If you are looking for a way to have your say about our services, the Resident Support Group is open to all Barnet Homes’ tenants and leaseholders to join. As a registered member, you will receive invitations to take part in various activities to have your say on how we are doing in providing housing [...]
Happy Spring! After a long and difficult winter with many people struggling with the cost-of living crisis, it is with renewed vigour that the Resident Board are here to be your voice and work with Barnet Homes to improve services to you. In January, I attended the Community Awards. They were very inspiring and it [...]
Have you been the victim of a scam? Are you concerned about online banking or using cards online? During May, HSBC will be running sessions in Barnet Libraries on finance and banking fraud and scams. You can find out more about different types of scam, how to spot them, and how to keep your money [...]
Time to celebrate with a royal knees up! In preparation for the Royal Coronation of King Charles, the annual Big Lunch event is moving to the May Bank Holiday. It’s a great time to join millions across the UK to celebrate the coronation and have a grand knees up at the same time. The Big [...]
The Barnet Group’s Community Chest Fund 2023 is funded by our contractor partners as part of their social value investment and aims to support Barnet based community projects throughout 2023/24. Do you have an idea for a community project, community social get together event or are you a Barnet based group that would benefit from [...]
Together with Barnet Council, we want as many of your items as possible to be recycled or reused. We are looking into options that will allow for items that are in good condition to have a new future once deposited. If you are thinking about disposing of an item that might benefit someone else, why [...]
The Community Skips service is available to each household in Barnet once every three months to help you dispose of large items more easily. You can bring up to three large items after showing proof of your address. A campaign was recently launched to further promote the service and inform residents that they can come [...]
Hello budding gardeners! It’s never too early to start planning to enter for this year’s Finest Flowers competition! So, get your gloves on, spades and watering cans ready and start planting! To enter please visit opendoorhomes.org or scan the QR code below or call Deborah Beckford on 020 8359 5307 to submit your entry. The [...]
The completion of 46 new homes at Basing Way Green in Finchley marks the end of a programme of building 340 homes for affordable rent in Barnet delivered by Opendoor Homes, part of The Barnet Group. The first ground-breaking in the programme took place in 2017, and over almost six years of hard work, desperately-needed [...]
The winner of the Good Neighbour category at the recent Barnet Group’s Community Awards was Geraldine Haran. Geraldine is a Barnet resident who loves to volunteer as a communal gardener for her small block in north Finchley and at her local church. She also likes to teach young residents how to grow vegetables. She tells [...]
