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Many schools will be closed tomorrow (1 February) following the decision by some teachers to go on national strike. There may also be strikes on 2, 15 and 16 March. The strikes have been called by teaching  trade union, the NEU, whose members voted in favour of action. It is up to individual schools and settings to decide whether they will be able to open whilst strike action is ongoing. The situation is likely to differ between schools. Many may close outright, whilst others will remain open to particular form groups, vulnerable pupils or exam year pupils.Where possible, school leaders will do all they can to minimise the disruptions on pupils, and keep schools open. Your school will let you know directly if affected. If your school is open, it’s important that you still send your child to attend. Visit the Hackney Council’s website for the latest information about school closures, where we know them. 

Cllr Yvonne Maxwell has announced that she will be stepping down from her role as Mayoral Adviser for Older People and Carers from 31 January 2023.Since February 2020, Cllr Maxwell has worked closely with cabinet members, officers and residents to support the development and delivery of Hackney’s Ageing Well Strategy, a 5 year plan to make Hackney a more age-friendly borough that responds to the needs and interests of residents aged 55 and over.The appointment followed Cllr Maxwell’s prior work as the Council’s Dementia Champion, where she helped raise awareness and understanding of dementia. In January 2018 she helped secure a commitment from the Council towards making Hackney a dementia friendly borough.

This page has now been replaced by the following web page, which will be updated regularly: https://hackney.gov.uk/sn-high-st-closure  Stoke Newington High Street remains closed to pedestrians, cyclists and traffic between Tyssen Road and Brooke Road as work continues to make a partially-collapsed building safe. The road is likely to remain closed until at least next weekend.The Council has used its building control enforcement powers to take control of the work to make the building safe. Our contractors are now working hard to construct a supporting structure that will stabilise the existing scaffold and the building, so that work can then take place to make the site safe.This is complex work and, while teams are working around the clock, we are not yet able to provide a firm timescale for the work to be completed and the road to reopen.The 67, 76, 149, and 243 buses continue to be diverted. The 276 is operating on a shorter route ending at Amhurst Road/Hackney Downs station and starting at Hackney Central station. For more details, visit the Transport for London website: https://tfl.gov.uk/bus/status/.  The following nearby low traffic neighbourhood restrictions are currently suspended:Bouverie RdLordship RdNevill RdOldfield RdStoke Newington Church St bus gateYoakley RdThe Council's highways team will continue to monitor the situation and work with TfL to make arrangements for transport in the affected area, including reviewing any further changes to diversions and suspensions.We are supporting affected residents and businesses. The building owner is providing alternative accommodation to those living in the affected building. Council teams are arranging alternative accommodation for residents living in the building opposite who have had to relocate while the works take place. We are aware that some landlords have not been able to arrange alternative accommodation for their tenants and Council officers are working with the landlord to support them.We would like to thank local residents and businesses, and other people affected by this urgent work, for their patience while the building is made safe. Council teams remain on site to provide support and advice as needed.

Hackney has paid tribute to the victims of the Holocaust and subsequent genocides around the world in a special ceremony at Hackney Town Hall to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day 2023.Every year, Holocaust Memorial Day on 27 January remembers the six million Jewish people murdered during the Holocaust, alongside the millions of others killed under Nazi persecution and in genocides that followed in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.The theme of this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day is “Ordinary People”. The ceremony included a special tribute to Petronella Cornelia van den Bergh, the great aunt of current Hackney Council officer Olga Vandenbergh, who hid and arranged shelter for Jewish children in the Netherlands from 1942-1944 before being shot by the Nazis in 1944. In 2004 Petronella was commemorated on the Roll of Honour to the Fallen in the Hague.The ceremony, highlights of which are available to view on the Hackney Council YouTube channel, featured speeches from the Mayor of Hackney, Hackney Speaker Cllr Humaira Garasia, as well as poems and readings from Rabbi Michael Strassfeld, Cllr Rathbone and students from Haggerston School and The Urswick School.A statement of commitment read by Rabbi Gluck OBE, Deputy Speaker Cllr Sizer and Deputy Mayor Bramble was followed by a minute’s silence, before the lighting of the memorial candle by the Speaker of Hackney and a ‘Prayer for the Dead’ and ‘Memorial Prayer’ from former speaker Cllr Michael Desmond.View the ceremony highlights here.