Tag Archives for Hackney
Laces New Look
After much anticipation, I’m so excited to share Hackney Laces Community Club’s new logo. This is how it will look on various colours of kit. BIG love and thanks to Lucy Groom and Naresh Ramchandani at Pentagram for creating this. … Continue reading
Hackney’s Newest Football Club
Beginning November 1st, I started a 7 week pilot for the project formerly known as ‘Just Another Football Club‘. It took me a while to decide where I wanted to run the pilot – more importantly, which area lacked sport … Continue reading
Fairtrade Footballs
When I was ordering kit for Laces CC a few weeks ago, I searched for ethical footballs. I was looking for something outside of the usual football suspects (Nike, Puma, Adidas), and I came across Fair Corp. After reading about … Continue reading
Just Another Football Club
Since November 2010 I’ve had an idea brewing in my head. Often obsessing and sometimes losing sleep over it, this summer I finally got my act together and pitched it to Unltd (a fund for social entrepreneurs) for some start-up … Continue reading
Endless Sirens
(@Tymonk took this picture at Hackney Central at 5pm today) I woke up this morning to a bbm message from a teammate from my football team warning me that Stokey was next. Then I received a broadcast that Hackney would … Continue reading
The new kid on the block
Last night saw the launch of the Andor Bureau, a new cafe and gallery space on Mare street, just beside the canal. Replacing Eddie’s cafe, the greasy spoon that used to occupy the space, Andor is really a nice addition … Continue reading