How Brandon Connect helped Alexander work through anxiety – Mental Health Awareness Week
For Mental Health Awareness Week, we caught up with Alexander,* a young person who participated in the Brandon Connect programme with Geoffrey Baruch, Highly Specialist Project Clinician. Brandon Connect is a service funded by Islington Giving and Arsenal Foundation. It provides outreach and therapeutic support to 16- to 25-year-olds living in Islington, who have emotional […]
“Fight through the negative experiences to get the help you deserve.” – Bela’s journey through therapy at the Brandon Centre
Bela*, a Brandon Centre Young Ambassador, had 20 sessions with an Integrative Psychotherapist at Brandon Centre, a local charity which supports young people to get help with personal problems from specialists who are professionally trained. This Mental Health Awareness Week, we caught up with Bela to learn more about her journey through therapy, and her […]
The Floating Garden blooms into a vibrant community space with exciting new initiatives!
The Floating Garden has made so much progress since our 2021 Young Grant Makers decided to fund the project. We caught up with Laura Price, Senior Projects Coordinator, to find out more about this vibrant community space and exciting upcoming initiatives including the launch of a new school’s programme. We recently celebrated the arrival of […]
“Make-Do Play is surely one of the happiest places to be.”
We are happy to support Make-Do Play, a drop-in, child-led, informal space, where children can explore their creativity through free, safe and engaging activities. “We are passionate about all children and families being able to access free play. Children of all ages can explore loose parts, den making, messy play, open ended junk crafts and […]
Celebrating 10 years of partnership with Macquarie 🎉
We’re excited to celebrate 10 years of working with our coalition partner, the Macquarie Group Foundation! During this time Macquarie has contributed over £1m to Islington Giving, fostering innovative approaches to local need and helping to support hundreds of local community projects. Macquarie has an ethos of supporting the communities in which their employees live […]
#RefugeeWeek special: Interview with actor and campaigner Juliet Stevenson
For many on stage, screen and in our borough, Juliet Stevenson needs no introduction. Having starred in a wide range of popular films and creative projects, Juliet is also a long-time Islington resident and campaigner for the rights of refugees and migrants. This #RefugeeWeek we asked Juliet to share her experiences of working with refugees […]
