I Love Hackney
I Love Hackney started as an exhibition at Hackney Museum featuring local artists and performers. Valentine's Day 2006 saw the launch of the wider campaign with an event in Hackney's Town Hall Square. This event promoted the Council's aims of making Hackney safer, cleaner and greener and encouraged residents to play an active role in looking after Hackney by not dropping litter and by recycling.
Posters promoting the safer, cleaner, greener themes were put up around Hackney including on some London buses. A second poster campaign using lampost banners started in August 2006.
I Love Hackney events continued in 2007 with a best place competition, photographic competition and fair at the Town Hall Square
I Love Hackney has been very successful with many residents taking part - I Love Hackney badges and T-shirts are very popular and worn with pride!
Hackney is a very cohesive community. 83% of residents agreed in response to the 2007 Residents' Survey that their neighbourhood is a place where people from different backgrounds get on well together.
Page updated: 23 Aug 2011
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