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Our journey to becoming one of London’s most sustainable boroughs has been a remarkable feat for all involved. Only 18 months ago we were ranked 0 in the Climate Emergency UK’s Scorecard, and now we are among the country’s top 18% of local authorities for our progress towards becoming a net zero council by 2030 and borough by 2042. With a score of 46%, Barnet outperformed 114 other councils in England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.

On Wednesday 5 July, pupils and staff from schools and early years settings across Barnet gathered at Hendon Town Hall for this year’s Healthy Schools London and Healthy Early Years London awards ceremony and 10-year anniversary celebration event. The award programmes work with schools and early years settings to improve children and young people’s wellbeing by adopting a whole school approach to health areas such as healthy eating, physical activity, and emotional wellbeing.

Barnet Council has supported the borough’s first Business Improvement District (BID) in Edgware following a favourable vote from local businesses in a recent ballot. The BID aims to attract investment of up to £800,000 during the initial five-year term. Over the past year, the BID steering group, consisting of local businesses, TfL, Ballymore, and Barnet Council, has conducted extensive consultations to understand the priorities of businesses in Edgware.

Barnet Council’s new four-year strategy aimed at improving the lives of children and young people in the borough was launched at the Full Council Meeting at Hendon Town Hall, on Tuesday 11 July 2023. The event was attended by young people from Barnet Youth Assembly, who opened the meeting and helped announce the Children and Young People Plan.

The Mayor of Barnet marked the start of South Asian Heritage Month by hosting a flag-raising event, that was attended by Cllrs, council officers and members of Barnet’s South Asian community. The event, held at Hendon Town Hall today, Tuesday 18 July, was the start of a month-long calendar of events celebrating South Asian heritage and culture. Opening the event, the worshipful Mayor of Barnet, Cllr Nagus Narenthira, said:

A further £8million will be spent on road maintenance over the next two years to help deal with potholes and the maintenance of highways, as Cllrs voted it through at Barnet Council’s Cabinet meeting last night, 18 July 2023. The new investment is in response to the 2022/23 winter period when the number of potholes reported jumped almost 95% to 3699 compared to the previous winter period which saw 1896 reported for repair.

Barnet Council is inviting residents to join the celebrations and be part of this year's Car Free Day by hosting a one-off play street event over the weekend of Friday, 22 September to Sunday, 24 September 2023.

Barnet Council is inviting residents to participate in shaping the future of Burnt Oak Town Centre with a consultation on how best to enhance the public space. The consultation builds on the community’s extensive engagement in the Burnt Oak Town Centre Strategy through the Burnt Oak Partnership Board.

Barnet Council is today launching a campaign to become London’s 2027 Borough of Culture – and we need your help to make it happen. Despite being a fantastic place to live and work and with hidden gems generally known only to local people, Barnet is not recognised as a hotbed of culture.

Barnet Council has launched its interactive tree portal, a significant marker in the council’s ambition to become a net zero council by 2030 and a net zero borough by 2042. The portal, which is now live, has an interactive map, allowing unprecedented access to information about all the trees in Barnet on public land. The map also allows residents to submit a tree enquiry for the council to investigate.