Hackney Solidarity Network

OK - so it ain't Hackney, or even London (or even England...) but broadening the localist horizons can be inspirational ...

First meeting of the Glasgow Solidarity Network
7p.m. Daisy Street Neighbourhood Centre, Govanhill, Glasgow
Landlord messing you around?
Agency not paying you?
Job centre making life a misery?
Feel like it's too much to cope with alone?
We all face problems like these and it can seem impossible to do anything about them. The Glasgow Solidarity Network is a group of people, just like you, who work together to support one another and stand up for their rights.

Hackney Housing Group speak out as locally money is left unspent and nationally there are cuts to housing benefit.

Where is our £15 million worth of housing?
Hackney Council's response to the housing crisis ¬is to not bother spending the housing budget!

June 21st;
Protest Picnic at HackneyCommunityCollege-On Monday 21st June students and staff at HackneyCommunityCollege join workplaces around the country in a protest against public sector cuts. University Colleges Union (UCU) and Unison invite all members to stand against the education cuts and come cross their picnic line!

There... will be banner making, giant games, budget themed twister, tug of war, food and discussion from 12 pm to 1pm in the college grounds.

Link here to some cool drawings:

http://friendsofhackneynurseries.wordpress.com/

IN 2012 the Olympics and Paralympics come to east London. On show will be the world's elite sportsmen and women, flexing their muscles and straining their sinews in state-of-the-art stadia. The possibility of seeing Usain Bolt smash more sprint records, local athlete and world 400-metre champion, Christine Ohuruogu, and swimming free-style double-gold winner, Eleanor Simmonds - among countless others - is a mouth-watering prospect.

The 3rd issue of the Heckler is now out. We've been distributing it since Saturday 15th May. The Heckler aims to be a focal point for resistance in Hackney. If you would like to to contribute or can help with distribution, then please get in touch!

If you're not able to get your hands on a print copy, you can download it as a PDF

late May 2010 updates

Friends of Hackney Nurseries meeting Thursday 20th 6pm Bath House Nursery

Keep Our Nhs Public meeting Thursday 20th MOTH 7pm

Hackney Heckler distribution and Friends of Hackney Nurseries leaftletting and petitioning Saturday 22nd at Dalston Kingsland 11 till 1pm

Friends of Hackney Nurseries Fun Day ! 30 May - 11 am to 2 pm
London Fields

∗ Face Painting ∗ Raffle ∗ Lucky Dip ∗
∗ Banner Making ∗ Story Telling ∗
∗ Teddy Bears Picnic ∗

Come and join us!
Enjoy a day out meeting other people who care about community childcare Show support for the Friends of Hackney Nurseries' campaign to resist cuts

To help organise the Fun Day or for more info
e-mail FHN@live.co.uk

Friends of Hackney Nurseries:-

We are a group of parents, nursery workers, local residents
and community activists who believe that quality childcare

To: Hackney Learning Trust

This April, at least 8 community nurseries in Hackney were informed of immediate cuts ranging from £30,000 – £50,000 for each nursery. These cuts were implemented without consultation or a fair and open process. They mean a serious threat of nursery closures. The Hackney Learning Trust and Hackney Council are denying that there is a programme of cuts to nursery provision.

We, the undersigned, call on the Hackney Learning Trust to
1) immediately reverse the decision to cut funding to nurseries’ commissioning grants

The new Hackney Heckler the newspaper of Hackney Solidarity Network, is out this week leading on the threats to the Homerton and KONP campaign to support it. Will be 5000 copies printed and as before we need people to distribute them where they live etc, whether it is 500 or 50. They can be delivered or collected. So get back to us asap. And i guess i don't need to mention we now have a Tory govt? ;)

There will be a street distribution on the Narroway this Saturday 15th May betweeen 11 and 1 and next Saturday 22nd May at Dalston Kingsland from 11 till 1