Homes for Haringey scoops first prize for Youth Involvement
Thursday 22 April 2010
A youth engagement project led by Homes for Haringey has won the organisation its second prestigious Tenant Participation Advisory Service (TPAS) award. The ‘Young Advisors’ project - a funded joint collaboration between Homes for Haringey, Neighbourhood Management and the NDC - won the TPAS Southern Region Best Practice in Youth Involvement Award at an awards ceremony last Thursday (15 April).
Akbar Choudhury and Thanh Nyugen are Homes for Haringey’s Young Advisors, providing a valuable youth friendly perspective on services and strategic proposals being considered by the housing management organisation. They also helped to shape the organisations first ever youth strategy which sets out ways to improve engagement with young people and carried out internal departmental audits to identify and improve, access and opportunities for other young residents.
The project beat off competition from five other short-listed finalists in the Southern region’s Youth involvement category.
Community Outreach Officer, Marlon Bruce, worked with the Council’s Neighbourhoods Team and advisors on the project, he said: “It has been a great experience working with the young advisors and seeing them help Homes for Haringey develop services that are effective and youth friendly. This award represents their fantastic efforts and results in introducing new and dynamic ways of engaging with young people across the borough.”
Young Advisors receive over 30 hours on a training programme which includes learning about community strategies, citizenship, carrying out consultations and community mapping, leading to a national Asdan award.
Across Haringey, there are over 40 trained Young Advisors aged between 13 and 22. For more information contact the Resident Involvement team on 020 8489 4476 or 4483
The awards were held at the Connaught Rooms in London. The project will now go forward to the national finals in July.
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