Protect Our Pitches From Private Development!

Stop Islington Council from building on the Finsbury Leisure Centre open space.
We demand a community-led alternative to protect the unique community asset.

[Protect Our Pitches From Private Development! @KeepBunhillOpen]

We are not against housing development. We demand community-led development! #communityleddevelopment

[Protect Our Pitches From Private Development! @KeepBunhillOpen]

@sueperkins Yes. You’re correct to ask why only humans win Wildlife Photographer of the year. @BBCRadio4

https://t.co/m6nFamr3ws

[EC1VOICES @EC1VOICES]

✌️ BREAKING NEWS ✌️

We joined forces with the amazing people at @CPRELondon to evolve our campaign to the next stage.

Check the article below that describes why it is important to save FLC communal space for sports and leisure.

#ec1voiceswillbeheard

[Sky News @SkyNews]

Met Police chief to meet home secretary and policing minister over antisemitism row https://t.co/4Rjit4vRS6

[EC1VOICES @EC1VOICES]

@IslingtonBC Yes. At this rate, the only trees we’ll see in the borough are going to be painted on buildings.

[EC1VOICES @EC1VOICES]

#SocialHousingCrisis: What it's built matters as much as how and where.

Privatising the land of the Finsbury Leisure Centre is WRONG.

Well-loved, used and needed spaces for the community must be protected, not removed!

First, do no harm.

https://t.co/bGrssIcQyt

[root71 @hugo7191515340]

#Roehampton appalling! You tear down a beloved football pitch, then audaciously reveal plans for an 18-story behemoth in its place Shameful! To blatantly ignore the needs of our youth and community like this is unforgivable. Our kids are losing precious play space .

[EC1VOICES @EC1VOICES]

The dev. of the Fins. Leis. Centre by @IslingtonBC is putting the City of London FC at risk of disappearing. The club has over 200 children aged 7-14 who train there regularly.

This is wrong, and we need to act now. @GaryLineker, can you lend a hand?

https://t.co/bGrssIdoo1

[EC1VOICES @EC1VOICES]

#HousingCrisis: Building "at any cost" is NOT the solution. Tackling the systemic dysfunction is!
1.Protect social housing stock from selling
2.Invest in maintenance
3.Use empty properties
4.Refurbish first
5. Build homes in the right way & place
6.More community involvement!

[EC1VOICES @EC1VOICES]

We need to #ActNow so hundreds of people who are at risk of #FuelPoverty still have access to vital and irreplaceable sunlight. ☀️

Please share our message! 🔄

[EC1VOICES @EC1VOICES]

@GroundworkLON #Ec1Voices is local and in #Islington!
We'd love to join the #IslingtonGreenerTogether programme to protect our well-used and loved open and green communal space at Finsbury Leisure Centre from being built over and disappearing forever.

Can you help us, @GroundworkLON?🌳

[EC1VOICES @EC1VOICES]

@IslingtonBC @GroundworkLON #EC1Voices represents ±200 people of ALL backgrounds. Everyone is welcome. We want to maintain community infrastructure and green spaces OPEN in EC1V, one of the most dense areas in the country.

Can you help us too @GroundworkLON?

[EC1VOICES @EC1VOICES]

@IslingtonBC 💡Check our members' win-win idea for the Fins. Leisure Ctr @IslingtonBC!

🚸Keep OPEN SPACE 4 accessible sports & public leisure
🌳PROTECT the 54 mature trees on site
🥍 ENHANCE the Centre facilities
🏘️ Use land surplus to build social housing w/a sensible design

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[EC1VOICES @EC1VOICES]

@IslingtonBC A goal to make Islington greener and healthier is nothing but an ENORMOUS contradiction if, you are also planning to demolish the outdoor sports and leisure space of the Fins. Leisure Centre. A prime example of a used and loved space for the community worth PROTECTING!

[Islington Citizen @islingtonctzn]

‘Monstrous’: Footballers kick out at council plans for Finsbury Leisure Centre

#Islington #sports #housing @NooraLDR @EC1VOICES

https://t.co/7g9Ia75WAj

[EC1VOICES @EC1VOICES]

"This space is vital to the well-being of the young people in an area with very few green spaces and increasing youth violence. Young people need access to safe spaces to exercise and play" Luisa H.
Sign now: https://t.co/Q7WVm0UpcV
#ec1voiceswillbeheard #myec1voice #ActNow

[EC1VOICES @EC1VOICES]

This is just plain unacceptable. And there are no excuses for this outcome.

The real crisis is not homes! Is a lack of long-term vision and highly capable leadership.

#4TheCommunityByTheCommunity

[Protect Our Pitches From Private Development! @KeepBunhillOpen]

@diarmaid_w "I am so proud of these proposals which will create fantastic new council homes, and will help us create a greener, healthier borough” says @diarmaid_w

How does building across open communal space used for sports, create a greener, healthier borough!?

#keepbunhillopen

[EC1VOICES @EC1VOICES]

Flash Mob yesterday was a POWERFUL display of community strength! 💪

People in solidarity against @IslingtonBC plans to overdevelop the FLC site. Renters, homeowners, social tenants, biz owners, of ALL ages and backgrounds said: #NOTOOVERDEVELOPMENT!

✏️ https://t.co/PjkB7iFMeA

[EC1VOICES @EC1VOICES]

#LIsten to these children @IslingtonBC. They are the future!

Join us if you want to help: https://t.co/i1rzwib7sb

And sign our petition: https://t.co/PjkB7iFMeA

#Ec1VoicesWillBeHeard
#NoToOverdevelopment
#SaveThePitches
#4TheCommunityByTheCommunity

[EC1VOICES @EC1VOICES]

What @diarmaid_w didn't say about the Fins. Leisure Ctr proposal...

#Ec1VoicesWillBeHeard