International Women’s Day: Domestic abuse continues to be a major issue in Islington
International Women’s Day is a day to celebrate women’s rights and the remarkable advances achieved by women throughout history and across nations, but it’s also a day to reflect on the state of gender equality and to call out the many challenges that women and girls still face. Despite the introduction of national and local […]
Kinship care – love when it’s tough
Kinship carers can be grandparents, siblings or any other relative or friend that steps in to bring up children when parents are unable to look after them. Grandparents Plus offers these carers some much needed support. Sometimes parents, for lots of reasons, are just unable to look after their children. Under these circumstances, full of […]
Just released: CoRe programme report 2019
The CoRe Programme matches the skills and experience of employee volunteers with the needs of Islington community organisations. Our partners the BIG (Businesses for Islington Giving) Alliance just released the latest CoRe (Community Resourcing) report, which is their most detailed report to date. The report provides key insights and case studies into skills-based volunteering […]
Become a Young Grant-Maker!
Live in Islington? Want to have real power to make change in your local community? Become a Young Grant-Maker The Young Grant Maker programme puts a group of young people in charge of a pot of money. Young Grant Makers make all the decisions about how that money should be spent on charities working […]
My journey as a Young Grant-Maker
What is it like to be a Young-Grant Maker? Maria Lawal explains her experience as one. I first joined the young grant makers not knowing what grant making was or how charities run. The process was broken down to help us understand how it works and what changes we want to make in our community: […]
A life-changing experience as a Young Grant-Maker
What is it like to be a Young-Grant Maker? Sadia Shahid explains her experience as one. Hearing about the position of being a Young Grant Maker, I felt this was a flawless opportunity to bring about a change to a young person’s lifestyle in the area that I live in: Islington. What I found particularly […]