Councillor Valerie Bossman-Quarshie

Environment, Climate and Transport Scrutiny Committee - Tuesday, 3rd December, 2024 7.30 pm

The Committee heard presentations from community groups and council officers about the Council's efforts to tackle climate change, with a particular focus on reducing e-waste, improving recycling rates and creating nature neighbourhoods.

Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee - Monday, 25th November, 2024 7.00 pm

The committee considered a refreshed version of the Joint Protocol on Section 17 Families between Children's Social Care & Homes and Neighbourhoods. The committee also discussed school attendance codes, an update on the council’s school reorganisation programme, and the Children’s Services Quarter 1 2024-25 Performance Report.

Extraordinary, Council - Tuesday, 19th November, 2024 6.30 pm, NEW

Councillor Una O'Halloran was elected as the new leader of Islington Council. She is the first leader of the council to have been born and raised in the borough, and the first to have been a lifelong council tenant. She was elected unanimously by councillors after being proposed and seconded by Labour councillors, and welcomed by councillors from the Green party.

Environment, Climate and Transport Scrutiny Committee - Tuesday, 12th November, 2024 7.30 pm

The Environment, Climate and Transport Scrutiny Committee met to review the draft of a new Joint Waste Strategy for North London. The committee was also scheduled to discuss two ongoing projects being run by the Council, named Islington in Bloom and Nature Neighbourhoods .

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.