Clapton Pond this morning.
Clapton Pond this morning. (Courtesy of a photographic neighbour)
Apply for a coronavirus Bounce Back Loan
Bounce Back Loans: The Bounce Back Loan scheme will help small and medium-sized businesses to borrow between £2,000 and £50,000. The government will guarantee 100% of the loan and there won’t be any fees or interest to pay for the first 12 months. Applications open on 4 May. https://ift.tt/2YjfpkV This scheme will help small and medium-sized businesses affected by coronavirus...
Business rates | Hackney Council
Claim your coronavirus business grant online! The Council is managing the payment of grants from the Government’s small business grant fund and the retail, hospitality and leisure grant fund. Eligibility: Businesses who receive small business rates relief will be eligible to receive a £10,000 grant in 2020/21 on top of their existing relief. Businesses classed as within retail, leisure and...
Clapton Pond Ducklings
For those who can’t get out much – Clapton Pond yesterday with a healthy new brood of ducklings. Life goes on!
A Few Amendments to Recent Posts
Subscribers to this web-site have received three e-mail updates in the last week that we would like to address, and apologise for any confusion caused. 1. On April 10th (the e-mail will have arrived on April 11th) a post was made entitled “A few moments of your time!!!” For reasons we have not yet been able to work out, the...
Local news update
Reposted: “Last night we received the devastating news that Rabbi Avrahom Pinter – a leading figure in Stamford Hill and former Hackney councillor – has passed away, after contracting coronavirus. Rabbi Pinter was known to many across the borough as a kind and compassionate man, who worked tirelessly to support the Charedi community, as well as the wider Hackney community....
A few moments of your time!!!
St. James the Great Church, Clapton, opposite Clapton Pond is conducting a community audit. The church is a Grade II listed building, and as you know a key part of the Clapton Pond conservation area. Saint James is about to embark on a major fundraising project to refurbish the church and to improve the facilities of the church and hall...
Hackney Council have locked the northern part of the Pond
Hackney Council have locked the northern part of the Pond to isolate the play equipment area as part of reducing the COVID-19 risk. The fountain part is still available for the moment. Please remember to keep at least six foot distancing from others if you are out in the Pond area for a walk.
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An invitation to start the year
An invitation to start the year (Well, to start Spring)! We are always interested in, and welcoming to, new faces, energy, and ideas, and there are lots of ways to contribute to the local community through the work we do. Whether you see a need in the community you want to be part of fulfilling and don’t want to do...