Download Finsbury Park ward improvement plan - Islington Council

Ward Improvement Plan: 

Finsbury Park 

Scheme location and details Description of scheme Why Investment is needed 

Andover Estate - environmental 

improvements 

Category: 

Sub-category: 

Priority: 

Approx cost: 

1 - High 

£280,000 

Funds secured: £144,281 

Estate improvements 

Estate security / permeability 

To carry out a range of landscape, conservation and 

environmental improvements to the entire estate 

following years of neglect, through continued 

regeneration of housing stock and other associated 

building/construction works. 

Develop a master plan for improving green spaces 

throughout the estate, focusing on improving verges, 

rationalising hedge planting, tree pits and areas at the 

perimeter of the estate. This element of the proposal 

does not include improvements to large open green 

space or the creation of any new amenity, play or 

community gardening spaces. 

Money is also needed for a redundant kickabout area 

and the conversion of Sue Davies football pitch to a 

community garden. 

10 new PTZ cameras would be provided on the main 

thoroughfares on the entire estate (cost £140k), 

lighting would be provided and underground garages 

at old Andover would be refurbished. 

S106 allocated from 67-83 Seven Sisters Rd 

(£184,281.30, 07/2012) towards improved pedestrian 

permeability, security/CCTV and play space on the 

Andover Estate (including Corker Walk and Sue 

Davies Pitch). £40k of this covers the Andover 

Security Lighting Project, a separate WIP scheme. 

The estate has undergone large scale 

refurbishment over the past few years. LBI 

Housing is working with Groundwork to develop a 

proposal to further enhance the estate’s external 

spaces, specifically to rationalise and enhance 

planting estate wide, carry out community safety 

improvements, explore opportunities for community 

gardening and to improve the Sue Davies football 

pitch. Our proposal with Groundwork is part of a 

bigger urban design scheme, focusing on planting 

with the creation of conservation areas and largely 

to assist with designing out crime. 

Once final designs and project costs have been 

developed, Groundwork’s experienced fundraiser 

will be able to support research and work with the 

TRA to apply for extra funding in order to 

implement the changes. This fundraising work is 

free of charge on the basis that Groundwork is 

commissioned to project manage the works if any 

funding is secured by Groundwork. Groundwork’s 

current quotation for managing through to delivery 

of the scheme is £20k, with LBI Housing and the 

TRA requiring a further £80k to use across the 

Andover Estate on landscaping schemes. 

Additional visible CCTV units would also be 

provided to act as a possible deterrent for criminal 

acts and increase the overall security of the estate. 

Additional lighting would help support the new 

cameras. 

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Andover Estate - security / lighting project 

Category: Estate improvements 

Sub-category: Estate security / permeability 

Priority: 1 - High 

Approx cost: £60,000 


TRA led initiative to improve existing and install 

additional lighting on the estate to support the new 

CCTV cameras being installed there. The majority of 

the scheme will be to light the areas not currently 

covered by existing lighting. 

S106 allocated from 67-83 Seven Sisters Rd. (£40k, 

07/2012) as part of a larger allocation to Andover 

Estate. 

Investigation ongoing to determine full cost of scheme. 

It is required by the TRA and residents of the 

estate to help in the prevention of crime and to 

safeguard the residents of the estate. It also acts 

to give the residents confidence that the estate is a 

safe environment. 

Finsbury Park Community Hub H&S and 

Refurbishment 

Category: 

Sub-category: 

Priority: 

Approx cost: 

Community facilities 

1 - High 

£150,000 


Community space 

A long overdue refurbishment and repairs programme 

of the 

Community Hub. To perform H&S adaptations and 

implement modifications to the main hall, increase 

security and decorate the building. 

S106 allocated towards physical improvements to the 

Finsbury Park Community Hub from 189-219 Isledon 

Rd (£58,140k, 01/2013) 

to address some pressing H&S issues and to 

continue offering an appropriate and safe space for 

social, recreational, learning, training & 

development activities. 

Finsbury Park Community Hub, Holloway 

Neighbourhood Group, Manor 

Gardens Welfare Trust 

Category: 

Sub-category: 

Priority: 

Approx cost: 

Funds secured: £0 


Community support funding 

1 - High 

£35,000 

The outward image of the three bidding organisations 

does not reflect the breadth of services offered nor 

adequately show their impact in the community. The 

three organizations need to develop a PR and 

Communications Strategy to properly position them 

and increase success of fundraising activities. 

A professionally managed communications 

strategy increases the chances of attracting 

funding in an increasingly competitive environment. 

It is in the interest of the WP and LBI that the 

largest members of the ward partnership succeed 

in their efforts to attract funding, thus releasing the 

pressure for funding and allowing more funds to 

flow to smaller organisations. 


Finsbury Park Creative Hub 

Category: Community facilities 

Sub-category: Arts 




This three year project will bring together a broad 

range of partners to deliver a comprehensive 

programme of community arts engagement activities, 

public art and training opportunities. 

The project is seeking S106 funding and will also lever 

an additional £60,000 from Arts Council England to 

support the development of a coherent programme of 

works as part of a broader place making initiative. 

This is a strategic project that the arts service will be 

leading and co-ordinating on behalf of the project 

partners. 

Creating opportunities to engage the wider public 

in the arts; providing training opportunities; 

contributing to wider place making initiative through 

public art; 

Holloway Neighbourhood Group - 

Community Development Programme 

Category: 

Sub-category: 

Priority: 

Approx cost: 




1 - High 

£85,000 

A sustained programme of community development 

work which will encourage and support neighbourhood 

action and reach out to more people in need through 

the following projects: 

*Supported Volunteering Opportunities for people with 

mental health issues 

*Timebank Holloway 

*Meet my Street - a project to encourage neighbourly 

support for isolated or vulnerable people 

*Healthy Holloway - stress management in the 

workplace to support local small and medium sized 

businesses to build healthy workforces 

The Fairness Commission and the Council's 

corporate strategy both point to the importance of 

reducing health inequalities and of building strong 

communities where people can engage in civic life 

and contribute through giving time to support local 

action. 

Investment will provide pump priming funding to 

kick start these initiatives to increase opportunities 

for people to improve their neighbourhoods and 

improve their health. Investment will also help 

attract longer-term charitable support. 


Manor Gardens Centre 


Sub-category: Community space 




Painting of external parts of buildings, including 

windows, railings and metal fire escape (£42k); 

Repairs of loose tiles on roof of central buildings 

(£1.4k); Re-surfacing of car park (£18,000); New roof 

and decoration of covered space at back of House no. 

6, used as entrance by Age UK Islington (£6k); 

Refurbishment of small kitchen areas in House no.7 

and 8 (£12k); Refurbishment of toilets - 3 in central 

buildings, 1 in House no.6, 2 in House no.7, 1 in 

House no.8 and 1 in House no.9 (£36k); Painting and 

re-carpeting of halls and stairways in Houses no.6, 7, 

8 and 9 (£18k); New doors in Community Café (£3k); 

New door to Dame Geraldine Hall (£1k) 

s106 allocated from 556-564 Holloway Rd (£30k, 

07/2012) 

The Manor Gardens Centre provides a range of 

high quality accessible services to meet the 

changing requirements for health and well-being of 

people in Islington from the buildings comprising 6- 

9 Manor Gardens. These services take the form of 

projects directly managed by the Manor Gardens 

Welfare Trust and the provision of serviced office 

and meeting space for partners in the local 

community sharing our vision. 

Mayton Street Festival community event 


Sub-category: Community support funding 




Following the successful revival of the Mayton Street 

Festival last year (with 850 attendees) we want to put 

on an even better event this year. The street festival 

will contribute to better community involvement and 

renewed pride in the local area. Using the Old Fire 

Station as the base for the festival means that we can 

draw on the building’s long history in the area of 

tackling poverty and contributing to the economic and 

social vibrancy of the area. 

In a recent ward consultation event held at the Old 

Fire Station, participants said that their top priority 

was strengthening the sense of community. 

Holding a festival in the street is a very direct way 

of engaging directly with local people and can help 

generate pride and boost interest in an area. The 

event will be free, and with mass publicity we 

expect local residents to turn out in force. 


Old Fire Station, Mayton Street 






A programme of refurbishment to transform local 

community facilities at the Old Fire Station, home of 

the Holloway Neighbourhood Group. Work includes: 

painting and decorating of communal areas and 

general improvements to the main hall and reception 

signage (£54,425); repairs to toilets and improvements 

to disabled access bathrooms (£4,187); replacing two 

boilers (£12,740); refit of our WebRoom (£6,000); 

renovation of the Garden Room and improving access 

to our outside space (£15,000). 

106 allocated from 3-5 Thane Villas (£49,645, 

07/2012) towards improvements 

To make significant and much needed 

improvements to the Old Fire Station to enhance 

local people's experience of the centre, to improve 

facilities for smaller groups and to enable us to 

generate increased revenue from venue hire. HNG 

has never been able to imagine a full-scale 

refurbishment programme before and we see this 

as a key opportunity to really improve and 

strengthen a vital community asset 

Andover Bright Start Creche 



Priority: 2 - Medium 



To continue offering the Under Fives Childcare 

provision at the Hub. 

Finsbury Park Ward has the second highest child 

poverty index in the country. The crèche is a 

fundamental service to the community. Places for 

young children are in short supply in the ward as a 

result of the increase in population, -and is 

expected to grow even further in the immediate 

future when the new homes on Six Acres come on 

stream. 

Current funding runs out in April 2012 and if no 

funding streams are secured by then, the service 

will have to be shut down. Funding is requested to 

fund the creche for two years 


Andover Community Communication 

Enhancement Project 

Category: 

Sub-category: 

Priority: 

Approx cost: 



Estate security / permeability 

2 - Medium 

£34,000 

To purchase and install badly needed notice boards 

for the estate, lighted bollards to forge path through 

landscaped area at Corker Walk and the 

creation/installation of estate based maps for visitors 

and emergency services to use when entering the 

estate. 

One of the main criticisms of the Andover for our 

Emergency Services is the lack of road 

signs/estate maps to guide them to specific 

locations. This investment would eradicate this 

problem. 

Additional lighted bollards along the path way at 

Corker Walk would help define this walkway as a 

natural path leading from the estate to Seven 

Sisters Road. It also aids to help light up this area 

which currently has no lights and is used heavily at 

night by pedestrian traffic. This scheme is also 

heavily supported by the TRA. 

Andover Estate - road resurfacing 

Category: Transport and streetscape 

Sub-category: Highway maintenance 




To resurface entire stretch of Old Andover Road. 

One of the main arteries through the estate and 

onto Hornsey Road end of the estate is via Old 

Andover Road. The blocks within this area are 

soon to have Decent Homes works commencing 

there and would only be complemented by the 

resurfacing of what amounts to a very poor road. 

The current state of the Old Andover Road exerts a 

sense of neglect and timely deterioration, coupled 

with the effects of years of continued construction 

use. We are therefore asking for and additional 

£60k for the resurfacing of this complete road way. 


Andover Estate - youth and community trust 






Andover Youth & Community Trust New Kitchen 

(£7,000) 

Andover Youth & Community Trust Technology 

upgrade. We would like to upgrade our current 10 

Laptops within the multimedia suite with more up to 

date Apple Mac Pros (£16,000, LOW priority) 

Andover Youth & Community Trust Redecoration 

Scheme. The centre has not been decorated inside or 

outside since 2007 and the outside need’s brightening 

up to improve the look of the front of the building 

(£3,500, LOW priority) 

Andover Youth & Community Trust New Shutters 

Scheme (£2,695) 

The current kitchen has been in situ since 1994 

and we would like to renew the kitchen. We would 

like to improve our kitchen so that it meets any 

health & safety requirements and that it is up to 

date with today’s standards. 

We would like to enable young people & Adults to 

get a chance to use the most up to date technology 

available and to improve our very slow Toshiba 

Laptops. We would like to offer the same 

opportunities to our users as they are offered at 

HNG. 

To help us regenerate the building in aid of getting 

more of the community involved in our sessions & 

to make the building more inviting. 

This particular area has not been improved within 

the last 18yrs and requires investment to improve 

access to the building. The current grills on the 

front have been in place since 1994 , These are 

now very worn and have become very hard to open 

for Volunteers. We would like to get a small 

electronic shutter that covers the main front door 

area. 

B2B Somali Arts and Education 






This is a arts and Crafts Project base in Grafton 

Primary School. this project develops the Somali 

women and others, who attend the project skills to 

making saleable products, so the women can be 

encourage to develop further skills. Participants, are 

both Somali women and from diverse backgrounds 

and include mothers, single women and women whose 

children have grown up. They learn various skills: 

sewing, pattern cutting, printing and associated 

English language and numeracy skills. 

This investment is need to encourage women, to 

look in future employment such as the creative 

industry. Either to work as machines or as pattern 

cutters but also to work from home in future and 

take up commission's form so B2B can develop 

online sales, market stalls, for handmade products, 

as well a shop to sale products in the future. 

AlsoB2B has had advice and training from various 

agencies about developing our social enterprise, 

including Women’s Resourc, The funding to be 

finish by March July, But the project will carry on to 

develop further, marketing, on-line shop and as 

well marketing. 


Bennett Court Community Centre - external 

decoration 

Category: 

Sub-category: 

Priority: 

Approx cost: 




2 - Medium 

£25,000 

External decorations to building 

& 

Heating Renewal in centre 

Bennett Court CC is currently well utilised, 

particularly for asuccessful children’s nursery. 

However, it is in a poor state due to years of 

neglect to the external decoration. The decoration 

of the external fabric of the building would be 

relatively inexpensive but provide a better looking 

facility which could lead to increased usage. 

The current heating system in place is the original 

heating system and covers two main areas of the 

centre when a speratate system for each area is 

needed. 

FinFuture 






FinFuture is an independent registered charity with 

Development Trust status. All other FinFuture 

initiatives are based entirely on working in partnership 

with other organisations that have an interest in 

improving quality of life in our neighbourhood. 

FinFuture owns the FinSpace building and this is 

sustained by rental income from its tenants and from 

income generated by hiring out its meeting rooms. 

Finsbury Park Community Hub Development 






To employ an additional member of staff to work 

alongside the CEO; to develop the board of directors 

and staff to better fulfil the Hub’s objectives. 

FPCH is Finsbury Park's main Community Hub and 

is a model for other hubs in the borough. It is 

essential to the success of its partners, including 

the FPWP, that FPCH has the tools, resources and 

skills to drive forward Islington’s Core Strategy, the 

Fairness Commission's recommendations and to 

expand the provision of services 

agreed with LBI. This is a one off request for 

funding and will allow the CEO to concentrate on 

fundraising and the board and staff to support her 

in this activity 


Finsbury Park ward - Connecting Finsbury 

Park 

Category: 

Sub-category: 

Priority: 

Approx cost: 




2 - Medium 

£10,000 

A hyper local website would be developed with an 

attached volunteering and business development 

project. The website would would give news and 

information about the Finsbury Park area - it would 

concentrate on positive news but also give a space for 

people to suggest improvements. It would allow all 

local groups, organisation and businesses to promote 

themselves and thier activiites . It would use the 

tempate developed for Holloway 

www.hollowayonline.net which will be live in Feb 2012. 

We need to pay for a staff member to under take 

the training up of volunteers who will collect 

information and take photos for one year. We 

need to pay a modest fee to the designer for the 

template. 

Finsbury Park ward tree planting 


Sub-category: Trees 




Street tree planting in this ward in line with the tree 

strategy - 169 street trees 

To increase the number of street trees in the area, 

improving the feel of the area, providing shade for 

pedestrians, and absorbing carbon emissions. 

Because there is no longer a dedicated annual 

budget for tree planting, funding such as s106 is 

required in order for new trees to be planted or 

replaced. 

Islington LinkUp, 48 Seven Sisters Road 






Flooring on the ground floor needs to be replaced due 

to wear and tear. First floor maintance and decorating 

to make rooms useable. Phone and electrical system 

needs to be updated. Kitchen equipment sort for 

users needs. 

Investment is needed so that Islington Link Up can 

deliver activities and services to users in a safe, 

friendly and professional environment. 


Rowan Arts Shop 






Rowan Arts are applying for funding to develop a 

dynamic shop space that engages local people who 

are in need of training and development through 

volunteering opportunities, skills workshops, and 

offering space for artists and crafts persons to sell 

their work. It will invite other local people to donate 

items and skills. £10,000 has been as match funding 

for a Big Lottery Reaching Communities bid. 

To provide volunteering and training and the 

development of new skills and work experience 

opportunities. Once the model is deemed to be 

successful, Rowan Arts will approach other funders 

to support it on an ongoing basis. Other local 

organisations will also be supported to promote 

their work and the hyperlocal websites. 

Sue Davies pitch relocation/replacement 


Sub-category: Leisure / play space 




To relocate/replace the Sue Davies pitch from the rear 

of Old Andover to Corker Walk / Seven Sisters Road 

with a modern, fit for purpose, sound proofed, semisunken 

Astroturf/G3 pitch as well as building an 

ancillary administrative light-weight prefabricated 

building with classroom, cafe and other facilities. The 

scheme also includes landscaping and provisioning of 

play-space and an outdoor gym. 

Alternatively option, if less funding was available, 

would be just to refurbish the football pitches and kick 

about areas on the estates (approx. cost: £150k). 

The scheme will benefit all residents in Finsbury 

Park Ward. 

- Residents on the Andover Estate and Birnam 

Road, the Andover Futures Forum, Finsbury Park's 

Safer Neighbourhoods Team, council officers and 

ward councillors agree that the ASB and criminal 

activities going on at the football pitch need to be 

resolved. 

- Relocating the Sue Davies pitch to Corker 

Walk/Seven Sisters Rd is the "linchpin" to unlock 

land that will enable the development of 150-170 

new homes on the Andover within the context of 

the Andover Estate Development Plan. 

- Arsenal wish to use this for community football 

training ('Arsenal Positive Futures' community 

coaching scheme) which will involve not only the 

estate children but children from all over the local 

area could be met while avoiding the ASB and 

neighbour complaints occasioned by the Sue 

Davies Playground. 


Andover Estate - tree management project 


Sub-category: Open space / green space 

Priority: 3 - Low 



To prune remaining trees in an effort to support the 

other security projects for the installation of addition 

CCTV on the estate. 

As part of our programme of security initiatives for 

the Andover Estate, LBI Housing in conjunction 

with the Tree Services at LBI have recently 

completed a scheme which saw the pruning of 

some 50 trees on the estate. This was part of the 

wider security works programme. There is still a 

requirement for additional funding to lower more of 

the tree stock on the estate. It was identified that 

there was a requirement to have these works 

carried out in order to support the installation of 

new lighting and the CCTV system. This figure 

equates to some 25% of the overall quantity of 

trees on the estate. We are now seeking an 

additional £10k to complete the tree pruning 

programme as all local budgets have been 

exhausted in the process. 

Coleridge Road streetscape improvements 


Sub-category: Streetscape 




Streetscape improvements, including DDA works, 

footway renewal, de-cluttering of street furniture, 

possible tree planting, replacement of road humps with 

sinusoidal profile for cyclists (road is main cycle route), 

carriageway resurfacing for ease of movement for both 

cyclists and vehicles. 

Improve the environment for pedestrians. 

CPZ IS-J Area parking review 


Sub-category: Parking 




Review of CPZ IS-J. All the signs (at bay and zone 

entry) will need to changed to reflect any changes. 

Cover stickers cannot be used as these will bleach in 

time and will effect enforcement capabiities. The 

zones in the matchday area have similar enforcement 

times apart from CPZ IS-J having full Saturday 

enforcement as opposed to ending at 1.30pm. Careful 

consideration needs to given to reviews of zones in 

isolation to ensure they cause no adverse parking 

impacts on adjacent zones. 

To review the zone to ensure it provides benefits to 

residents with particular focus on hours of 

operation (possibly to match surrounding zones). 


Eburne Road disabled parking 


Sub-category: Highway maintenance 

Move one disabled parking space and replace with 

double yellow lines. Remove kerb build out to create 

turning head. 

Resident cars being damaged due to poor road 

layout. No turning head for emergency services. 

Priority: 

Approx cost: 

3 - Low 

£6,500 


Finsbury Park principle routes streetscape 

improvements 

Category: 

Sub-category: 

Priority: 

Approx cost: 


Transport and streetscape 

Streetscape 

3 - Low 

£1,000,000 

Streetscape improvements to main thoroughfares 

incuding Seven Sisters Road, Stroud Green Road and 

Holloway Road; possible works to include DDA works, 

footway renewal, decluttering of street furniture, 

possible lighting enhancement, tree planting, and 

public art, designed to improve community safety and 

public confidence in using public space. £1m is a 

conservative estimate of how much it would cost to 

make any significant improvement to these streets. 

Improvements would also need the co-operation of 

Transport for London, and would need to be 

implemented by TfL. 

Community safety is the Partnership's top priority. 

Finsbury Park station access 


Sub-category: Public transport 

Measures to improve pedestrian access between 

stations, bus stops and walking routes on borough 

roads. 

To ensure easy pedestrian access between 

various modes of transport at interchanges. 

Priority: 

Approx cost: 

3 - Low 

£150,000 



Finsbury Park ward bus facilities 


Sub-category: Public transport 

Review of bus provision on a ward by ward basis to 

establish current bus services and improvements 

required to serve local residents. 

Many local residents rely on buses as their main 

form of transport. By providing evidence and a 

suitable strategy we will be in a stronger position to 

petition TfL for improvements to bus services. 

Priority: 

Approx cost: 

3 - Low 

£10,000 


Finsbury Park ward cycling improvements 


Sub-category: Walking / cycling 




To provide an improved, safer cycling environment in 

the borough. This includes removal of barriers to 

cycling, such as one-way streets and "No Entry" points 

to allow cycling on less trafficked roads (approx 8 

sites, £100,000). This also includes improving 

infrastructure by providing enhancements such as 

Advanced Stop Lines (ASLs), cycle lanes/tracks, cycle 

logo on-street markings and signage where 

appropriate (approx 11 sites, £220,000). 

The Council aims to increase cycling, and to do so, 

must address the range of barriers faced by 

cyclists and those who wish to cycle. Costeffective 

investment will target funding at specific 

barriers and will ensure that there is a reduction in 

casualties despite any increase in cycling. 

Finsbury Park ward speed management 


Sub-category: Road safety 




To implement measures to address any speeding 

issues that may be occuring following the 

implementation of the borough wide 20mph speed limit 

scheme. Possible measures include new vehicle 

activated signs, visual road narrowings, additional 

20mph road markings and resident community 

enforcement programmes. 

A figure of £20K is proposed for each ward to be 

allocated to roads as highlighted in the surveys being 

undertaken to identify the most at risk locations. 

The recently introduced 20mph limit will be most 

effective if any areas of non-compliance are 

highlighted and remedial measures undertaken. As 

part of the review of the borough 20mph limit 

scheme speed surveys are being undertaken postimplementation 

to establish which roads have 

speed limits which are not complying with the new 

limit and identify measures to improve this. 


Isledon Road Gardens play area 

Category: Open space / green space 





Increase play value of existing play area by replacing 

some of the existing play equipment and/or adding 

more natural play opportunities. 

The existing play area is in reasonable condition 

but the play value needs to be improved. The 

project is identified as a medium priority in the 

Greenspace Play Areas Audit and Action Plan, 

indicating that its physical condition and 

developmental and engagement value could be 

enhanced. 

Manor Gardens streetscape improvements 






Footway reconstruction, for de-cluterring and design in 

line with Islington Streetbook. 

Manor Gardens has been highlighted as a route 

which requires renewal as identified by condition 

surveys. Footways and carriageway require further 

works to improve access to local businesses and 

transport links. 

Stroud Green Road road safety measures 


Sub-category: Road safety 




Accident reduction, road safety and environmental 

improvements for vulnerable road users (incl. 

pedestrians and cyclists) 

The borough now has a 20mph limit on all borough 

roads except Principal Roads (still 30mph). In view 

of the volume of pedestrian and vehicular traffic on 

these Principal Roads, and recent casualty data, it 

is expected that the majority of accidents will occur 

there; therefore, further investment is required to 

maintain a continuing reduction in the number of 

casualties. 


Andover Community Centre - internal 

decorations 

Internal decorations and replacement of doors 

throughout centre 

Andover CC is a well used centre with hub status in 

the borough and requires redecoration throughout. 

Category: 

Sub-category: 

Priority: 

Approx cost: 



4 - To be prioritised 

£30,000 

s106 allocated from 89-219 Isledon Rd (£25k + any 

remaining funds from the community cafe allocation, 

07/2012) have been allocated towards improvements 

to the Andover Community Centre 

All doors within the community centre are of a poor 

quality and and an age where replacement could 

be deemed as needed. 


Annette Road - Contraflow cycling 


Sub-category: Walking / Cycling 

Priority: 4 - To be prioritised 



Provide contraflow cycle facilities in Annette Road 

between Arthur Road and Tollington Road. 

Note: Cost of £15000 is subject to consultation / could 

change. 

Contraflow cycling on this section of Annette Road 

would provide a useful link to the communities 

either side of Tollington Road 

Note: Request for scheme came from ICAG 

(Islington Cyclists' Action Group) 

Bennett Court playground 

New play equiment 

Request by TRA 

Category: 

Sub-category: 

Priority: 

Approx cost: 


Leisure / play space 


£40,000 



Finsbury Park Community Arts 






Support for community arts in Finsbury Park, including: 

- Public art/heritage project to utilise hoardings, 

streetscape, station tunnels etc to create temporary 

exhibition (~£35k) 

- Public Arts Programme / bursary to commission 

artwork from new/emerging artist or arts organisations 

(~£50k) 

- Development of community facilities/ contemporary 

public gallery space (~£90k) 

(Projects could be connected with John Jones site) 

* To engage local residents in contemporary art / 

heritage of local art 

* To develop residents' core skills in reading and 

writing and visual literacy linked to the Word 

Festival, reading strategy and Platform Youth Hub 

* Public art / gallery space under-represented in 

area 

£90k for development of community facilities / 

contemporary public gallery space has been 

secured in principle through an agreement with the 

developers of the John Jones site. 

Friends of The Royal Northern Gardens - 

Weekly Craft Club 

Category: 

Sub-category: 

Priority: 

Approx cost: 





£4,880 

This club would be coordinated by a craft club leader 

who would run and organise themed sessions for 

parents and their children (from April 2012). We 

specifically would like to continue to target isolated and 

vunerable parents who have children under the age of 

5. Our target group would include recent migrants, 

socially isolated and single parents. The funding would 

be used for an event room hire, fees for the club 

leader, advertising and materials. 

The North Library used to run a craft club, this ran 

in 2009/2010. Unfortunately, the funding for it 

ceased. The members were from a variety of 

social backgrounds, a number of them migrants, 

single parents and socially isolated parents who 

had found a safe, educative, inclusive environment 

to meet other parents. We would like to continue 

this environment in order to build on capacity 

building in the community for knowledge exchange 

among new parents and providing an alternative 

environment to the home in order to prevent 

isolation. 

Hercules Street - contraflow cycle route 


Sub-category: Walking / cycling 




Provide contraflow cycle route in Hercules Street. 

Hercules Street N7 is currently one way from 

Holloway Road. 

Note: Request for scheme came from ICAG 

(Islington Cyclists' Action Group) 


Funded and Completed 

Finsbury Park 

Scheme location and details Description of scheme Why Investment is needed 

Bennett Court Community Centre - internal 

decoration 

Category: 

Sub-category: 

Priority: 

Approx cost: 




£15,000 

Internal decoration to community centre. 


particularly for asuccessful children’s nursery. The 

internal decoration to the centre has not been 

completed for several years. Users of the centre 

complain that walls are in disprepair, ceilings 

cracking and the general feel of the centre is 

unwelcoming. An internal decoration programme 

would improve users' enjoyment of the centre and 

increase usage. 

Andover Community Centre - feasibility study 






Feasibility study for creation of social enterprise 'café 

on the square'. 

S106 funds allocated from from 189-219 Isledon Rd 

(up to £35k, 07/2012) for development of a 'community 

café' social enterprise / employment training facility 

(subject to a feasibility study) 

To provide training and job opportunities for local 

people. 

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Finsbury Park Community Hub 






To increase the breadth and width of services provided 

to the community directly and in partnership with other 

statutory and voluntary organisations. To develop, 

expand and support the range of services already 

provided and include new services proposed by LBI, 

the board of directors and requested by the community 

at large. (Core funding provided by LBI for the basic 

operation of the Hub.) 

S106 allocated towards Finsbury Park Community Hub 

employment and training and regeneration 

programmes from 189-219 Isledon Rd (£105k, 

01/2013) 

Core funding covers remainder (£60k) 

The services offered to the community are based 

on established needs, feedback from the 

community and are an expression of the Council’s 

Core Objectives and the Priorities and 

Recommendations of LBI’s Fairness Commission 

Report. 

Finsbury Park ward project support funding 






Running cost of ward project, incorporating some 

project money. This would likely be £22,500 per year 

over a two year period (including on costs). 

To be funded by LBI Housing. 

To support local physical regeneration and 

community engagement. 

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Finsbury Park ward estate improvements 






To resolve issues of anti-social behaviour created by 

poorly designed and/or redundant public spaces, this 

proposal would enhance the amenity of local housing 

estates by improving public spaces. Schemes could 

range from small scale projects (play areas, 

community gardens, lighting, seating, landscaping etc) 

to more ambitious schemes to upgrade green spaces, 

provide new leisure facilities or re-allocate space from 

other redundant uses such as excess parking. 

Selection of locations would take into account potential 

future housing expansion. 

The cost per scheme will vary greatly depending on 

what is required. If prioritised, further investigation 

would be required to identify the specific measures to 

be implemented on each estate. This would involve 

working closely with residents and other stakeholders 

at the estates to identify these details. 

Suggested estates for consideration in this ward 

include the Andover Estate. 

To resolve issues of anti-social behaviour created 

by poorly designeed and/or redundant public 

spaces. To create improved public space on 

estates and to increase the use of these spaces, 

particularly by the wider community. 

Kinloch Street open space 

Category: Open space / green space 





Replace existing play equipment and introduce more 

natural play opportunities. Recently, site lines have 

been improved and some small scale landscape 

works, but the play equipment has not been replaced. 

S106 allocated 

- from 189-219 Isledon Rd (£180k, 07/2012) towards 

improvements to Kinloch Street Gardens and the open 

space around the Sobell Leisure Centre 

- from The Globe public house, 107 Tollington Rd 

(£33,562.96, 03/2013) 

The existing play area is not in good condition and 

needs to be replaced. It is identified as a high 

priority in the Greenspace Play Areas Audit and 

Action Plan, indicating that it is in poor physical 

condition, lacks developmental and engagement 

value, and/or is in an area of high deprivation. 

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Park Theatre, Clifton Terrace 






This major new development in Finsbury Park will see 

the development of a new theatre space. We are 

currently raising £400,000 in order to fund a dedicated 

education floor on site. This would be a facility in which 

to engage with both young people and older members 

of the community through a range of educational 

programmes. These will include community plays, over 

60s playreading sessions, workshops for schools, a 

regular saturday school and summer school and a 

young writers' programme. The theatre may work in 

partnership with Islington Community Theatre. 

To extend its plans for its education programme, the 

organisation has raised the required £400,000 through 

donations and £10,000 of s106 from LB Islington. 

Finsbury Park is one of the most deprived areas of 

Islington and has been crying out for better 

facilities for a long time. The focus is on nurturing 

people within a professional theatre context and 

making them feel part of the building. 

Islington Council helped support the theatre's 

fundraising activities with an early contribution of 

£10,000 of s106 funding from 3-5 Thane Villas 

(10k, 07/2012) 

Seven Sisters Road / Sussex Way 






Improvements to the 'square' outside the Poundland 

shop on Seven Sisters Rd, with inclusion of public art 

(possibly neon, £10k). There is scope for involving 

local young people through Spring Board (locally 

based) and other youth organisations - linking into 

existing projects. 

s106 allocated from 67-83 Seven Sisters Rd (£100k, 

07/2012) towards streetscape improvements, lighting 

and public art near the junction of Sussex Way and 

Seven Sisters Road 

The area looks run down and delapidated. It is 

extremely busy both with pedestrians and cars. It 

has become a gathering place for street drinkers. 

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Six Acres Estate 






Landscaping the new plaza which their new buildings 

will overlook. The £150k was therefore meant to allow 

us to deliver a high-quality scheme similar to the new 

Central Square on the Andover Estate, suitable for a 

variety of recreational and conmmunity-based uses for 

the combined Six Acres, Haden and Clifton estates as 

well as the newbuild properties. 

S106 allocated from Six Acres Estate (£147,015, 

07/2012) 

The lighting and concierge-controlled CCTV will 

allow us to make the square not just safe, but 

welcoming at all times. The external water and 

power points will provide the flexibility for 

community events and markets, and the highquality 

feature planting will form a suitable 

framework for the square. We wish to ensure that 

these elements form an integral part of the plaza, 

and are not tacked on piecemeal at a later date., 

The existing funding has been allocated for the 

estate-wide environmental improvements 

associated with security works, and the new layout 

formed by the OHG newbuild project, including the 

central plaza. 

However, the budget was allocated on the belief 

that a portion of funding for the main plaza would 

come from OHG via the S106 funding allocation. 

Bennett Court Community Centre - rewiring 






Complete electrical rewire 


particularly for asuccessful children’s nursery. The 

building's electrics are the original electrics. A 

rewiring of the system will modernise the centre 

and increase security for users if an intercom 

system was also introduced to the main entrance 

door. 

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Bennett Court Community Centre - windows 






Replacement of existing window to double glazed and 

renewal of flooring throughout. 

S106 allocated from 14-20 Sussex Way (£33,396, 

07/2012) 


particularly for asuccessful children’s nursery. 

Windows are original windows and as such offer 

no heating retainment nor address climate change 

issues surrounding these types of windows. A 

replacement to double glazed would enhance the 

use of the centre and prove to be more effective. 

The current timber flooring is in a poor condition. 

Renewing the flooring would increase safe usage 

and enhance the centre for users with mobility 

issues. 

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