CoCreate Hackney

🌻🎶 OMG! Our excitement is so REAL today! 🎶🌻

One thing you’ll be seeing a LOT more from us from September is residents stepping up to volunteer, lead and shape activities of their own 💛

Our PBSA work and Jumper Journey model is all about helping people move through the tiers. Most start at Tier 1 - popping in for a cuppa ☕, support 🛍️, an activity 🎨 or a chat 💬. The dream? Getting to Tier 5 where people are volunteering 🙌, working 💼, leading groups 🌟 or creating something amazing themselves.

And it’s already happening…

👑 Steve runs our fab Men’s Group

🥕 Curtis delivered his first fantastic Juicing 4 Wellness workshop

🌻 And now we’re welcoming the phenomenal Rona and our brand new Sunflower Choir! 🎶🎶🎶

🎵 Think Sinatra, Beach Boys, Blondie & you’ll get the vibe! 🎵

Open to over 60s, including people living with dementia 💛 No singing experience needed - just enthusiasm, good vibes and a love of music 🎶✨

Thinking about becoming one of our Host Shapers or leading something yourself? 🤔 Come and have a chat… you never know where your journey might take you 🚀🌻

🌻💛🎶✨

🚨 BIG COHUB NEWS 🚨

After months of planning, workshops, tabletop exercises, partnership working and a whole LOT of coffee...🤭☕️

✅ Our Community Emergency Plan (CEP) & Venue Activation Plan (VAP) have officially been submitted!🎉

Huge thanks to the brilliant teams at , and our amazing volunteer Rea ⭐

And the really exciting bit...

🥁 The CoHub is now OFFICIALLY Hackney’s FIRST Community Resilience Hub! 🕸️💥

We also designed & are leading on the development of the Hackney Community Response Network (HCRN) alongside LBH - connecting residents, organisations, trusted spaces and local partners to strengthen community resilience across the borough. 🕸️🔥

☀️ COOL NEWS ☀️

We’re now officially registered on London’s Cool Spaces Map too! Tier 1. 📍⭐️

Warm Space in winter. Cool Space in summer. Community Space all year round 💖

To top it all off, KB was honoured to be invited as a guest speaker at the London Community Emergency Planning (LCEP) Hubs 101 Webinar, sharing our work happening right here in Hackney. 😊

Not bad for a little community hub that opened its doors just a few months ago 😏💅

People. Place. Purpose. 📍

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🚨🐌 SLOW COOKER TASTER IS BACK! 🐌🚨

You lot been asking for this one since last summer… & we’ve only gone & managed to secure a whopping 20 spaces! 🙌🔥

Teaming up with two of our absolute favourite Hackney organisations 💚

🌱 Hackney School of Food - quite possibly the BEST community garden and kitchen in London 😍

💙 Hackney Quest - our good buddies & absolute community legends!

Come along and learn how to make a delicious, budget-friendly dahl while picking up all the basics of slow cooking 🍲✨

💷 Save money on ingredients
⚡ Save money on energy bills
🍽️ Learn a new skill
🤝 Meet local people

🎁🤫 AND there’s a SECRET GIFT waiting at the end for everyone who attends… 👀✨

(You’ll have to come along to find out what it is 😏)

If you’ve been thinking about getting a slow cooker but don’t know where to start… this is your sign 👀

📍 New Kingshold Community Centre
📅 Wednesday 10 June
⏰ 10:30am - 12:30pm

⚠️ ONLY 20 SPACES AVAILABLE ⚠️

This will fill FAST so don’t dilly dally! 😅

Booking OPENS MON 1st June 10am. 📩 Message us, pop into the CoHub, speak to the team to book or TEXT ‘FOODIE’ to 07506 229523 to book! 📲

Happy FriYAY guys! ☀️❣️🫶

🍲✨🎉💚🤫🎁

💡⚡️ Woohoo!! Our firm faves at CREW are now a firm fixture at the CoHub! 🤝⚡️💡

Wanna cut down your energy & water bills but don’t know where to start? Pop in and chat with the wonderful CREW team 🙌🏼🌱

They’ll be at our CoHub offering:

💚 Friendly, trusted advice
💧 Tips to reduce water waste
💡 Support to save energy & money
🏡 Practical help for everyday living

No pressure, no jargon - just real support to help residents save those coins! 💷✨

First Thurs of every month - starts next week! 🔥

🕥 10:30AM - 12:30PM
📍 @ The CoHub

Make sure you save the dates & spread the word 🫶🏼🌍

☀️🧸🌱 PARENTS, CARERS & LITTLE EXPLORERS… THIS ONE’S FOR YOU! 🌱🧸☀️

We’re excited to be welcoming Wings of Growth CIC to our Stay & Play! 🙌💚

Wings of Growth CIC is a community organisation supporting children, young people and families through:

✨ Parenting & child development workshops
💚 Emotional wellbeing & family support
🤝 Community support groups
🎯 Life skills sessions including budgeting, confidence building and practical family support
🎨 Inclusive play activities for children
🧸 Crèche provision during workshops
🏃‍♀️ Sport, movement and wellbeing activities
🌱 Opportunities for families to connect, learn and thrive together

Their work focuses on creating safe, supportive and welcoming spaces where families can access advice, support, activities and opportunities close to home. 💚🌈

So if you’ve been wondering what local support is available for you and your family, come along for a cuppa, let the little ones play, meet the team and find out what they have to offer! ☕🧸💬

📍 The CoHub, New Kingshold Community Centre, E9 7LP
📅 Tuesday 9th June
⏰ 10am-12pm

👇 HUB UPDATE 👇

📢 Reminder that our Councillor Advice Session is taking place tomorrow from 10.30am-12pm at the Hub.

🦁🐵🐘 The Hub will then be CLOSED tomorrow afternoon while we head off on our community zoo trip!

🚪 We’ll reopen as normal on Thursday from 10am.

🌡️ HEATWAVE REMINDER 🌡️

💧 Stay hydrated
🧴 SPF on
🧢 Hats for the little ones
🌳 Seek shade where possible

And if tomorrow’s temperatures keep climbing, you’ll find us negotiating with the penguins for residency rights 🐧🍦😂☀️

⚡ HALF TERM MODE ACTIVATED ⚡

It’s Half Term this week which means we’re out here & there & shaking it about a little 😅💨

📌 PLEASE NOTE - FOR THIS WEEK ONLY our schedule is slightly different:

🩷 Monday 25 May: BANK HOLIDAY CLOSED

🩷 Tuesday 26 May: CLOSED to public
🚨 Crisis referrals only
⏰ 10am-2pm

🩷 Wednesday 27 May:
🏛 Councillor Surgery: 10:30am-12pm - New CLLR same amazing service! 💚 Then CLOSED to public.. You can still find The Closet team distributing at Lighthouse Lunch E5 🌟 AND the Men’s Group are off on a daytrip with KB 🚍

🩷 Thursday 28 May:
🍽 Community Lunch & Crisis Referrals only
⏰ 10am-2:30pm

🩷 Friday 29 May
📋 CAB: by appt only 10am-1pm
💃 Zumba: 1pm–2pm
🥕 Food Pantry Fridays: 2pm-3pm
🚪 Closing at 3pm

👀 Keep an eye on our socials & updates this week too… New activities, projects & services are dropping ALL week 💥

Enjoy the sunshine & stay hydrated guys! ☀️💫

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🌙✨ The night before…The calm before the storm 🫶🏽🔥

One of those little moments where you stop, look around our Hub and think… wow 🥹💖

Tables set. Rails full. Opportunities lined up. A building FULL of people, purpose & community ready for tomorrow 😭👏🏽

And honestly? The energy, the love, the madness, the laughs, the passion behind the scenes… unmatched 💥

Special love to our Volunteer Shapers because WOW. They work so hard - like they’re full-time paid staff 😭👏🏽 We genuinely could NOT do this without you all. Thank you for giving your time, hearts & energy to the community the way you do 💖

Tomorrow Hackney Opportunity Fair opens its doors and we are READY 😮‍💨🔥

36 fully booked stalls.
Employers. Training. Support. Community. Opportunities for EVERYBODY ✨

The hub, the team & the energy around this event. Whole vibe. 🙌🏼🥰

See you tomorrow Hackney 👀💫