www.cyclesisters.org.uk/post/switchi... Good tips from Cycle Sisters for starting cycling. And they’re looking for 2 trustees if you’re interested and think you have something to offer: www.cyclesisters.org.uk/vacancies.

Do you have a local cycling group or a community cycling idea you need a bit of support to realise? Share The Joy is a Community Cycling Fund is open for applications: lcc.org.uk/share-the-jo...

Bedding down for the night with Hackney Winter Night Shelter for their annual sleepout to highlight homelessness and raise much-needed funds. The shelter gives homeless people in Hackney a welcome bed, food and support into housing. You can donate here: www.justgiving.com/page/hackney...

Walking past our new solar panels this morning - they’re on Frampton Park Estate, Wren’s Park Estate and Whiston Estate. If you know people who live here, invite them to check out the offer of cheaper cleaner energy: www.solar4flats.com/hackney

We asked Hackney primary school kids to design a poster to stop people from leaving their dog poo on the pavement and in parks. Here are some of the ace posters they sent. You’ll be seeing the winning designs on lampposts soon. #lovehackney❤️ love our streets. @hackneycouncil.bsky.social

Very busy on Ivy Street first thing in the mornings with everyone rushing to school and work: scooting, walking and cycling. Hoxton E cllrs are working with LB Hackney to make sure everyone can share this little street safely. @hackneycouncil.bsky.social @anyasizer.bsky.social

Come and see this Low Carbon Chinatown exhibition in Hackney’s Service Centre (just behind the town hall). It’s beautifully designed and gives us 100 climate actions to discuss and think about. Great to see the food growing and cooking of Gainsborough School kids too - homemade ketchup!

Dockless bikes need to be parked properly, not blocking the pavement. If you see a badly parked Lime or Voi bike, please report it to report.voi.com or email [email protected] or reportaproblem.hackney.gov.uk news.hackney.gov.uk/news/dockles...

Listening back to Ed Miliband’s Labour Party Conference speech this week setting out our environmental vision and reminding us that Labour is For the Many Not the Few! Go Ed! share.google/1Exwp2E7kYIa...

Looking forward to this:

Achievements include 👇 ☀️ 4,000 solar panels on 27 housing blocks, cutting bills by 15% 🌡️1,300 homes, leisure centre & 2 schools in a new heat network, saving 2,635 tonnes of CO₂ per year 👚 1,000 tonnes of waste saved from disposal, saving £400,000 🌳 17,000+ new trees

We’re tackling climate change in a way that delivers real benefits for local people ⬇️ That means warmer homes, lower bills, more reuse, less waste, cleaner air and healthier streets Read about the progress we’ve made and what it means for local people: hackney.moderngov.co.uk/documents/s9...

We are very lucky @hackneycouncil.bsky.social to have newly built Woodberry Down Children’s Centre. @anyasizer.bsky.social and I had a 5 star tour of 2 nurseries & the huge range of support available: health visitors, housing advice, First Steps counselling and more. We’ll be back!

A visit to Umit on Lower Clapton Rd for help repairing our ancient Super 8 projector. Umit’s www.cine-real.com at Clapton Castle is definitely “the best movie night in town” as Time Out says.

Very proud to be part of this fantastic work:

In these grim times, we really need a laugh and Medical Aid for Palestine really need the money, so book if you can, or just donate. up-the-creek.com/tm-event/a-m... www.map.org.uk

Still coming down from the high of the London Walking Wheeling and Cycling Conference 2025, hosted by @hackneycouncil the City of London Corporation. Look at the data - school streets do give kids better air to breathe. www.londonwalkingandcyclingconference.co.uk/agenda

Out in Stamford Hill this morning looking at street cleaning, waste, recycling and fly tipping with @hackneycouncil.bsky.social Education & Enforcement Team. Supporting people to do the right thing and taking enforcement action against deliberate fly tippers.

Enjoyed the afternoon at @hackneyfixers.bsky.social Hackney Fixing Factory working out why our ancient projector won’t work to show our home movies from the ‘90s. Saw a toaster and a coffee grinder being repaired. Many happy fixers enjoying taking stuff apart and putting it back together. #fixfest

So uplifting today to join people from all over the world campaigning for the Right to Repair at #fixfest, hosted by @hackneycouncil.bsky.social Warm welcome from @carolinewoodley.bsky.social and great to hear all the success stories of repairs. Lots of events on Sat fixfest.therestartproject.org

Really looking forward to this year’s www.londonwalkingandcyclingconference.co.uk which @hackney council are hosting again with the City of London. Hope to see you there.

Great to see Chatsworth Road Market pedestrianised today and buzzing with live music and lots for kids to do, as well as all the stalls. Hoping to see this market really grow now thanks to support from locals and from @hackneycouncil.bsky.social

Good to be out talking to people on the doorstep today with Hackney Labour on Woodberry Down Estate and Hawksley Court Estate, hearing about local and national issues.

The Well St Common Tree Musketeers were out today for weekly watering of young trees on Well St Common. It’s been so dry and these trees are grateful for a drink. So so sad to see a young oak tree dying because dogs have stripped its bark all the way around the trunk.

Truly revolting. If we need to use wet wipes, why can’t we just put them in the bin? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

www.eventbrite.com/e/build-east... Big job opportunities in construction - if we’re going to stop climate change, green construction skills will play a huge part in adapting our buildings for the future and building much needed energy efficient homes to live in.

Out delivering @woodberrydowncllrs.bsky.social newsletters and also info about work we’re doing with @hackneycouncil.bsky.social to tackle fly tipping and littering. We all want clean green streets, not pavements covered in junk people leave out.

@woodberrydowncllrs.bsky.social were out with Hackney Labour this sunny evening on Woodberry Down Estate hearing from residents about local issues and taking up casework

Worrying to see that people have been using barbeques at the Waterworks Meadow again.

Listening to Robert Macfarlane on river life and the rights of rivers. “Despair is a luxury and hope is a discipline.” I like that. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

@hackneycouncil.bsky.social full council mtg this week. Proud to be helping to make Hackney fairer, greener and cleaner. Esp proud to deliver 1st project of its kind in the UK to put solar panels on the roofs of council blocks giving cheaper energy to council residents. hackney.gov.uk/solar-power

This is just 3 days worth of North London’s recycling, being managed by NLWA. No question that we need to: 📦 Reduce the amount of waste we produce (stop shopping from online delivery services for stuff that comes in huge cardboard boxes) ♻️ Then put the right stuff in the recycling bin.

Please remember that the junction of Amhurst Rd and Mare St is now closed as part of the @hackneycouncil.bsky.social work to transform Hackney Central. Buses are on diversion. Check out tfl.gov.uk/plan-a-journ... to plan your route and hackney.gov.uk/regeneration... to see what’s happening.

Why are people dumping rubbish in their own community?

Joined Girl Friendly Society Hackney as part of their 150th celebrations at Woodberry Wetlands. Girl Friendly Society is a feminist charity running weekly groups for girls supporting them in becoming strong and confident women. Their mission list brought a tear to my eye: girlsfriendlysociety.org.uk

Good points here - as recommended by @hackneycouncil.bsky.social Climate Jury: 💦 Opening and mapping cool spaces ☀️ Welfare checks and support for vulnerable people 🌳 More street trees for shade and cooler streets 🏗️ Incentivising developers to build to high environmental standards

Love this celebration of Stoke Newington Church Street and @greenerhackney.bsky.social’s bus gates and low traffic neighbourhoods: youtu.be/nLrliKaAjnU Thanks to @streetfilms.bsky.social for coming to visit.

Joined @communityenergyldn.bsky.social conf today in beautiful St Mary Aldermary Church with many committed to a just transition for Londoners through community energy. We work with community partners to put cheaper greener energy into community hands. Apply now: hackney.gov.uk/community-en...

Well Street Common locals were out watering the young trees this afternoon as they do all Summer - much needed in this heat. We can all help our young local street trees to survive by giving them a drink. @greenerhackney.bsky.social

Free advice in Woodberry Down tomorrow:

www.healthystreetsscorecard.london/results/ are out and @hackneycouncil.bsky.social @greenerhackney.bsky.social are 3rd in London. We do all we can to make our neighbourhoods safer, cleaner and greener for everyone: 🚶🏾‍♂️‍➡️ Walking 🦽 🛴 Wheeling 🚲 Cycling 🚌 Taking the bus 🌴 Greener, cooler streets.

Spent Friday lunchtime watching the baton-passing at Leaside Trust (do visit) for @cerebracharity for their Relay Your Way from Scotland to the South Coast to highlight the 1.5 million children with disabilities in the UK, including half a million with brain conditions: www.relayyourway.org.

I love Hackney’s wildflower meadows and they’re all blooming now. www.instagram.com/stories/hack...

What a day for it!! We love summer, free breakfast, Hackney and cycling in London! Thanks to the HCC crew for helping & Brenda for coordinating, & everyone who stopped by! Lovely to see you all. 🚲🚲🚲 @streetfilms.bsky.social @willnorman.co.uk @sarahwoodberrydown.bsky.social

Today I cycled a 6 mile round trip from West Hoxton to Hackney Round Chapel & back with my son (+ a Cello!). The *entire route* was LTNs or safe tracks & *every* major road crossing was safe. This is what healthy neighbourhoods look like. 👏 @hackneycouncil.bsky.social @sarahwoodberrydown.bsky.social