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Voluntary Sector Providers

Haringey Association of Voluntary and Community Organisations (HAVCO)
Lee Valley Technopark Room 334
Ashley Road
Tottenham Hale N17 9LN
Tel: 020 8880 4087
Fax: 020 8880 4088
info@havcoharingey.org.uk
www.havcoharingey.org.uk

Local organisation representing the voluntary and community sector in Haringey. It provides information on local services and opportunities for volunteering.


National Volunteering Organisations

Volunteering England (London)
Regents Wharf
8 All Saints Street
London N1 9RL
Tel: 0845 305 6979
Fax: 020 7520 8910
volunteering@volunteeringengland.org
www.volunteering.org.uk

Volunteering England works to promote volunteering as a powerful force for change, both for those who volunteer and the wider community. This web site offers a range of resources for anyone who works with or manages volunteers as well as to those who want to volunteer.


Volunteering England (Birmingham)
New Oxford House
16 Waterloo Street
Birmingham B2 5UG
Tel: 0845 305 6979
Fax: 0121 633 4043
volunteering@volunteeringengland.org
www.volunteering.org.uk

Volunteering England works to promote volunteering as a powerful force for change, both for those who volunteer and the wider community. This web site offers a range of resources for anyone who works with or manages volunteers as well as to those who want to volunteer.


do-it.org.uk (part of Youthnet)
3rd Floor
2-3 Upper Street
Islington
London N1 0PG
Tel: 020 7226 8008
Fax: 020 7226 8118
V-Base support: 0845 450 0220
www.do-it.org.uk

do-it.org.uk was launched in 2001 with the first, and still the only, national database of volunteering opportunities in the UK.


TimeBank
2nd Floor
Downstream Building
1 London Bridge
London SE1 9BG
Tel: 0845 456 1668
Fax: 0845 456 1669
www.timebank.org.uk

Timebank is a national charity inspiring and connecting people to share and give time. Timebank appeals to people like you who know that their time and skills are in demand, but just don't know what to do about it or where to start.


CSV (Community Service Volunteers)
CSV Head Office
237 Pentonville Road
London NI 9NJ
Switchboard: 020 7278 6601
information@csv.org.uk
www.csv.org.uk

CSV is the UK's largest volunteering and training organisation. CSV's campaign to promote volunteering, CSV Make a Difference Day, is the UK's biggest day of direct volunteering in the community.


REACH
89 Albert Embankment
London SE1 7TP
Tel: 020 7582 6543
Fax: 020 7582 2423
mail@reach-online.org.uk
www.reach-online.org.uk

REACH aims to recruit and support people with managerial, professional, business and technical experience and match them with part-time voluntary roles throughout the UK, and to help voluntary organisations gain access to these potential volunteers and benefit fully from their expertise.


RSVP
www.csv-rsvp.org.uk

RSVP (Retired and Senior Volunteer Programme) is a free standing programme within CSV (see CSV homepage) aiming to encourage people aged over 50 to participate in their local community.


Milennium Volunteers
Youth Volunteering Team
Department for Education and Skills
Room E4c
Moorfoot
Sheffield S1 4PQ
millennium.volunteers@dfes.gsi.gov.uk
www.mv-online.gov.uk

Aimed at young people aged 16-24. As an 'MV' you volunteer your time to help others by doing something you enjoy.


Student Volunteering England
Oxford House
Derbyshire Street
London E2 6HG
Tel: 0800 0182 146
info@studentvolunteering.org.uk
www.studentvolunteering.org.uk

Student Volunteering Enaland is the national charity that works towards ensuring every student has the opportunity to volunteer and make a positive difference to the community.


The Special Constabulary (Volunteer Police Service)
specials.homeoffice.gov.uk/join-special-constabulary

Special constables receive regular training, and have the same powers as a regular officer.


Volunteering Opportunities Overseas

World Wide Volunteering
7 North Street Workshops
Stoke sub Hamdon
Somerset
TA14 6OR
Tel: 01935 825 588
Fax: 01935 825 775
www.worldwidevolunteering.org.uk

WorldWide Volunteering is a non-profit making organisation whose aim is to make it easier for people of all ages to volunteer. We do this by providing instant access to information about the widest range of volunteering opportunities throughout the UK and worldwide.


VSO (Voluntary Service Overseas)
317 Putney Bridge Road
London SWI5 2PN
Main switchboard :020 8780 7200
www.vso.org.uk

VSO is an international development charity that works through volunteers. Volunteers work in partnership with colleagues and communities to share skills and learning and achieve positive change together.


Local Volunteering Ouportunities in or around Haringey

Waltham Forest Volunteer Centre
Community Place
806 High Road
Leyton London ElO 6AE
Tel: 020 8539 8163
www.thevcwf.org.uk

Volunteer job bank with current vacancies in many organisations locally.


HAVCO
Room 334
Lee Valley Technopark
Ashley Road
Tottenham Hale
London N17 9LN
Tel: 020 8880 4087
info@havcoharingey.org.uk
www.havcoharingey.org.uk

HAVCO is the new Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) in the London Borough of Haringey. HAVCO promotes, supports and represents the diverse needs of Haringey's Voluntary and Community Sector.


Enfield Voluntary Action
Community House
311 Fore Street
London N9 0PZ
Tel: 020 8373 6268
Fax: 020 8373 6267
enquiries@enfield.cvs.org.uk
www.enfield.org.uk

Enfield Voluntary Action is a voluntary organisation which exists to promote and develop the effectiveness of the voluntary and community sector in the London Borough of Enfield.


Barnet Voluntary Service Council
52 Moxon Street
Barnet
Herts EN5 5TS
Tel: 0208 364 8400
Fax: 0208 364 8488
volunteer@barnetvsc.org.uk
www.barnetvsc.org.uk

Volunteer job bank with current vacancies in many organisations locally.


Victim Support Haringey
24-25 Commerce Road
Wood Green
London N22 8ED
Tel: 020 8888 9878
Fax: 020 8888 9848
admin@vsharingey.org.uk

Haringey Council Youth Service
River Park House
Podium Floor
225 High Street
Wood Green
London N22 8HQ
www.haringey.gov.uk

Haringey Youth Service can provide a range of opportunities for people to volunteer locally. Youth projects provide diverse opportunities for volunteers to work with 11-25 year olds.


Age Concern Haringey
Tottenham Town Hall
Town Hall Approach Road
Tottenham
London N15 4RY
www.ageconcernharingey.org.uk

There are many different volunteering opportunities for people of all ages. Volunteers may work in administration, assist at events, help in the resource centre and clubs, become handypersons, IT trainers, etc.


BTCV volunteer officers
Ms Catherine Price
C/o 80 York Way
London N1 9AG
Tel: 0207 278 4294
c.price@btcv.org.uk
www.btcv.org.uk

Environmental conservation volunteering opportunities


Voluntary Organisations

Action for Kids Charitable Trust
Tel: 020 8347 8111

www.actionforkids.org

Advocacy Resource Exchange
Tel: 020 8880 4547
www.citizenadvocacy.org.uk

African Caribbean Leadership Council
Tel: 020 8881 5881

Africans and Descendants Counselling Services
Tel: 020 8883 2691

Age Concern Haringey
Tel: 020 8801 2444

Age Concern Haringey, Turkish speaking elders project
Tel: 020 8880 3745

Alzheimer's Society, Haringey Branch
Tel: 020 8808 9931

An Tech Housing Association
Tel: 020 8365 1751
www.antech.org.uk

Angolan Community Association
Tel: 020 8885 1666

Asian Action Group (AAG)
Tel: 020 8341 3802

Bengladesh Cultural Society (BCS)
Tel: 020 8365 8921

Bernie Grant Trust
Tel: 020 8880 9100

Black and Ethnic Minority Carers Support Service
Tel: 020 8808 5510
www.bmecarers.org.uk

Cabinda Community Association
Tel: 020 8808 6115
www.cabinda.co.uk

Caribbean Community Centre
Tel: 020 8802 0550

Caribbean Senior Association
Tel: 020 8365 1593

Caris Haringey
Tel: 020 8342 9080

Chesnuts Pre-School
020 8802 9989

Chestnuts Community And Arts Centre
020 88024649

Circle
33 Housing Group
020 7288 4000

Citizens Advice Bureau - Hornsey
020 8374 4367

Citizens Advice Bureau - Turnpike Lane
0870 1264030
www.adviceguide.org.Uk

Citizens Advice Bureau- Tottenham
0870 126 1030
www.adviceguide.org.uk

Community Development & Centre Advocacy
020 8375 3452

Congolese Refugee Centre (COREC-UK)
020 8801 5797
www.corecuk.org

Council Of Asian People (Harxngey)
020 8889 8981 /
020 8889 6938

Croowland Playgroup
020 8802 1590

Cypriot Elderly & Disabled Group
020 8881 2329

Devon Pre-School Playshelter
020 8801 3210 /
020 8808 8477

Disability Alliance
020 7247 8776

Diverse Realities International (DRI)
020 8881 2540

Earlsmead School
020 8808 7915

Eritean Community In Haringey
020 8365 0819

Ethiopian Community Centre In UK (ECCUK)
020 8801 9224

Ferry Lane Action Group - FLAG
020 8801 9490

Finsbury Park Homeless Families Project
020 8802 3257

Friends Of Hornsey Church Tower

Global Trade Centre
020 8378 5222
www.globaltrade.co.uk

Great Lakes Initiative and Support Project - GLISP
020 8885 5747

Greek Cypriot Womens Organisation
020 8348 9011

Guide Association - Alexandra Park Division
020 8368 5499

Haringey Autism (NAS Haringey Branch)
020 8801 7912

Haringey Chinese Centre
020 8881 8649

Haringey Community Accounting Project
020 8801 0496

Haringey Consortium Of Disabled People And Carers - HCOPC
020 8801 5757

Haringey Irish Cultural and Community Centre
020 8885 3490

Haringey Mencap Ltd
020 8365 0251

Haringey Peace Alliance
020 8493 0050

Haringey Phoenix Group
020 8889 7070
www.haringeyphoenix.org.uk

Haringey Racial Equailty Council
020 8889 6871

Haringey Refugee Consortium
020 8885 5511
www.hrconsortium.org.uk

Haringey Somali Community and Cultural Association HSCCA
020 8885 1307

Haringey Training Network
020 8808 7344

Haringey Women's Forum
020 8885 4705

High Cross United Reformed Church
020 8808 0575

Hornsey Old People's Support
020 8368 4009

Hornsey Vale Community Centre
020 8348 4612

Hornsey Ymca
020 8340 2345
www.ymcahornsey.org.uk

Innovation Vision Organisation (IVO)
020 8365 0349
www.ivo.org.uk

Jacksons Lane Centre
020 8340 5226
www.jacksonslane.org.uk

Jamait-Al-Nissa
020 8889 9433

Kith & Kids
020 8801 7432
www.kithandkids.org.uk

Kurdish Advice Centre
020 8347 8657

Kurdish Community Centre

London Islamic Cultrual Society
020 8372 3023 /
020 8348 0353

Markfield
020 8800 4134

Mencap Pathway Employment Service
020 8808 7454
www.mencap.org.uk

Mental Health Carers Association
020 8885 2006

Middlesex Association for the Blind
020 8423 5141
www.aftb.org.uk

Mind In Haringey
020 8340 2474

Moselle School
020 8808 8869
www.haringey.gov.uk

Mothers And Daughters Support Group
020 8802 6866

Muswell Hill & Highgate Pensioners Action Group
020 8444 7635

Muswell Hill Centre
020 8883 9508

Muswell Hill Gingerbread
020 8348 8806
www.gingerbread.org.uk

Muswell Hill Methodist Church
020 883 2350
www.mhmc.org.uk

North London Bikur Colim Ltd
020 8802 5032

North London Training & Employment Network (NLX)
020 8808 7344

Northumberland Park Women's and Children's Centre
020 8808 9117

Northwest London Housing Association
020 8888 7737

Novas Offenders Services
020 8533 8305
www.novas.org

NSPCC Maya Angelou Centre
020 8808 7882
www.nspcc.org.uk

Open Door Young People's Consultation Service
020 8348 5947
www.opendooronline.org

Osborne Grove Drop-In Centre
020 7263 2538

Polar Bear Community (PBC) Limited
020 8376 3354
www.polarbearcommunity.org.uk

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association
020 8985 3570
www.pra-london.co.uk

Pyramid Health and Social Care Association (PHASCA)
020 8800 0227

Rainer Breakfree
020 8885 5000
www.raineronline.org

Relate North London
020 8447 8101

Sierra Leone Family Welfare Association
020 8211 7001
www.slfwa.org

Social & Community Enterprise
020 8808 1487

Sol Cohen Youth Project
020 8802 7497

Somali Carers Trust
020 8885 1999

St. Mary The Virgin C of E Church
020 8808 6644
www.stmarystottenham.org

St.John The Baptist Greek Orthodox Church and Greek School
020 8348 7104

Temple of Refugee Ministries
020 8885 3708

The Harington Scheme
020 8341 3557
www.harington.org.uk

Tulip Mental Health Group
020 8889 6921
www.tulip.org.uk

Turkish Cypriot Womens Project
020 8340 3300
www.tcwp.org.uk

Turkish Parents Assiciation of the UK
020 8803 7439

Uganda Community Relief Association
020 8808 6221

Victim Support Haringey
020 8888 9878

Wood Green Playgroup
020 888 4590

Woodberry Down Church
020 8802 2846

Zairian and Congolese Community Association - ZACCA
020 8365 1665

Leisure Centres

White Hart Lane Community Sports Centre
New River Sports Centre
White Hart Lane
London N22 5QW
Tel: 020 8881 2323

Park Road Pools
Park Rd
Homsey
London N8 8JN
Tel: 020 8341 3567

Tottenham Green Leisure Centre
1 Philip Lane
London N15 4JA
Tel: 020 8489 5322

Mallinson Sports Centre
Bishopswood Rd
London N6 4PH
Tel: 020 8342 7272

Powerleague
Willoughby Lane
London N17 0SL
Tel: 020 8885 8400

Powerleague
Bobby Moore Way
Off Colney Hatch Lane
Friern Barnet
London N1O 1ST
Tel: 020 8442 1000

Community Action Sport
The Cottage
Tottenham Sports Centre
703 High Road
Tottenham
London N17 8AD
Tel: 020 8801 8233

Tottenham Community Sports Centre
701-703 High Rd
Tottenham
London N17 8AD
Tel: 020 8801 6401

New River Sports Centre
White Hart Lane
London N22 5QW
Tel: 020 8881 2323

Libraries

Wood Green Central Library
High Rd
Wood Green
London N22 6XD
Tel: 020 8489 2700

Coombes Croft Library
High Rd
Tottenham
London N17 8AG
Tel: 020 8489 8771

Contemporary Films Ltd
24 Southwood Lawn Rd
London N6 5SF
Tel: 020 8340 5715

Alexandra Park Library
Alexandra Park Rd
London N22 7UJ
Tel: 020 8489 8770

St. Anns Library
Cissbury Rd
London N15 5PU
Tel: 020 8489 8775

Highgate Library
Shepherds Hill
London, N6 5QJ
Tel: 020 8489 8772

Stroud Green Library
Quemmore Rd
London N4 4QR
Tel: 020 8489 8776

Cinemas

Odeon Muswell Hill
Fortis Green Rd
London N10 3HP
Tel: 0871 2244007

Showcase Cinemas
Hollywood Green
180 High Rd
Wood Green
London< N22 6EJ
Tel: 0871 2201000

Theatre

Upstairs at the Gatehouse
The Gate House
North Rd
Highgate Village
London N6 4BD
Tel: 020 8340 3488

Other Attractions

Alexandra Palace
www.alexandrapalace.com

Venue for ice skating, theatre, concerts and special events.


Bruce Castle Museum
Bruce Castle Museum
Lordship Lane
London N17 8NU
Tel: 020 8808 8772
Fax: 020 8808 4118
museum.services@haringey.gov.uk


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