Trustee opportunities in Haringey Expand Here are a some of the trustee opportunities currently available from across Haringey... EcoCounts - Trustee / Treasurer EcoCounts are a climate charity based in North London. They are looking for someone with experience in accountancy and bookkeeping to join their board. Click below to find out more… More Information Wheely Tots - Trustees Wheely Tots is keen to hear from people interested in what we do who might want to get involved with running the charity as a trustee. Click below to find out more... More Information Groundswell Arts - Chair & Trustees Groundswell Arts are seeking new Trustees and a Chair to join our North London Arts and Education Charity. Click below to find out more... More Information Hornsey Vale Community Association - Treasurer HVCA is looking for a volunteer treasurer, ideally with an accountancy or book-keeping background. Click below to find out more... More information Muswell Hill Centre - Treasurer The Muswell Hill Centre is a small, registered charity run by a friendly and informal Management committee, which has overseen the running of a purpose built youth centre since 1976. They are looking for a Haringey resident with a working knowledge of accounts, to join the committee as a trustee and Treasurer, lead on financial governance, and monitor the charity’s modest income and expenditure, and report to the rest of committee. Closing date: 15th April 2023 More information Lordship Hub is looking for new volunteer board members They are particularly interested in hearing from local people who have skills and experience of financial management, fundraising, IT, hospitality retail, running a small organisation or people management. Lordship Hub is a vibrant community centre and café in Lordship Rec, Tottenham’s largest public park. The Hub’s aim is to provide a space and services that are needed by park users and the local community. This includes 2 rooms for hire, and a cafe serving a menu that is focused on fresh, wholesome, tasty and affordable food. The activities and pricing have to be appealing to the local community and also allow to run a financially sustainable organisation. More information Wards Corner CBS Wards Corner CBS are seeking to recruit Trustees, click below to find out more... More Information Markfield Project - Trustees The Markfield Project is a charity set up by parents of disabled children to create a safe and supportive space for inclusive play. They provide a diverse range of services for disabled children, young people and adults, parents, carers and siblings. They are looking for committed and passionate people to get involved as trustees. Click below to find out more and to apply… More Information Application Form Centre 404 - Could you be one of their next Trustees? Centre 404 is a charity that provide high quality support and services to people with learning disabilities and their families. They are based in North London and work across 7 London boroughs. They are currently looking for two new board members. They particularly welcome applications from the BAME community, those with lived experience of learning disabilities and those without previous trustee experience who may not think to apply for a role like this. Click below to find out more and how to apply… More information Haringey Community Benefit Society - Board Members Haringey Community Benefit Society is an exciting new start up focussed on providing rental homes for households who find it difficult to buy or rent on the open market. They have had a successful first year of operation and have ambitious plans to grow and a pipeline of properties to add to their portfolio. They are now looking to recruit new members to join their board of management as independent non-executive directors of the company. More information Haringey Over 50s Forum - Committee Members Haringey Over 50s Forum purpose is to give older people a voice and to ensure that all their concerns are put and kept before the decision makers. We are looking for volunteers to join our Committee and help support our members and older residents in Haringey. If you would like to use your skills and experience in committee work, events organising, and dialogue with public bodies and politicians, to help us with our work with older people in Haringey, we would love to hear from you! More Information
Haringey, Here to Help - Haringey Council’s information hub and helpline Expand If you know someone who is finding it hard to keep on top of rising costs, please direct them to the Haringey, Here to Help webpages to find out what support is available or encourage them to call the Financial Support Helpline on 020 8489 4431.
Funding for VCS organisations Expand We have collated below some relevant funding opportunities available to VCS organisations. If you need support to apply, please contact us at [email protected] Some tips from our team Here are some steps you can take now to help deal with the increase in costs. When applying for funding, take into account any increases that may occur due to the crisis and reflect that into your budget. In addition to looking for new sources of funding, organisations may also be able to contact current funders to check the possibility of discussing further support to mitigate financial impact resultant of the cost-of-living crisis. Consider exploring other ways of getting funding, such as crowdfunding and match funding opportunities. Short term funding/small grants The National Lottery Community Fund – Awards for AllYou can apply for funding to deliver a new or existing activity or to support your organisation to change and adapt to new and future challenges, including mitigating the impact of the cost-of-living crisis. Together for London Programme Apply for up to £10,000 to support your organisation through the cost-of-living crisis. Organisations must be responding to the immediate impacts of the cost-of-living crisis on the communities you support, particularly communities hardest hit by the crisis. Part of the grant can be used to support the resilience and sustainability of your community organisation, including salaries, rent and bills. Magic Little GrantsLocalgiving has teamed up with the Postcode Community Trust to provide the Magic Little Grants programme. The fund provides small charities and community groups with grants of £500 for projects that address a range of community, social, environmental and health issues including preventing or reducing the impact of poverty. PropelOne of three priority areas is ‘Robust Safety Net’ - Ensuring every Londoner is able to access the support they need to prevent or alleviate financial hardship and building a strong and sustainable advice sector. Grants range from £500 - £2000. Apply for a grant – Tesco Community GrantsTesco Community Grants are prioritising helping projects that support food security. Asda Foundation - Cost of Living GrantsThis grant is designed to support the increased running costs groups will face between September 2022 and February 2023, including rent increases and electricity cost rises. There are two options within this grant. Groups must be clear from the outset which option they intend to apply for: Increased rent and utility bill support Increased food costs support London Catalyst Grant ProgrammesProject grants - Priority is given to new initiatives and service developments targeted at people disadvantaged as a result of long-term ill-health, disability and poverty. Normally to organisations with an income <£500k. Grants range from £1,000 to £5,000. Samaritan Grants - Hardship fund available to frontline health, social work and advice agencies to offer immediate assistance to people in an emergency. The partner agency distributes small one-off grants on London Catalyst behalf. Rosa - Voices from the FrontlineThis fund offers one-year grants of up to £7,000 to support campaigning and influencing work that enables women and girls to use their voice to achieve change. With the rising cost of living and global pandemic worsening inequalities and threatening to push back women’s and girls’ rights, Rosa's new fund will support women’s and girls’ organisations to deliver activism and campaigning, particularly at the grassroots, and raise awareness of the issues they face. Find out more about the fund here Peabody Community Fund Applications are currently open for the Peabody Community Fund. Haringey is one of 8 target boroughs and groups can apply for up to £15,000 per year over 2 years. Crowdfunding opportunities Sport England – Active TogetherFunding available to support clubs and local organisations to set up and run their own crowdfunding campaign, with a potential financial pledge to help them towards their crowdfunding target. Match investment, of up to £10,000, aims to help organisations start to help themselves on the road to recovery. It's specifically targeted at organisations that have a role in supporting the nation to be active but are experiencing short-term financial hardship, or the ceasing of operations due to a crisis. Aviva Community FundThe Aviva Community Fund helps small charities build stronger communities by focusing on climate change or helping people take control of their financial wellbeing. Organisations with core missions aligned to the Financial Wellbeing funding area can also apply for funding to cover operational costs. Long term funding Longer term funding will help you build resilience into your organisation’s finances. If you need support, when thinking about developing strategies for sustainability or applying for any of these funds, please get in touch with us. City Bridge Trust – Advice and Support GrantsBy awarding Advice and Support grants City Bridge Trust want to achieve the following outcomes: More Londoners have improved economic circumstances. Fewer Londoners experience food poverty. More Londoners access debt and legal services for support before they hit crisis point. They welcome applications for up to five years of funding, and core funding will be considered. Henry Smith Charity - Improving LivesGrants for small and medium sized organisations in the UK to support projects and the running costs of organisations. Funding of between £20K and £70K per year for a maximum of three years is available to established organisations delivering services directly to beneficiaries. Other opportunities NatWest Social & Community Capital NatWest Social & Community Capital offers a helping hand to social ventures looking to scale, through loans, provided with flexible terms and business support. They offer alternative funding to business charities and social enterprises who don't qualify for mainstream loans. Their community business loans offer funding from £30,000 to £750,000 with flexible terms and repayments holidays including access to sector experts. To find out more and receive their criteria, please contact [email protected]
Energy-saving information Expand Money Saving Boiler ChallengeTurning down a single setting will make your boiler work more efficiently, saving around £112 a year for the average household. Warm and Safe Homes adviceNational Energy Action is charity that aims to improve the lives of people in fuel poverty. NEA has developed a series of multi-lingual information leaflets aimed at frontline workers to help provide advice in the communities. These are suitable to distribute at public-facing events and to help you share information with those who need it. Energy Bill Relief SchemeThis scheme will provide energy bill relief for non-domestic customers in Great Britain, including charities and public sector organisations. It will cover energy use for 6 months from 1 October 2022 to 31 March 2023, and is in addition to the Energy Price Guarantee for households. Organisations do not need to take action or apply to the scheme to access the support. Support (in the form of a p/kWh discount) will automatically be applied to bills and the level of price reduction for each business will vary depending on their contract type and circumstances. For further information, please see guidance here Carbon Champions - Free Energy Saving and Sustainability AdviceWorried about rising energy prices? Concerned about climate change? Reduce your costs and your carbon emissions with FREE energy-saving, cost-saving advice from experts and peer volunteers at The Lordship Hub Community Centre and Roadshow events this autumn. All sessions are free and everyone is welcome. You do not need to be a member of an organisation to attend. Haringey Organisations are encouraged to attend or send their users.
Support available for residents Expand Citizens Advice HaringeyClick here to access Haringey Advice Partnership resources which provide an overview of the financial help available to residents. You can also check the advice section on their website here for more information on the support available and contact their Adviceline open Monday to Friday for free on 0808 278 7966. For anyone requiring support with an issue relating to a private tenancy, please self-refer here Mayor of London HubThis Hub contains information about benefits, grants and discounts you can get if you’re in financial difficulty. Overall government support for the cost of living: factsheetThis factsheet provides a summary of the national government support available to help with the cost of living.
Funding for individuals Expand Here is a list of funding opportunities available for individuals to apply. Essential Living Fund - GlasspoolEssential Living Fund provides general hardship funds, applications must be made via referral agency. Grants to Individuals | Smallwood TrustSmallwood Trust - The Fund supports some of the women who are likely to be disproportionately affected by the rise in the cost of living, prioritising applications from: Women that are single parents Disabled women Women with no recourse to public funds Women who are or who have been affected by domestic violence or abuse Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic women BBC Children in Need Emergency Essentials Programme BBC Children in Need Emergency Essentials Programme supports children and young people who are facing exceptionally difficult circumstances, and is delivered by Family Fund Business Services. Chances for Children Grants Chances for Children grants are individually tailored grants of up to £2,000 for children and young people who have experienced a crisis that has recently had a significant and enduring impact on their social and emotional wellbeing and educational engagement. Grants For Older PeopleFriends of the Elderly provides grants to older people living on low incomes. Apply for SupportAl-Mizan Charitable Trust - General Welfare Fund provides small grants to families across the UK, who are facing financial difficulties. Hardship Grants Application Guide - COSARAFHardship grants across a range of themes, prioritising the most excluded people. British Gas Energy Trust Fund Application FormDebt writer off fund British Gas Energy Trust – Individuals and families can apply for grants to clear domestic gas and electricity debts. Before applying to the Trust you must get money or debt advice first. EDF Energy Fund | EDF Energy Customer Support FundEDF provides support for individuals struggling to manage household energy debt. E.ON Next Energy FundE.ON Next Energy Fund is to help E.ON Next customers who are experiencing financial hardship and struggling. Teaching Staff Trust Provides hardship grants to people working in the education sector Grants | Finance Support | Royal British LegionThe Royal British Legion provide support to the Armed Forces community who may need financial support across a range of needs. Grants: England | Family FundFamily funds support families with disabled children in need of extra support, including a range of hardship related support. Family Action's Grants Service: Financial support since 1869Family Action’s Welfare Grants programme aims to help prevent an immediate crisis from spiralling and threatening the stability of families and individuals.
Family Services Expand SEND Parent Carer Forum Friendly and welcoming group of local parents and carers of children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, aged 0-25. Location: N15 5BNContact: [email protected] | [email protected] Website Ezer Leyoldos Short and long term support packages to Orthodox Jewish (Charedi) families with children under 18 or 25 years for young people with disabilities. Have an ‘out of hours’ facility to respond to crises. Location: N16 5RNContact: [email protected] | 020 8880 2488 Website CARIS Haringey Support to families with no recourse to public funds. Advice and advocacy support on housing, benefits and immigration. English language classes. Summer play schemes. Weekly drop-in sessions for parents, carers, and children - meet up and enjoy play time, activities, workshops, and music. Location: St Pauls Annexe, N17 0JR. Sessions at St Ann’s Church hall, N15 5JHContact: 02088013004 Website Citizens Advice Haringey Confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. Information and support on issues relating to Debt and Money, Energy advice, Benefits, Housing, Consumer, Work, Health and Social Care, and Family and Relationships. Location: N17 7DNAdvice line: 0808 278 7966 Website Haringey Community Food Network Emergency food provision: food banks, community kitchens, plus veg box schemes, growers, delivery services. You can access the Food Support Map to find your local community food group; you can search using the map, by postcode or simply using the list to find details of how to access these services. Website Home-Start Haringey, Hackney and Waltham Forest Home visiting intervention, friendship, practical and emotional support (2-4 hours per week) to families under stress and experiencing difficulties, and family crisis. Upskilling programme of training and personal development for volunteers, most of whom are parents. Location: N17 7QAContact: 020 8352 4151 | [email protected] Website
Children's Services Expand Wheely Tots Programmes & activities promote healthy, confident, resilient communities through improving connections to each other and the outdoors. For families, children and young people these include: Parent and Toddler (ages 2-4) balance bike sessions Family Bike Club for 4+ year olds and adults to learn to ride / improve skills Women and Girls (13+) bike rides Book your session on EventbriteLocation: Lordship Rec, N17 6NUContact: 07397 902255 | [email protected] Website Groundswell Arts Creative education programmes for 0-11 year olds, their families and teachers, incorporating music, art, theatre, storytelling, dance and film making. Location: N4 3EXContact: [email protected] Website Haringey Learning Partnership Support schools to enable learners of all ages to make changes and thrive in mainstream settings. Work collaboratively with learners, staff and parents/carers using a trauma informed approach to add pastoral and leadership capacity. Find out more about their outreach services hereReferral forms hereContact: 0208 829 9846 Website Markfield After school clubs and holiday playschemes where disabled and non-disabled children play together. Free specialist advice on topics such as: disability benefits, behaviour support, transition to adulthood. Parent group coffee mornings and a monthly family club. Location: N15 4RBContact: 0208 800 4134 | [email protected] Website
Youth Services Expand Hope in Haringey Enhancing the life chances of Haringey's young people. Services include: counselling in 27 schools; One to one employability mentoring; Youth work by doing diversionary football; and Police engagement. Download flyer here Location: N17 8AAContact: 020 8809 3411 Website Paths Through Change Promotes the rights of Children and Young People who are experiencing divorce or relationship breakdown in their families. Provides specialist support services including advocacy and befriending schemes and events. You can find out more about the services here Contact: [email protected] Website Sister System New model of working with girls and young women (13-24 years old) who have been affected by the care system (in care, care leaver or cusp of care), providing eight tailored programmes designed to embed essential skills, tools and strategies that enables them to avoid or recover from the unique risks girls affected by care face. Location: N17 8AAContact: 020 8059 1055 | [email protected] Website
Mental Health Expand Open Door Free psychological therapies for young people aged 12 to 24. Therapies can help with a range of concerns, including problems at home, school, college, work, difficulties with family and friends, issues with drugs or alcohol, depression, anxiety, self-harm, anger or violence. Download flyer here Parenting Teenagers Project allows parents to talk in confidence with a trained professional, providing space to think, talk and be heard. Download flyer here Location: N8 8PLContact: 020 8348 5947 | [email protected] Website Mind in Haringey Advocacy and social prescribing, peer support, and wellbeing activities to adults and young people 16+ year olds. Aims to develop young people’s understanding of their own wellbeing, providing them with tools to improve their emotional resilience. Referral forms here Location: N4 3QFContact: 0208 340 2474 (option 1) | [email protected] Website
What do we mean by co-production Expand To tackle health inequalities we must share power more equally between those who provide services and people with a lived experience of the challenges facing us in the community. Co-production and community empowerment values technical expertise and cultural understanding, where everyone's skills and personal resources are respected and put to use. We go beyond asking for ideas, experience and opinions; co-production requires collective actions that are inclusive and reciprocal from start to finish. We work with experts by experience, and professionals to influence, participate, and lead services. From co-designing solutions that reflect the needs in the community, to supporting co-implementation and co-governance of activities, and sharing the responsibility of evaluating the impact of our work. We encourage the organisations and institutions we support and partner with to embed co-production values and practices in their work. Ref: SCIE, July 2022 Co-production: what it is and how to do it | SCIE 'Co-production is not just a word, it is not just a concept, it is a meeting of minds coming together to find shared solutions.’(SCIE, July 2022)
Capacity building in our Voluntary and Community Sector Expand We support the VCS with capacity building through training sessions and opportunities to strengthen skills and expertise for VCS organisations. We are developing a training programme for grassroots community groups (training options include: Mental Health First Aid, Safeguarding training, photography workshops and much more…). If you are a grassroots VCS group and you would like to learn more speak to Beth: [email protected] If you are a resident and would like to get involved speak to Debra Ayipeh: [email protected]
Healthy Neighbourhoods programme and co-production in action Expand Click here to read about our Haringey Women’s Healthy Neighbourhoods Soirée Our team chatted to Rudi Page about co-production in action. Watch again here to learn more:
Meet the grassroots community groups involved Expand Making Connections Work Ltd. Rudi Page, CEO, Making Connections Work, policy implementation specialists focused on 5 core areas: business support local economic development community services healthcare delivery systems diaspora affairs Rudi led and modelled the widely acclaimed NLTEC / BLLN Synergy Project (Haringey, Barnet, Endfield), which has been replicated at many local and national institutions.Over the past 40 years, he has worked in the private, public, and voluntary sectors within Haringey. Rudi champions co-production values and a ‘cluster’ model of community partnerships. HoPEC: House of Polish and European Community House of Polish & European community (HoPEC) provides a warm welcome to people from Poland and other European countries. HoPEC provide support in various languages, namely Polish, French & English. With advance booking, interpreters can be arranged for other languages. They offer a range of services, including: advice - 1:1 confidential advice on a range of issues including employment, education, family support, housing, finance and healthcare immigration - they are OISC registered which means they are qualified to give immigration advice and help with applications such as the ‘EU settlement scheme’ other general enquiries - such as help with reading a letter, form filling and registering with services sworn translation services – for Polish / English signposting – to local services, activities & classes - if they can’t help you, they will direct you to an organisation who can! Community Cook Up Community Cook Up is a Community Action Group, which meets weekly for the past 7 years, at the Centre of the Northumberland Park Estate, in North Tottenham. We bring local people together to find their collective voice, to cook up food and ideas, and support each other. Community Cook Up is by residents of Northumberland Park, for residents of Northumberland Park. We need co-design and co-production to ensure that what we provide is relevant and accessible. We want the Council and ICB to co-design and co-produce with us, in a meaningful and respectful partnership which is both trauma informed and aware of structural oppression, power dynamics and privilege, working with the community on its terms and in its spaces. You vs You CIC You vs You is a positive approach to support the development of all young people. We want to support people to have bright futures, enjoy fulfilling lives and realise their potential through positive relationships and exciting opportunities. By doing this we ensure that our future generation is equipped to create the economic and social changes needed for community development. We can create communities that enable young people to thrive and flourish to be hopeful, focused and successful. For You vs You, co-production means involving our beneficiaries in developing, shaping and helping to implement changes that are needed in our community and taking roles in delivering projects. Dalmar Heritage and Family Development I am a Somali woman who came to the UK during the long civil war in Somalia. I was still a teenager and doing work experience for a local newspaper (called Dalmar) in Mogadishu, dreaming of being a journalist. Without realising it I was absorbing the oral traditions of my country. My future vanished and I had to adjust to an uncertain world where I was a refugee. In 2008 I was a parent volunteer at a local primary school. I saw that children did not speak Somali and had no contact with their culture or heritage. I began to tell them stories and to network with other mothers. From this our organisation, Dalmar Heritage and Family Development was born. Dalmar means 'traveller' in Somali. We are travellers, we brought nothing with us except the knowledge and memories in our heads, and the networks that we still maintain with each other across the world. This I believe is of great value. Dalmar Heritage and Family Development activities: storytelling projects solutions to social problems practical training with themes of Somali culture Books and publications in English and Somali supplementary school for children and to work on the problems of Somali women living in London regular healthy activity programmes including mental health awareness to help mend the health inequalities in Black and minority ethnic communities. Sewn Together We are a voluntary, community composes of local organisations, groups and individuals working together to promote and facilitate the educational, employment, training civic and cultural needs of the target group through information, guidance, and timely advice with a focus on crafting, health & wellbeing, media, digital, creative arts, green & environmental sustainability. We support adults, mainly women living in low-income households, many from BAME communities who are long term unemployed, economically inactive and some have a diagnosed physical or mental health condition. We provide accessible pathways to skills transfer and training, which could lead into further education, employment, or start-up enterprises. Turkish Cypriot Community Association (TCCA) TCCA provides culturally, linguistically, and religiously sensitive services to Turkish Cypriot and Turkish people residing in the UK. As an organisation it bridges gaps in inequality and poverty, via the development of needs led projects. Some of TCCAs project include: health screening events, building healthy workplaces, and support for people with long term health conditions.
Toolkit and Quick Guide: How to empower local people and support co-production Expand Together with our grassroots community groups, we have developed a Toolkit and Quick Guide: 'How to empower local people and support co-production'. This guide aims to improve and increase involvement of Voluntary and Community Sector grassroots groups and residents in health and wellbeing activities. Click here to read digitally or request a hard copy here
Haringey Food Network Expand This network is made up of community organisations that offer food-related services as part of their overall offer to residents such as food aid, food growing, food education, schools, local businesses. The network engages with partners and stakeholders such as Haringey Council, Citizen’s Advice Haringey, GLA, Sustain, Haringey Community Food Network (HCFN). These organisations come together to support each other, identify upcoming challenges and share knowledge, news and ideas with the ongoing mission to tackle food injustice. To find out more please email Sam, [email protected]
What is an emergency Expand In Haringey, an emergency could include: Click here for more information on Haringey Council’s website.
Which areas in Haringey are at risk Expand The Mayor of London developed an interactive map that showcase the areas more at risk to climate change impacts, including flooding and extreme heat. In Haringey, the risk coincides with the more deprived areas in the east side of the borough. You can use this tool to check the risks in your area, and there are some useful information that you can use to help to plan and raise awareness of risks in your community: London Climate Risks Maps
Who to contact in case of an emergency Expand dial 999 if it's life-threatening contact the emergency planning and resilience team via [email protected] contact Haringey Council out of hours on 020 8489 0000
Where to find news Expand You can get up to date information during an emergency through: Bridge Renewal Trust Newsletter Haringey Council’s Facebook page Haringey Council’s Twitter page BBC London radio – 94.9FM Met Office weather warnings Environment Agency flood alerts NHS website London Fire Brigade Haringey Twitter page
What to consider when sharing a message Expand During emergencies, you may receive information from different government departments, emergency services, and community partners. You can help residents to better navigate the wealth of resources available by organising information and directing them to the most up-to-date and relevant source. Important to note that misinformation can be easily spread. This can happen for many reasons, including information becoming quickly outdated, or unconfirmed messages passing by word-of mouth. If you want to help by spreading helpful messages to your community, always share up-to-date information from official sources, such as the channels suggested here
How to communicate with other colleagues supporting the community Expand Joining local networks can be useful for mutual help and sharing information. Haringey has a long list of networks and forums that you can join. Online communities such as NavNet can be helpful in an emergency. NavNet is a community made up of people who work in Haringey and whose combined knowledge is channelled to support each other to help Haringey residents. NavNet exists as an online support portal (WhatsApp) and via regular in-person networking support events. For more information, please email [email protected]
Resources you can share with your community now to raise awareness of risks and community preparedness Expand You can start now to raise awareness of risks and help communities to plan and prepare ahead of emergencies. These are some useful resources that you can share with the residents you support, particularly when they live in areas at risk. Click here for Haringey Council’s guidance for emergencies such as flooding, power cuts, hot weather, how to plan for an emergency and what to do in an emergency. Click here for the Mayor of London’s guidance on flash flooding including a flash flooding awareness leaflet. Click here for resources collated by the VCS Emergencies partnership on winter preparedness. Click here to know more the Priority Services Register and the support they can offer in the event of a power cut. Click here for resources by the British Red Cross on how to prepare an emergency kit.