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Barnet Council reopened the Pavilion Study Centre in Whetstone yesterday (Thursday 20 October), with an official ceremony attended by the Deputy Mayor and other local dignitaries. The Pavilion is the main educational institute for young people who are unable to attend mainstream schools in Barnet and is part of Barnet’s Family Friendly vision.

A charity Diwali lunch was held at Copthall Leisure Centre on 13 October organised by a team of resident volunteers led by Kusum Israni from Edgware. Around 125 attendees enjoyed a lavish buffet lunch prepared by the volunteers themselves. Entertainment was provided by Bollywood dancers, and this was followed by an interactive dance workshop where everybody could have a go. One of the first to take to the floor was Cllr Gill Sargeant, who is the council’s older people’s champion.

New additional licensing scheme for Barnet This week (24-28 October) is Empty Homes Week at Barnet Council. The council is marking it by encouraging owners of the 1,891 empty homes in the borough to bring them back into use and is signposting the range of incentives available to help.

Barnet Council has opened the first of its Community Safety Hubs as part of a range of new measures to help tackle crime and anti-social behaviour in the borough of Barnet.

Barnet Council has been recognised for its commitment and continued support to the Armed Forces and has received a Defence Employers Recognition Scheme Silver Award. Barnet Council’s Armed Forces Champions Angela Richardson and Councillor Lachhya Gurung collected the award on behalf of the council at an awards ceremony at the Royal Automobile Club in Pall Mall on 18 October 2022. The award was presented by His Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant, Sir Ken Olisa OBE.

Barnet-based community groups can apply for a grant from the £240,000 Community Innovation Fund (CIF) from 31 October, to help fund projects that tackle food poverty and the cost-of-living crisis. The fund, now in its third round of applications is particularly interested in seeing applications benefiting communities with poorer health outcomes.

Councillors last night (31 October) committed to do more to listen to residents and involve them in designing council services and addressing issues that affect them.  The council will put communities at the heart of everything it does, reach out and involve people who are less often heard to address inequalities better, highlighting the good work already underway and the key changes that will be made.

Barnet Council is pleased to announce that following last year’s award of a further £3.5m in grant funding, work has begun on the next phase of electric vehicle (EV) charge point installations. The six-month installation, in partnership with Trojan Energy, will see 510 charge points installed to 34 residential streets across the borough.

The Council is currently responding to incidents of flooding across the borough following the recent heavy and persistent rainfall from Wednesday 2 November overnight and into the morning of Thursday 3 November 2022. Indications are that London experienced the equivalent of half a months’ worth of rainfall during this period.   The Council has mobilised its highways and street scene services to clear fallen debris, empty flooded gullies and aid the removal of water from carriageways

Community groups and teams from Barnet Council were joined by the Worshipful Mayor of Barnet, Cllr Alison Moore, on Thursday 3 November to officially open Barnet Memorial Woodland to the public.