Core Arts in the Press
February 2025
The Love Hackney Awards, Core Arts wins the Community Group of the Year Award as well!
This year’s winners were chosen from more than 750 nominations across ten categories that capture the breadth and depth of the many people who help make Hackney the place it is. [...]
The Love Hackney Awards, Core Arts wins the Greener Hackney Award
The Love Hackney Awards recognises some of the borough’s most inspirational individuals and organisations. [...]
December 2024
Adult learners in Hackney benefitting from “friendly, relaxed and focused” classes, say inspectors
Hackney’s Adult Learning Service has been rated “Good” by Ofsted, with the service praised for providing “a friendly, relaxed and focused environment”, with courses that “meet the needs of the local job market”. [...]
May 2024
Mental health charity to open beautiful garden ‘sanctuary’ in Homerton
A mental health charity in Hackney is to open a community garden that has been worked on for 20 months by more than 500 volunteers. [...]
February 2024
LGBT+ History Month 2024
Join Core Arts for an exciting evening celebrating LGBTQIA+ artists, musicians and poets plus invited friends. [...]
May 2023
London Open Gardens
Hackney’s secret gardens open their gates for visitors for one weekend only – so go and see them in full bloom [...]
March 2023
The Citizen Gardener: Ecological gardening – do it for baby Leoh
A baby came into my life recently. He’s the son of two of my best friends and whilst strolling through Hackney Downs with him in his buggy, [...]
June 2022
The Citizen Gardener: Glorious gold and the magic of water
Core blimey! Local charity wins gold at flower show. Hackney menta, health charity Core Arts won gold with its first ever entry into the RHS Chelsea Flower Show last month.
May 2022
RHS Chelsea: the Core Arts Front garden Revolution featured in Pro Landscaper
RHS Chelsea: the Core Arts Front garden Revolution featured in Pro Landscaper.
March 2022
How to cultivate wellbeing through gardening
Gardening is proven to help mental health and is prescribed by the NHS. The author of a new book about its appeal to the senses says we get as much out of nurturing plants as [...]
November 2021
Hacknet Herbal and Core Arts grants win is sow good!
Hackney Herbal and Core Arts, both in E9, are among the first beneficiaries of the RHS's new Flourish Fund, which is aimed at attracting budding gardeners into a career in horticulture, with a particular focus [...]
September 2021
Digital Clinical Transformation HSJ Value Awards 2021
We are delighted to announce that last night at the HSJ awards Core Sport won the digital clinical transformation award for our online sessions along with our partners [...]
August 2021
Wardle Street given green makeover by mental health charity
Wardle Street has received a green makeover courtesy of award-winning mental health charity Core Arts. Students and volunteers from Core Landscapes, the organisation’s green arm, planted up 12 tree pits, made space for a wildflower [...]
Core values at heart of Wardle Street makeover
Mental health charity Core Arts has given Wardle Street in Homerton, E9, a makeover through its green arm, Core Landscapes.
April 2021
Core Arts featured in Merchant Taylors Magazine
The Merchants Taylors' Foundation's funding had supported Core Landscapes Project's relocation to the Core Arts family.