Share your celebration stories
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.
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Celebration stories
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Thank you to the Essential Supplies Hub
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
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Volunteers Week 2020: A family affair
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
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Volunteers Week 2020: Rick supports elderly and isolated residents in need
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
