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  • Akwaaba Kids: migrant children in Hackney on what makes their community strong

    Description

    The young people at Akwaaba Kids explored what makes the Akwaaba community strong through collecting quotes and images from members and creating a visual essay.

    Borough:

    Hackney

    Organisation name:

    Akwaaba Kids

    Topic:

    civil society
    community life
    children and young people

    Content type:

    photographs
    Rainbow made of coloured paper pieces

  • AuLaw Farm: growing communities alongside vegetables

    Description

    AuLaw Organic Farm connects Hong Kongers who have resettled in London to their new communities through sustainable urban farming.

    Borough:

    Kingston upon Thames

    Organisation name:

    AuLaw Organic Farm UK CIC

    Topic:

    civil society
    community life

    Content type:

    photographs
    Person in a vegetable garden holding bunch of harvested potatoes

  • Magic Me: Generation Rebellion artworks

    Description

    Artworks created by intergenerational women from east London on the theme of environmental activism.

    Borough:

    Tower Hamlets

    Organisation name:

    Magic Me

    Topic:

    environment
    children and young people
    older people

    Content type:

    photographs
    Learning Hub artwork

  • Micro Rainbow: imagining a perfect community

    Description

    Micro Rainbow supported a diverse group to come together to find joy and companionship through difficult circumstances and explore what makes a good community. 

    Borough:

    London-wide

    Organisation name:

    Micro Rainbow

    Topic:

    civil society
    community life

    Content type:

    performance
    photographs
    Micro Rainbow theatre lab participants

  • Spitalfields City Farm: urban farming, community health, and belonging

    Description

    Farm volunteers tells what make this community strong and what policy changes they would like to see in relation to the space and others like it in the city.

    Borough:

    Tower Hamlets

    Organisation name:

    Spitalfields City Farm

    Topic:

    civil society
    community life

    Content type:

    short stories
    photographs
    Spitalfields City Farm donkey

  • St Matthew’s community garden: connecting with nature

    Description

    A regenerated community garden in Hackney is giving local families access to a welcoming green space.

    Borough:

    Hackney

    Organisation name:

    Cordwainers Grow, Round Chapel Old School Rooms, St Matthew’s Church

    Topic:

    environment
    children and young people
    mental health

    Content type:

    photographs
    Woman gardening

  • St Matthew’s community garden: intergenerational connections

    Description

    The Hackney garden has developed into a safe space to form connections and grow fresh, healthy food.

    Borough:

    Hackney

    Organisation name:

    Cordwainers Grow, Round Chapel Old School Rooms, St Matthew’s Church

    Topic:

    environment
    children and young people
    mental health

    Content type:

    photographs
    Children and adults gardening together

  • STEAMLabs: fashion against plastic

    Description

    Young scientists in Hackney make a fashion statement about single-use plastics.

    Borough:

    Hackney

    Organisation name:

    STEAMLabs

    Topic:

    environment
    children and young people

    Content type:

    photographs
    Fabrics made out of single-use plastic

  • STEAMLabs: how do children feel about pollution?

    Description

    Primary school children from Hackney talked about how pollution makes them feel and expressed themselves through art.

    Borough:

    Hackney

    Organisation name:

    STEAMLabs

    Topic:

    environment
    children and young people

    Content type:

    photographs
    Artwork of a child crying due to pollution

  • Through Our Eyes: Insights from a pilot participatory photography and creative writing project

    Description

    A pilot project to tackle loneliness, build self-esteem, new skills and community with the older community of Tower Hamlets through photography and creative writing.

    Borough:

    Tower Hamlets

    Organisation name:

    Learning Unlimited

    Topic:

    art
    civil society
    community life
    mental health
    older people

    Content type:

    photographs
    short stories
    Older person sat at a table with photographs and books

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