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Meg is urging Hackney residents to shape up for 2012 and give their health a boost.

Over 51 per cent of adults in Hackney do no sport or physical activity. In a recent MORI survey Hackney is ranked 16th out of the 33 London boroughs for sporting activity.

Meg said,…

I launched the events in Hackney marking world mental health day. Mental health is one of my key priority areas of work in Hackney.

Organised by City and Hackney Mind, the event at Hackney Community College focussed on trans-cultural mental health and art.

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September 2007

1. Parliamentary Business

Children’s plan consultation A national consultation on the next 10 years of children’s services is underway. The results…

Meetings attended include:

05/09 – Penny Dixie, The Learning Trust 05/09 – Simon Thomsett, chief executive, Hackney Empire 07/09 – Laburnum Boat Club 07/09 – Mecca Bingo, Hackney Road 11/09 – Choice FM, Peace on the streets campaign organisers 12/09 – Lauriston school 12/09 – Homerton Scrap project 12/09 – Gainsborough school 19/09 – Brook Community Primary 21/09 –…

I had the pleasure of visiting the children’s scrap project on Homerton High Street where I saw one of the country’s longest standing green businesses in action.

Members, mostly schools and youth projects, pay a flat rate and capitation fee to have access to an Aladdin’s cave of raw materials…