Theme: Community Engagement

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1. Abney Park Trust.
   

   http://www.abney-park.org.uk/
   "A charity aiming to maintain a historic park that became a Victorian London cemetery and is now a nature reserve and place of memory."
2. Action Network Hackney.
   

   http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/actionnetwork/C36068
   Information on Hackney, part of BBC Action Network. Not much in it right now, but it is a contributory site, so it is likely to grow.
3. Broadway Market.
   

   http://www.broadwaymarket.co.uk/
   Information about the Farmers' Market.
4. Clissold Park User Group.
   

   http://www.clissoldpark.com/
   "Campaigning locally to improve Clissold Park."
5. Dalston Junction.
   

   http://dalstonjunction.co.uk/
   "The opening of the East London Line will create a unique opportunity to transform Dalston Town Centre ..."
6. Free Form.
   

   http://www.freeform.org.uk/
   "Free Form is unique in providing the full range of arts and creative services for the built environment to place art at the heart of urban regeneration."
7. Friends of Hackney Libraries.
   

   http://www.librarylondon.org/localgroups/hackney/
   "An independent group formed to represent library users in Hackney."
8. Growing Communities.
   

   http://www.btinternet.com/~grow.communities/
   "Starting right here in Hackney, North London, we are working to create a sustainable food system that makes good food available in a way which cares for the environment and fosters community."
9. Hackney Allotment Society.
   

   http://www.hackneyallotments.org.uk/
   "The Hackney Allotment Society is a registered charity managed by a voluntary committee. The aim of the Society is to promote horticulture in the London Borough of Hackney."
10. Hackney City Farm.
    

    http://www.hackneycityfarm.co.uk/
    
11. Hackney Community News.
    

    http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/hackneycommunitynews/
    Yahoo email group for Hackney based groups and communities, facilitating shared information about their work and forthcoming events. Contains much useful information, though access is not open (you have to apply to join). You will need an email address, but you don't have to create a Yahoo account to subscribe - just send an empty email to hackneycommunitynews-subscribe@yahoogroups.co.uk - when (eventually) prompted, join the mailing list not the Yahoo group.
12. Hackney Credit Union.
    

    http://www.hackneycreditunion.co.uk/
    "A new Credit Union is currently being developed to provide financial services to all who live or work in Hackney. Once established, Hackney Credit Union will be the first to cover the whole borough, enabling everyone to become a member and take advantage of the benefits that saving and borrowing from a Credit Union brings."
13. Hackney Society.
    

    http://www.hackneysociety.org/
    "Works to preserve Hackney's heritage and make the area a better place in which to live and work. The Society was formed in 1967 to involve and support local people in the conservation and regeneration of Hackney's built environment and public spaces".
14. Hackney Voluntary Action.
    

    http://www.hackneyvoluntaryaction.org/
    "HVA is the the CVS (Council for Voluntary Service) and Volunteer Centre in Hackney, supporting voluntary and community organisations by providing general advice and support, training, fundraising, practical support services, Meet the Funders sessions, IT courses, equipment for hire or use in the Resource Centre, information services, volunteer development ... and lots more."
15. Hackney Walks.
    

    http://hoop.ground-level.org/
    "Currently has four walks which cover some of the rich and diverse history of the area contained within the London borough of Hackney."
16. Haggerston Pool.
    

    http://www.haggerstonpool.com/
    Campaign to get the pool reopened.
17. Open Dalston.
    

    http://opendalston.blogspot.com/
    "Promoting excellence in the quality of the built environment, the provision of transportation and the provision of amenities."
18. Round Chapel.
    

    http://www.theroundchapel.org.uk/
    "The Round Chapel is a landmark grade II* listed building. Built between 1869 and 1871 it comprises the Round Chapel Arts Centre on Lower Clapton Road owned by the Hackney Historic Buildings Trust and the Round Chapel Old School Rooms on Powerscroft Road owned by Clapton Park United Reformed Church. It is a vibrant contemporary home for a huge variety of church and community groups and is an ever changing source of inspiration for the hundreds of people who use it every week."
19. Shoreditch Trust.
    

    http://www.shoreditchtrust.org.uk/
    
20. St John-at-Hackney.
    

    http://www.stjohn-at-hackneychurch.org.uk/
    "St John-at-Hackney belongs to the Church of England and is in the Stepney Episcopal Area of the Diocese of London. It has stood at the heart of Hackney for centuries."
21. Timeline Magazine.
    

    http://timeline.org.uk/
    "TimeLine is a lifelong learning project, centred on Hackney -- the area of London where we are based. Working together with local communities, ordinary people discover and present a kaleidoscope of information about the history of their own area. By looking up from our own individual concerns, at the people and places around us, TimeLine has become a part of the local landscape. It is a way that people of totally different ages, cultures and backgrounds communicate with each other -- through the one thing we have in common: Hackney's inspirational history and heritage."
22. University of the Third Age Hackney.
    

    http://szs.net/hackney-u3a/
    The U3A is an educational self-help co-operative for people no longer in full-time employment who believe that 'learning is for life'.

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