hackneytoday Circulated to 108,000 homes and businesses by Hackney Council Issue 391 14 November 2016 inside 3 Lights switch-on 5 Eggs-ultation 9 Sound of music 13 Listings pull-out Young and gifted 14 Photo: Sean Pollock WIN The fantastic achievements of young people were celebrated at the first annual Youth Awards on 2 November, hosted by the Council Bianco circus YOUNG people from The first annual Youth Awards the awards by youth workers panel of young people, before achievements ranging from tickets Hackney organised an event took place at Hackney Town and other professionals who the winners were announced volunteering and sports to to celebrate the amazing Hall on 2 November, hosted work with young people. on the night. overcoming adversity. achievements of their peers by the Council. Over 80 young Nominations were also In total, there were 14 For more info and pics, who live in the borough. people were nominated for reviewed by an independent awards, that marked see pages 6-7. Pull-out Our Homes www.hackney.gov.uk 2 14 November 2016 hackneynews Hackney Today is produced by the Communications & Consultation team at London Borough of Hackney, Maurice Bishop House, 17 Reading Lane, E8 1HH. E-mail: htnews@ hackney.gov.uk Editor: Jane Young Tel: 020 8356 3275 E: [email protected] Sub-editor & designer: Sappho Lauder Tel: 020 8356 2342 E: [email protected] today Advertising: Nicola McGuire Tel: 020 8921 5572; E: nicola. [email protected] Gaynor Granger Tel: 020 8921 5033; E: gaynor. Former parks depot at Audrey Street where the temporary school is set to be built (inset); an architect’s vision how it will look (main) [email protected] Hackney Today is published by the London Borough of Hackney. It has a print run Green light for schools of 108,000 copies and is delivered free to every home HE Council’s state-of-the art secondary and business in the borough. The Council uses it to ambitious schools our residents schools building This is a really important step expect and our young communicate public service in our wider plans to ensure information to residents. Tprogramme is people deserve. It is published fortnightly a step closer to being we can provide high quality “These non-selective in order to carry statutory realised, after proposals school places for our children schools will enable us to advertising, such as planning for a temporary school in ensure our children do not and traffic notices, which Haggerston were granted have to travel out of the is cheaper for the taxpayer planning permission. building until 2022. next year. The footprint of borough to go to school, than using another local paper. The law does not From next September, The depot has not been the building will fit in the and can benefit from the allow for statutory notices to the temporary school will open to the public for many existing hard-standing area remarkable achievements of be published solely online or house The City Academy years. After being used by and will be a mix of three Hackney’s schools, which in a less frequent publication. Shoreditch Park, before the Council’s parks team, it and four storeys high. see us constantly topping a permanent site is built housed Bridge Academy’s Cllr Anntoinette Bramble, league tables.” The paper’s official, door- in N1. The high-quality temporary building for a Deputy Mayor, said: “This Catherine McGuinness, to-door delivery is 91,665 copies per issue, Audit buildings will be mostly year in 2007. is a really important step in Chairman of the Education Bureau of Circulations (ABC) constructed off-site, before Since then it has been our wider plans to ensure Board at the City of London being put in place over used by Hackney BMX we can provide high quality Corporation, added: “We Paid for advertising is carried a former parks depot, at Club as storage space and school places for our welcome the news that the in the paper to keep costs to hackney Audrey Street, E2. by a growing club, which children in Hackney. temporary site for The City a minimum. We reserve the right to refuse advertising. Hackney needs an keeps a number of vegetable “It would be simpler to Academy Shoreditch Park The products and services additional 1,650 secondary beds there. Alternative allow central government has been approved and will advertised in this paper do school places; equivalent to locations have been found to open free schools which continue to work closely not carry the endorsement two new schools. for both groups. do not reflect our borough’s with Hackney Council in of Hackney Today or London The temporary school When both schools have needs. Instead, we’ve providing a new secondary Hackney Today is Borough of Hackney is part of wider plans to left the site, the Council decided to tackle head on academy that delivers printed on 100 per Printed by Trinity Mirror ensure there are high has pledged to turn it into the challenges that a rapidly outstanding education.” cent recycled paper. quality school places for parkland, and will consult growing population and A consultation on options Distributed by London the borough’s children. and involve residents on highly successful local for developing the Britannia Please make sure Letterbox Marketing you recycle it after When the school moves into how they would like to see education system bring. Leisure Centre site, reading, so the If you do not receive its permanent N1 site in it used. “By working with the including the proposed City paper can be used Hackney Today call: 020 2020, another school Construction of the new City of London Academy Academy Shoreditch Park, again 8356 3275; or e-mail: will use the Haggerston school will begin early Trust, we can provide the will open on 5 December. [email protected] www.hackney.gov.uk 14 November 2016 3 More local news and events at: KEEP UP facebook.com/DestinationHackney; TO DATE or: twitter.com/LoveHackney News in brief Clissold fireworks were a blast THOUSANDS of residents turned out to see Hackney’s firework display at Clissold Park on 5 November. The spectacular 20-minute pyromusical was met with whoops and applause by the crowds. Alex Fish, 24, who lives near the park, and her twin Kate, who was visiting from Ireland, said: “I would give the fireworks 10/10!” As well as a fantastic display, there were many animal themed performances to discover as visitors made their way around the illuminated park. A giant blue whale lay beached with a pirate on-hand to help residents crawl inside, and a mermaid guarded her treasure and sung a beautiful siren song. Other creatures roamed around to keep crowds entertained, including a life-sized giraffe controlled by Homecoming king stilt walkers, dancing butterflies and giant blue birds. Idris Elba returns to Hackney to film his new TV show ‘Guerrilla’, directed by John Ridley, which is set to air on Sky Atlantic next year TUNT artists, it hard to provide their horses, 40 crew, Filmmaking in the borough is own. Local businesses, over 100 actors a boost to the local economy also received thousands Sand Idris Elba all and also generates funds for of pounds to close whilst descended on Mountgrove filming took place. Road, N5, over the local services Diane Abbott MP, summer, to film key scenes who visited the set, said: for a major new Sky “Filmmaking in the Photo: Richard Pickard Atlantic series. desire of mine to collaborate worked with local borough is a boost to the Written and directed by with Mr Ridley, and his businesses to have shop local economy and also Academy award-winning work here is nothing short fronts redressed to look generates funds for local Hoxton West by-election result John Ridley, of ‘12 Years of a masterclass in character like 1970s premises. services through Hackney A Slave’, ‘Guerrilla’ tells building and storytelling.” Residents were supplied Council’s Film Office. RESIDENTS in Hoxton West went to the polls to vote for a the story of a couple who For one key scene, with alternative parking “It also sends a strong new councillor to represent them on 3 November. are propelled from political Mountgrove Road and and provision was made for message: that Hackney is Yvonne Maxwell, of the Labour Party, won the activism to radical militancy seven surrounding roads disabled people. open for business and a by-election, which was called to fill a seat made vacant in 1970s Notting Hill. Large were closed off for two days To thank everyone, the safe space for creative and when Philip Glanville became Mayor of Hackney in parts of the action, however, to recreate a street protest production crew made a artistic expression.” September. The full election results are: Chantal Encavey were filmed in Hackney, (see picture). donation to ‘Free Cakes for The series, co-written and (Lib Dem) 133; Morgan James (Green) 123; Yvonne with the support of the All modern cars were Kids Hackney’, a charity directed with Misan Sagay Maxwell (Lab) 951; Christopher Sills (Con) 185. The total Council’s Film Office. cleared from shot and that bakes and delivers and Sam Miller, is set to air voter turnout was 15.7 per cent. Idris Elba said: “It’s been a the production company cakes to families who find next year. Hackney Central Christmas lights switch-on to take place on 27 November THE countdown to begun, with the Christmas theatrical spectacular from The tree is one of celebrating the festive lights switch-on scheduled ‘The Rollettes’ of Graeae’s four located in each of season in Hackney has for 27 November.