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.
We run a number of projects to support voluntary and community organisations in Haringey, including funding advice, community accountancy and Haringey's Volunteer Centre. All HAVCO's services are provided free of charge to voluntary and community organisations in Haringey.
Haringey Community Link Forum
Elections
The Haringey Community Link Forum (HCLF) is conducting elections for the municipal years 2010-2012. We are seeking new Representatives to take up the 24 seats available across the Haringey Strategic Partnership (HSP) Structure.
For more information about the elections click here.....
HAVCO Recruitment!!
We are now recruiting the following exciting positions:
Partnership & Procurement Officer
£32,607 (inc. OLW)
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Compact Project Officer
£26,400 (inc. OLW) Pro-rata (21hrs/wk)
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Moving Forward...Together
In 2009 the Haringey Strategic Partnership commissioned a mapping project of Haringey's Third Sector Organisations. The aim was:
- To provide a strong evidence base against which any improvements in Haringey's Third Sector can be measured
- To understand the size of TSOs in the borough with regards to income, assets, workforce and volunteer force
- To understand the nature of TSO activity in the borough
- To understand the involvement and experience of TSOs in the borough with regards to commissioning
- To provide HAVCO with an enhanced database of TSOs
Following the launch of the findings and recommendations in February the report is available for you to download here:
Mapping Haringey's Third Sector - Final Report
Our work has not ended and soon we will be consulting our members to see how they want the recommendations implemented.
For more information contact HAVCO's Sector Engagement & Communications Manager on 0208 880 4078 / pp@havcoharingey.org.uk
HAVCO Annual Review 2008-09
HAVCO's annual General Meeting (AGM) held on 15 October at the Cypriot Community Centre was a great success!
We had a great pleasure of networking with our Members, Staff, Trustees and Partners. The event marked the launch of HAVCO Annual Review 2008-09, now downloadable here.
We would like to thank all of you for your continuing support during the years!
Central Support Team
The VCS & The Credit Crunch
Government has published its action plan to help the third sector during the economic downturn. Measures in "Real Help for Communities" include:
- Up to 10m investment in volunteer brokerage scheme for unemployed people.
- A 15.5m Community Resilience Fund to provide grant funding to small and medium providers in our most deprived communities.
- A 16.5m modernisation fund to help with the cost of mergers, partnerships and moves to more efficient sharing of back office functions for at least 3000 third sector organisations.
- A 0.5m investment in the School for Social Entrepreneurs to double the number of people it trains to become social entrepreneurs.
For more information, visit: http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/third_sector/real_help for_communities.aspx
Voluntary & Community Services in Haringey
Find out contact information about HAVCO's 200 members by downloading the Voluntary & Community Services in Haringey [PDF].
New Compact Commissioning Guidance
The Commission for the Compact have published new implementation guidance for commissioning, designed to "facilitate better working relationships between commissioners of services in national and local public sector bodies and third sector organisations".
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Watch Compact 10th Anniversary Celebration Video
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Haringey's Compact Implementation Group (HCIG) held a celebratory event on 5th November 2008 to reaffirm support for the Compact. The event took place at the Bernie Grant Art Centre.
Commissioning and Procurement
New Procurement Policy & the Implications for Voluntary & Community Organisations Background Public bodies such as a local authority…
Community Accountancy
Free accountancy support to operate payroll and assist with accounting and financial management.
Community Link Forum (CLF)
The Community Link Forum (CLF) is a new community engagement system for Haringey Strategic Partnership.
Funding Advice
Free advice, information and support on funding.
Partnership Support
Help and advice, including good guidance, one-to-one advice and training in partnership working.
Quality Programme
Free advice about starting and implementing quality assessment in your organisation which can lead to an accredited quality award
Volunteer Centre
Haringey Volunteer Centre promotes and supports the development of volunteering in the London Borough of Haringey.