Fighting Poverty; Creating Opportunity

Islington Giving Week kicked off with our fantastic Give Local event – with over 15 activities designed to demonstrate to local people just how easy it is to give and make a difference. Read all about them in this blog over at our friends and co hosts – Here To Islington Shamima and Stellah from [...]

I had the fantastic opportunity this weekend to head down to the new home of the Sunday Assembly to talk about Islington Giving Week and getting involved in volunteering. You can read all about their intriguing and excellent events in Time Out or check out their website. This Sunday saw over 600 people heading to [...]

Tuesday 18th October saw Islington Giving at Macquarie Group’s offices for our ‘Delivering on Local Philanthropy’ breakfast roundtable for businesses. Gathering together leaders from businesses alongside the Minister for Civil Society Nick Hurd MP and Islington Giving, the event was a chance to explore how businesses can get better involved in their local community through [...]

Today is International Women’s Day and we thought this would be a great time to tell you about some of the work that we do to support some of the most vulnerable and isolated women in Islington, as well as our work to support parents. Our project with The Parent House, where parents are trained [...]

As part of our work to confront isolation, we support Centre 404′s superb windowbox scheme, here Carla tells us a little bit more about this volunteering project: “Our volunteer group visited six people at the end of last year with our new window box and mobile garden project funded by Islington Giving. At the sessions [...]

An even wider range of activities on offer for young people at the  Sobell Leisure Centre  starting  Saturday 25 February 2012 from 6pm. Tweet

The Guardian recently featured Islington Giving‘s ‘Good Neighbours’ project in Canonbury as part of its series on the work of the Islington Fairness Commission. We are delighted to fund this project, which helps local people get involved in volunteering in their local area. The project launched in January 2012 and stay tuned for updates on [...]

We have been following the progress of City and Islington College students taking part in our mentoring scheme with staff from BT. Tuesday saw the final presentations from the teams at BT’s headquarters in St. Paul’s. The students have been mentored by senior executives at BT and have been split into teams with each team [...]

Islington Giving is proud that its projects to invest in young people are taking part in the Word Festival, a chance to celebrate and promote reading, writing and freedom of expression, that begins today. There are lots of ways that you can get involved; find out more here or download the brochure here Here are [...]

Islington Giving is proud to support the B project, a project led by young Islington women for young Islington women. As part of this project, B Creative Week is a 5-day programme of creative activities that will inspire and develop skills. Taking place from Monday 30th July to Friday 3rd August, 11am-4pm each day, this [...]

Islington Giving is not just about encouraging people and businesses to give money, but also to give time. When two of our supporters met at an event for Islington Giving last year they made a commitment to do just that. Local residents Roger Cooke and Richard Heseltine were inspired to co-host a fundraising auction to help Islington [...]

Chance UK, supported by Islington Giving, to run a girl’s mentoring programme in Islington, were this week featured in The Telegraph magazine with CEO Gracia McGrath speaking about the work that they do to support young people. Writer Gavin Knight met several Islington mentors and visited one of the Islington Primary Schools which refers to [...]

Voluntary Action Islington, one of the organisations who make up Islington Giving, have opened nominations for their volunteer of the year awards. Voluntary Action Islington is the organisation that encourages and supports individuals and community Volunteer of the Year Awards to celebrate the achievements of local volunteers and community organisations that support volunteering. This year [...]

We’ve all been so inspired by the amazing sporting achievements of London 2012 but here at Islington Giving, we’ve taken it to the next level! Amy Bogue, our wonderful Office Manager, is going far beyond the call of duty and has secured a place in the 2013 Brighton Half Marathon, which takes place in February [...]

Following World Mental Health Day on 10th October we thought it would be a good time to update you on one of the mental health projects that Islington Giving supports to help confront isolation, and to raise awareness of the mental health issues facing the borough. Islington has the highest level of suicide in London.  [...]

The Chair of Businesses for Islington Giving (BIG) Alliance, Ivan Power of Macquarie Group, has been speaking to the Islington Tribune about his role in getting more businesses involved in tackling poverty and creating real opportunity. Find out more about the BIG Alliance here and read the article below City boss calls on firms to [...]

We’re delighted that you can now donate to Islington Giving by sending a text message! All you have to do is text IGIV10 followed by the amount you would like to give (e.g. IGIV10 £10) and send this message to 70070. You will then receive a message confirming your donation which also gives you instructions on how [...]

We are incredibly grateful to have five brave runners raising money for Islington Giving this year at various events. We would be thrilled if you might consider showing your support by sponsoring them – you can do so by clicking on the links below: Brighton Half Marathon – Sunday 17 February Amy Bogue, our wonderful [...]

On Monday 25 February 2013, Cripplegate Foundation and Islington Giving will be moving offices from 76 Central Street to: 1-3 Colebrooke Place, Islington, N1 8HZ Our offices will remain closed until Thursday 28 February but we may have intermittent access to phones and emails before our offices reopen. We apologise for any inconvenience and we [...]

As you may know, we’ve gone a little running mad in the Islington Giving office and I, rather foolishly, have signed up to run the Brighton Marathon which is fast approaching. Now we are only nine days away from this challenge, there a few things that have been worrying me: Firstly, I didn’t know before signing up that [...]