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24/06/2021
Michaela gets a foot on the property ladder in brand new shared ownership home
Hackney-local Michaela was living in rented house-shares before buying a shared ownership home at Jolles House. Shared ownership worked out to be cheaper than privately renting, giving her the opportunity to get on the property ladder and stay in East London, close to her family and where she grew up.
Read More18/06/2021
The Queen’s Birthday Honours local Spotlight Youth Worker with an MBE.
It is with great pleasure we announce that Spotlight Youth and Community Engagement Manager, Nahim Ahmed, from Poplar HARCA is awarded an MBE for his services to disadvantaged young people in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Read More18/06/2021
No ifs, no butts, no BBQS on balconies
You can help keep where you live clean and safe by binning your cigarette butts and never using barbecues on balconies or in communal areas.
Read More07/06/2021
EWS1 Fire Risk Assessments
New Government safety advice means additional fire risk assessments have to be carried out on buildings over 18m tall (usually 5 or more storeys) with some form of combustible cladding or combustible material on balconies, and blocks less than 18m tall with specific concerns.
These assessments are known as External Wall System Assessment 1 forms (EWS1).
03/06/2021
Women’s Inclusive Team win award from the Queen
With the incredible news that Tower Hamlets charity, Women’s Inclusive Team, has been awarded the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, in Volunteers' Week, Becs Marshall, from Poplar HARCA, shares her experience of working with their staff and volunteers during the pandemic.
Read More26/05/2021
Hard Calls Save Lives
Five mothers share their tragic stories on the loss of their murdered sons and the hard calls they had to make.
Read More26/05/2021
Empathy HQ opens on Bromley High Street
Enni-Kukka Tuomala has recently opened the world’s first Empathy HQ, a creative space dedicated to empathy, as well as a working art studio and an open community space for the local people of Bow and east London at 26 Bromley High Street, London E3 3EP.
Read More26/05/2021
Fairfoot Woodland: share your views
The Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park are inviting local residents to be involved in the exciting improvement of Fairfoot Woodland.
Read More25/05/2021
Stroudley Walk gets the nod for 51% new affordable homes
Poplar HARCA and Muse Developments have been granted planning permission to redevelop Stroudley Walk, in Bromley-by-Bow, by London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Read More04/05/2021
Poplar HARCA appoints Paul Dooley as Director of Development & Regeneration
Poplar HARCA is delighted to announce that Paul Dooley has become its newest Director of Development & Regeneration. This follows the retirement of Neal Hunt, the former Director, on 30th April after 13 years at Poplar HARCA.
Read More28/04/2021
Langdon Park students spruce up Aberfeldy shop windows
As non-essential shops reopened on 12th April, a collaborative community art project was unveiled along the shop windows on Aberfeldy Street.
Read More21/04/2021
Lift programme
We are refurbishing the lifts to a number of Poplar HARCA's buildings as part of our planned maintenance programme.
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