Area Assemblies - Making the Difference Programme

The 'Making the Difference' Programme

Making the Difference budgets are now in their sixth year. The budgets were introduced to give residents an opportunity to make positive changes within their local neighbourhoods.

Each of Haringey Council’s seven Area Assemblies has a budget of £50,000. Local residents, community groups and ward councillors can bid for up to £10,000 for one-off projects that really make a difference to their neighbourhood.

The seven assembly areas are as follows:

Crouch End
Muswell Hill
Northumberland Park and White Hart Lane
St. Ann’s and Harringay
Tottenham and Seven Sisters
West Green and Bruce Grove
Wood Green.

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Applications received for 2009/10

The council received a large number of applications for Making the Difference (MTD) projects. The council would like to thank all the residents' groups who gave their time so responsibly to carefully research their bids. The quality of information that was received through the bidding process will be valuable in developing a better understanding of residents' priorities.

The council is confident that the assembly budgets will really 'make the difference', brightening up our neighbourhoods and improving residents' quality of life.

Successful applications last year included:

Music and Health in the Community
Wood Green Youth Club Gardening Project
Sandbunker Youth Club
International Day at Commerce Road
Highgate Wood Patchwork Collage Project
Renovation of a decorative box in Muswell Hill

Particularly exciting are plans to install hanging baskets in some of our shopping parades and improve our parks and gardens. Haringey is looking to improve some 'eyesore' sites and implement measures to design out crime. Other themes have been supporting the needs of isolated elderly residents and projects to engage young people. All this amounts to a really creative programme.

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