March 2011
Grants under £5,000
5th Islington Scout Group
Towards running costs in 2011 – £1,110
Art 4 Little Fingers
Towards art workshops for children, parents and carers – £2,000
Big Up Films
Towards the costs of a film project for older people in partnership with the Alsen Day Centre – £5,000
Blackstock Triangle Gardeners
Towards a neighbourhood community food growing project – £1,500
Caledonian Park Users Group
Towards the cost of production of booklet about Caledonian park – £1,385
Carila, Latin American Welfare Group
Towards running costs of the group in 2011 – £3,000
City of London Photographic Society
Towards venue hire –£500
Clerkenwell Triangle Tenants & Residents Association
Towards improving a green space within the estate – £3,500
Culpeper Community Garden
Towards a young peoples project at Culpeper Wildlife Garden – £5,000
Friends of Robert Blair Primary School
Towards a Rooftop Garden project with a Bangladeshi women – £1,500
Highbury Builders Collective
Towards an Urban Aquaponics project supporting adults with health issues – £4,000
Highbury Children’s Art Club
Towards running costs of the children’s art project – £2,500
Hollins McCall Daren (HMD) Tenants & Residents Association
Towards a food growing project and football coaching sessions for young people – £5,000
Home Start Islington
Towards volunteer training costs – £3,500
Keen London
Towards weekly activities for children with learning difficulties- £4,900
Let’s Dance
Towards an older people’s dance project- £4,750
Mosaada Centre for Single Women
Towards a training and employment project for women – £5,000
Music for People
Towards the costs of running a series of concerts for older people – £3,000
Next Phaze
Towards a creative music programme in partnership with Urban Hope – £5,000
Pop Up Projects CIC
Towards a community literature and story telling project and festival – £5,000
Reel Islington Screenings
Towards the Film in a Day project and film screenings in 2011 – £4,000
Scary Little Girls Association
Towards an intergenerational arts project – £5,000
Talking News Islington (TNI)
Towards running costs of ‘Talking News Islington’ project for adults with disabilities – £4,000
The Friends of the Royal Northern Gardens
Towards a Craft Club for Parents and Under 5’s and a Midsummer Day Event – £2,980
The Friends of Wray Crescent Open Space
Towards a Summer Festival and planting event – £3,000
The Garden Classroom
Towards core costs in 2011 – £5,000
Whitecross Goes Green Gardening Club
Towards equipment and planting costs – £1,000
Grants over two years
Amberliegh
Towards running costs – £7,000 (£4,000 in year 1 and £3,000 in year 2)
Caribbean Pensioners & Friends
Towards transport costs for the lunch club – £8,000(£4,000 per year)
The Wild Bunch Club
Towards Wild Bunch Club ‘Tour of Islington’ 2011-2012 Programme – £9,000 (£5,000 in year 1 and £4,000 in year 2)