Community & Social Justice Health & Wellbeing 2025
Islington Giving

Islington Giving Impact Report 2025

Islington Giving is a restricted fund of Cripplegate Foundation, celebrating 15 years of collective community action in 2025. Since 2010 it has raised and invested over £12.5 million directly in Islington, one of London's most unequal boroughs — where 43% of children live in poverty and 27,000 households survive on under £25,000. In 2025 it raised £1.38 million, awarded £1.12 million to 76 organisations, and involved 30 residents in grant-making decisions. A key development was the shift from emergency food provision to sustainable community-led food models. The Young Grant Makers programme (12 young people, £195,000 to distribute) and Catalyst Grants for families with no recourse to public funds were standout programmes. The Alumni programme continues to shift power into community hands.

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Community Panel (14 panellists, £150,000 distributed, 8 grants from 56 applications); Carers Panel (4 resident panellists with lived caring experience, £46,000 distributed, 6 projects funded); Young Grant Makers (12 young people, £195,000 distributed, focus on 13–25 year olds in life transitions, funded by Linklaters and Esmée Fairbairn Foundation); Make it Happen Fund (70 projects, £500 grants for resident-led community ideas — events, art, cultural cooking, parent support groups); Catalyst Grants (56 young people and 28 families supported — roller skating, hairdressing equipment, theatre tickets, swimming lessons); Food Fund (5 sustainable community food projects funded including St Luke's Community Shop, Mildmay Community Food Club, ARC Community Space, Manor Gardens Jean's Café, The Peel); Alumni Ambassador programme (36 alumni in paid employment, grant committees, young people's investment panels); Core Funds to 18 organisations; grants to 76 organisations in total Custom geography from upload: Islington, North London, UK

📊Key Metrics

£1.38 million raised; £1.12 million awarded in grants; 13,200 people reached through funding (estimated); 76 organisations supported with grants between £2,000 and over £100,000 Key Metric 1
70 community ideas brought to life with £500 Make it Happen grants; 30 local people involved in resident-led grant making; 36 alumni engaged in further activities and opportunities Key Metric 2
£12.5 million raised and invested since 2010; £490,000 committed to food-related projects since 2022 (Google.org funded); 5,100 households in Islington at extreme food insecurity; 43% of children in Islington living in poverty Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • 135 residents have participated in grant-making since 2018, distributing £1.67 million to local projects; Islington resident Izzy (Young Grant Maker 2022) now sits on the Endowments Investing Challenge alongside major foundations — putting young people at the heart of investment decisions
  • 15th anniversary of Islington Giving in 2025; Google.org food programme shifted from emergency provision to sustainable community-led food models in partnership with Octopus Community Network and Feeding Britain; 18 food banks supporting 2,500+ residents/week
  • Catalyst Grant recipient Sonja (age 13, asylum seeker) lost all belongings in hotel fire — grant funded art kit and class; coalition partners include City Bridge Foundation, Cripplegate Foundation, Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Arsenal Foundation; corporate funders include Google.org, Linklaters, MUFG, Macquarie Group

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London

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