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Health check: a healthy start

Local mum Fathima on how Healthy Start vouchers support her to make healthy choices

Fathima in a supermarket with salad and vegetables on the shelves behind her, holding a punnet of strawberries and shopping basket

Creating communities: a space for young people

Discover the new tech hub at Prospex

Young man holding a piece of paper and talking into a microphone, sat opposite a young person at a desk in a studio

Muslim stories

We speak to five Muslim women about their experiences of living in Islington

Nahed Mahmoud sat at a desk with a bag on her lap and wearing a pink hijab, looking at camera

Roots, rock, reggae

How a local resident is bringing people together through music and stories in Cally

A group of older residents of different ethnicities posing and smiling, with Cyrlene crouched down in the front, in a community centre hall

Remembering Ben Kinsella

And how an exhibition is helping change young people’s perspectives of knife crime

A group of children in school uniform looking at images on a wall at the Ben Kinsella exhibition

Best parks for… a quiet escape

Our pick of some of Islington’s best hidden gems for a bit of peace and quiet

Purple flowers, grass and trees in green leaf in Canonbury Square

Green street

How traffic-reducing measures are making Cross Street a shopping destination

David Bownes and business partner against a black wall with large white writing 'Twentieth Century Posters' and a hand pointing to the shop

Better together

Mikael Kiviniemi on how Better leisure centres are making sure they’re accessible to all

Mikael in Better uniform, stood infront of Sobell leisure centre with the Sobell sign in the background

Making memories

How Islington Ecology Centre provides opportunities for people living with dementia

Jo Corrall leading four older adults on a walk through Gillespie Park

Breaking down barriers

JoyRiders CEO reveals how the group helps women get into cycling

A group of women cyclists in a park

Pedal power

Two new electric cargo bikes come to the community

Three members of staff smiling outside Nourished Communities, one of them sat in a cargo bike

Letters from the Global South

The chairman of Finsbury Park Mosque on their upcoming climate change exhibition

A man and a woman with their backs to the camera looking at a noticeboard of letters and images