Harrow Together

Harrow Together is a community consortium dedicated to strengthening the voluntary and community sector through collaboration, empowering local organizations to deliver collective impact for healthier, more sustainable, and resilient community lives. Rooted in values of partnership, innovation, trust, and local stewardship, their philosophy emphasizes that shared expertise and pooled resources amplify grassroots efforts, enabling small charities and social enterprises to tackle deprivation, build capacity, and foster long-term wellbeing via community-led solutions and full cost recovery for sustainable operations.

They support diverse grassroots initiatives addressing food insecurity through redistribution programs, community kitchens, and food banks serving families in poverty; young people's services including after-school clubs, mentoring, employability training, and youth work for at-risk children and young people aged 5-25 facing barriers to education and employment; health and wellbeing projects encompassing mental health counselling, peer support groups, therapeutic activities, and holistic interventions for individuals experiencing anxiety, depression, isolation, or complex health needs; environmental action promoting sustainability, green spaces, and climate resilience; community development fostering social cohesion, local identity, and engagement via outreach, befriending, creative arts, sports, and volunteer-led activities; and capacity building through training, staffing, equipment, and overheads for small charities delivering preventative, person-centred services to disadvantaged residents, including carers, ethnic minorities, and those in deprivation.

They exclude capital projects like building purchases, prioritizing instead collaborative partnerships among Harrow's grassroots organizations serving vulnerable local residents such as families in crisis, isolated elderly, young people with mental health challenges, and communities facing food poverty or social isolation. Distinctive as a trusted convener and system leader, they amplify small charities' voices through consortium access to contracts, pooled community lottery funds, and emphasis on innovation, lived experience leadership, and evidence-based community empowerment uniquely tailored to Harrow's deprived neighborhoods.