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We would like to celebrate the stories of community kindness and volunteering happening across the borough, as well as hear about what you are doing while self-isolating.
Have you had a neighbour go out of their way to help you during this difficult time? Or are you a community or faith group or business supporting our most vulnerable residents at this difficult time?
Share your celebration stories of all the good work being done across the borough.
Click here to return to the Community Help Hub homepage.
We would like to celebrate the stories of community kindness and volunteering happening across the borough, as well as hear about what you are doing while self-isolating.
Have you had a neighbour go out of their way to help you during this difficult time? Or are you a community or faith group or business supporting our most vulnerable residents at this difficult time?
Share your celebration stories of all the good work being done across the borough.
Click here to return to the Community Help Hub homepage.
Share your celebration stories.
On Friday 10 July the North London Community Consortium celebrated the grand opening of their brand new community café, “Allotments”. As well as serving the best authentic Caribbean street food in Barnet the cafe will be empowering young people with education and employment opportunities to help them reach their full potential.
61 Friern Barnet Road, London, N11 3EH
Open:
Mon-Thurs, 8am-8pm
Fri-Sat, 8am-10pm
Sun, 8am-8pm
To find out more visit Allotments N11 website.
Syma Kadri, Head of Service for Barnet’s Essential Supplies Hub, tells us how the team pulled together to respond to the Covid-19 crisis.
When the lockdown was first announced, we had to work very quickly to set up an operation that ensured our vulnerable and self-isolating residents were receiving the support they needed. The RAF Museum in Hendon generously lent us their premises to set up our Essential Supplies Hub.
My team manages the residential deliveries to people who are unable to leave their homes for shopping, as well as coordinating deliveries to food banks and local voluntary and community... Continue reading
It's Carers Week 2020 and we wanted to say thank you to all of the carers in Barnet. Your dedication and kindness make Barnet a great place to be.
https://www.facebook.com/HSBarnet/posts/3357847414225982
The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away' - #Inspiration
Here is one of our volunteer @datasophia sharing her journey as a Home-Start Volunteer.Please watch & share - Thank You!#ThankYou#VolunteersWeek #hsvolunteers #NVW2020 #volunteers #bethechange #giveback #timetosaythanks #volunteersweek2020 #becausechildhoodcantwait
Celebrating our volunteers: Jo volunteers in our Essential Supplies Hub, sorting and packing food and essential items for people who really need our help. Thank you, Jo!
Thank you to our volunteers: VolunteersWeek #TimeToSayThanks
Celebrating our volunteers: Alison volunteers at the Barnet Essential Supplies Hub, ensuring those who need it have access to food and essential supplies during the COVID-19 crisis. Thank you Alison!
THANK YOU to our volunteers this Volunteers' Week #TimeToSayThanks
It is truly inspiring how all our communities have worked together in this unprecedented time.
Many of our community faith leaders in Barnet came together to reflect on the thoughtful, kind and generous response we have had from our communities during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the importance of continuing to stay connected to help us all through these difficult times -Together, we are Barnet.
THANK YOU to our volunteers this Volunteers' Week #TimeToSayThanks#TimeToSayThanks.
Thank you to our Middlesex University students who produced this wonderful video.
Barnet Together and all our community and faith charities across Barnet want to say a big THANK YOU to our volunteers this Volunteers' Week #TimeToSayThanks
Meet mother and daughter team Janet, Georgia and Claudia who decided to volunteer together for Age UK Barnet and do one big shop a week to support eight elderly people between them.
‘We’ve got it down to a tee now, but at the beginning we were going out every day’ says Georgia.
They are all thoroughly enjoying supporting the older people they’ve been matched with by Age UK Barnet.
Georgia in particular has grown very fond of one of her clients. ‘He’s so sweet – we’re on the phone for an hour each time,’ she says. ‘He struggles to read... Continue reading
Rick volunteers for the Good Neighbours scheme, who support elderly and isolated residents in need. Thank you Rick!
‘When the coronavirus crisis hit, I had a drive to want to do more. I was working from home and found I had a lot of extra time to give back. I’ve volunteered for other organisations in the past but I wanted to do something to help people in the current crisis who were in trouble, so I applied to volunteer through the Barnet Community Response Volunteer platform and was placed with the Good Neighbour scheme about a week later. I shop... Continue reading