“I go from one care-giving job to another over 24 hours”
International Women’s Day 2021 #IWD2021 Story by Karen Mckenzie, Islington Council RSS team Islington’s Resident Support Scheme (RSS) is a local welfare fund which offers help to residents during times of crisis. Karen is the RSS Team Manager. For many reasons it is difficult to complain or grumble looking from the inside of […]
A safe space for children to learn how to make good decisions
Founded by a community police officer, YES Outdoors run bicycle maintenance schemes – bringing young people together to learn skills and socialise. They also offer free homework clubs and boxing sessions. Lockdown last year made it much harder to support some of our borough’s most vulnerable young people, but the team ploughed on. YES Outdoors […]
Bolt Burdon Solicitors and Thornhill Primary School inspire the next generation of lawyers
Year Six pupils get a flavour for working at a successful law firm In an inspiring example of how businesses are giving back to Islington, a group of 15 year six pupils has taken part in a five-week enrichment programme at Bolt Burdon. With the help of The BIG Alliance (Businesses for Islington Giving) the children spent Friday […]
Young Grant-Makers pioneering change in inclusive funding
Islington Giving’s Young Grant-Makers presented on inclusion in grant-making to member organisations of the Association of Charitable Foundation at a meeting of a ‘Stronger Foundations’ working group in November 2018 in Central London. Rhiann and Brandon (pictured below) reflected on their work with the community to design, publicise, and manage the Young Grant-Makers programme since […]