The Tottenham-based charity celebrates the start of a new year by announcing its strategic vision for 2026, outlining its renewed commitment to Haringey’s young people.
By Omar Alleyne-Lawler, Communications and Police Engagement Manager
Hope in Haringey is pleased to announce its preliminary strategic vision for 2026. Formed by Director John Wood MBE in cooperation with trustees and team members, a core component will be to refocus on an existing commitment to be representative of those it seeks to serve, and financially sustainable so as to reassure its funding partners of HiH’s ability to remain active and viable for both the medium and long term.
As part of this vision, the charity has been recruiting new team members to assist in delivering its core programmes, increasing its capacity to reach more young people whilst being pro-active in how these employment opportunities develop the potential of those taking them up.
Hope in Haringey will continue to engage young people with specialists across its four core programmes of Counselling, Mentoring, Youth Work and Police Engagement throughout 2026.
Regarding the announcement, Hope in Haringey’s Director commented “these new team members fit in with our strategy to deliver services with a focus on representational recruitment, which aims to empower Haringey’s young people by having sessional leaders they can easily relate to, will often share their background and have already achieved in personal and educational goals those that students are themselves working towards“.
Sultan Stevenson previously performed for Hope in Haringey at the Charity’s re-brand and launch in 2022.
One area of the charity where this is already in effect can be seen in the coaches who have recently joined HiH Youth’s programmes. Working alongside HiH’s Youth & Operations Managers, Coaches Tianna, Yamini and Olivia have joined us as recent graduates, incorporating their knowledge and experience as netball and personal fitness coaches to enhance our sporting offers. Now in post, the trio are not only seen as coaches by the young people they work with, but as inspirations.
Other upgrades to HiH’s Youth programme will include Sultan Stevenson, a local product of Haringey primary and secondary schools and the Haringey Young Musicians programme who is now an accomplished professional jazz musician. Touring local Haringey schools, Sultan will perform tracks off his recent album and lead music workshops. Such a plan would refocus attention onto the creative arts that has a previous hallmark of the charity’s outreach.