Active Energy started twelve years ago when artist Loraine Leeson was commissioned to work with The Geezers to ask why the life experience of older people was failing to inform new developments in technology. Answering
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Category: Campaigns
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Gasholder Petition, Employment Day, Local Walks, Bandstand and more…
Gasholder Petition East End Waterway Group are running a petition to save the Bethnal Green gasholders. The petition starts with the words: “We the undersigned are alarmed at the prospect of the No. 2 gasholder’s
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What Does a ‘Liveable Neighbourhood’ Mean?
Bow East Councillor, Rachel Blake, wants to hear from you. Rachel kindly wrote the article below. For as long as I’ve lived around Roman Road, people have been talking about how to keep the shops
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Closure of Day Nurseries in Tower Hamlets
Councillor Marc Francis of Bow East Ward has sent us this new article about the closure of the remaining three Day Nurseries. In it he discusses the decision-making process in the Town Hall. Earlier this
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Men’s Health Sculpture revealed at Bow School
Last week the Men’s Health Sculpture Project concluded with a celebration at Bow School. The Geezers Club, which meets in Bow, and Bow School created a partnership around the neglected issue of men’s health. Last
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