney Archives & Forest Road Youth Hub! ✍🏽Calling all young artists, here’s your chance to ...
27/07/2026

📣Starts Tuesday 28 July at Hackney Archives & Forest Road Youth Hub!

✍🏽Calling all young artists, here’s your chance to work with and be inspired by the exciting and established artist and illustrator Olivia Twist! 

👩🏽‍🎨 This week sees the start of her Windrush Amplified Art Grant project where items from the Hackney Archives Windrush collections will inform a brand new artwork to be  publicly revealed in October. Want to be part of the process and make history...literally!?

📍Come to Hackney Archives E8 3BQ Tuesday 28 July 4pm - 6pm. Open to ages 13-18. 

😋 P.S! You’ll also get treated to free delicious refreshments from the legendary Rainbow Bakery - the UK's first St Lucian bakery here in Hackney! 🇱🇨

Come through! 

To find out more about the Windrush Amplified Art Grant search or visit lovehackney.uk/windrush-amplified-art

Follow for more activities for young people in Hackney. 

Olivia Twist

🪙 Black History Season grants are now open!💡Do you have a great idea for this year's Black History Season (Oct-Nov 2026)...
15/07/2026

🪙 Black History Season grants are now open!

💡Do you have a great idea for this year's Black History Season (Oct-Nov 2026)

🎨 Are you a Hackney-based organisation, artist or cultural venue ready to inspire Hackney residents?

📝Apply now for up to £2,000 to deliver an event or activity that explores Black history or futures.

🖱️Visit or search lovehackney.uk/black-history for the application form!

📚Friday 3rd July as part of Windrush Generations Festival! ❤️ Come discover the overlooked works and delve into iconic B...
02/07/2026

📚Friday 3rd July as part of Windrush Generations Festival!

❤️ Come discover the overlooked works and delve into iconic Black women writers with denise el rawls at Dalston CLR James library. Free!

❤️ For more info and to check out the rest of the festival programme visit lovehackney.net/windrush

🇯🇲 Sat 4 July 7.30pm Hackney Picturehouse : Celebrate reggae royalty with a special 50th anniversary screening of the ic...
02/07/2026

🇯🇲 Sat 4 July 7.30pm Hackney Picturehouse : Celebrate reggae royalty with a special 50th anniversary screening of the iconic THE HARDER THEY COME.

🇬🇧 Plus as Hackney celebrates 40 years of the British Reggae Artists Famine Appeal (aka BRAFA!) come watch the accompanying short film REMEMBERING BRAFA!

📸 And don't forget to check out the reggae photography exhibition in the foyer by the legendary photographer .corio

🎟️ Book now via Hackney Picturehouse

❤️ All part of the Windrush Generations Festival. For listings visit love hackney.net/windrush

🎉 Discover Young Hackney is back for 2026!Hackney's summer festival of FREE creative opportunities for 15–26 year olds i...
01/07/2026

🎉 Discover Young Hackney is back for 2026!

Hackney's summer festival of FREE creative opportunities for 15–26 year olds is here! If you live, work or study in Hackney, we've teamed up with some of the borough's leading creative organisations to bring you an exciting lineup of projects this summer ✨

Level up your creativity, learn from industry professionals and take your next step into the creative industries 🔥

This year's lineup includes:

🎭 Arcola Theatre
🎶 EartH
🌱 National Trust x MULCH
💃 Avant Garde Dance Company
🎟️ Immediate Theatre
🎬 Rising Tide
🎪 Hackney Shed

Whether you're into acting, dancing, music, filmmaking, content creation or just want to try something new, there's an opportunity waiting for you 🚀

❤️ Tag someone who'd love this

👉 Go to lovehackney.uk/discover-young-hackney to find out more and sign up!

🎨 Artwork by Hackney-based young artist

Hackney’s Windrush Generations Festival is back from June 14 - July 12 and the vibes this year are unmatched! Join us fo...
11/06/2026

Hackney’s Windrush Generations Festival is back from June 14 - July 12 and the vibes this year are unmatched!

Join us for a lineup of free and low-cost community events to celebrate and support Hackney’s Windrush Generation - kicking off this weekend.

✨ Highlights include: ✨

🖤 Reggae Revival on Film: David Corio’s reggae music photography exhibition plus programme of iconic Black British films (Babymother, Babylon & The Harder They Come) (Until 5 Jul)
🖤 Saltwater & Stories: storytelling, food, poetry & music from / (Sun 14 Jun, 12pm)
🖤 Jah Makin It Happen: A Reggae Musical - Hackney Empire (Wed 17 Jun, 7pm)
🖤 DJAG live stream from Hackney Caribbean Elderly Org (Mon 22 Jun, 12pm)
🖤 Pantonic Steel Orchestra Windrush Community picnic (Sun 28 Jun, 1pm)
🖤 Rhythm of Resilience: Celebrating the Sound & Strength of our Elders (Sun 5 Jul, 1pm)

Visit or search https://orlo.uk/3dfgM for the full lineup plus access to learning resources, support services and more!
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⚽️ Check out Tara Darby’s FREE photography exhibition, ‘The White Cage’, at Homerton Library, exploring the impact of fo...
08/06/2026

⚽️ Check out Tara Darby’s FREE photography exhibition, ‘The White Cage’, at Homerton Library, exploring the impact of football cages in communities.

🎟️ You can also book your place at an inspiring in person event about the importance of free football cages and how they transform lives, at Homerton Library, Tuesday 6 June, 6-7.30pm.

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