Finsbury Park community plan

The Old Fire Station Community Centre

• £22,500
• Grant funding to deliver required maintenance works at the Old Fire Station community centre 

One True Voice menopause support programme pilot 

• £5,000
• Project started 2025
• This pilot project aims to provide culturally sensitive support and education for BAME women in Islington experiencing menopause. The six-month initiatie will address the unique challenges faced by these women, including cultural stigma, language barriers, and disparities in healthcare access.

Galbur Foundation mental health and digital inclusion project

• £15,000
• Project started 2025
• Project aims to support mental health and digital inclusion within the Islington community, particularly focusing on BAME groups. The funding will be used to deliver digital media workshops, mental health support and knife crime life support training. 

Finsbury Park Social Isolation and Oral History project

• £15,000
• Project started 2024
• Project aims to understand and document the factors associated with social isolation and their relationship to educational and employment needs of people living in Finsbury Park. It will be led by academics and students from London Metropolitan University, who will collect date using the oral history method. 

Community gardener – Andover Garden Squares project

• Project started 2024
• £61,177 allocated
• This project aims to increase resident participation in community gardening, to build positive and productive community relationships, improve the environment, and offer residents opportunities to gain new knowledge and skills 

Blackstock Road community outreach project

• Project started 2022
• £100,000
• This project, delivered by IWGB union, aims to deliver outreach work and engagement work aimed at the Algerian population in the Blackstock Roda area. This will involve face-to-face organising, meetings, community events, training, and union support. 

Finsbury Park good growth – affordable workspace leases

• £600,000
• Project started 2019
• Contribution to purchasing leases on commercial units in Finsbury Park. Workspaces include a retail and office unit on Fonthill Road, as well as workspace on Andover estate and on Seven Sisters Road. The affordable workspace is also funded by the GLA ‘good growth’ fund 

Finsbury Park town centre accessibility study

• Project started 2023
• £25,000
• This project funded a study to investigate the accessibility of Finsbury Park town centre. Remaining funding will be used either as grant funding to local businesses to help them make accessibility improvements, or to fund workshops for businesses to build knowledge on accessibility issues 

Lenton Terrace – replacement of bin storage unit doors

• £5,900
• Project completed 2024
• Replacement of the existing wooden doors of bin chambers at Lenton Terrace with stronger steel doors. This will prevent ongoing ASB issues by preventing individuals from accessing the cupboards

Pakeman Primary School playground improvements

• £40,000
• Project completed 2024
• Re-surfacing of playground and installation of a new climbing frame. 

Finsbury Park Trust – roof 

• £42,000
• Project completed 2023
• Grant funding to Finsbury Park Trust to replace the roof of the organisation’s premises at 225-229 Seven Sisters Road. The works will also enable the installation of solar panels on the roof, which the organisation have secured grant funding for separately 

Gardening supplies for Holloway neighbourhood group 

• £500
• Project completed 2024
• Grant funding to Holloway Neighbourhood Group to purchase and install a shed and potting table, and to purchase compost, a hose, tools and plants

Isledon Road Gardens improvements 

• £400,000
• Project completed 2024
• Improvements to the sunken garden area, surfacing improvements, new planting and provision of new play equipment

Local History project at Andover and Six Acres estates 

• £15,000
• Project completed 2023
• Funding to deliver research aimed at better understanding of the diverse working class experiences of older people living on the Andover and Six Acres estates. Led by academics and students at London Metropolitan University, working with volunteers from the two estates and other local organisations. The project aims to tackle social isolation amongst older people, improve mental health, and strengthen community cohesion

Seven Sisters Road – dedicated street cleaning resource

• £32,000
• Project complete 2024
• Funding to deliver additional street cleansing services to improve the appearance and cleanliness of Seven Sisters Road

Corker Walk 3G pitch and basketball court repairs 

• £15,000
• Project completed 2022
• Maintenance to 3G football pitch at Corker Walk on the Andover Estate, and maintenance of the basketball court including power cleaning the court surface, re-marking, and repairs to the boundary wall