Haringey Community Showcase 2024

The Haringey Community Showcase 2024 is all about celebrating the amazing work happening in our local community. Following the success of last year’s event hosted by the Bridge Renewal Trust, we’re bringing together voluntary and community sector groups, volunteers and residents for a day packed with inspiration, connection, and recognition of community achievements.

This year marks a new chapter as the event is part of the Haringey Community Collaborative – a project aimed at fostering even stronger partnerships across the borough. The Showcase will highlight exciting community-led projects and honour individuals and groups making a real difference in Haringey.

Please find details on ' below. and register as an Attendee or book a space as a Stall Holder via 'Select Tickets' button.

- Celebration and Recognition of Impact: Taking a moment to reflect on the positive impact achieved in our community this year.

- Working Together for a Better Haringey: Exploring how we can collaborate to create lasting, positive change in the community.

- Creativity and Culture: Shining a light on how arts, creativity, and culture bring us together and strengthen local bonds.

- Sustainability and Growth: Looking at how we can build a greener, more sustainable future for Haringey.

- Inclusion and Equality: Ensuring everyone feels included and that all voices are heard in shaping our community.

1. Celebrate Our Local Heroes: Recognise the people and organisations who are making a real difference in the community.

2. Build Stronger Connections: Create opportunities for local groups, residents, and the Council to come together, share ideas, and work more closely.

3. Showcase Local Services: Highlight the fantastic voluntary and community sector projects and services available to residents, so more people know where to turn for support.

4. Inspire Action: Encourage everyone to get involved in making Haringey a better place for all.

• Stalls and Info Stands: Over 50 local organisations will be there to show what they do and how they can support the community.
• Performance: Songs from inspiring community music initiatives.
• Awards Ceremony: The Community Showcase Awards 2024 will honour the incredible people and organisations who’ve made a difference in categories like health, culture, sustainability, and inclusion.

• Challenge Fund Round 1 Announcement: Grant awardees for Challenge Fund Round 1 'cost of living' will be announced.

The Showcase is a community event open to all!

Haringey’s local community will be invited to browse 50 stalls from local Voluntary and Community Sector organisations, showcasing their projects, services, activities, and volunteering opportunities. There will also be guest appearances from key figures across Haringey’s community sector, along with live music performances from local artists.

We’re expecting over 250 attendees, including voluntary groups, local residents, and key figures from across Haringey’s community sector including Cllr Sue Jameson, the Mayor of Haringey.

We are thrilled to announce the return of our much-anticipated annual awards event! Join us in celebrating outstanding individuals, projects, and initiatives within our communities at the Haringey Community Showcase Awards 2024.

We invite all Haringey community groups to apply for our awards and share your inspiring journey with us.

Whether you focus on health & wellbeing, community safety, arts, or any other area, there's a category for you to shine and apply in. You are welcome to put forward your organisation, service or project for an award.

Winners will be announced in an awards ceremony at the Haringey Community Showcase 2024, taking place on Thursday 5 December 2024. At the ceremony, the "Outstanding Community Organisation of the Year" award will be determined through a special public vote from among the winners in the other eight categories. All winners will receive a certificate and a trophy.

Your dedication to creating positive change has not gone unnoticed, and it's time to shine a spotlight on your inspiring work!

We look forward to receiving your applications and celebrating your remarkable contributions.

You can flexibly choose which category you feel your organisation or project fits into, as long as you tell us the impact you are making in relation to the category.

• Health and Wellbeing
• Community Safety
• Arts, Culture and Heritage
• Green and Sustainability
• Employability, Training and Education
• Inclusion and Equalities
• Children and Young People
• Hero Volunteer Team of the Year
• Outstanding Community Organisation of the Year

Health and Wellbeing
If your community organisation or project aims to improve the health and wellbeing of Haringey residents – this category is for you.

This could include but is not limited to: sports and physical activities, healthy eating, mental health support, prevention programmes, and others.

Community Safety
If your community organisation or project aims to help keep everyone safe – this category is for you.

This could include, but is not limited to: violence reduction programmes, safeguarding, hate crime, and others.

Arts, Culture and Heritage
If your community organisation or project is encouraging residents to take part in artistic activities, explore their creativity and develop their art – this category is for you.

This could include, but is not limited to: music, painting, theatre, films, circus, and others.

Green and Sustainability
If your community organisation or project focuses on environmental action and increasing awareness of more sustainable practices – this category is for you.

This could include but is not limited to: increasing climate change awareness, environmental conservation, reuse and recycle materials, reduce waste, use of eco-friendly technologies, and others.

Employability, Training and Education

If your community organisation or project empowers people through learning or working opportunities - this category is for you.

This could be any project helping people learn new skills or preparing people for work, or projects in which teachers, families and students work together

Inclusion and Equalities
If your community group or organisation is committed to help building a fairer and more equal society, and to make sure everyone feels safe and included - this category is for you.

This could include projects, services or organisations working in any thematic area. Whether you’re shaping brighter futures for children and young people, helping the elderly get connected, delivering projects with marginalised communities, or championing an anti-racist culture, simply showcase in your application how inclusion and equalities is in the core of your provision.

Children and Young People

Projects supporting or involving young people to work together to improve wellbeing in your local community – this category is for you.

Hero Volunteer or Team of the Year
If your organisation would like to recognise a volunteer or team of volunteers that have showed outstanding efforts and selfless commitment to improving the life of residents and the local community – this is the right category to do it!

Outstanding Community Organisation of the Year
Winning organisations from the other 8 categories will be in the run for this special award. The winner will be decided by public vote during the ceremony. Come along to vote for your winner!

The Haringey Community Showcase 2024 is organised by the Haringey Community Collaborative, which is a joint project between Public Voice and Mind in Haringey in partnership with Haringey Council, with support from local businesses and sponsors.

Interested in joining us or want to learn more about holding a stall at the event?

Register through the Eventbrite or get in touch with the team at [email protected]

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The Dream Centre, Tottenham Town Hall, Town Hall Approach Rd, London, United Kingdom