We are proud of what our communities and services have achieved together over the past four years.
From better streets and improved parks to stronger support for families, a thriving cultural offer, high-performing schools, fairer housing, safer neighbourhoods and cleaner air, we are delivering for residents across the borough.
Children’s Services were rated Outstanding for the first time, and our SEND services also achieved the highest Ofsted rating. With 99% of schools graded good or outstanding and more than 16,000 young people receiving free school breakfasts, education in Haringey continues to strengthen.
We completed of our 1,000th council home with a special visit from the Mayor of London to mark this special milestone and remain on track to build 3,000 by 2031.
A further 3,500 homes have been renovated to the Decent Homes standard, supported by a £570m investment to improve the comfort and quality for all our 20,000 council homes.
We continue to support the most vulnerable and after a year-long programme of intensive action, we have ended the use of hotel placements for families.
All nine of our libraries remain open, and four have been refurbished with £4.9m of funding. Four local leisure centres have also been brought under the direct control of the council. We’ve put £4.1m into essential repairs, with a further £6m planned.
30 of our parks have been improved with £18.5million being invested so far. We have delivered seven new playgrounds and fully renovated nine more.
Eighteen new wildflower meadows and six tiny forests have been planted, alongside 1,935 trees - contributing to more than 6,000 across the borough.
We’ve protected the Freedom Pass for residents over 66, supported 2,082 people into work through Haringey Works, and helped 7,475 families through the Household Support Fund. A further 24,866 households have received Council Tax relief.
Through Adult Social Care, we’re supporting 4,000 residents over 65 and 3,600 adults aged 18–64 and we’ve also opened the Roger Sylvester Centre - a pioneering mental health facility.
We were the first council to publicly back a ban on gambling advertising, and more than 400 professionals have now been trained to recognise gambling harm. We have also supported over 2,000 people with drug and alcohol issues and helped 1,200 residents to stop smoking. Five new public toilets have opened, with three more on the way later this year.
Our waste and street cleansing teams are helping to keep Haringey streets clean. We collect more than 2.1 million refuse and recycling bins each month, supported by an average of 52 crews on the ground daily. Last year, we recycled over 23,500 tonnes of household waste and our teams clean 370,000 kilometres of roads each year.
Seven Sisters Market has reopened, restoring a vital cultural and economic hub for London’s Latin American communities and many local residents. Hornsey Town Hall has also returned to public use, reimagining the iconic Grade II listed artdeco landmark in the heart of Crouch End.
The hard work will not stop here, and we will continue co-designing and collaborating with our community to deliver for all residents in Haringey.
By making every pound count and focusing support where it’s needed most, we’re building a fairer, greener and safer borough for everyone.
