Category Archives: Community stuff

The West Area Committee of the Council has given me a small grant from the West Area Community Chest to do a few things to underpin this website  – the first of which is to create a proper web address … Continue reading →

People pulling together have helped turn Kings Cross around from a warzone in the mid nineties to one of the most exciting and stimulating places to live in London.  Every bit of the community has worked with each other, the … Continue reading →

Have you ever wondered why it’s necessary for so many lights to be left on overnight at construction sites in the area? Considering that individuals are constantly being chastised to conserve electricity and told to turn-off all their electrical gear … Continue reading →

After some palaver, I finally i have an answer to a long running investigation into the fate of emails to contact islington.  I have written (by email) to Councillor George Allan three times since 21 October about the backlog.   He … Continue reading →

Most people find email the most useful thing about the online world.  I know how important Stephan Schulte’s local email list is for distributing information locally.  So if you put your email address in the box at the top of … Continue reading →

The poll was running for about 3 weeks.  There were 37 votes (though not nec 37 voters) 54% though Contact Islington ‘was great,gets things sorted every time’ 24% thought it was ‘generally unreliable but better than nothing’, 18% though it … Continue reading →

I have long suspected that something was up with Contact Islington’s email handling – often when i report something by email i get an automatic repsonse giving me a reference number.  This gives me a false sense of security that … Continue reading →