Connecting Hoxton secures funding as part of the Mayor of Lonon's Civic Partnership Programme

Following all of the input from community members, Hoxton businesses and traders and local organisations, the London Borough of Hackney have been successful with the application for funding from the MayorofLondon 's Civic Partnership Programme. We wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who took part and contributed to the process and share a bit more information about the project.

What is the Civic Partnership Programme?

From January - May 2024 people living, working and studying in Hoxton contributed to a shared community vision for improvements to the local area. Six community principles were established and these in turn informed a funding bid to the Civic Partnership Programme to secure investment to deliver improvements to Hoxton's public spaces and treasured places. Below is a description of the funding bid, which is called Connecting Hoxton.

Connecting Hoxton will use the Civic Partnership Programme funding to improve local services and facilities, green spaces and public realm drawing on an extensive co-design process with local residents, community and cultural organisations and businesses. The project aims to significantly improve East-West connections across Hoxton as well as improving wellbeing, sense of belonging and reducing social isolation for local people.

The Civic Partnership Programme will contribute up to £3,000,000 towards the Connecting Hoxton project, supplementing funding already allocated by the London Borough of Hackney for improvements in the area.

What happens next?

A series of 'pilot projects' - small scale improvements to public spaces in and around Hoxton Street - will be delivered across the coming months. These smaller projects will help to test and trial improvements with the community to inform the development of main Connecting Hoxton projects. Based on the feedback these will include features to promote and support Hoxton Street Market, increase the biodiversity of green spaces within Hoxton's estates, plant street trees and improve the public realm adjacent to key cultural spaces in the area, including Shoreditch Library , Hoxton Hall and The Hoxton Trust .

After the summer, a new programme of community workshops and design sessions will be launched to invite Hoxton stakeholders to continue to shape the proposals for Connecting Hoxton. If you have a friend or know a business or an organisation that you know would want to be a part of this, please share our contact, Hoxton@erectarchitecture.co.uk and ask them to get in touch.