Councillor Michelline Safi-Ngongo

Employment and Appointments Committee - Wednesday, 6th November, 2024 12.30 pm, NEW

The Employment and Appointments Committee meeting on 6 November 2024 considered the shortlisting of candidates for the role of Director of Family Help and Safeguarding.

Executive - Thursday, 24th October, 2024 7.00 pm

The Executive of Islington Council met on 24th October 2024 to agree a range of proposals. The Executive agreed funding to deliver Phase 3 of the Resident Experience Programme; agreed the distribution of Islington’s allocation of the Household Support Fund; approved the adoption of a new policy for the future use of vacant school houses and other vacant caretakers’ houses; and agreed to adopt an innovative participatory grant-making approach to a new £500,000 Sanctuary Grant Programme using government asylum dispersal and refugee resettlement grant funding for local projects to support refugees, migrants and residents seeking asylum in the borough.

Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee - Tuesday, 22nd October, 2024 7.00 pm

The committee endorsed the Islington Care Leavers and Housing Protocol and noted the Islington Safeguarding Children Board Annual Report, the Child Protection Annual Report, and the Youth Justice Service Inspection Report.

Council - Thursday, 19th September, 2024 7.15 pm

The meeting included announcements from the Mayor and the Leader of the Council. It then moved on to consider a petition calling for the Council to divest funds from institutions engaged in illegal occupations and crimes against humanity. The Council then approved seven motions that had been submitted by Councillors. It also approved a number of reports, including a report on the Council’s budget, and made a number of appointments.

Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee - Tuesday, 10th September, 2024 7.00 pm

The meeting began with a presentation on persistent absence in Islington secondary schools, which the Committee is scrutinising. Members noted the report and will decide at a later date whether to invite headteachers from schools with high and low absence rates to speak to the Committee. There was also discussion of Islington's headline provisional school results and the SEND Framework and Transitions Update. Members noted both reports, although some requested additional information for future reports. Finally, the Committee considered the Quarter 4 Performance Report and noted the Islington Young People's Drug and Alcohol Service (IYPDAS) data.