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 welcomes the extension of universal free school meals funding
We welcome the Mayor of London’s announcement that universal free school meals funding will be extended for the academic year 2024/2025.
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Severe Weather Emergency Protocol (SWEP) introduced as temperatures plummet
• For the first time this year, the GLA has triggered a severe weather response for rough sleepers, as temperatures have hit zero degrees or below
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Newham Council Appoints Countryside Partnerships as Contractor Partner for Next Sites in Custom House Regeneration Programme
• Countryside will be designing and planning the next stage of the long-term Custom House regeneration including new homes and a new health hub
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Raids Uncover Illegal Shisha Bars Operating in Newham
• Newham cracks down on shisha dangers and non-compliant premises • Suspected illegal premises visited and tobacco seized in raids by Newham Trading Standards, Licensing and Environmental Health, in collaboration with the Metropolitan Police
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Newham’s Send and Inclusion Strategy, improving outcomes for local children and young people
The new Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Inclusion Strategy was approved.
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Hundreds of new homes given green light in Docklands
• 565 new homes at Pier Road and Cyprus in the south of Newham have been approved by Newham Strategic Development Committee • Projects represent 14% of the council homes Newham Council is seeking to build by 2026 • Plans will turn unloved and contaminated brownfield land in Docklands into homes, parks and green space and affordable makerspaces
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Newham’s People Powered Places becomes a World leader in participatory democracy
• The global community engagement platform CitizenLab hails People Powered Places success • 10,000 residents engage directly in deciding where local funding is allocated • 119 winning bids share over £1.68 million in grants to kick start local projects
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Tribute to Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah
15 April 1958 – 7 December 2023.
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Newham Civic Awards 2023 Ceremony celebrates local heroes
• Newham’s Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz OBE, honours local heroes at the annual Newham Civic Awards ceremony. • The Newham Civic Awards celebrates the contributions that local people and organisations make to the life of the borough.
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Newham to spend £56 million to rebuild modern high-quality homes for homeless residents and families
• Cabinet backs plans to demolish the unpopular Victoria Street block of flats in Stratford • 122 new homes including 90 two-and three-bedroom homes will replace the 218 studio and one-bedroom flats
