If you are an owner of a home affected by fire safety work required to timber-framed homes, we will have contacted you by letter to tell you what you need to do.

If you are a resident or owner of a home affected by the fire safety work required to timber-framed homes, we will have contacted you by letter to tell you what you need to do.

Barnet Council has launched Safe Havens as part of its work to combat Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG). This pioneering programme aims to provide practical support and refuge to individuals, particularly women and girls, who may feel intimidated, threatened, harassed, or unwell while out and about in the evening.

Barnet Council will invest extra money in a range of key services to support residents after setting a balanced budget for the next financial year.

The budget, which was approved during a full council meeting on Tuesday (27 February), includes £22m of additional funding for essential services for older and vulnerable residents, £7m to support children and young people, and £2m for homeless families.

Barnet Council has signed up to a pledge to provide further support to help care leavers realise their ambitions.

The council has joined the Care Leaver Covenant - a promise made by the private, public and voluntary sectors to provide additional support for care leavers aged 16-25 to help them to live independently.

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.

Families from across Barnet have enjoyed an afternoon of song, dance and other traditional festivities to mark the beginning of Lunar New Year.

Communities came together to bid farewell to the Year of the Rabbit and welcome the Year of the Dragon during a special celebration event held at Barnet Copthall Leisure Centre on Thursday (15 February).

The Mayor of Barnet opened a new inclusive and accessible playground yesterday (13 Feb) at Victoria Recreation Ground in East Barnet enabling people of all ages and abilities to play together.

Barnet Council is proud to announce the young winners of its annual Children’s Mental Health Week Competition.

Eighteen schools took part in the poster competition, which was one of a series of local awareness-raising initiatives launched by Barnet Council to mark Children’s Mental Health Week – a national event that ran between 5 and 11 February.

For National Apprenticeship Week 2024, Barnet Council has launched a new fund to cover the cost of apprenticeships for local employers.