City Hall Blog
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Team London Small Grants Innovation Fund - Cordwainers Grow
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Cordwainers Grow is a garden based social enterprise promoting urban gardening, wildlife and biodiversity.
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Going Underground with the London Curriculum
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The GLA’s Education and Youth Team and the Mayor’s Fund for London are getting ready for one of their biggest events
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#MyDiwali - What does Diwali mean to you?
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This year, we’d love to see and hear about everyone’s Diwali memories and what this festival of lights means to them.
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#MyDiwali - What Diwali means to me
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Sanjay Gadhvi is the Chair of the Diwali in London Committee. He’s shared with us his #MyDiwali..
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From London to Rio: Two 2012 Gamesmakers tell their stories.
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Some of our Team London Ambassadors travelled over 5,000 miles to volunteer at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
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‘Through the keyhole’ with businesses in Park Royal industrial area
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Victoria Hills, CEO of OPDC and staff learn about businesses in the Park Royal industrial area which spans 584 hectares.
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Juicy healthy food and business skills for young people
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Punch & Juicy is raising money through crowdfunding for a pop-up market stall to teach young people about healthy food.
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Gigs champion crowned
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13 year old Lewisham musician takes the title in the Mayor's annual music competition.
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London's Burning Great Fire 350 Festival
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Throughout 2016, London institutions marked the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London.
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London's Open House this weekend
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Rory Olcayto, Director of Open House London, tells us more about the festival…
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Citi Insight event - Low Carbon Entrepreneur goes behind the scenes
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We gave last year’s entrants the chance to learn more about our sponsors Citi at a special workshop
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White House Community Garden seeks support from Londoners
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A local group wants to crowdfund and create a new community garden on the Becontree Estate in Dagenham.
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Derelict London tour: Silvertown
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Derelict London tour: learning about the history and future of Silvertown
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1 day left to see Hans Haacke's Gift Horse on the Fourth Plinth
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There's only 1 day left to see Hans Haacke's Gift Horse on the Fourth Plinth.
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Great Fire of London - 350 years on
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350 years on we investigate the impact and legacy of the Great Fire on emergency management in London.
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Getting a HeadStart
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Ayanna Joseph, HeadStart Intern for the Environment Team shares the story of her time at City Hall.
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Being a Digital Team Intern
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Maxwell Omondi, a Headstart intern from the Digital Team, tells us about his experience working in City Hall.
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Carnival Prepared
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It's Notting Hill Carnival this weekend so we explore what goes in to keeping events safe, secure and emergency free.
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Community sculpture hub seeks support from Londoners
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London Sculpture Workshop is crowdfunding. The Mayor has pledged £20,000 but £20,000 is left to raise in just 10 days.
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Join London Prepared
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The weekly London Prepared blog is back - and we've got job vacancies
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Help bring art and colour to Romford
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Colour in Romford is a campaign to bring street art to the town, brightening up the grey high street.
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Mayor's first 100 days in pictures
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The Mayor shares his top moments from his first 100 days in pictures.
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Workspace crèche fundraising now
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V22, a workspace in Hackney, is crowdfunding to create a crèche for artists, freelancers and creative entrepreneurs.
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Looking back at London's Olympic summer
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Lisa Pook from City Hall’s environment team remembers London's Olympic 2012 summer . . .
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You can bid to own Sadiq’s Dream Jar and help Save the Children
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You can bid to own the Mayor’s Dream Jar, from the BFG Dream Jar Trail. The auction raises money for Save the Children.
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Dame Barbara Windsor shows that #LondonIsOpen
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As tourists from around the world flock to London, the Team London Ambassadors are taking to the streets to help them.
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Old Kent Road Studios is crowdfunding to convert unused garages to community workspace
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Old Kent Road Studios is crowdfunding to convert unused garages to community workspace
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From London 2012 to Rio 2016 - lessons and reflections on resilience
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Looking back at 2012 and how some aspects of emergency preparedness have developed since then, plus useful travel advice
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The City Hall's journey to the cloud
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Our Head of IT, David Munn, discusses the increasing use of cloud services at City Hall.
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Air quality: a parental perspective
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Members of Mumsnet, one of the largest online forums for parents, tell us their concerns about air quality.