Today at the Haggerston Community Centre, a Hackney 2026 meeting is being held to discuss how to make the borough safer for its residents.

Cath Prisk, the Director of Social Enterprise at charity Outdoor Peeps quoted a young child who said “freedom is being able to play out with my friends when I want to”.

The meeting hopes to bring ideas from today will create a safer environment for Hackney’s next generation and allow children to be free and safe outside without safety concerns.