Barnet Council are now consulting on the future of adult social care in the borough and are seeking views on two areas; a new way of delivering adult social care in Barnet; and a new way of organising our adult social care services, of which there are 3 options. Details of these proposals can be [...]
Your Choice Barnet's CommunitySpace was given a spuce-up by partners Hammerson as part of a volunteering event at the centre in Edgware. Coinciding with celebrations for the Queen's 90th birthday, customers enjoyed an afternoon of music, food and drink while volunteers were hard at work. Hammerson PLC has been running an annual Community Day since [...]
Your Choice Barnet (YCB) marked Volunteering Week by promoting the benefits of volunteering at an event held at the Arts Depot in North Finchley on Wednesday 8 June. As well as promoting and recruiting volunteers YCB staff got the opportunity to network with other organisations some in other sectors. Partners BOOST and the Welfare Reform Task Force were also [...]
There have been some exciting new additions at Rosa Morison, our day service for adults with profound and multiple learning and physical disabilities. For the past few months, the centre has undergone some improvements to its hydrotherapy pool, which will be of maximum benefit to current service users at Rosa Morison, as well as potential [...]
Your Choice Barnet customers had the opportunity to build crucial steps into work recently with a little help from partners Barnet Mencap, Barnet & Southgate College and Volunteering Matters. After completing a six week ‘Return to Work’ course with Barnet & Southgate College, ten of our customers from CommunitySpace and Barnet Independent Living Service (BILS) [...]
The Barnet Homes 2015 Annual Review, which features Your Choice Barnet, is now available to download. Click here to get your copy.
On 12 November The Barnet Group announced the appointment of Troy Henshall to the permanent position of Chief Executive of the Group, with immediate effect. Since the departure of CEO Tracey Lees in March of this year, Troy has been the Group's Interim Chief Executive. His permanent appointment follows an extensive external search process including [...]
A year has passed since a number of the service users of Flower Lane did a special performance with the world-renowned London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) on stage at the Barbican. But this year the roles were reversed. This year, however things were a little bit different and London Symphony Orchestra went to Flower Lane and [...]
Your Choice Barnet customers and staff at Flower Lane are looking forward to a long summer of activities in their newly landscaped sensory gardens, thanks to staff volunteers from Hammerson plc doing the work as part of their Community 'Fix-Up' day. On Friday 5 June Barnet Homes' staff, our Grounds Maintenance Team and repairs contractors [...]
Valley Way scored "good" on each spection criteria. You can read the inspection summary here, the full report here, and an easy-read version of the report here.
