# Local trusts collaborate in £3 million campaign for Islington

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2010/09/06/local-trusts-collaborate-3m-campaign-islington/
- Published: 2010-09-06T14:05:22+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**An initiative by people and organisations in the London borough of Islington is
aiming to raise £3 million for Islington-based projects. Islington Giving brings
together local charitable trusts that already work to address poverty and disadvantage“
into a a unique and powerful local partnership”.**

Founder members of the Coalition, which is endorsed by Islington Council, include
UnLtd, The Breadsticks Foundation, Cripplegate Foundation, The Morris Charitable
Trust, Richard Cloudesley’s Charity and Voluntary Action Islington, and others are
due to be announced. The campaign is intended to involve the private, voluntary 
and public sectors.

Islington is the eighth most deprived borough in England and the fourth most deprived
in London. It has the highest male suicide rate in England, and child mental health
problems are 36% higher than the national average. Yet it is also home to wealthy
individuals and successful businesses.

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Jack Morris OBE, Coalition member and Chairman of the Islington Giving Appeal Committee,
commented: “There are ‘two Islingtons’ – one successful, vibrant and prosperous,
the other poor and disadvantaged. Our charitable Coalition recognises that it is
through the sum of our parts that we can achieve the most for Islington.”

The campaign to raise £3 million will run for three years.

www.islingtongiving.org.uk