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Festival of communities at Stepney Park

Festival of Communities 2019

This past weekend, Toynbee Hall attended the Festival of Communities which took place in Stepney Green Park and was organised by Queen Mary University London. The annual Festival of Communities celebrates the culture and diversity of the extraordinary borough that is Tower Hamlets.  It was fantastic to be part of such a vibrant event and…
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Team Toynbee Hall Success at The London Legal Walk 2019

Thank you for helping us raise over £1000 for our Free Legal Advice Centre On Monday 17th June, a team of 20 walkers from Toynbee Hall took part in the annual 10km London Legal Walk to raise funds for free legal advice services across London and the South East. Team Toynbee Hall walked the scenic…
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Advice centre main reception

We’re home! New Advice and Wellbeing Centre now open

All of our operations have now returned to our original East End site as we open our brand new advice and wellbeing centre. After three years away from our original site, we are thrilled to return all of our services and office back to 28 Commercial Street, our historic home since 1884. As the redevelopment…
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Volunteers Week 2019 – A thank you to all our amazing volunteers

This Volunteers Week, we would like to take the opportunity to thank every single volunteer for their invaluable efforts across all of our work and celebrate their immense contribution. Last year over 300 volunteers gave up nearly 17,000 hours of their time to help us deliver vital services, such as our Free Legal Advice Centre,…
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One of the first walking in their shoes tours

Walk in their Shoes – A personal history tour

On Tuesday 28th May, the Walk in Their Shoes tours began with local volunteers sharing and leading their own personal history tour of the East End. After establishing a route around the East End as a group, with Toynbee Hall at the centre, volunteers chose their favourite spots and places that have impacted on their…
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Our Community Researchers meet for the first time to help improve Tower Hamlets

Community researchers meet for the first time to tackle local issues

On Friday 17th May, newly recruited peer researchers for our two new community-led projects came together for the first time to start designing research into the issues that are important to them. At Toynbee Hall we believe that above all, putting people with real experience of these issues into the heart of the research is…
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One of the students performs their creative response to Toynbee Hall's history

Ordinary People, Extraordinary Stories Creative Showcase

17-18 year old students from New VIc College have performed an anthology of their own creative pieces at a showcase event at Toynbee Hall. This anthology is a celebration of New Vic College’s students highly original responses to Toynbee Hall and its historical archives. This follows a unique collaboration between Toynbee Hall and London Metropolitan…
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Debt Advice

April E-Newsletter – Our ambition: a debt free London

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London’s debt advice partnership relaunches as Debt Free London to help more Londoners out of debt

Debt Free London (formerly known as Capitalise) is making its service easier to find, understand and use. It has helped over 250,000 people since launching in 2006, however, debt is still a growing problem across the capital. Capitalise, a London-wide partnership of organisations led by Toynbee Hall and funded by the Money & Pensions Service…
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Bank of England Citizen's Panel

Bank of England hold their first Citizens Panel event of the year at Toynbee Hall

People in London were given the chance to question some of the Bank of England’s most senior policy makers on issues including jobs, housing and pay at the Bank of England Citizens Panel Event at Toynbee Hall last night. The Citizens’ Panels is an initiative set up by the Bank of England where their regional…
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