Thursday, 24 July 2014

Take a Walk on Hackney's Wild Side

Are you looking for a fun way to explore Hackney and its green and wild spaces? Check out these new guides to Wild Walks for children in Hackney, including one across King's Park - through Hackney Marshes and Kingsmead.

The three new guides can be downloaded here. They cover: 
  • Haggerston to Hoxton to see a giant snake and a mysterious stone circle
  • The Hackney Marshes and Kingsmead route to discover hidden playgrounds and the perfect spot for flying a kit
  • The Woodberry Down and West Reservoir walk to encounter wizards and watery wonders

The walks were inspired by a Hackney Council worker's childhood trips to the Lake District and aim to get our children interested in exploring Hackney in an active way. You can read a bit more about their development here
If you enjoy the walk let us the Council know on twitter using #HackneyWildWalks or on facebook - www.facebook.com/hackneyfis

Thursday, 17 July 2014

Millfields Park - Have Your Say!


The Council are planning a series of improvements to Millfields Park and we want to hear your views. What do you think about the proposed plans? 
Proposals include improvements to:
  • Pathways and entrances
  • Play areas
  • Old paddling pool

Further detail can be found here
Come and have your say. The Council will be presenting proposals at an event at Millfields Park on Saturday 19 July and we want to hear your views.
It's a drop in event, between 12pm - 5pm. Millfelds Park, Lea Bridge Road, E5 0AR, located near the play area at north Millfields.


Monday, 14 July 2014

How can we improve health in Hackney?

Public Health England, the organisation responsible for helping people astray healthy and take preventative action to help tackle threats to health, have just published new information on the health profile of each area in England. Hackney's is available here

The information details Hackney's successes and challenges across a wide range of areas including: generally wellbeing and poverty; smoking; mental health; life expectance; obesity; and health inequalities.

It shows how Hackney is ahead of the national average in a number of important areas such as smoking when babies are born, breast feeding, and adult obesity. But it also shows the many challenges Hackney's population continues to face, including: children living in poverty, unemployment, child obesity and overall life expectancy. 

Details of Hackney's health and wellbeing board (the part of the council responsible for promoting health and working with partners in the NHS) can be found here and the work of the Council's Health Scrutiny Commission is here. All scrutiny commission meetings are open to the public; you can go along and hear more about work to improve health in Hackney. 

We want to hear from you about what more could be done in King's Park to improve the health and wellbeing of residents. Do you have an idea that can help promote healthy living? Do get in touch - kingspark@hackney-labour.org.uk