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Thousands of free places are available for children and young people aged 5-16, at local clubs and activities this Easter holiday, thanks to the Holiday Activities & Food (HAF) Programme. Each space also includes a free nutritious meal, per day.

Our vision through this programme was to involve all communities in arts and culture and to give those children and young people who are not engaging in the arts the voice and power to help shape local arts provision.

The CNWL Harrow Mental Health and Wellbeing pilot programme for 5-15 years old aimed to facilitate early interventions and provide children and young people with support in alternative settings, ultimately aiming toalleviate pressure on essential CAMHS teams and services.

The report for the Harrow Young Adult Mental Health Partnership pilot offers a comprehensive overview of the outcomes achieved by young people aged 16-25 who engaged with various mental health services. The report also covers a brief evaluation of how the partnership worked in its pilot year and the shared learning for service partners and deliverers.

The Build Back Better 2022-2023 Impact Report showcases the achievements and impact of our grants to 21 organisations that work to improve the lives of children and young people in Harrow.

The main aim of this pilot was to establish a collaborative network of local projects involved in the advancement of health and saving lives through a range of preventative and specialist programmes around children and young people engaging in life limiting behaviours.

In total, we distributed over £467,000 in direct grants for the HAF Easter and Summer 2023 programme. Grants were awarded to 23 organisations offering a wide range of opportunities right across Harrow targeting a diverse range of children and young people, including Romanian, Iranian, Afghan and Tamil communities.

Looking back at our three Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programmes in 2022, we are extremely pleased with the high-quality provision and support offered to Harrow’s young people and families. Harrow, much like the rest of London, is still reeling from the pandemic's detrimental impact and under pressure due to the ongoing cost of living crisis.

Young Harrow Foundation (YHF) was commissioned by Harrow Council in March 2021 to deliver The Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme in Harrow. The Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme is a Department for Education (DfE) funded programme of activities for children and young people from Reception to Year 11, during the school holidays (Winter, Easter, and Summer) eligible for Free School Meals (FSM), benefits related.

The Build Back Better Grant Programme, launched in December 2020, aimed to assist YHF member organizations in their recovery efforts for 2021. This initiative, made possible through fundraising proceeds donated by Harrow School, who continue to partner with YHF in supporting local charities for a positive and enduring impact on the lives of children and young people in Harrow.

A new report, This is Harrow, by Young Harrow Foundation has found that money and safety are some of the top concerns for children and young people in Harrow.

Welcome to the Young Harrow Foundation Newsletter - where we will share the latest opportunities for our members and associate members.

Come on the 24th of October to the Harrow Funding fair, organised by Young Harrow Foundation and Voluntary Action Harrow. It's held at Harrow College from 10 am to 2 pm.

Young Harrow is seeking a Treasurer to join our dynamic board. Working closely with the Trustee Board and CEO to oversee the finances of the organisation, including the Finance, Remuneration and Business continuity Sub-groups.

Welcome to the Young Harrow Foundation Newsletter - where we will share the latest opportunities for our members and associate members.

Come on our journey as we celebrated a momentous milestone at Shaftesbury School, where the doors are opening to a brand new coffee shop run entirely by their talented sixth form students.

Welcome to the Young Harrow Foundation Newsletter - where we will share the latest opportunities for our members and associate members.

A new report highlighting the impact and the reach of the Holiday Activity & Food (HAF) programme in 2022 has been published by The Young Harrow Foundation.

In 2015, Young Harrow Foundation (YHF) introduced a new place-based model of support for the children and young people voluntary sector in Harrow. Seven years later, the charity has over 280 organisations locally in its network, and is helping the charity sector to thrive.

A partnership between Young Harrow Foundation, DVS Foundation, Harrow School and Harrow Council, has seen over £32,000 given out in retail vouchers to families across Harrow.

Over 1,000 free places are available for children and young people aged 5-16, at local clubs and activities this Easter holiday. Each space also includes a free nutritious meal, per day. To be eligible for the programme, families must be living or studying in Harrow and in receipt of (means-tested) free school meals.

A new website, directing people to local support and organisations that can help during the cost of living crisis, has been launched for Harrow.

Over 2,000 free places are available for children and young people at local holiday clubs and activities in Harrow, this Winter holiday. Each space also includes a free nutritious meal per day.

Harrow’s first Children & Young People Support Conference brought together over 150 professionals in the borough, from schools, charities and local authorities, to benefit young people.

Children and young people in Harrow can now access a wide range of free mental health and emotional support programmes thanks to a new partnership.

This Thursday - 15th of September - Jam Sandwich will be lighting up the stage in support of Mental Health for young people in Harrow. Their performance promises to be jam-full of rock and dance covers, with all the proceeds going to Young Harrow Foundation and the Charlie Waller Trust UK.

For this Summer’s HAF 2022 programme, Harrow have used the funding in an innovative new way to create a hospitality training scheme for local adults to take the first steps in finding a new career.

For another year, we have been working closely with John Lyon’s charity to support local projects. We are thrilled to have seen 12 of our members access the Small Grants fund from John Lyon’s Charity over the last year.

The Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme is back for the summer, this time with more activities, spaces and opportunities than ever before!

Young Harrow Foundation is thrilled to welcome a new partner to join the Build Back Better fund for 2022, the Deo Duce Foundation (DDF). With their support, the Build Back Better fund will be opened up to support even more work in Harrow, helping to address the issues raised in the HAY Harrow report.