Hackney scientist Lucy Ahern is preparing to run the Manchester Marathon to help fund medical research in memory of her best friend from school, who died aged just 23 from brain cancer.
Two film productions at Middlesex University have triumphed at the Royal Television Society’s ‘London Student’ film-making awards which are being presented in June.
Head teacher Rachel Kelly has raised at least £750 for the National Deaf Children’s Society by running through the streets of London.
Volunteers have been running one-one-one reading sessions in Barking and Dagenham schools to get youngsters ready to go on to secondary education next term.
An arts trail for people with guide dogs has been set up around Canary Wharf to raise public awareness about living with sight loss.
Budding young movie makers from seven Dagenham schools have pitched their ideas for short films to industry experts.
A former soldier who swapped his rifle for a camera has had an exhibition of his work on public show at Barking and Dagenham College curated by a photography student.
A drop-in session about periods was held at a Romford hospital aimed at helping girls and young women feel more at ease when discussing the subject.
An abuse victim mother-of-two now working as a qualified hospital sister in Romford has returned after telling her story to a United Nations conference in New York.
Youngsters are to get direct help with their mental health from full-time practitioners at two primary schools in Dagenham and Romford by a children’s charity.
