Our Newham Futures Innovation Lab launched by Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz OBE to drive Opportunity Newham with partners
Our Newham Futures Innovation Lab kick-started a series of mission workshops to develop a 10-year place vision for the borough to ensure inclusive opportunities in the decade ahead.
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Newham Council wins Leadership Award for commitment to healthy and sustainable food initiatives
A new report, Good Food Local: The London Report, published today by Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming, has awarded Newham Council a Leadership Award for its commitment to healthy and sustainable food initiatives.
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Newham's services for young people in care and care leavers praised by Ofsted as highly effective and impressive
• Improvements since last visit in 2022 have been sustained • Partnership response to sharing information is ‘impressive, pioneering and well-defined’
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Newham residents encouraged to get fit to earn rewards
• BetterPoints Newham is aimed at improving health and wellbeing, tackling climate change and encouraging more people to walk, wheel or cycle • Users can redeem a digital currency for shopping vouchers or donate to charity • Supports Newham Council’s corporate plan; 50 Steps to a Healthier Newham (2024-2027) and Well Newham
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£1 billion Carpenters Estate masterplan approved to kick start delivery of 2,152 homes
The approval marks another major milestone for the ambitious Carpenters Estate regeneration and restoration plans
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Mayor of Newham marks completion of work at £8 million state-of-the-art Shipman Youth Zone
• Mayor Fiaz marks major milestone in children’s service with completion of Shipman Youth Zone • £8 million facility will offer youth services and a Family Hub
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Record turnout at the annual Newham Apprenticeship Fair 2024
This year's annual Newham Apprenticeship Fair 2024 was one of the most successful to date. With a vibrant and engaging audience representing diverse backgrounds, the fair witnessed unprecedented enthusiasm for vocational opportunities and apprenticeships.
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Newham Council unveils ambitious Recycling, Waste, and Street Cleansing Strategy
• Strategy sets out Council’s commitment to meet waste and street cleansing targets. • Strategy action plan builds on recent changes to waste management services boosting recycling rates by 25.6% while decreasing fly-tipping by almost a third.
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Newham Council to make all high-rise residential buildings safe by 2029
• Cabinet approves five-year strategy to make all 87 high-rise residential buildings in Newham safe and compliant with new legislation.
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Scrutiny Review to Improve Lives of Newham’s Young Black Men and Boys
• Newham Scrutiny Review launched to improve lives of young Black men and boys in the borough • Review to influence Council’s work to improve services and life outcomes • Residents encouraged to work with Scrutiny and share experiences
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Statement from Newham Council about Stratford Market Village
Like so many across Newham and more widely, we were shocked by the sudden news on 10 January that Stratford Market Properties Ltd had gone into administration and closed Stratford Market Village on the same day that the affected traders were notified.
