Daylight Islington

Daylight will be closed from Friday 20 March due to recent Government advice to help stop the spread of coronavirus. If you want to speak to someone about the closure, please call 020 7527 2299, 9-5pm, Monday to Friday or 020 7226 0992, at all other times. 

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A council run service, Daylight provides community and building based day opportunities. We support a broad range of users including those with complex physical and learning disabilities, sensory impairment, autism, challenging behaviour. Our Autism Unit is accredited by The National Autistic Society. On site activities include: catering, art, drama, music, pottery, sewing, knitting, Boccia, yoga, gardening, dance, wheelchair dance, massage and mulit-sensory.

Tutors from City and Islington provide classes. Service users perform at Sadlers Wells also making props and costumes, users produce a quarterly magazine, the sandwich project delivers sandwiches to council offices. Community access includes swimming, museums, galleries, bowling, hydrotherapy, trampolining, ice skating.

To attend the day centre an assessment and referral from Social Services is required. There may be a charge to attend the day centre. This is means tested. Please see information on social services care charges for more details.

• Please email incometeam@islington.gov.uk for a financial assessment.
• To request a social services assessment please contact the Access Service on 020 7527 2299 or via email access.service@islington.gov.uk