Welcome to Hackney
Central
This is the dedicated page for all the information you will
need about Hackney Central. This includes details of the new ward
forums, information about who represents you in the council, and
statistics about the neighbourhood.
To find out which ward you live in, please visit Find My
Nearest, and enter your postcode in the
‘Search for
your address’ box. The ward will appear under the
‘Elections and Voting’ header. If you would like to
receive email alerts of future meetings, please
register an account and select the committees you are
interested in.
Your ward
councillors
Local ward councillors are responsible for representing the
people who live in this area, on a wide variety of issues.
Councillors (also known as Members) are normally elected for four
year terms, and are elected by local people to plan, run, monitor
and develop Council services.
Councillors work to improve the quality of life for people
within their area and make decisions about local issues. They have
to decide what is in the public interest amidst a range of
conflicting issues and views. Councillors usually represent a
Political Party, although can be Independent. All Councillors
represent all the citizens in their ward.
Ward Forums
Each ward in Hackney has its own ward forum which is run by
local Councillors and residents as a way to improve the local area
together.
Your ward Councillors will help you to agree the key things
that need to get done in your area, whether that’s improving
local facilities, or finding a new community space to
use. In some cases these will be things
that ward forum participants can lead on: examples of this from
other parts of the country have included decorating a community
hall, or starting a project to help vulnerable
neighbours. In other cases there will
be priorities that the Council might be able to help with, like
finding ways to increase recycling or using local facilities at
different times. Also, where there are
successful community projects happening already, the new Ward
Forums can be used as a way to link them together, and to the
Council where needed.
Hackney Central
profile
Here are some facts and figures about your local
community:
·
Demographic, social and economic characteristics
·
Ward map
·
Health and wellbeing information
·
Forthcoming council
decisions from the
Forward Plan
·
Planning applications
in the area from Find My
Nearest (use the ’Planning’ tab on the dropdown
bar)
·
Licensing
applications
·
Consultations
Other meetings and events in
the ward
Link to relevant Hackney
Central safer neighbourhoods
What’s
On in the area
Get involved
There are a number of ways you can have a say
- Depending on the topic, attend a ward
forum or visit a Councillor’s surgery
- Contact the Councillors of the ward, to
tell them what you want discussed – their contact details are
available by clicking on their names under the Your ward
Councillors section of this page
- Tweet with the hashtag #HackneyCentral to discuss things about your
ward