Walk The Line t-shirts available!
Walk the Line and beyond wearing our Islington Giving t-shirt to show your support to local groups! Please fill out your details and the size (M or L) using the form below and we’ll post it out to you. T-shirts were printed by our local friends Absolute Print who are known locally for their inspiring […]
Essential support for refugees and migrants
“For some in isolation these calls have been the only human voice they have heard in a week” The Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants offers support to people who have been displaced from their home country due to persecution, war and poverty. In March they had to make the very difficult decision to close the Centre […]
ICA: Providing support to the Chinese community in Islington
The Islington Chinese Association (ICA) is another group that we’ve been able to support thanks to the donations to the Islington Giving Crisis Fund. ICA provides a safe space for the Chinese community in the borough. During lockdown, they have offered online services to their clients and as the lockdown is easing down they are hoping to continue this online help. […]
Inclusive Arts working remotely
One of the groups supported by our Crisis Fund is Angel Shed Theatre, an inclusive theatre company that has been doing workshops and productions with children and young people in Islington for over fifteen years. Like many groups, they have had to adapt to the pandemic, moving all their activities online. “Angel Shed […]
Giving young people the opportunity to be themselves
In March 2020, the third cohort of young grant makers started working together, and they have now released their open call for applications. In this guest blog, two young grant makers, Poppy and Freya, talk to us about who they are, how the group has been working together during lockdown and why they wrote this […]
A space for LBTQ+ women to feel safe and empowered
MEWSo is a local organisation that supports women from Middle Eastern, North African and Asian communities in Islington. Last year, they started a campaign called LBTQ+ Matters to fight LBTQ+ discrimination, protect rights of LBTQ+ women in their communities and to ensure they have the same chance to lead fulfilling, meaningful lives as everybody else. We talked to […]