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He takes over from the borough’s previous Mayor, Councillor David Longstaff. Councillor Salinger’s wife Kate, who is a former councillor for Coppetts Ward, will be his Mayoress. The Mayor has chosen Councillor Val Duschinsky, who represents Mill Hill Ward, to be his Deputy Mayor. The Worshipful the Mayor of Barnet, Councillor Brian Salinger, is in his 31st year as a councillor in Barnet, having represented Friern Barnet ward and, after boundary changes, Oakleigh ward.

The theme for this year’s Fostering Fortnight, which runs from 8 – 21 May, is ‘Proud to Foster’. There are close to 64,000 children who live in foster families across the UK. In Barnet, there are 118 foster carers who care for around 190 of the children and young people. The Fostering Network estimates that fostering services will need to recruit a further 5,900 foster families in England over the coming year, underlining the importance of encouraging more people to consider becoming a foster carer.

Girisha Gunaratna of Ranmoor Gardens, Harrow, was recently found guilty at Willesden Magistrates’ Court and requested to pay £19,506.90 for failing to licence and manage 59A and 61A The Burroughs, Hendon. This follows last month’s prosecution by Barnet Council of three landlords for failing to obtain a licence for an HMO.

The new services which were launched on 3 July aim to bring down rates of HIV, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unplanned pregnancies and to make services more accessible and simpler to use by residents.

The annual ceremony was held on Sunday 29 January in the Rickett Quadrangle at Middlesex University’s campus in The Burroughs, Hendon. The theme of this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day was ‘how can life go on’? The theme asks people to think about what happens after genocide, and to consider our own responsibilities in the wake of such a crime.

The Barnet Children Practice Academy (BCPA) will provide a clearly structured way for the council’s social workers and other family services staff to develop with additional training - helping to foster best practice, and ensure the best possible outcomes for the families they support. The new academy will provide ongoing training and mentoring to social workers and staff of all levels.

Residents have until the 18 April to make sure that they have their say in the important elections being held in the borough on 5 May.   The Underhill Ward by-election, Mayor of London, Barnet and Camden Constituency London Assembly Member and London-wide Assembly Member elections will all take place on 5 May with all the results expected to be declared on 6 May once the counts have been completed.  

To demonstrate how household waste can be turned in to useful new products or energy to power the community there are new insights into how your recycling is turned into something new:

The new area, which was used for the Mill Hill Christmas Market and Lights Switch-On in late November, will benefit the entire community as a central meeting place with seating and planting facilities that can be flexibly moved to support market and event days, as well as being available for every day use. Barnet Council, in conjunction with Mill Hill Neighbourhood Forum and Groundwork (delivering work on behalf of TESCO Supermarkets), provided funding to create the space on Brockenhurst Gardens where it meets the Broadway.

Mohammed Mohammed, 20, of Westferry Road, Isle of Dogs, and Berkan Birol, 22, of Commerce Road, Wood Green, were each fined £400, ordered to pay £140 costs and a £40 victim surcharge after pleading guilty at Willesden Magistrates’ Court on 5 July to wrongfully using a disabled persons badge. The court heard that Mohammed was caught by an officer from the council’s Corporate Anti-Fraud Team (CAFT) who was carrying out checks on blue badges being displayed in cars parked in streets in Hendon in December last year.