Our most recent campaigns

  • The series, titled #HeartsNotKnives, was produced by and for young people in collaboration with Rank & File Theatre and Haringey Council.

    The young videomakers, all of them participants in the council’s Project 2020 initiative in Northumberland Park, produced the series earlier this year, with videos focusing on issues such as the impact of crime on mental health, the challenges of growing up in an area with high levels of deprivation, and the importance of positive activities in helping young people stay on the right path.

  • Young people in Haringey are being encouraged to do and think more to prevent violence against women and girls (VAWG), through a new campaign putting young people at its very heart.

  • Reading Refugee Support Group wrote to Alok Sharma, MP for Reading West to ask if a refugee could address the COP26 Conference on climate migration.

    We wanted the opportunity to speak to power…

    We didn’t get a reply.

Hearts Not Knives

The series, titled #HeartsNotKnives, was produced by and for young people in collaboration with Rank & File Theatre and Haringey Council.

The young videomakers, all of them participants in the council’s Project 2020 initiative in Northumberland Park, produced the series earlier this year, with videos focusing on issues such as the impact of crime on mental health, the challenges of growing up in an area with high levels of deprivation, and the importance of positive activities in helping young people stay on the right path.

Cllr Adam Jogee, Cabinet Member for Community Safety and Cohesion, and Cllr Zena Brabazon, Cabinet Member for Children, Schools, and Families, said:

“We are committed to working together with our communities to bring about the positive changes we all want to see. This project is a great example of exactly that and amplifying the voices of those who we don’t always hear from.”


“The videos remind us of the adversity faced by many of our young people. But they also show the importance of positive activities in helping them steer clear of crime. That is something we have been actively investing in and hope the videos can help more young people find and engage with these opportunities.”

The project was funded by the Mayor of London’s Office for Police and Crime (MOPAC) as part of a £110K programme to tackle robbery and youth crime in the borough. Other activities carried out as part of the programme have included free sports sessions, youth outreach work in transport hubs and installation of CCTV cameras and signage in high-crime areas. 

Watch the videos on the Haringey Youthspace Instagram account

https://www.haringey.gov.uk/news/social-media-videos-highlight-impact-crime-young-people

Reframe the Blame

Haringey launches new campaign to prevent violence against women and girls: 

Publication date:  March 17, 2022 

Young people in Haringey are being encouraged to do and think more to prevent violence against women and girls (VAWG), through a new campaign putting young people at its very heart.

The campaign centres around a series of three videos each focused on a different group: young women, young men and professionals who work with young people. They seek to #ReframeTheBlame, showing young women that they are not at fault for any abuse targeting them, asking boys to be aware of how their own behaviour can be problematic, and appealing to professionals to act swiftly and decisively in the face of warning signs.

The videos have been a fantastic example of co-production, being a collaborative effort between Rank & File Theatre, Solace Women's Aid, local charity Living Under One Sun (LUOS), The College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London (CONEL) and Haringey’s own VAWG prevention team. Young people from CONEL, Solace’s Summer School of Power and LUOS helped to design the dialogue, style and delivery of each short film, as well as appearing in the videos themselves.

The series of short films can be seen on Haringey Council’s website and social media channels, as well as being shared with schools and colleges throughout the borough. They support Haringey’s 10 year VAWG Strategy (2016-26), which focuses on prevention, support for victims and survivors, holding preparators accountable and developing a coordinated community response to VAWG.

Cllr Peray Ahmet, Leader of Haringey Council, said:

“Our society continues to have a serious problem with violence being committed against women and girls – one that it will take all of our efforts to address and correct. This campaign reminds us all not to blame victims of abuse, but to put the onus where it should be – on perpetrators of violence and on those who enable them.

We must challenge our own attitudes and those we see around us – our words and actions must show at all times that violence against women and girls is unacceptable, and that misogyny should be confronted wherever we see it.

I’d like to thank all those whose hard work went into crafting these videos, particularly the young people from Haringey who were involved throughout the process”.

Cllr Lucia das Neves, Cabinet Member for Health, Social Care and Well-being, said:

“Ensuring that Haringey’s women and young girls are safe and feel safe is an absolute priority for this council. I’m delighted that we’ve launched this campaign, speaking directly to girls, boys, and professionals about how to confront sexism and misogyny.

I hope this campaign will help get people across Haringey thinking more deeply about how to protect women and girls in our communities and their own roles in promoting women’s safety”.

https://www.haringey.gov.uk/news/haringey-launches-new-campaign-prevent-violence-against-women-and-girls

Speak to Power

Reading Refugee Support Group wrote to Alok Sharma, MP for Reading West to ask if a refugee could address the COP26 Conference on climate migration.

We wanted the opportunity to speak to power…

We didn’t get a reply.