It’s exciting times ahead for Goodwin Court's extra care service! On Tuesday 1 August, Your Choice Barnet (YCB) ran a drop-in session to meet residents and inform them that we’re taking over care and support services while property manager Sanctuary Housing continues handling other essential operations. Goodwin Court carers show [...]
There was cause for reflection and celebration last Friday as our Your Choice Barnet services took part in VE Day celebrations. At Flower Lane, our service for people with Autism, staff and customers came together for a celebratory BBQ (pictured above). At Agatha Court and Harold Court, our Supported Living services, staff combined the residents' [...]
The Barnet Group's service for older people, Ansell Court has been shortlisted for a Housing Design Award. Ansell Court is a dementia-specific, housing with care development comprising 53 one and two-bedroom apartments and communal facilities. The development is situated in a prime location in Mill Hill, offering easy access to a range of local amenities. [...]
Service users from Your Choice Barnet's CommunitySpace service helped transform a Christmas tree at All Saints' Church in Childs Hill. All Saints' Christmas Tree Festival gives local people or organisations the opportunity to sponsor and decorate a tree, raising vital money for local charities. So when The Barnet Group agreed to sponsor a tree, it [...]
Recently, the nation got behind Christmas Jumper Day with great enthusiasm - and staff and service users from Flower Lane proved to be no exception... donning their most festive knits to raise money for Save the Children. As with the rest of our Your Choice and Your Choice Care services, Flower Lane prides itself on [...]
Our flagship extra-care scheme Ansell Court has had a very busy 2019; being officially opened by the Mayor of Barnet; the stories of the residents moving in and now a shortlist for an award. If that wasn’t enough, Ansell Court had its ‘name in lights’ recently as it was shortlisted alongside other major developments across [...]
Across our Your Choice Barnet Services, there are many amazing stories about our staff and service users. Since as today is the International Day of Disabled Persons we thought it would be a good opportunity to celebrate an extra-special achievement from Your Choice Barnet. This time from CommunitySpace (although other Your Choice Barnet services are [...]
When you reach 100 years of age, the Queen sends you a birthday card and then one every year from that! One resident who recently moved in to a new extra-care scheme – is about to get her fifth birthday card from Her Royal Highness - and she celebrated in style. At Ansell Court over [...]
For the past nine years, the children and young people of the Grahame Park have enjoyed an annual sporting event on its Concourse. But in recent years, the flock from Flower Lane have been making an annual trip to Urban Gamez too! One of the co-ordinators, Shelly Latty said: "We love to make a point [...]
CommunitySpace's parties are renowned at Your Choice Barnet for having some of the best entertainment and a real feel-good factor. This August, Community Space held their annual Summer Party, with an international twist! The service users started their day off with a fabulous Bollywood workshop, courtesy of Amber from Bollywood Vibes. Amber taught everyone a [...]
