A huge thanks to our incredible Islington community, supporters and partners who joined us last week to celebrate the launch of our Impact Report and 15 years of Islington Giving!
As well as celebrating the local impact we’ve achieved together, we listened to inspiring stories from some of our incredible funded groups and resident grant-makers, mapped our favourite Islington spots, dreamed up the borough’s future with Google Gemini AI – all while enjoying wholesome food from the amazing Margins Project.
A special thanks to our fantastic speakers for sharing such valuable insights and inspiring moments, including the team at All Change; Isaac at Fully Focused charity; Dan and Emily at James’ Place Charity; Bernie, Beth, and Angelica Almeida Theatre; Deannina, former Community Panel Member and member of Islington Giving Alumni; Sarah Merton at Peabody; Sarah Benioff, CEO of Islington Giving, and of course, the whole team at Islington Giving!
Thank you also to all our Islington Giving board our parent charity Cripplegate Foundation’s governors, outgoing Islington Council Mayor Cllr Anjna Khurana and newly appointed Mayor, Cllr Jason Jackson for joining us!
In 2024:
In 2024, thanks to the generosity of our incredible partners and supporters, we raised over £919,000 for the local community. We also awarded £1.1m to local projects across 131 organisations.
Over the years we have established some incredible partnerships, raised and given out over £11m and pioneered resident-led participatory grant making to shift power into the hands of local people.
We are so grateful for our incredible community, supporters and partners who have enabled this work to happen. We know that when we work together, we can drive positive social impact!
Photos & videos:
Take a look at some highlights from the event! Please contact us if you would like to reshare these photos. Photo credits to Sam Osuwu.
