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I was pleased to meet with a group of Hackney women entrepreneurs who were attending a course on women’s enterprise at Hackney Business Ventures (based on Dalston Lane).

Women start up one third of new businesses and the rate of female self employment has more than doubled over the last…

I had the pleasure of seeing a series of plays written by Hackney’s year 6 primary school children and produced by local children’s theatre company Quicksilver theatre.

The project sees the Quicksilver team work with children to teach them how to write a play. Quicksilver then chose a selection of…

Hackney Law Centre is based in Lower Clapton Road and employs 13 staff as well as managing voluntary support from 100 other lawyers each year.

The dedicated staff work long hours for salaries which are far less than others in local law firms. The centre has just introduced a new…

Events attended include:

02/11 – Haggerston West & Kingsland Estate, Housing Minister 05/11 – 11/11 – Visit to Nigeria with all party group of MPs 14/11 – Women in politics seminar 15/11 – HBV women’s enterprise event 18/11 – Inauguration of Nigerian Catholic chaplaincy 20/11 – Nigeria Heart of Africa Conference 23/11 – Anti-bullying conference 23/11 –…

I joined Rev Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Mike Coysh, chairman of the Haggerston Pools campaign and Valerie Carlow for a reception at 10 Downing Street celebrating the contribution made by individuals to their community. These three Hackney residents got the chance to meet Tony Blair and other ministers.

I am hoping to…