Chatting, Making, Mending – Mental Health Awareness Week Spotlight on Men in Sheds
Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz visits 2024 Civic Award-winning Men in Sheds project in support of Mental Health Awareness week (12-18th May).
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2020 to see Mayor of Newham’s ambitious housing programme move at pace
The Mayor of Newham’s promise to deliver more than 1,000 genuinely affordable council homes will gather pace in 2020, as transformation works take place across the borough putting residents at the heart.
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The green, green grass comes home
Fifteen years after Newham Council 'out-sourced' its parks and green spaces service to private contractors, Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz has visited staff to celebrate the vital environmental work being brought back 'in-house'.
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£1.1 million to enrich children’s lives with exciting projects across Newham in 2020
Newham Council is launching a host of cultural and creative opportunities to help children and young people across 81 schools in the borough develop their individual talents further in 2020, as part of a £1.1 million enrichment grant pilot.
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Merry Christmas from Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz
Hello Everyone!
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Mayor and Cabinet agree draft budget proposals
Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz and members of Newham Council’s Cabinet have agreed draft Budget proposals for the next three years that continues to invest in young people in the borough, supports the Council’s ambitious housing delivery programme, addresses air quality and the climate emergency, supports the homeless and ensures that residents in work are treated fairly.
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Mayor of Newham calls on Chancellor of Exchequer to reverse decision by Public Works Loan Board to ensure the safeguarding of future housebuilding
This week the Mayor of Newham Rokhsana Fiaz has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid asking him to reverse a decision made by the Public Works Loan Board to increase interest rates by one per cent for all new council borrowing.
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Statement in response to The Guardian article on Newham family affected by Home Office Windrush issues
Newham Council has responded to a story in The Guardian published today regarding a Newham family affected by Home Office Windrush issues.
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Response to Shelter housing report
Newham Council has today responded to a report by housing charity Shelter, which describes Newham as having 1 in 24 people homeless.
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Newham proposes multi million pound boost for young people's services as Youth Safety Board publishes first report
The first report of Newham’s Youth Safety Board is published this week, a day before Cabinet sits to consider a budget that has young people at its heart.
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Newham Leisure Centres update
Almost 400 residents have engaged with the consultation into the future of Balaam Leisure Centre in Plaistow which ended last month. Newham Council is now collating and analysing the results before making a recommendation on the future of the centre.
