Children and Families

We aim to improve the life chances of all children and young people in Haringey. We provide a full range of services, from support for parents with pre-school children through to youth services and support for teenagers.

The full Children and Young Peoples Plan is available to download in the attached files section below. Please note that this file is over 3MB in size, so we have split the document into smaller chapters and these can be viewed on the Children and Young People's Plan page.

Childcare and early years

Get support and help with looking after young children, before they’ve started school. We can help you with

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Schools and education

We have a broad range of information for parents with children at school or ready for school. We also help schools to network and learn from each other.

Using our interactive maps of primary schools and secondary schools, you can locate the names and contact details for schools in your local area.

You can also:

You can use school application forms to apply for help with paying for school meals, school uniforms, travel to school and music lessons.

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Parenting and family support

We work with parents, carers and children to support the demands of bringing up a family. We offer a range of support services including parents centres, and Family link which provides respite breaks for children with disabilities.

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Children’s social care

Children’s social care services provide support for families and children as well as offering services to protect children and improve their development and well-being.

Key services for children include:

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Youth services and advice for young people

Our new youth space website contains help, activities and advice for young people including a series of youth projects, advice on careers and employment and information for young carers.

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Commissioning opportunities

Commissioning opportunities for voluntary and community organisations can be obtained from our current procurement opportunities page in the Business Section or to find out more about Trade Local, visit the voluntary sector page.

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Attached Files
FilenameFiletypeSize
children and young peoples strategic plan 2009 - full version.pdf Adobe PDF DocumentPDF3374K
knowing our children and young people planning for their futures.pdf Adobe PDF DocumentPDF1652K
safer solutions.pdf Adobe PDF DocumentPDF790K
PDF documents require Adobe Acrobat reader. Please click here to download.

The following links are not part of the Haringey Council website. Please read our legal disclaimer before using these links

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Page Last Updated: 10 March 2010

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