About us

Islington is a wonderfully diverse borough. There are more than 215,000 people who live here and every one of them has an equal right to thrive. However, we know too many of our people are in danger of being left behind. The world has become more fragile and uncertain. Poverty, mental illness, anxiety about the future, lack of access to good jobs, poor air quality and housing conditions, prejudice, racism and injustice are all factors which hold too many people back, limiting their opportunities, choices and their autonomy to shape their lives in the way they want.

In 2010 we set up our pioneering Fairness Commission to look into how to make the borough a fairer place. A decade on, we have made good progress. We were the first Local Authority to gain accreditation as a London Living Wage employer. We’ve built 800 new genuinely affordable homes in recent years, including award winning projects like the Redbrick Estate. We’ve developed initiatives to target health inequalities such as Parks for Health, which looks at how our communities spend more time enjoying our parks and green spaces to improve health and wellbeing. However, we recognise that the challenges we face continue to change.

We will be relentless in our drive to create a more equal Islington where everyone has the power to live their lives on their own terms. To do this, we will need to be bolder and more innovative than ever before.

If we have learnt anything from the last few years, it’s that we don’t know exactly what’s coming, but whatever happens we are determined to be on the side of our residents working together to build a future of which we can all be proud.