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Home to more artists than anywhere else in Europe, Hackney Wick is a unique melting pot for creatives from all over the world. In collaboration with Hackney WickED and Creative Wick – the team behind Portraits of Hackney Wick celebrated local creative talent. 

In April 2016, Creative Wick, Alias Hire, a Hackney Wick based film equipment hire company and Open Vizor, with the support of the Wick Award, delivered a free film school for 12 young people from Hackney Wick and Fish Island and the surrounding communities of East London.  The film school was based at Hub67.

Creative Wick delivered a tour of Hackney Wick’s creative economy for Thinking Bob.

Pitching Masterclass led by marketing expert Rob Calder (Head of Marketing, England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), ex Heineken, Magners, and Kopparberg).

Creative Wick delivered a tour to Sir Bill Castell, the Chairman of the Foundation for Future London, responsible for the development of the Culture and Education District (Olympicopolis) in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

Creative Wick was commissioned by The Future of London to deliver a tour for a group of local authority regeneration officers.

In December 2015, Creative Wick delivered a tour for representatives of the municipality of Syddjurs in Denmark who were interested in learning from Hackney Wick’s experience of culture and creative-led regeneration.  

In January 2016, Creative Wick delivered a HWFI Tour to 31 South Korean visitors from The Seoul Governor’s Club interested in examples of Hackney Wick’s culture-led urban regeneration.

Creative Wick delivered an orientation tour for Loughborough’s University London academic staff around Hackney Wick.

“What would you do to maintain the richness of the cultural and creative community in a place like Hackney Wick and Fish Island to build its long-term resilience for future generations?” – Wick Development Forum, 2015