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Views sought on Barnet Council’s ambitions for the borough
Last updated: 16 January, 2020
Like many other councils, Barnet continues to face significant funding pressures set against growing demand for essential services, especially for children, families, and adult social care, and for the borough’s most vulnerable residents. The consultation gives Barnet residents, people who live outside the borough and use the council’s services, businesses, and local community groups the opportunity to have their say.
Barnet school hosts ministerial visit
Last updated: 16 January, 2020
The Secretary of State paid a visit to St Agnes’ Catholic Primary School, in Thorverton Road, Cricklewood, on 9 January along with Ofsted’s Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman to speak with staff about Ofsted’s new inspection framework which began last September, and about proposals to inspect ‘outstanding’ schools more frequently.
Barnet Council to charge for garden waste bin collections
Last updated: 21 January, 2020
Starting on 6 April, households that opt into the service will pay an annual charge of £70 for their green garden waste bin to be collected. A spokesperson for Barnet Council said: “We consulted residents on the garden waste collection service, which revealed how much they value it. We want to continue to provide the service, as Barnet has a significant number of properties with gardens and charging for garden waste collections will allow this.
Barnet gets SUGAR SMART
Last updated: 23 January, 2020
The campaign – part of a nationwide initiative, led by food charity Sustain – aims to make sugary products less available and less well promoted. It is hoped that by raising awareness of the benefits of consuming less sugar, people will be encouraged to make healthier lifestyle choices. Statistics for the 2017-18 financial year showed that one in three children in Year 6 were either overweight or obese.
Hefty bill for manager of HMO flat
Last updated: 27 January, 2020
The investigation against Martha O’Sullivan began after a complaint from the managing agent of a block of flats that multiple people were living in the property she managed. Council officers discovered that there was no fire alarm system in the flat and no door to its kitchen, posing a life-threatening risk to its occupants. There were at least four tenants living within four separate lettings at the Woodhouse Road property in Friern Barnet.
Residents invited to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 75 years after the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau
Last updated: 29 January, 2020
Residents are invited to join the commemoration to remember everyone who has been affected by atrocities of the past – including the genocide in Bosnia 25 years ago. It will be at the Rickett Quadrangle within Middlesex University in The Burroughs, Hendon, NW4 4BT. The memorial service will begin at 2.30pm and attendees are asked to arrive and be seated by 2.15pm.
Parks’ £5million upgrade nears completion
Last updated: 29 January, 2020
The upgrade is being funded primarily from developer contributions to infrastructure in the borough. Other cash injections have included £324,000 from the Mayor of London’s Green Capital grant, nearly £80,000 from the Environment Agency Water Environment Improvement Fund, and £113,000 from the London Marathon Trust. A string of new facilities in the two parks – situated between Colindale and Burnt Oak – will provide enjoyment for all ages by the time work is finished.
Hundreds pay their respects for Holocaust Memorial Day
Last updated: 28 January, 2020
The event comes 75 years after the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and 25 years after the genocide in Srebrenica, Bosnia. Cllr Stock described how her grandparents escaped Nazi Germany to set up a new home in Finchley in 1933, the year that Hitler became Chancellor of Germany.
Update on coronavirus outbreak (Friday 13 March)
Last updated: 18 March, 2020
The country has moved to a delay phase that is aimed at protecting those most vulnerable while delaying pandemic peak to summer months. This includes concentrating testing for COVID-19 only in those people who develop severe symptoms and/or have underlying conditions. This would be relevant mostly for people in hospitals. For all others, it will be self-diagnoses and self-isolation for seven days, irrelevant of travel history. You can find symptom checker here: https://111.nhs.uk/covid-19
‘Apprentices find their feet at Barnet Council,’ says chief executive
Last updated: 6 February, 2020
The council employs 80 apprentices in its schools, social care services, gardening and grounds work teams, street cleaning and rubbish collection departments, and back office roles. Mr Hooton made the comments during National Apprenticeship Week, an annual campaign to highlight the value that apprentices add to the UK workforce.