Newington Green Action Group
The Newington Green Action Group (NGAG) is a registered UK charity (1087866)
Main Aims
The regeneration of historic Newington Green London N16, through local community effort by restoring it to popular use as a natural focus for the area.
Community Regeneration Projects
Whilst the basic physical regeneration of the area was completed at the end of 2005, the group is now working to ensure that the improvements are maintained and to encourage new developments that are of benefit to the whole community.
The NGAG monitor planning applications and public transport, organise local events (planting, jazz on the Green, fairs etc), participate in various steering groups, including the local Neighbourhood Safer Streets Team and the Mildmay Festival Committee, liaise with the Council, link in with other organisations in the area, and come up with ideas to bring the community together.
National Awards
The Newington Green Action Group won the Green Flag Award (the national standard for parks and green spaces in England and Wales) in 2006/7, 2007/8 and again for 2008/9. The group also won the Green Heritage Site Award (sponsored by English Heritage) in 2007 and Newington Green is one of just 42 sites in the UK to be given this award in 2008.
In 2008 the NGAG has been awarded a Breathing Places Grant from the Big Lottery Fund, in order to create some wildlife habitats around Newington Green and the immediate area.
Recent blog posts
- Cllr. Anna Berent ~ Mayor of Islington 2009
- Newington Green In Bloom
- Tree Planting and WING Nestbox Event on Newington Green
- Progress Report on the Wildlife in Newington Green Project - WING
- Free Arts Courses for young people with Newington Green Now & Then
- Dogs Must be on Kept a Lead on Newington Green
- Green Flag and Green Heritage Site Awards for Newington Green.
- Poets Road Environmental Wildlife Haven
- Book Launch:~ The Village that Changed the World. A History of Newington Green, London N16
- Garden Wildlife Survey
