From Friday 17th August our Housing Options service will operate from Barnet House as usual. Thank you to our customers for their understanding while we operated out of Grahame Park on Thursday 16th August and our apologies for the inconvenience.
For our customers who have a pre-arranged appointment with us for Thursday August 16th, we are going to contact you to reschedule this for another day. If you are faced with a homeless situation today, please visit our Grahame Park Office in Colindale, where we will take an emergency application. Our Grahame Park office is [...]
The Loop is an initiative where you can buy upcycled, good quality furniture on Grahame Park Estate. Barnet Homes support The Loop, which delivered in partnership with Groundwork, London Community Resource Network, Genesis Housing, Colindale Communities Trust and Barnet Council, with the support of the European Commission’s LIFE+ Programme. Not only can you buy furniture [...]
Deepa Mistry, a resident of Granville Road in the Child’s Hill area of North London, has raised hundreds of pounds for the Little Princess Trust so far by shaving off her hair so that it can be made into a wig for a child suffering from cancer. The Little Princess Trust is a charity that [...]
Recently Barnet Homes was treated to a tour at the site of the new upcoming dementia extra-care scheme, Ansell Court, by contractors Rydon. Rydon have also been brilliant at involving the local community during the time they’ve been on site. They have been working closely with Mill Hill East Church on a community garden, which [...]
With summer temperatures soaring beyond 30 degrees this week, we'd like to remind all residents that gas, charcoal and disposable barbecues are not permitted on balconies at any time as these can pose a serious fire safety risk to both you and your neighbours. The London Fire Brigade has issued some advice about how you can BBQ safely this [...]
British summertime is traditionally a temperamental time for weather – any given day could be rain or shine. Not this year! the summer of 2018 has definitely been about sunshine as the Met Office predict that this glorious heatwave will last until the end of August. The all-time record in the UK is 38.5° C [...]
Mill Hill East Church is hosting a free summer event this weekend celebrating diversity and multi-faith – everyone is invited! The Jewish Volunteering Network (JVN) has teamed up with Mill Hill East Church and Mill Hill East Synagogue to hold a community fun day on Sunday 29th July from 2-5pm, taking place at Mill Hill East Church, Salcombe Gardens, London [...]
Last April The Hope of Childs Hill (THOCH) were the recipients of a £13,000 award from Transport for London to kick start a bike hire project for residents living in the Childs Hill area. The great news is, THOCH’s Saturday cycling skills sessions have really taken off! So… on 8th July they launched Sunday cycling [...]
The Fit and Active Barnet (FAB) campaign launches today. So… what is FAB about? FAB is all about helping residents in Barnet to increase physical activity into their daily health routine. Not only is being active key to keeping your heart healthy, reducing your risk of serious illness, it is also a great way of [...]
