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Elections on 2 May

Elections for the next Mayor of London and London Assembly members, as well as the by-election for Hillrise ward, will take place on Thursday 2 May.

You must now show photo ID when you vote at polling stations. See a full list of accepted forms of ID. You can also apply for a free Voter Authority Certificate in place of photo ID. The deadline to apply for this is 5pm, Wednesday 24 April.

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Local Initiatives Fund

You can apply to the Local Initiatives Fund (LIF) to deliver benefits to Islington residents. Find out how to apply.

Local ward councillors have an annual budget of £13,000 per ward for small grants that deliver benefit to the residents of their ward (subject to the final agreement of the Voluntary and Community Sector Committee). They can go towards a variety of locally run activities like:

  • sports clubs
  • local festivals
  • youth activities
  • estate community events
  • environmental improvements
  • education and training classes 
  • pensioner outings and day trips

Application deadlines

The 2024-25 application deadlines will be published here as soon as they are confirmed. There has been a change to the formal decision making process which has caused this delay.

There will be no change to the application form. You can see it by clicking the 'Apply now' button on this page and use it to prepare your application form in advance.

Please note that the LIF normally funds projects in advance of them taking place. It is likely that funding will not be fully confirmed until around three months after the application deadlines. We recommend that you apply at least three months before your project takes place if you need the funding before delivering your project.

If your organisation submits an application form after any of the dates above, it will be considered in the next round of applications.

If you have received a Local Initiatives Fund award since June 2023 and that project has finished, make sure you have sent all the required monitoring information before making your application. We won't be able to accept your application until we receive all of this information. 

Guidance and application form

Follow the guidance by clicking 'Apply now'.

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Previous grants

Please email LocalInitiativesFund@islington.gov.uk if you would like information on previous grants. Alternatively, please see the Democracy website for the decisions made by the Voluntary and Community Sector Committee who formally agree all LIF grants.

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