hackneytoday Circulated to 108,000 homes and businesses by Hackney Council Issue 452 10 June 2019 inside 7 Windrush wonder 8 Children’s festival Photo: Lyra PhotoLab 11 UK Black Pride in Hackney was launched at the Town Hall on 3 June, with supporters including Mayor Glanville and UK Black Pride founder Lady Phyll Hackney People BLACK PRIDE LAUNCH 13 T was a historic moment for was a fascinating conversation including issues around being a LGBTQI+ community year-round; the borough, which spread between Lady Phyll and Mayor of refugee or asylum seeker.” and Faggamuffin Bloc Party, the an atmosphere of joyous Hackney, Philip Glanville. The idea for UK Black Pride was first carnival soundsystem run Icelebration through the Lady Phyll began by explaining born out of a day trip to Southend, by and for black queer people, audience, at the official launch of that UK Black Pride had outgrown which Lady Phyll helped organise which made its debut at Hackney UK Black Pride in Hackney. its former home in Vauxhall and for a group of black lesbian, Carnival last September. The ‘Town Hall takeover’ was how the move to Hackney seemed bisexual, queer and trans women Mayor Glanville added: “I’ve Listings pull-out held to mark the annual day-long a natural fit. over 13 years ago. After the first tried to be a Mayor that’s out festival coming to Hackney for She said: “When we look at the event in 2007, the festival has there, listening to all those voices, the first time on 7 July. The free diversity of Hackney, when we grown until it attracted a crowd and standing up for them.” 14 event in Haggerston Park will look at where our communities are of over 7,000 last year. This The audience also included celebrate lesbian, gay, bisexual, based, it made absolute sense. We necessitated the move to a bigger Night Czar, Amy Lamé; London WIN transgender, queer, intersex plus have the support of the Mayor, outdoor space. Assembly Member, Jennette Tickets to see (LGBTQI+) people of African, the support of the local authority, Mayor Glanville said he felt Arnold; and Hackney Young Asian, Caribbean, Middle Eastern the support of the community and Hackney was UK Black Pride’s Futures Commission co-chair, ‘Armadillo’ and Latin American descent. grassroots groups. It just makes ‘spiritual home’. Adding: “There’s Jermain Jackman; as well as The red carpet was well and sense that we’re here.” a golden thread that feels like it’s a host of volunteers and truly rolled out for UK Black Lady Phyll went on to discuss destiny. We’ve been building a community activists. 23 Pride co-founder and executive her personal journey to activism movement. We’ve been getting Rose Frimpong, co-founder of director, Phyllis Opoku-Gyimah, and why events like UK Black behind a history of radical queer queer events collective ‘Dreams’, known as Lady Phyll, the team of Pride are still very much needed. activism in Hackney. It’s about a said: “People that can’t come out volunteers that organise the event, She said: “If we lived in an coming of age of ourselves.” or are usually a bit more hidden, and a 200-strong audience of ideal world we wouldn’t need These building blocks include can feel freer now. It means that predominantly queer black people Pride, but we don’t. We still a Council-funded Black History Hackney is also being recognised from across London. have homophobia, racism, Season (rather than month); for the diversity it’s been trying to Hackney Archive The centre-piece of the launch, Islamophobia, and so many forms Hackney Pride 365 festival, promote over the years. I’m just on 3 June at Hackney Town Hall, of discrimination thrown upon us, which celebrates the borough’s proud that it’s in Hackney.” www.hackney.gov.uk 2 10 June 2019 hackneynews Hackney Today is produced by Communications, Culture and Engagement at London Borough of Hackney, Hackney Town Hall E8 1EA. E-mail: htnews@ hackney.gov.uk Editor Sappho Lauder Tel: 020 8356 3275 E: [email protected] Hackney Today is published by the London Borough of Hackney. It has a print run of 108,000 copies and is delivered free to every home and business in the borough. Cabinet Member for SEND Cllr Chris Kennedy, Deputy Mayor Cllr Anntoinette Bramble and Mayor Philip Glanville met protestors outside the Town Hall The Council uses it to communicate public service information to residents. HE Mayor of It is published fortnightly Hackney joined in order to carry statutory thousands of advertising, such as planning parents, carers, and traffic notices, which T Protestors call is cheaper for the taxpayer teachers and young people than using another local to march on Downing today paper. The law does not Street to call on the allow for statutory notices to Government to address for extra funds be published solely online or the crisis in special in a less frequent publication. educational needs and The paper’s official, door- disability (SEND). to-door delivery is 91,843 Mayor Philip Glanville, copies per issue, Audit Deputy Mayor Cllr to support SEND Bureau of Circulations (ABC) Anntoinette Bramble, “To put this into Paid for advertising is carried and Cabinet Member for Over the last few years, councils perspective, in 2018/19, in the paper to keep costs to SEND Cllr Chris Kennedy, the Government gave us a minimum. We reserve the met local protestors across the country have £42.5m in High Needs right to refuse advertising. outside Hackney Town reached breaking point funding, but we spent The products and services Hall, and were among the closer to £52m. 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It’s not reading, so the paper schools, local authorities that we are supporting did not match this with rocket science – it is a can be used again and the parents of some more children, for longer. extra funding. fair approach to funding.” hackney www.hackney.gov.uk 10 June 2019 3 More local news and events at: KEEP UP www.facebook.com/WeLoveHackney; TO DATE or: twitter.com/LoveHackney ACKNEY Carnival is set to be bigger and better News in brief Hthan ever this year – with a new route, European election results 2019 interactive arts, live music, VOTING in the European Parliamentary Election took place sound systems, food from Photo: Sean Pollock around the world and more on 23 May. space for everyone to enjoy The turnout in Hackney was 41.7 per cent, with 68,027 it all – when it returns on votes cast and 575 rejected ballot papers. 8 September. The Hackney results, which were released at 10pm on More than 60,000 people 26 May, were: Animal Welfare Party, 517; Change UK – lined the borough’s streets The Independent Group, 3,669; Conservative and Unionist last year and 25 carnival Party, 2,109; Green Party, 15,703; Labour Party, 23,825 and community groups Liberal Democrats, 15,966; The Brexit Party, 4,097; UK took part in the parade. European Union Party (UKEUP), 399; UK Independence This year is set to see the Party (UKIP), 686; Women’s Equality Party, 804; Daze number watching and Aghaji, 82; Roger Hallam, 30; Alan Dennis Kirkby, 11; taking part increase, Kofi Mawuli Klu, 23; Zoe Delemere Lafferty, 15; Claudia making it one of the biggest McDowell, 28; Andrew Medhurst, 7; Henry Muss, 11; Mike Shake it off! Shad, 15; Ian Sowden, 9; and Andrea Venzon, 21. carnivals in the UK. To make sure everyone Hackney Carnival returns on 8 Sept can enjoy the day, and to Apply to the Government’s EU keep everyone safe, the Hackney Carnival, which returns on 8 September, is set to be bigger, louder and more colourful than before Settlement Scheme by 2021 procession will follow a new route, starting and EUROPEAN ending near London Fields, Hackney Carnival... promises citizens who travelling via Queensbridge want to keep to be bigger, louder and living and Road, Graham Road and more colourful than before Mare Street where the working in judging for the best group the UK are will take place. Street and St John-at- Hackney Carnival’s being urged A new ‘carnival village’ Hackney Churchyard.