Islington Giving Calls for Proposals - 2011 Islington Giving are seeking to fund projects for its current funding programme under the 'Confronting Isolation' theme with funding of up to £5,000 for innovative projects in this area. Islington Giving will be running a...
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Islington’s Big Society?
Localism is one approach to encouraging the Big Society. What might that mean in Islington? Check out the notes from Voluntary Action Islington and Islington Community Network's recent Localism Policy Lunch.
Labour spokesperson on civil society speaks at NAVCA conference
The Labour spokesperson on civil society, Roberta Blackman-Woods MP, recently spoke at a NAVCA conference. Click here to read the speech. Roberta Blackman-Woods will be speaking at the Voluntary Action Islington AGM on 9th November
Fairness Commission
The Islington Fairness Commssion has produced its final report. Click here for the full report
New Draft Children’s Strategy for Islington
The Children’s Trust in Islington is consulting on a new Children’s Strategy - ‘A Fair Chance in Life for All’ covering the period 2011-2015. Comments on the final draft should be sent to Tania.Townsend@islington.gov.uk by 29 June 2011. Click here to read the draft...
Giving – White Paper launched
The Government's White Paper on charitable giving has been released, identifying ways to make giving as easy as possible, make giving as compelling as possible and give better support to those that provide and manage opportunities to give. Voluntary Action Islington...
St Luke’s Hospital – sale consultation
Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust is running a further consultation on the use / sale of St Luke's Hospital. Responses to the consultation are due by 20th of June, and a public meeting is to be held on the 7th of June.
Decentralisation and Localism Bill
A package of reforms that the government says will devolve greater power and freedoms to councils and neighbourhoods, establish new rights for communities, makes radical changes to the planning system and major reforms to social housing. A range of measures are set...
Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill
Crime and policing is a major concern for Londoners, but it may be perceived that communities have little influence over policing. The government is aiming to increase police accountability and community influence through the Police Reform and Social Responsibility...
Best Value Statutory Guidance (and revoking Duty to Involve)
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has released a new set of guidelines for Best Value authorities addressing managing cuts to the voluntary and community sector. This guidance also revokes the duty to involve stakeholders in decision making...
LVSC to share premises with Voluntary Action Islington
LVSC will be moving to Pentonville Road in July and sharing premises with Voluntary Action Islington. Mike Sherriff, Chief Executive of Voluntary Action Islington said: " I believe Islington's voluntary and community sector will benefit from the breadth of LVSC's...
Ward Partnerships in Islington
New Ward Partnership Arrangements – From May/June 2011 Ward Partnerships will be replacing the existing 4 Area Committees. These will be councillor led and represent a significant increase in the involvement and influence of councillors. Briefing on new Ward...