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Health grants awarded


Grants Support Fund

Organisation Project Grant
Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants  Additional grant towards a monitoring and evaluation system £1,560

Islington Community Contact

Organisation Project Grant
Age UK Islington Towards work with older people in Islington £9,000
South Islington Stroke Club Towards work with older people and /or those with a disability in Islington £2,100
St Luke’s Parochial Trust Towards work with older people in Islington £9,000

A further £48,486 from the dormant charity Islington Community Contact was allocated to projects supported through the Small Grants Fund 2022/23 for work with older and/or disabled people.


Principal Grants Fund

Organisation Project Grant
Disability Action in Islington Cost of Living grant uplifts

£5,000

£7,500

Holloway Neighbourhood Group

Cost of Living grant uplift

Extension Funding – Improving Mental Health & Wellbeing

£5,000

£70,000

Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants

Cost of Living grant uplift

Extension Funding – Support Service

£5,000

£70,000

Islington Mind Cost of Living grant uplifts

£5,000

£7,500

Manor Gardens Welfare Trust Cost of Living grant uplifts

£5,000

£7,500

St Luke’s Parochial Trust

Cost of Living grant uplift

Extension Funding – St Luke’s Helping Hands

£5,000

£70,000

Stuart Low Trust

Cost of Living grant uplift

Extension Funding – Arts, Nature and Wellbeing Programme

£5,000

£70,000

The Margins

Cost of Living grant uplift

Extension Funding – Margins Plus

£5,000

£70,000

Centre 404 Cost of Living grant uplifts

£2,500

£5,000

Solace Women’s Aid Cost of Living grant uplifts

£1,250

£2,500

The Manna Cost of Living grant uplifts

£2,500

£5,000

The Maya Centre Cost of Living grant uplifts

£2,500

£5,000


Small Grants Fund

Organisation Project Grant
Angel Community Canalboat Trust Canalboat trips for young people with special educational needs  £5,000 
Angel Shed Theatre  Support and training for young people with disabilities  £6,000  
Artbox London SEN and Mindfulness Practitioner Role  £6,500 
Bubble and Speak CIC Drop-in for children and carers  £4,400 
Community Language Support Services  Helping Hands: Support for people with mental health problems  £10,000 
Families in Harmony  Harmony Grows Therapeutic Parenting Programme  £8,600 
HealthProm  Youth Club for young Ukrainian refugees in Islington  £8,600 
Islington Bangladesh Association  Islington Bangladeshi Community Health Project  £7,600 
Islington Somali Community ISC Connect: a social care project to ensure housebound and disabled Somali older people can be actively involved in community life  £10,000 
MahaDevi Yoga Centre  Wellbeing activities for children and young people with disabilities and special needs  £9,780 
Memory Gardens  Hand and Sky Wellbeing Programme for children with motor, medical, neurological and communication differences  £9,560 
Minority Matters  Advice, advocacy and practical support for Somali Mothers who have children with autism or a disability  £7,500 
Mixed Martial Arts for Reform And Progression  Mixed Martial Arts sessions for young people  £6,700 
Prospex   Prospex Listens and Cares: a mental health counselling service for young people in Islington  £10,000 
Read Easy Islington  Set up costs for adult literacy coaching  £3,640  
Scarabeus Aerial Theatre  Take Flight: Circus and aerial theatre for young people with mental health problems  £10,000 
The Elfrida Society   Health advocacy for people with learning disabilities in Islington  £10,000 
The Garden Classroom  Forest School sessions at Samuel Rhodes School  £10,000 
Urban Forest Tribe CIC  SEN Forest School Home Education Programme  £6,150 

Strategic Grants Fund

Organisation Project Grant
Help on Your Doorstep  Towards the Connect Service £83,000 
Islington Giving  Towards the Islington Giving Programme £110,000 
Islington Law Centre  Towards the Three Advice Project £130,000