It’s taken ten years, but the fight to replace The Joiners Arms has finally paid off. The Joiner’s Heart, London’s newest accessible, community-run LGBTQIA+ pub, opens at Arch 18, Bohemia Place, Hackney on Friday 28th August. It’s the work of Friends of the Joiners Arms (FOTJA), the award-winning Community Benefit Society formed after the beloved Hackney Road pub closed in 2015, and it’s owned by more than 2,000 community shareholders.