Contact the Speaker of Hackney Council
The Speaker of Hackney Council, Councillor Ian Rathbone, can be contacted via the Speaker’s Office to the right.
Invite the Speaker to an Event
Whether you are a local community group, school or charity inviting the Speaker to your event will lend an air of dignity and ceremony. As Hackney’s civic representative, the Speaker is always pleased to be invited to functions in and out of the Borough and will try hard to attend either in person or by sending the Deputy Speaker.
Events which the Speaker attends include presentations of certificates, including citizenship ceremonies, police passing-out parades, religious services, the annual Remembrance Sunday parade, building openings, fetes, concerts, sporting events and civic receptions among many others.
The Speaker also visits schools in the Borough to talk about the work of the Council and civic responsibility, and conducts tours of the Council Chamber and the Speaker's Parlour for community groups.
Page updated: 6 Nov 2008