Join our recruitment team this Saturday from 11am to 3pm at Burnt Oak Library to find out more about exciting new job opportunities at Atholl House, our new extra care scheme. No need to book ahead – just turn up on the day!
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 Barnet Group’s Income Collection Service has been delivering innovative workshops for people who are struggling with cost of living increases. The sessions are interactive and engaging, and provide advice on how to make savings and how to budget, as well as looking at what further help may be available on benefits, grants and debt [...]
Barnet Council has been awarded £2.9m funding to improve the energy performance of the borough’s council homes, and help Barnet hit its target of becoming a Net Zero council by 2030 and Net Zero borough by 2042. The funding, from the government’s Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund, will help deliver fabric and heating system improvements in up [...]
Last week, on the evening of Thursday 26 January, 180 guests gathered at a gala dinner and dance to celebrate the winners of the Barnet Group’s Community Awards. The nominations for these awards have been submitted by Barnet Homes and Opendoor Homes residents, staff, volunatary and community partners from across Barnet who wanted to acknowledge those [...]
Bumblebee, The Barnet Group’s private lettings agency, has supported Live Unlimited with a £5,000 donation; helping the charity continue its crucial work in supporting Barnet’s looked after children and care leavers. The donation, which contributed to Live Unlimited’s Big Give Christmas Challenge, was part of over £21,000 raised which will go directly to supporting looked [...]
As we all feel the impact of the cost of living crisis, The Barnet Group are offering our residents the chance to attend a free Money Saving Tips Workshop. The sessions are three hours long, and the fun interactive workshop will provide tips and advice on making savings or accessing funds that may be available [...]
Together with Age UK Barnet and Wolseley, we’re pleased to be offering free home energy checks for older Barnet residents. These checks can help residents make their homes more energy efficient, something which will be crucial this winter. Funded by Wolseley, this programme will see Age UK’s handy people visiting homes which residents are [...]
It may be winter, but that doesn’t mean our green-fingered contractors can’t get to work early in planning for the summer. Our partners WG Wigginton have been busy over the last few weeks, donating and planting five types of dwarf fruit trees in our care homes, sheltered housing schemes and Your Choice Barnet services. Led [...]
Opendoor Homes has recently completed 52 new homes at Hermitage Lane in Childs Hill; a landmark scheme delivering homes for affordable rent, market sale and shared ownership. Working with development partners Hill, this is the first scheme where homes for market sale and shared ownership have been built by Opendoor Homes, as well as increasing [...]