Community buildings for hire in Islington

If you want to hire space in Islington for a meeting, a social event or a training course there is a wide range of community buildings in all parts of the borough which offer attractive space at very reasonable rates.

As well as community centres and community halls many other community buildings hire out rooms, and many faith buildings such as churches also have space for hire.  Many venues have additional facilities and amenities which you can also hire, for example kitchens, outside space and break out rooms.  Some venues can cater for events, or will arrange for catering to be provided.  In many you can hire equipment, for example projectors and laptops and flipcharts.

Voluntary Action Islington has fully accessible conference, training and meeting rooms for hire at attractive rates in our premises located only a few minutes walk from Kings Cross.  We can arrange catering, and provide equipment.

Alternatively, you may have space in your building that you would like to hire out.

In this section you can find out where to:

  • hire a hall, meeting room or other space, by the hour or the day, in a community building in Islington
  • find an office or other space for your longer-term use in a community building in Islington
  • advertise space in your building that you wish to hire or rent out

Places to look to find out what is available:

The My Community Space website
www.mycommunityspace.org.uk offers a place for community and voluntary sector organisations to find or advertise premises for hire.  It provides free listings of rooms for hire for a one-off event through to long-term office space for rent.

If you are looking for premises the website contains a database with pictures of the premises, details of the facilities, information about accessibility and a map showing the location.  It enables you to email the person managing the bookings to express an interest in making a booking. You can search the database by postcode, type of premises or other criteria.

If you have premises to hire or to let the website offers a platform where you can advertise your property not only to groups in Islington, but also to organisations throughout London (and, in time, organisations nationally.)

We urge Islington groups to put their property details on this website, and to keep the site up-to-date. If you encounter any difficulties in entering details about your premises you are welcome to contact VAI’s Community Buildings Development Worker, who will try to help resolve these problems.  Contact Janet Keighley by email janet.keighley@vai.org.uk or call 020 7832 5825.

Voluntary Action Islington News
Local organisations frequently post details of premises for hire in Islington on VAIs free electronic news service voluntaryactionislington-news@yahoogroups.com.  If you are not currently signed up for VAI’s news service and would like to receive the service, please complete our online form and we will send you an invitation to join. You will then also be able to advertise premises to hire.

Community Centres on Islington’s Housing Estates.
Homes for Islington (which manages Islington Council’s housing) is responsible for over 50 community centres, halls and tenant and resident association community flats throughout the borough.  These centres can be booked for local community activities. Local groups and charities may be able to book free of charge. Otherwise charges vary according to facilities available and the purpose of the booking. Bookings can be made by contacting the booking secretary or another member of a centre’s management committee.

Click here for Homes for Islington’s list of Community Centres which provides contact details.

Islington Council venues
Islington Council has a number of venues available for hire, which include halls in libraries and other buildings, training spaces, meeting rooms and even the Council Chamber.

Click this link to go to the Council’s downloadable:

  • lists of LBIs halls, library spaces and other venues
  • information on hire charges and terms and conditions
  • an application form to hire space

Voluntary Action Islington’s Directory of Islington Organisations
Use our searchable database to find information on voluntary and community groups, including local community centres.  The database can help you identify organisations that have space available for hire, and provides contact details.

Places of worship and faith buildings
Many faith buildings hire out their premises to groups of all faiths and none.  Unfortunately no single comprehensive list exits showing what is available, so you may have to consult a number of sources, and then contact individual organisations to find out what type of premises they have available (if any.)  Many faith buildings have their own websites which provide this information.

Sources of this information:

a) Islington faiths Forum website is the best place to start .  Click on IFF Directory, and then search for ‘venue for hire’ under ‘Support Type.’

b) Islington Council’s Directory of Local Services has a list of places of worship for different faiths.  This list does not identify whether individual organisations have premises for hire, but provides contact details for you to make your own enquiries.

c) The Places of Worship website provides information on places of worship and cultural centres in Islington for the Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Islamic and Christian faiths.  Click on ‘a place near you’ and search the database by area.  These lists do not identify whether individual organisations have premises for hire, but provides contact details for you to make your own enquiries.

d) Find a Church allows you to search for churches by postcode. This list does not identify whether individual organisations have premises for hire, but provides contact details for you to make your own enquiries.

e)  For information about Mosques and Islamic Centres in Islington you can search the following databases:

  • www.salaam.co.uk – you can search the Mosque database for details of organisations in Islington
  • www.mosques.co.uk – you can search a Directory of mosques to find details of mosques and Islamic centres in Islington.

These databases do not identify whether individual organisations have premises for hire, but provide contact details so that you can make your own enquiries.

f)  For information about synagogues in Islington you can search this website:

Greater London Community.  This list does not identify whether individual organisations have premises for hire, but provides contact details for you to make your own enquiries.


Premises managed by Black, minority ethnic and refugee and asylum seekers groups

A number of Islington’s BME and refugee and asylum seekers organisations have space to hire and let in their premises.

  • VAI Directory of Organisations contains information on BME and refugee and asylum seekers organisations, and can help identify whether organisations have space available for hire, and provides contact details.

Information developed by Voluntary Action Islington’s Community Buildings Project
Funded by the Big Lottery