“Invaluable To Our Borough” Havering Council Confirms Lifeline Funding For Havering Volunteer Centre.

The Leader of Havering Council has moved to reassure the borough that Havering Volunteer Centre (HVC) will be funded into the future, recognising the vital role the organisation plays in supporting communities across Havering.

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Scrutiny Committee Councillors Support The Volunteer Centre-But Will Havering Council Listen?

Havering Volunteer Centre, which receives around £56,000 of support from Havering Council yearly, enables the Council to save millions of pounds by fulfilling many duties and roles, some of which are statutory, and others which help the Council to avoid more significant expenditure.

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Havering Volunteers Centre Has Saved The Council £5.8m In Unpaid ‘Volunteer Hours’ Yet Councillors Are Set To Debate If They Are Good Value For Money.

It is the only centre in Havering with a “large capacity of volunteers who have the ability to mobilise them in a swift manner and with the ability to carry out their duty and functionality”.

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Havering Volunteer Centre call on residents to ‘Love Their Streets’ to help stop localised flooding.

You don’t have to go miles out of your way, just take a look up and down your road and give it some TLC. If leaves have built up in your gulley this acts as a damn and prevents water from naturally draining away, litter, silt and blocked drains can all lead to surface water flooding.”

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