Reducing the digital divide

Three people discussing how to use a phone app

Hackney Chinese Community Services (HCCS) was founded in 1985 and continues to serve the local East and South East Asian communities in the borough.

Supporting vulnerable people

Gillett Square sign

MRS Independent Living helps people from communities that have been marginalised and excluded, take action and find solutions to challenges they are facing.

Providing food and supplies

People standing apart and wearing masks during the COVID-19 pandemic

Hackney Giving funded Turkish Cypriot Community Association (TCCA) through its coronavirus response round.

Puppetry for young people

Puppets

Activiteens was set up in 2004 to relieve the needs of disadvantaged young people by providing out-of-school clubs, mentoring services, day and overnight trips and vocational training courses.

Garden therapy group

Hackney City Farm

Hackney City Farm was funded to deliver a six week therapeutic gardening group in collaboration with Gaia Therapy offering weekly activities that brought together a group of people struggling with acute mental health difficulties.

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