Pathways to Work: Tackling the NEET Crisis Together in Islington
In the context of a growing youth unemployment crisis, Islington Giving brought together leaders from business, community organisations and the public sector at Linklaters to discuss one of the most urgent challenges facing our borough: how we create better pathways into work for young people. Drawing on research from Impetus, insights from local community and […]
The local organisations building a fairer local food system
People in our borough are priced out of feeding their family healthy, nutritious food. What if we could create a local food system that genuinely works for everyone? Last winter, Stella* was in a very vulnerable situation. Priced out of daily essentials, she urgently needed support for her and her young daughter. Asking for help […]
Bridging the Youth Employment Gap: Opening Doors Through Islington Giving’s Young Jobs Programme
The stark picture of a growing NEET crisis “I told myself I couldn’t work in a place like that. With the encouragement I started to ease into the work and believed in myself that I just needed to start” The publication of Alan Milburn’s report on young people not in education, employment or training (Neet) paints a worrying picture of a […]
The new wave of foodbanks: building a sustainable, dignified and community-led model of community food provision in Islington
A sustained increase in people experiencing food insecurity, tied to systemic inequality and a ‘broken’ food system nationally and globally, is catalysing a moment of significant change in the food support services sector. With further funding from Google.org in 2025, Islington Giving is aiming to strengthen the movement of community-led food projects centred around self-sustaining, […]
Cost of Living Crisis Appeal raises over £123,000
As spiralling costs pushed more residents in Islington into devasting poverty and debt, our partners such as Help on Your Doorstep – who work with some of the most vulnerable and isolated residents in the borough – saw huge increases in the demand for their services. In October 2022 Islington Giving launched a cost of […]
Golden Grant Makers
