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De Beauvoir Town raises funds to support local literacy charity

The De Beauvoir Town community has come together to raise funds for local charity The Literacy Pirates which helps local children with their reading and writing.

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Making new homes for swifts in De Beauvoir

Buckingham Road residents Tim Moss and Lama Hashem have installed integrated swift nesting bricks in an extension to their home, the first of these bricks to be installed in De Beauvoir.

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De Beauvoir Covid-19 Mutual Aid Support Group

Since this crisis hit, around the country thousands of neighbourhood mutual aid societies have sprung up, including De Beauvoir’s own organisation which is now fully operational.

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Fashion designer Markus Lupfer moves to Hackney

Womenswear Designer brand Markus Lupfer has moved into the De Beauvoir Block in Hackney to house its growing team.

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Setting sail with the Literacy Pirates

The Literacy Pirates is an innovative charity offering an after-school, year-long programme to improve the reading, writing, confidence, and perseverance of children who are falling behind at school or have fewer opportunities.