City Hall Blog
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#itsnotok - Sexual Abuse and Sexual Violence Awareness Week
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Deputy Mayor for Policing & Crime Sophie Linden discusses our work to tackle sexual abuse and sexual violence in London
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Henry T Gaspard wins 'Volunteer of the Year' London Sport Award
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Black Arrows Badminton Club founder Henry T Gaspard has won the 'Volunteer of the Year' London Sport Award.
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People’s Question Time: all you need to know
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Twice a year, the Mayor and London Assembly visit different parts of London for People’s Question Time (PQT) events.
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How is the Mayor helping rough sleepers in London?
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Here are six ways that the Mayor, Sadiq Khan, is helping rough sleepers and tackling homelessness in London
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Tens of millions saved for London’s economy as Tube strikes suspended
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London’s economy will save tens of millions of pounds as a result of the suspension of planned strikes
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Tackling FGM In London
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Sophie Linden speaks out on the 'abhorrent practice' of FGM and her commitment to stamping it out in London.
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Action on flooding in London
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How the London Sustainable Drainage Action Plan is helping to deal with surface water flood risk
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Listening to our local community and building a vision together
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We began our Community Forum series with two meetings: one for voluntary organisations and one for local residents.
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Flora Vidal from St Saviour's Lambeth talks about Young Ambassadors
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Flora Vidal from St Saviour's tells us of the impact that the Mayor's volunteering programme is having in her school.
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Deputy Mayor visits young volunteers from St Saviour's CE Primary
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Team London Young Ambassadors are creating welcome packs for newly arrived refugees and asylum seekers in London.
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Over 100 headteachers sign letter to the Mayor calling for clean air
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Greenpeace coordinate 103 headteachers from schools across London to sign letter to the Mayor calling for clean air.
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Matt Hatt from Shakespeare's Globe talks about volunteer and staff shadowing
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Matt Hatt is responsible for a team of around over 600 front of house volunteers at Shakespeare's Globe.
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The Mayor's message at the World Economic Forum
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20 hours in Davos with the Mayor of London
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Junior Morrison talks about what he learnt from HeadStart London
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Junior volunteered at a youth centre as part of HeadStart London before interviewing for a part time job with New Look.
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Dame Barbara Windsor thanks Redbridge's longest-serving volunteer
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One of Redbridge's longest-serving volunteers has been recognised for her work by Dame Barbara Windsor DBE.
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Mayor offers grants of £10,000 to increase volunteer numbers in London
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Grants of £10,000 offered to increase volunteering amongst 59-69-year-olds and for volunteers who support older people.
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Mayor, Norman Jay MBE & Wayne Hemingway MBE launch Well Street Market
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On 3rd December 2016, the Mayor relaunched an innovative street market in the heart of Hackney.
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Merry Green Christmas
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Dolly Oladini (Environment team) shares ideas on how to make Christmas more sustainable...
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Making our events sustainable with the ISO 20121 international certification
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We have been working hard to make sure the events that we organise are more sustainable.
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Chanukah in London
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Adrian Cohen chairs the London Jewish Forum. He tells us about the Jewish festival of lights, Chanukah...
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Happy Chanukah from the Mayor of London
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, wishes a Happy Chanukah to all those celebrating in London and around the world
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Merry Christmas from the Mayor of London
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The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, wishes Londoners a very Merry Christmas
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Unilever supports Team London Young Ambassadors volunteering projects
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Eleven schools pitched for funding from Unilever for their community-based volunteering projects
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Culture team highlights of 2016
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Here's some of the things we loved seeing and doing this year.
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Sadiq Khan: Government must act to end this rail misery
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As delays, strike action and commuter misery reaches its peak, Sadiq Khan says: the government must act.
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London's Year as European Volunteering Capital 2016
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In 2016, London was named European Volunteering Capital.
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The crowdfunding revolution continues
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Councils, companies, charities and think tanks discussed civic crowdfunding at City Hall with Deputy Mayor Jules Pipe.
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Bringing you a 360° view of #LondonNYE
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Chris, BBC innovation exec, explains how the BBC is giving viewers a new way to watch London’s NYE Fireworks this year…
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The sights and soundtrack of #LondonNYE
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Jim from event producers Jack Morton Worldwide on creating an experience people will remember…
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Volunteer Interviews Get Underway for London 2017 Summer of Athletics
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Team London begins interviewing 10,000 hopefuls who have applied to volunteer at London 2017 Summer of Athletics.