Haringey LBC with Beam

This award is open to a single council or where appropriate a partnership of councils, or a council-owned company. Private sector partners can enter on a council’s behalf, with the permission of the council itself. Many councils are seeking to establish a new relationship with local people and local communities. Community involvement and engagement is increasingly important as a way of shaping council thinking, contributing to service design and improvement and to responding to continuing resource pressures. It may also involve direct community involvement in service delivery. This award is intended to showcase the whole range of community involvement.

Haringey LBC has partnered with Beam, the world's first crowdfunding platform for homeless people, to take a community-focused approach to homelessness in the borough. Beam’s platform brings together council housing officers, charities, members of the public, training providers and local employers to provide a long-term solution to homelessness. Now in its second year, Haringey’s partnership with Beam is providing the homeless community with a vital support network and the resources needed to regain true independence. Since December 2020, Beam and Haringey’s partnership has supported 22 homeless residents into work, with a work sustainment rate of 91%.