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Islington Council will use extra funding received from energy generation at the publicly-owned Edmonton EcoPark to provide additional support to its most vulnerable residents and businesses during the cost of living emergency this winter, including a new debt relief fund and support payments to low-income households.

The St Peter’s and Canonbury East people-friendly streets neighbourhoods are being made permanent, as the council continues to strive for a cleaner, greener, healthier future.   

Community power – giving communities greater opportunity to contribute to how local decisions are made and how local services are run – can help Islington build a more equal future, the Task Force on Inequality in Islington suggests this week.

Islington Council is seeking the views of parents and carers, staff, and the local community on a proposal to amalgamate Vittoria and Copenhagen primary schools into one school.

Islington Council invites residents to join its Remembrance Sunday commemorations, recognising the service of the Armed Forces and those who lost their lives in war.

Islington Council and the NHS can today announce a new, innovative mental health programme which will help to create a better future for young Black men and boys, and supports the council’s efforts to tackle inequality. 

To mark Islamophobia Awareness Month, Islington Council, Finsbury Park Mosque, Muslim Welfare House, Al-Risalah Mosque, Islington Hate Crime Forum, Holloway Educational and Cultural Centre, and Islington Faiths Forum stand together in solidarity to reiterate that any form of hate crime will not be tolerated, and to celebrate our Muslim communities.

Islington Council has led the development of a new network of major employers and key organisations, with nine founding members, dedicated to boosting the local economy and helping to create a more equal borough.

Twenty homeless people in Islington have successfully found jobs and homes thanks to the generosity of their local community. Islington Council has partnered with Beam, an innovative social enterprise and fundraising platform, which brings communities together online to help homeless people achieve their goals.

For the first time since the pandemic, Islington Council’s Dignity in Care Awards returned to celebrate the exceptional support from social care workers, volunteers and community members.

Islington Council is appealing for more hosts to help house Ukrainian refugees and transform lives in the borough.

Islington Council today (Thursday, 13 October) launches the Safer Islington Partnership’s new Violence Reduction Strategy and pledges to work side-by-side with local people and groups to create a safer borough.