Community Barnet

Community Barnet is a charity that works with voluntary and community groups to enhance the quality of life for all Barnet residents. We help organisations across the sector by sharing information, promoting their services, giving advice, carrying out community engagement and providing training on best practice. Our range of activities include our children and young people’s information services, e-newsletters, timebanking scheme, and our award-winning Healthwatch Barnet programme. In this blog we share the stories of our members and the countless others working to improve the lives of Barnet residents. We hope you enjoy it, and maybe even share your own story.

Community Barnet is a charity that works with voluntary and community groups to enhance the quality of life for all Barnet residents. We help organisations across the sector by sharing information, promoting their services, giving advice, carrying out community engagement and providing training on best practice. Our range of activities include our children and young people’s information services, e-newsletters, timebanking scheme, and our award-winning Healthwatch Barnet programme. In this blog we share the stories of our members and the countless others working to improve the lives of Barnet residents. We hope you enjoy it, and maybe even share your own story.

Latest articles from Community Barnet

Feeling stressed at work?

Feeling overwhelmed by uncertainty and changes at work? If you live or work in Barnet, help is available via the Manage Workplace Stress and Thrive online course. 

Strengthening Families Strengthening Communities comes to a Successful End!

After nearly 6 years of delivering the accredited 13-week Strengthening Families Strengthening Communities** (SFSC) programme for Hard to Reach (H2R) parents and carers in Barnet, the Barnet Community Parenting Consortium (BCPC), led by CommUNITY Barnet, is looking forward to celebrating the successes of the graduates and their families in June to mark the end the project.

Dying Matters Awareness Week 2017

Do you or someone you know find it very difficult to talk more openly about dying, death and bereavement, and to make plans for the end of life?

World Autism Awareness Week at School

Did you know that there are about 700,000 people in the UK who are on the autism spectrum? Together with their families, this mean autism is a part of daily life for 2.8 million people.

Barnet giving grants for good causes

Many people are feeling the pinch, especially in the run-up to the festive season. This can be especially true of the most vulnerable people in our Borough – perhaps you have a family member with dementia or have a neighbour whose children need additional help with their education or their health.