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Kaya Comer-Schwartz, Leader of Islington Council, Emily Cass, Sophie Musabe Masereka, Sawsan Salim, Cllr Roulin Khondoker, Executive Member for Equalities, Culture

Islington Together: Islington commemorates victims of genocide on Holocaust Memorial Day

Holocaust Memorial Day is the international day to remember the six million Jews murdered in the the Holocaust, the millions of people killed under Nazi persecution, and people killed in more recent genocides including Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur, with a focus on fostering education, remembrance, and unity within the community.  

Councillors and schoolchildren enjoying the improvements outside St Joseph's Primary School

Council continues to create greener, healthier streets for schoolchildren

Islington Council has completed transformative works at more local schools, to help create greener, healthier streets for children, parents, and the local community. 

Irene Winter, CEO of Hornsey Lane Estate Community Association

Islington’s housing estates will see new investment as Thriving Neighbourhoods programme reopens for suggestions

Islington Council is today (Monday, 15 January) announcing the reopening of the Thriving Neighbourhoods programme for new suggestions from residents. First launched in 2022, the programme allows local people to help shape the transformation of the borough’s housing estates through £10million of investment.

A person wearing tennis gear poses with two other people outside the Islington Tennis Centre.

Tennis star's journey to Australian Open is part-funded by Islington Council

Islington Council is supporting local tennis star Lily Mills as she qualifies for the Australian Open’s Persons with Intellectual Impairments (PWII) Championships, with a donation of over £2,000.

Cllr Turan and Cllr Bossman-Quarshie at the new spa

Newly refurbished spa opens in historic Ironmonger Row Turkish Baths

Islington residents are being treated to a brand new luxurious and affordable wellness facility in the borough, thanks to the fully refurbished spa at Ironmonger Row Baths.  

A low rise red brick building with few windows, metal stairs running up one side and metal fire doors, with cars parked outside.

Five reasons why we want to transform the Finsbury Leisure Centre site

Councillor Diarmaid Ward, Deputy Leader of the Council, explains landmark proposals for new homes and facilities at the site near Old Street.

A CGI sketch showing a modern leisure centre building with large windows facing a pedestrianised street where people walk and sit, with children playing.

‘The biggest public investment for a generation’ – landmark proposals for new homes and facilities at Finsbury Leisure Centre revealed

Around 100 families in need could have a genuinely affordable new council home under new Islington Council plans for new housing, a fantastic new leisure centre and NHS GP surgery to replace the ageing Finsbury Leisure Centre.

Picture of two Islington Council workers with a snow gritting cart, with the words "Fair funding now to protect our services"

Islington Council announces 2024/25 budget proposals and calls for fair funding from Government

Islington Council today (Wednesday, 3 January) calls for fair funding from Government as the council announces its 2024/25 budget proposals. 

Cllr Comer-Schwartz and Cllr Ward

Household Support Fund - letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer

A letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer from the Leader and Deputy Leader of Islington Council, urgently requesting for the Household Support Fund to be continued

A man in a dark grey t-shirt wiping down bathroom tiles with mould cleaner and a cloth. He is also wearing a mask and blue safety gloves.

One year on: our five-point action plan on damp and mould

An update from Councillor Una O’Halloran, Executive Member for Homes and Communities, on our work to tackle damp and mould and improve our housing services. 

Cllr Una O'Halloran, Executive Member for Homes and Communities

£10 million funding agreed for Islington’s vital voluntary and community organisations

Islington Council has agreed more than £10 million funding over four years for vital voluntary and community sector organisations.