Saturday Night Project now happens every month

February 14, 2012

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

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Ssh….Underground Writing Workshops for Young People

February 10, 2012

TweetShareIslington Giving was recently able to agree funding for a fantastic new project to work with aspiring young writers. Here Islington Community Theatre introduce their new project, Speakeasy. Remember, Tell no-one. Islington Giving was recently able to agree funding for a fantastic new project to work with aspiring young writers. Here Islington Community Theatre introduce [...]

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Here come the gardeners…

February 9, 2012

TweetShareAs 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 [...]

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Fredericks and Fish Central show their support for Islington Giving

January 25, 2012

TweetShareWe are delighted to have the support of local businesses who have been getting involved in Islington Giving in a whole number of ways from sponsoring events, to getting their staff volunteering with the groups that we work with. A special mention must go to two local restaurants, Frederick’s in Camden Passage and Fish Central [...]

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Islington Giving receives £50,000 from Evening Standard Dispossessed Fund to support Islington’s young people

January 13, 2012

TweetShareIslington Giving is delighted to announce a new partnership with The Evening Standard Dispossessed Fund which has committed £50,000 to support its work with young people. The Evening Standard began its Dispossessed campaign in Islington. Writer David Cohen highlighted the huge chasm that divided rich and poor when he said, “In Islington, one of the [...]

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City and Islington College Students team up with Argent

January 10, 2012

TweetShareYear 12 students at City and Islington College are working with businesses to get an understanding of how they work and develop their own enterprising skills. In partnership with Enabling Enterprise and through Islington Giving, every week the students take part in a session where they gain further understanding of enterprise skills, and have the [...]

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Enterprising Islington: City of London Academy Islington students gain experience at advertising firm OMD

January 6, 2012

TweetShareStudents from City of London Academy Islington have been benefiting from the expertise of international advertising firm OMD, learning about Enterprise and setting up their own business, thanks to an Islington Giving supported project with Enabling Enterprise. The GCSE Media studies class of 18 students is taking part in a year-long programme bringing their Media lessons [...]

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Calling all Islington charities and organisations. Can our business volunteers help you?

August 8, 2011

TweetShareIslington Giving is not just about encouraging people and businesses to give money, but also to give time. We’re currently putting together some of our exciting volunteering programmes with businesses, mainly to start in the autumn. These are all about encouraging businesses to give time in their back yard by asking their employees to use [...]

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Saturday play at Lumpy Hill Adventure Playground

August 1, 2011

TweetShareFor nearly four months Lumpy Hill Adventure Playground has been open to children and young people on Saturdays, thanks to funding from Islington Giving. The project is a pilot initiative in response to the borough’s younger residents’ desire for interesting things to do at the weekend with their families and friends and to meet new people. [...]

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Delivering on Local Philanthropy: How businesses can give better locally

October 21, 2011

TweetShareTuesday 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 [...]

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Meet the Utopian Generators

February 15, 2012

TweetShareCan you imagine a place or a state of things in which everything is perfect? This place is called Utopia. Islington Giving is proud to be supporting Global Generation and a group of young people working with students from Central Saint Martins, who have just moved into King’s Cross. They are starting an exciting new [...]

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End Child Poverty Research shows scale of Child Poverty in Islington

January 10, 2012

TweetShare See End Child Poverty for the full report ShareTweet

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Waking from Sleep – Union Chapel in support of Islington Giving

November 25, 2011

TweetShareIslington Giving is delighted that Union Chapel is supporting the campaign through Waking from Sleep, an evening of movement, poetry and visual art. Artist Sarah Strang is working with poets and musicians to complement her ‘Movement in Sleep’ exhibition which previews tomorrow at the Chapel. Happening at  Union Chapel (Compton Terrace, London N1 2XD) on [...]

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