Welcome to HAVCO

'Serving Haringey’s voluntary and community sector by promoting, representing and supporting its diverse needs'

HAVCO is the council for voluntary service in Haringey. We are an independent registered charity that exists to support, promote and develop voluntary and community organisations in Haringey. Click here to find out more about our services.

Voluntary & Community Organisations Directories

HAVCO members - Visit our database for information and contact details of some 200 voluntary and community organisations based in Haringey.

HAricare (Haringey Directory of Services for Adults Work on Services for Older People) - Visit Haringey Council's website to find services, support and activities and other forms of advice and information for users of adult social care services, their families and carers.

Haringey Council's Investment Fund

LBH's Investment Fund for Voluntary and Community Organisations closed on Tuesday 10th April.

HAVCO wrote to Cllr Dilek Dogus, Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Services, outlining concerns raised by VCOs in relation to the fund (read the letter here). Cllr Dogus sent a response to this letter (which you can read here). HAVCO then wrote a second letter in reply to Cllr Dogus's response, which you can read here.

Best Value Guidance benefits local VCS

Are you familiar with this recent Guidance and how it could benefit your organisation in its dealings with Haringey Council?

Spending Cuts in Haringey

Haringey Council will have to cut £85 million from its budget over the next three years. In 2011/12 they cut their budget by 13% (£46m). You can find full details of the budget here. This has had an impact upon many frontline services such as youth centres, drop-ins and luncheon clubs and older people. Voluntary and community organisations in receipt of core funding will lose their grants in June 2012. The Council have published a Funding and Commissioning Framework for the Voluntary Sector.

The big news for charities following central government's 2012 budget is the Chancellor's £50,000 cap on personal tax relief. Charities warn this will strongly deter millionaires from giving generously. The Guardian go into a little more detail on this, and the NVCO and others have written an open letter to the Chancellor about the matter.

Here are some resources you may find useful in light of the cuts:

Support during cuts (pdf)

Compact Accountability Guidance (pdf)

HAVCO's fundraising support

HAVCO's partnership development support

Rebuilding Tottenham

On 13 December HAVCO held the Regeneration of Tottenham event. A feedback report is in draft and will be available by 31 January 2012. The report will be sent to Haringey's Tottenham Regeneration Team to help shape their plans.

"Tottenham's Future"- HAVCO's Feedback Report

Have Your Say on Tottenham's Future

Support for businesses & traders

Free legal advice

Haringey's Community Panel

Riots Communities and Victims Panel Interim Report

HMIC Review of Policing Report