Some of our past events
May 2026: Justice for Palestine 🤝🏽 Unite against Tommy Robinson & the far right
We sent a solid group of NEU members and activists to this march in Central London. Fascist Islamophobe Tommy Robinson was mobilising in central London, but the whole of the antiracist and Palestine movement was there to oppose him. The fight goes on!
February 2026: LGBT+ Educators Conference
Hundreds of LGBT+ educators gathered in Birmingham to share experiences, shape union policy, learn from each other and build community. Tower Hamlets & the City NEU sent a delegation and moved a motion calling for the LGBT+ community to oppose the far right, which was then chosen as the LGBT+ motion to be discussed at Annual Conference!
If you’d like to know more or would like to be considered for future conferences email our Equalities Officer Rae Garvin at rachael.garvin@neu.org.uk
February 2026: London Weekend in Eastbourne
London Weekend is a residential weekend held at the View Hotel, Eastbourne, and open to any London members to apply via the District and targeted towards members who want to get more active within the union, with loads of workshops across three key strands: International, Equalities, and Industrial.
Express your interest for next year’s one by emailing rosie.bond@neu.org.uk! Each District has only 5 places.
February 2026: Special conference for Support Staff
The special conference was to discuss only one issue; the NEU’s approach to support staff representation and outlining a strategic direction, including the possibility of active recruitment. This has now passed and has become part of our NEU policies.
July 2025: Equalities conference: ‘curriculum without borders: Educate, include, empower
Workshop titles and leads:
- Voices of Trans and Non-Binary Youth – Ashie Nair she/they 🏳️⚧️
- Decolonising Your Pedagogy – Rae Garvin she/they 🇵🇸
- Fighting LGBT+phobia – Claudia Merlo she/her 🏳️🌈
- Disability toolkit: Organising in the workplace – Pablo Phillips he/him ✊🏾
June 2025: Pride Month Celebration
November 2024: Multicultural Week
Tower Hamlets has lots to celebrate – we are a diverse community with a history of supporting each other and standing up against hate and prejudice. We’d love to hear how your school celebrated – let us know at rachael.garvin@neu.org.uk Here are some lessons which were used in Tower Hamlet Schools this week. Feel free to use them – let us know how your lessons go!
Here are some resources we used in our schools to celebrate the multiculturalism of Tower Hamlets. Feel free to use them. Please let us know if you have any resources that we could share.
July 2024: Tower Hamlets and the City NEU Summer Social
End of year celebration at Ariana in Mile End. We love to see both familiar faces and new ones!
July 2024: Black Members Network event
The NEU uses Black in a political context to encompass “all members who self-identify as Black, Asian and any other minority ethnic groups who do not identify themselves as white“.
June 2024: Tower Hamlets and the City NEU Pride picnic
A great family event in Victoria Park!
Tower Hamlets and the City in pictures
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Tower Hamlets and the City NEU 