Creating a space for friendship, solidarity and celebration
Interview with Sigal Avni, Assistant Director at Islington Mind: How has lockdown and the pandemic impacted the clients you support? Covid-19 and subsequent lockdown measures have disproportionately affected LGBTIQ+ people, many of whom already lived with multiple disadvantages. Our LGBTIQ+ clients tell us they’re cut off from their regular communities and support networks, leaving them feeling […]
Pride Month: Inequalities persist in the borough for LGBTIQ+ people
As we’re nearing the end of Pride Month, we wanted to talk about our LGBTIQ+ communities and the state of equalities in Islington. We’ve talked to two partner organisations, Islington Mind and MEWSo. June is Pride Month, and many people have come together online to celebrate and to commemorate the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall […]
Caring for people with learning disabilities during the Covid-19 crisis
People with learning disabilities experience greater risk of poverty, unemployment and poor housing. They are also more likely to feel lonely and isolated, as well as to have health problems and to experience mental health issues than people without disabilities. During the pandemic, these inequalities have only worsened, leaving people with learning disabilities in an even more […]
Send a greeting to someone you love and support Islington groups
We have teamed up with Ezen Designs, who are based within the Japanese Gallery on Camden Passage. Ezen offer a varied range of beautiful cards, prints and stationary, including a new range of lockdown-inspired greeting cards with much needed positive messages and uplifting images! All of the products are designed, produced, packed, and sent from […]
Islington Giving on SOS Angel podcast series
Kate McIntyre, known e.g. from BBC’s The One Show, and as the owner of card and gift shop in Islington’s Camden Passage produces and presents a lockdown-inspired podcast series SOS Angel, talking to Angel businesses about the challenges to keep going through these troubled times. Kate got interested in Islington Giving’s great work in the […]
Lockdown sports and life skills
Thanks to the generosity of people and businesses, Islington Giving Crisis Fund has supported a number of groups delivering services for children and young people in the borough during Covid-19. One of the funded groups, Sports and Life Skills CIC, have delivered a wide range of physical activities, to help encourage local families in the […]