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		<title>Word Festival 2012 &#8211; 11th-31st May</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.islingtongiving.org.uk/website/word-festival-2012-11th-31st-may</link>
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		<title>Urban Hope Thrift Sale &#8211; 19th May 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tweet]]></description>
		<link>http://www.islingtongiving.org.uk/website/urban-hope-thrift-sale-19th-may-2012</link>
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		<title>Islington Women show their support for Islington Giving</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday 25th April saw a busy Frederick&#8217;s restaurant in Camden Passage, host a breakfast for women in Islington to show their support for Islington Giving. Hosted by Lynne Berry OBE, the event was a chance to hear the stories of the local women who support the campaign and some of the women who have benefited from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.islingtongiving.org.uk/website/islington-women-show-their-support-for-islington-giving</link>
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		<title>Giving Time, Giving Help for older people at the Emirates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Islington Giving is proud to fund Age UK Islington&#8217;s Giving Time, Giving Help project to get older people in Islington involved in their local community, either as volunteers or getting out and about at a whole range of activities. Supported by City Bridge Trust, the project works with local community groups and residents to confront [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.islingtongiving.org.uk/website/giving-time-giving-help-for-older-people-at-the-emirates</link>
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		<title>Macquarie Group Community Resourcing (CoRe) Programme kicks off for 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Using the skills and resources of the businesses that Islington is home to is key to Islington Giving. Skilled volunteering allows community groups to benefit from expertise that would otherwise be out of their reach and gives businesses and their staff an effective way to get involved in their local community. This is why Islington [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.islingtongiving.org.uk/website/macquarie-group-community-resourcing-core-programme-kicks-off-for-2012</link>
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		<title>The Innovative Entrepreneur: BT mentors support City and Islington students</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s headquarters in St. Paul&#8217;s. The students have been mentored by senior executives at BT and have been split into teams with each team [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.islingtongiving.org.uk/website/the-innovative-entrepreneur-bt-mentors-support-city-and-islington-students</link>
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		<title>International Women&#8217;s Day part 2: The B Project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The theme of this year&#8217;s International Women&#8217;s Day is &#8216;Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures&#8217; and we can&#8217;t think of a better project to showcase that than The B Project. Run by All Change Arts, The B Project has been set up to explore what young women aged 13-19 want, to introduce them to services that are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.islingtongiving.org.uk/website/international-womens-day-part-2-the-b-project</link>
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		<title>International Women&#8217;s Day: How we are helping women in Islington</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today is International Women&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.islingtongiving.org.uk/website/international-womens-day-how-we-are-helping-women-in-islington</link>
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		<title>Islington&#8217;s drive for community spirit: how to be a good neighbour</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Guardian recently featured Islington Giving&#8216;s &#8216;Good Neighbours&#8217; 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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.islingtongiving.org.uk/website/islingtons-drive-for-community-spirit-how-to-be-a-good-neighbour</link>
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		<title>Nights to &#8216;Inspire&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An exciting programme of Friday night events, aimed at 13 &#8211; 19 year olds,  is currently being run at Platform. Each &#8216;Inspire&#8217; event is programmed, co-ordinated and managed on the night by a small team of aspiring young &#8216;event managers&#8217; supported by Changemakers. A successful &#8216;Night of the Arts 2&#8242; on 17 February, where 120 young [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.islingtongiving.org.uk/website/nights-to-inspire</link>
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