In this month’s edition, Hackney Council residents’ newsletter shines a spotlight on the #Charedi community and how it will be celebrating #Purim 🥂 . It’s a very useful explanation of this wonderful festival and we look forward to sharing our celebrations with everyone 🥳🎊🎉 !

Tomorrow Jews celebrate the festival of Purim, marking the miracle of deliverance from Haman's evil plot, as described in the Book of Esther. (It's also the day when Jewish people discover they can't handle their drink 🤣) Happy Purim!

#Purim. What a fantastic time was had in communities across the UK 🥳🎉🎊. Snapshots from #StamfordHill #Salford and #Gateshead #Purim2023 / 5783

The fabulous staff from Bewick Road surgery ready to roll out this afternoon's vaccine catch-up session for the community.

Thank you, Winton. 👋 Myself and Northumbria Police colleagues wished a happy retirement to our outgoing Chief Constable this morning, ending a dedicated lifetime serving our communities as a police officer. 👮‍♂️ A true public servant, and one we will greatly miss. 1/2

Welcome to the patch @VJardineWMP. Wishing you every success!

Our Project Director Jonathan Klajn & board member Aron Sandler were privileged to join Gateshead & Newcastle ethnic & faith communities in saluting outgoing Chief Constable Winton Keenen for his years of dedicated service to the region #community Northumbria Police @NorthumbriaPCC

Ahead of the #coronation, we send our loyal greeetings to HM The King. #Charedi communities in the UK look forward to joining with the nation as it marks this momentous occasion The Royal Family

Looking forward to celebrating the historic and momentous #Coronation this weekend! The Royal Family

Happy #CoronationWeekend!

Long live the King! Charedi organisations this week have sent their best wishes to HM The King ahead of the #Coronation. A special prayer for the King’s health will be said in synagogues tomorrow. The Royal Family

On behalf of Charedi children, we have written to Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan asking him to extend his emergency free school meals fund to independent Charedi schools. All children, whatever their background, deserve a healthy, nutritious meal during the school day. thejc.com/family-and-edu…

Another Cultural Awareness session delivered by our Project Director Jonathan Klajn, this time to staff from Gateshead Council. Lots of interest and questions and above all - oodles of knowledge shared!

Thank you Connected Voice! It was a really enjoyable session.

Big update on Gateshead leisure centres. 2 sites now set to close on July 21, decision to be signed off next week. But firm hopes now that both can reopen under community management, though that may take some months. More to follow tomorrow. chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-eas…

It's been a super busy week (so far!) at the Jewish Community Council of Gateshead * Women's Business Networking Breakfast * Immunisation catch-up clinic * Social media workshop * Cultural Awareness session to school nursing staff Onwards and upwards!

Shout out to the wonderful crew at The National Lottery Community Fund for putting on a 'Meet the Funder' session for local groups. Community engagement at its best!

We have hit 900 followers! Thanks so much to Dr Pete Olusoga and David Olusoga for talking about #GatesheadLeisureCentre and sharing our tweets. It’s more important than ever to shout about this now the doors are closed. We aren’t going anywhere 😊 #saveleisuregateshead

Productive meeting with Office for National Statistics (ONS) to discuss the undercount of Charedi children in the 2021 #Census and its impact on policy decisions. Grateful for the collaboration Daniel Staetsky, Institute for Jewish Policy Research (JPR) and Jonathan Klajn Jewish Community Council of Gateshead on this important issue. thejc.com/news/news/char…

Very early morning sun before the blue turns to cloud and the curlews call next to watching herons and a trickling tide. #MondayMotivation #EveryoneNeedsNature