Young people in Haringey could see their life chances transformed after a partnership of the Council and local community organisations received £1.5million from the Mayor of London to deliver our Haringey Community Gold scheme that will help support young people to fulfil their potential.
Haringey Community Gold received the biggest amount of funding in this round of the Mayor’s Young Londoners Fund and is keen to share the learning with other organisations.
The scheme is designed to open up opportunities and provide additional support to local young people. It will also include a network of detached youth work and community programmes to help young people at risk of exclusion to fulfil their potential and avoid getting caught up in crime.
The projects range from sport provision, employment support and a future leaders programme to mental health support and a BAME careers service.
Youngsters will receive a three-year bespoke training package of support to help them stay on track, take the opportunities open to them, develop relationships and have good mental health and wellbeing following the end of the programme.
The Young Londoners Fund has been set up by Mayor Sadiq Khan to help children and young adults make the most of our capital city. Haringey Council Chief Executive Zina Etheridge said:
This is fantastic news for the borough. We are determined to help our young people get the right start in life. This substantial funding will help us provide the support and programmes to help individuals who have experienced challenging starts to their life. This will help our young people fulfil their potential.
Programmes that will be set up in Haringey:
- NLPC: Community leader programme that will create and cultivate young offenders/disaffected youth into future community leader
- Access UK: BAME careers service for 16-21 year olds, working with 200 young people across Haringey supporting 50% in to employment
- Work works: targeted provision for the 300 most prolific re/offenders (aged 12-21) on court orders and in prison to support them into employment/training
- Haringey Play and Woodgreen Sandbunker: Working with 10-15 year olds offering one-to-one supervision and positive activities delivering 179 sessions per year
- Exodus: 12 week rolling programme for 12-21 year olds including high risk offenders and those excluded and at risk of exclusions. Techniques used to address trauma, knife crime and gangs
- Taking the Heat out of the Street: Sport provision for 90 young people aged 13-21 on Broadwater Farm Estate
- UK Health Ministries: Seven fitness sessions a week with disaffected young people
- Thinking Space: Service supported by the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust and will train outreach workers to facilitate a safe space where individuals can talk about their feelings