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.
Starting on Monday 8 June 2015 we will have a three-part Integrated Social Care Direct service: Social Care Direct will still be the single entry point for residents and professionals, contactable via telephone 020 8359 5000 or email socialcaredirect@barnet.gov.uk Social Care Direct will triage calls and, where necessary, forward cases which need urgent or emergency attention [...]
On Thursday 14 May Your Choice Barnet's Community Space held their annual Spring Fair. The event was the perfect opportunity for service users to get in to the spirit of spring by socialising and taking part in a range of activities including a 'pamper parlour' where they could enjoy a massage and manicure/pedicure and a [...]
Rosa Morison recently had two reasons to celebrate when they were awarded funding for top-of-the-range Eye Gaze equipment, and also raised over £500 with the help of Claridge's Hotel, London. The Friends of Rosa Morison Day Centre were granted funding to dramatically improve the quality of life for their service users when a member of [...]
YCB is pleased to announce we are now predicting a better financial outcome for Your Choice Barnet this year and believe that we will have a small surplus by the end of the financial year. Surpluses are important for an organisation like ours because they allow us to invest in service improvements such as replacement [...]
YCB staff who rejected Unison's strike action on Tuesday 23 and Wednesday 24 February went the extra mile to continue to provide support to the majority of its customer base across YCB's six schemes. A significant number of customers of the two specialist services impacted by strike action, Flower Lane and Rosa Morison, were still [...]
Tracey Lees, Chief Executive of Barnet Homes since 2008 and Your Choice and The Barnet Group since 2012, is leaving to become Chief Executive of Wandle Housing Association. Tracey has worked for more than 30 years in social housing for a number of Local Authorities, Registered Providers and ALMOs. In 2014 Barnet Homes was voted [...]
