Reducing isolation and making connections
Through helping people make connections, we believe more people in Islington will be healthier, happier and able to live a good life. Your donation could be a lifeline someone needs.
Having friends, supportive connections and feeling safe is an integral part of our mental and physical health. We want people to have opportunities to feel more connected to each other and to their local community, services and support. Through these connections, we believe more people in Islington will be healthier, happier and able to live a good life.
We do this by:
- Funding programmes that create community connections
- Growing our support of mental health work in the borough
- Bringing people together who work and live in the borough through volunteering.
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.
Islington is facing a loneliness crisis. Every donation makes a real difference. Help us continue funding vital local projects that change lives right here in Islington. Give what you can today.
From Brandon Connect, offering outreach therapy for young men aged 17–25, to Arsenal Girls Kicks, providing wellbeing support through sport for young women – together, we’re helping young people feel seen, heard, and supported.
We fund Help on your Doorstep which supports 1,500 residents each year. Their ‘5 ways to wellbeing’ approach provides opportunities to Be active, Connect, Give, Keep learning and to Take notice, which in turn enhances their own wellbeing and strengthens local communities.