Supporting the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS)
About us
We provide comprehensive support to the voluntary and community sector (VCS) in Haringey, particularly grassroots organisations and under-served groups, to strengthen governance, grow fundraising channels, build capacity, and increase impact.
Haringey Community Collaborative is delivered by Public Voice in partnership with Mind in Haringey to ensure the sector is stronger, able to attract more external funding and deliver better services.
We help VCS groups and organisations to:
- Find funding opportunities and get support to develop funding applications.
- Find the information needed to develop essential documents and processes, including governance.
- Get set up or started on a new project.
- Start, grow or manage community groups or organisations.
- Connect with others in the community through events and networking.
- Recruit volunteers.
Our impact
In our first year we supported Haringey’s groups and organisations in a wide range of ways to ensure that the VCS is stronger, able to attract more funding and deliver better services.
It’s fantastic that so many different voices and perspectives have been part of our priority setting, and that so many new faces have been engaging with our capacity building. We’ve seen how co-production, shared learning, and genuine collaboration can help us focus on what matters most – reaching those who are too often left unheard, unseen or unsupported.
Read more about our impact in 2024 to 2025:
Our priorities
Since May 2024, Haringey Community Collaborative has taken a co-production approach to agreeing its strategic priorities and the focus of our capacity building efforts. Find out more by reading ‘Our priorities’ report:
NavNet+
NavNet+ (Navigation Network Plus) is an online platform for Haringey’s Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) to share information, knowledge and news, develop collaboration and partnership working, highlight best practice through shared guidance, and to ensure that workstreams, projects and resident services are not duplicated.
Safeguarding Adults
Haringey Council have produced a series of short videos to help you understand what safeguarding is, how to recognise the signs of abuse and what to do to report it.
The videos are particularly designed for people who work within an organisation as a paid or voluntary worker but could be of interest to others too.
Safeguarding Adults Quiz
Once you have watched the videos you should try the short quiz below to check your understanding:
Feel free to share this with others and if you are working in or for an organisation, discuss what you have learnt with your manager.