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09/07/2021
Love Summer Programme
The Love Summer programme takes place at St Paul’s Way Centre from 22 July to 1 September.
Read More28/06/2021
Poplar is open for business!
To celebrate the many incredible businesses in Poplar, you’ll be hearing from and seeing the faces of the people behind these businesses, on Instagram and Twitter all summer.
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 More03/06/2021
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 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 More26/03/2021
Poplar Works celebrates first birthday in style
Poplar Works, a home for fashion in East London, celebrated its first birthday with a series of online events that brought together business owners, fashionistas and residents. Find out more.
Read More26/03/2021
Free laptops rolled out at Poplar School
The Connecting Communities partnership has done it again!
26/03/2021
Spotlight youth service receives £750k funding from Mayor of London
Spotlight has won funding to tackle youth violence on the Isle of Dogs.
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