Charity Hope in Haringey Launches with Keane performance at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Local charity, Hope in Tottenham announced its transition into “Hope in Haringey – rooted in Tottenham” with a blockbuster event at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Hosting 300 attendees from the community leadership and charity outreach space, Hope in Tottenham made its intentions known to support young people in the wider Haringey borough.
The name change will not change the charity’s aims. Once named “Hope in Haringey – rooted in Tottenham”, the charity will continue to offer Haringey’s young people counselling opportunities, employment-focused mentoring, creative youth workshops and police engagement events.
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t is part of Hope in Tottenham’s desire to tackle social inequality through early intervention care, school support, career and network opportunities and community cohesion. Endorsed on the night by Principal of Haringey Sixth Form College, Lisa Westray, Headteacher of Willow on the Broadwater, Dawn Ferdinand, Sister Systems’ Founder, Okella Douglas, Counsellor Xavier Fontille, Councillor Adam Jogee and Police officer, Sachin Vishran; Development Manager, Hannah Whitehead said the event “was a fantastic opportunity to bring the east and west of the borough together to show what we do as it launches us into a new stage of growth”.
Invitees to the launch were entertained by 2005 Brit Award Winners, Keane who donated their time to guests in a line up which included Jazz band, the Sultan Stevenson trio, Freestyler Mr Silky Skills, Oil Painter Tim Benson and Photographer Agenda.
Director, Rev. John Wood. MBE: “It was an epic one-off, nonrepeatable event which launches us into a properly borough-wide campaign against social inequality which we can all tackle together.”
To help make a difference in supporting Haringey’s young people, you can make a charitable donation to www.hopeintottenham.com/donate or volunteer as a mentor at www.hopeintottenham.com/mentoring
Contact Hannah Whitehead [email protected] to find out more
Written by Omar Alleyne-Lawler
