The Mayor of Barnet visited a “haven” for disabled people that is under threat of closure.

The Flightways building, where charity Maxabilty meets in Grahame Park, Colindale, will be bulldozed in the next two years as part of a regeneration project.

Services run by the Barnet Centre for Independent Living will be relocated, but Maxability, an independent charity which runs activities for disabled adults, fears it will have nowhere to go.

Councillor Hugh Rayner listened to Maxability users and said he was greatly impressed by the work it does.

Anita Woolf, who set up the charity with her husband, Emile, two years ago to help their son Carl, 50, who was born with disabilities, said it is a “lifeline”.

Mrs Woolf, 79, said: “We are hanging on a knife’s edge. There’s no certainty that we will be given a new place to run from. This place is a haven.

“If we had to close simply because we had no building it would be a crying shame.”

Last week, Barnet Borough Council said in a statement: "The council recognises that the Flightways building is an asset that is highly valued by people using the Barnet Centre for Independent Living Service, part of Your Choice Barnet, and Barnet Disability and Independence Steering Committee services.

"The regeneration of the Grahame Park Estate will include demolition of the Flightways building. In anticipation of the Flightways demolition, it is currently planned that the services provided by BCIL will be relocated to offices in a new shared building with Grahame Park Library and Southgate College in Colindale.

"In the meantime, the council’s aim is to continue using Flightways as a base for supporting local people with disabilities. Discussions regarding the shape of local services for disabled people beyond the planned demolition of Flightways are in their early stages and the council is committed to consulting with stakeholders on this.”