More communities applied for Islington Council funding to help them put out more flags for the Coronation than for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter
Islington Council looked at 80 applications for £500 to fund Big Coronation Lunch events over the Bank Holiday weekend and gave the thumbs-up to 70 of them.
Eight were rejected and two applications were withdrawn.
Town hall bosses set aside a £33,000 fund for community events to bring people together to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III, which takes place on Saturday 6 May.
Monday 8 May has been declared a one-off extra bank holiday and the new monarch hopes people will get involved in community service that day.
Coronation events will be held at community centres and places of worship to parks, adventure playgrounds and on housing estates across Islington as people get together for a right royal knees up and a long weekend break.
The numbers of applications was up on last June’s Queen’s Platinum Jubilee when the council received 63 applications for funding.
It approved 61 requests for grants up to £500 and rejected two, whilst eight applications were withdrawn.
Organisers had to provide details of the numer of people they hoped woudl attend and details about insurance, food hygiene certificates for caterers and informaion about planned activities and music.
Resdents at 15 streets also asked if they could close their roads for parties, with 14 allowed to go ahead.
Islington’s mayor Marian Spall has a busy schedule visiting as many events as possible.
She is scheduled to pop in to 31 Coronation street parties, zumba picnics and tea parties as well as a Buckingham Palace Garden party in the days leading up to the big day.
The mayor will join residents to watch a live stream of the Coronation and is also attending a church service to celebrate the historic event.
