Haringey peopleAugust - September 2020 It's bin lovely to see you Inside this edition Find us online www.haringey.gov.uk Live more, Follow us Being a PAL in Spurred on to commute less @haringeycouncil crisis foster Haringey People | August - September 2020 01 The world has changed in the last few months, with the Covid-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement giving our society a real need for reflection, review and action. As we ease out of lockdown, I’ve been reflecting on the past four months, where our main focus has been how we protect, house and shield our residents, keep our public spaces safe, and deliver essential services with reduced capacity. Cover photo: Veolia recycling Driver Tony Cotton I am pleased we managed to get our Summer Fun programme out with activities for young people over the summer, have Editorial: re-opened ball courts and skateparks and have been gradually T 020 8489 2963 E [email protected] re-opening Libraries. Production and Advertising: It’s amazing to see so many small businesses back on our high Lesley Gordon streets too. They are the lifeblood of our borough adapting T 020 8489 6943 through these challenging times. E [email protected] As a council we’re adapting too, and it’s no secret that the www.haringey.gov.uk/ haringeypeople pandemic has had a significant impact on our finances, and we’re continuing to call on the government to fund us Follow us on appropriately. /haringeycouncil @haringeycouncil I am really proud of the flexibility and the dedication of our staff, and the positive way that we have worked with partners. /haringey /haringeycouncil Haringey’s people have always been our main focus, long before the pandemic, and we’ve been working hard to make Subscribe to weekly Haringey People Extra e-newsletter at: sure it is our residents who benefit from our Borough Plan www.haringey.gov.uk/extra priorities. Address: We’d already taken big steps to support residents, such as Haringey People, making sure our least well-off families get a 100% Council Haringey Council Communications team, Tax rebate, becoming a fully accredited London Living Wage River Park House, employer, signing a Charter Against Modern Slavery, and 225 High Road, launching our Welcome Strategy to support migrants. London, N22 8HQ All Haringey residents should receive We have announced that we’ve begun the delivery of 331 new a copy of Haringey People, delivered to their door, six times a year. If you do not council homes, and are formalising an ethical debt collection receive a copy, please call 020 8489 2697, policy which has already resulted in a 60% reduction in the or email us at [email protected] (including your name and address). use of enforcement agents regarding those in receipt of Haringey People is published by Haringey Council. Reproduction in whole or in part is benefits. Our commitment to a greener Haringey – from strictly forbidden without the prior permission decarbonisation of our pension fund to investing in our parks – of Haringey Council. Products and services advertised in this publication do not necessarily is also with the community in mind. carry the endorsement of Haringey Council. This magazine is printed on environmentally To address concerns that have been raised through the Black friendly paper. Lives Matter movement, we have also just launched a street and place naming review. A real discussion on the way in which we memorialise historical figures is long-overdue. There’s If you would like to receive a information in this magazine on how you can get involved. copy of Haringey People in your own language please email your Finally, all that is left to say is thank you. I have said repeatedly request including the date of the just how inspiring the community response during the issue and language needed to: pandemic has been. 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Find past, current and future editions at: Cllr Joseph Ejiofor www.haringey.gov.uk/ Leader, Haringey Council haringey-people- magazine 02 Welcome | Haringey People Contents News 13 21 05 Doors open to more council homes 06 Council support 07 Cheers to volunteers 09 Back to business It's bin lovely Plugged into online learning 17 27 05 Charity starts in Haringey Haringey's education heritage 19 Being a PAL in a crisis Features Park View’s Pupil Attainment Doors open to more council homes Leader schools us on 10 A message from Dr Will supporting students during Maimaris lockdown 09 Haringey’s Director for Public Health shares a message on 21 Plugged into online learning continuing to control the A HALS student shares her spread of the virus. experience of studying online 13 Its bin lovely to see 23 A familiar voice Veolia’s Tony Cotton tells Voiceover artist Blanche us what’s been driving him Anderson has a voice many throughout the COVID-19 crisis people will recognise Back to business 15 Live more, commute less 23 Spurred on to foster Ditch the work commute for a Learn how Tottenham career close to home Hotspur are supporting Haringey People is available as an Haringey foster carers audio magazine in partnership 17 Charity starts in Haringey with the Haringey Phoenix Group. Find out why Caris Haringey 27 Haringey’s education heritage For more information, contact were honoured with the We take a look back at the 020 8889 7070. Queen’s Award for Voluntary borough’s innovative and Service radical approaches to education Haringey People | August - September 2020 03 London’sNews | Haringey First FREE College conel.ac.uk/enrol Enrol online from 13 August . FREE Short courses . Vocational courses . Apprenticeships All courses . Higher Education from Entry Level to Level 2 are FREE YOUAdvert Hertlands HAVE IT IN YOU [email protected] 020 8442 3055 04 7235_CONEL-Haringey-People-A4.indd 1 13/07/2020 17:03 News | Haringey News Door opens to more council homes Seven new sites have been added to Haringey’s council housing programme, as part of ambitious plans to deliver homes for residents across the borough. Construction has already started on 331 council homes at Cabinet also agreed to progress delivery schemes at four seven other sites, and these additional locations will mean additional sites across the borough that had already been that every ward of the borough could have a site for new included in the Housing Delivery Programme. social housing. Approval was given to appoint Cuttle Construction to The sites were agreed by Haringey’s Cabinet, and their convert vacant council-owned shops into two council- potential for development of new council homes will now be rented homes at 43 Finsbury Road N22 and 27 Harvey explored in more detail. House N8. The new sites are all on council-owned land in Bounds NFC Homes Limited has been contracted to complete Green, Fortis Green, Hornsey, St Ann’s, Stroud Green new build developments of seven council-rented homes: and White Hart Lane, and have been identified as four at Mount View Court N8 and three at Romney Close potentially suitable locations to build new council homes. N17. The homes at Mount View Court will be four-bedroom Any proposals will be discussed with residents in the areas. properties, delivering vital family homes. Meanwhile, the Roundway N17 site will be removed from The council has been working hard to minimise the effects the programme in favour of utilising the land to build a of the pandemic on the programme. Find out more on children’s home. Haringey’s Housing Delivery Plan and timelines at haringey. gov.uk/haringey-homes Haringey People | August - September 2020 05 News | Haringey COUNCIL SUPPORT If you need support or information, Financial support: • Business grants - you can visit the free Haringey haringey.gov.uk/need-help#finance COVIDsmallbusinessgrant@ Connected mobile app, which haringey.gov.uk Council services: is available in app stores, or call haringey.gov.uk/council-services • Business Rates - business.rates@ Connected Communities on haringey.gov.uk . This line is open Looking for a job? Speak to 020 8489 4431 • Commercial Property rented Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm or visit Haringey Works if you have been out from the council - commercial. haringey.gov.uk/need-help of employment for some time on [email protected] 020 8489 2969 or 020 8489 2852. Staying active: Email [email protected] or • Business support - business@ haringey.gov.uk/covid-19/positive visit haringey.gov.uk/haringey-works haringey.gov.uk Domestic abuse help: Call the • Council tax - council.tax@ Business support: Haringey Helpline on 0300 012 haringey.gov.uk 0213 or email HaringeyIDVA@ Please visit haringey.gov.uk/ niaendingviolence.org.uk from business where there is information If you have a question, contact the Monday to Friday at 10am - 5.30pm, on a range of support, from business team on economic.regeneration@ excluding bank holidays. If you need safety advice to information on staff haringey.gov.uk returning to work. advice outside of these times, ring You can find the latest Haringey the 24/7 National Domestic Abuse If you’re experiencing any financial Council updates and further help and Helpline on 0808 2000 247. difficulties regarding payments to the support on the council’s website at Mental health support: council, please contact: haringey.gov.uk haringey.gov.uk/positive#mental Save time – do it online Visit www.haringey.gov.uk: If you do not have access to the • to make a request for something internet and cannot go online please • to pay for something call us on 020 8489 1000 for help with • or to report something to us council services including: • Housing Benefit If you have a customer • Council Tax • Registrars service enquiry you can • Parking tweet us: • Housing repairs (Homes for Haringey) • Environmental services @ContactHaringey 06 News | Haringey Cheers to volunteers Summer fun Voluntary and community workers, there continues to be a real organisations have done an amazing community response.