Current funding highlights

More stories from lockdown: The Federation of Iraqi Refugees & more

More stories from lockdown: The Federation of Iraqi Refugees & more

More stories from lockdown: How Islington Council’s Community Chest’s grass roots funding has enabled effective responses to the Coronavirus Crisis.
7 October 2020Case Study
Stories from Lockdown

Stories from Lockdown

How Islington Council’s Community Chest’s grass roots funding has enabled effective responses to the Coronavirus Crisis
17 September 202032
Enriching the summer for children and young people

Enriching the summer for children and young people

We’re working with the City of London Corporation and The Mayor’s Fund for London to support a summer enrichment programme for children and young people experiencing poverty and inequality in Islington.
24 June 2019Our funding
Islington Council's Community Chest: A Celebration

Islington Council's Community Chest: A Celebration

Guided by strong principles of equality and fairness, the Community Chest programme helps to make change possible.
5 February 2018Case Study
Crayford Road Gardeners: Islington Council's Community Chest

Crayford Road Gardeners: Islington Council's Community Chest

Neighbours living on Crayford Road, N7, came together to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012. The party hasn’t stopped since then, and continues to grow.
4 February 2018Case Study
YES Outdoors: Islington Council's Community Chest

YES Outdoors: Islington Council's Community Chest

YES Outdoors enables Islington’s young people to escape the inner-city and explore the great outdoors. There, they work together to overcome challenges and see a new side to life.
4 February 2018Case Study
Middle Eastern Women and Society Organisation: Islington Council's Community Chest

Middle Eastern Women and Society Organisation: Islington Council's Community Chest

Middle Eastern Women and Society Organisations provides tailored, personal help and coordinates a range of group activities to support women to feel more confidence, positive and enjoy every stage of life.
4 February 2018Case Study
Development Partners

Development Partners

Our Development Partner programme explores how we and our partners can make a deeper impact in improving lives for Islington residents.
29 January 2018Report
Development Partners: Claremont Project

Development Partners: Claremont Project

Claremont’s approach is about being seen, witnessed, listened to, celebrated and supported. It is about genuine friendship and connection. It is about mattering.
5 September 2017Case Study
Development Partners: Company Three

Development Partners: Company Three

Based in the north of the borough, Company Three creates a space in which young people who are disadvantaged or who face challenging circumstances can talk to adults, and a space in which adults will really listen.
5 September 2017Case Study
Development Partners: Help on Your Doorstep

Development Partners: Help on Your Doorstep

Help on Your Doorstep works alongside Islington residents to find solutions to issues which make life difficult, to strengthen communities to do more for themselves and to enable people to improve life chances.
5 September 2017Case Study
Development Partners: The Parent House

Development Partners: The Parent House

The Parent House aims to support vulnerable and disadvantaged families in Islington by helping parents to reach their full potential and to improve quality of life for themselves and their families.
5 September 2017Case Study