The Resilient Schools Programme funded by Barnet Public Health is proud to showcase a Youth Realities and Pink Productions film ‘Generation Verified’. From identity to pressure for perfection, popularity, and the desire for likes, this is a short film explores young people’s experiences of the online world and how they cope with the unique generational challenges that they face.

London’s Deputy Mayor Sophie Linden visited Barnet Council’s offices for an update on the council’s pioneering pilot scheme to tackle domestic abuse in the borough, along with its partners at the neighbouring councils of Brent and Enfield.

Called the ‘Culturally Integrated Family Approach’ (CIFA), the wide-reaching scheme provides tailored services that recognise differences in cultures and ethnicities to improve the support available to those experiencing domestic abuse.

Barnet Council yesterday (31 May) launched a bold new strategy to enable children and young people to influence decisions in the council. The participation strategy, called My Say Matters, was unveiled by young people at a special event at Hendon Town Hall.

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Barnet Council has taken a major step forward in enabling the switch to electric vehicles with the rollout of up to 1,000 new on-street charge points.

Installations of the first 500 have begun and will be ready in next three months, the remaining 500 will be installed within three years and will bring the total number of EV charge points in Barnet to 2,500.

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At a ceremony last week, Barnet’s Community Safety leadership team together with Councillor Sara Conway (Cabinet Member for Community Safety) were recognised with a formal Assistant Commissioner’s commendation for their work as part of a police partnership to tackle organised crime and anti-social behaviour on the Grahame Park Estate.

Hasmonean Primary School in Hendon welcomed the Minister for School Standards, Catherine McKinnell, for a special visit to showcase the school’s pioneering work in early years education through the Early Language Support for Every Child (ELSEC) pathfinder programme.

The ELSEC initiative, launched as part of a national effort to close the language development gap in early childhood, has seen remarkable success at Hasmonean.

Barnet Council is estimated to have saved more than £2.2 million in temporary accommodation costs by cracking down on social housing fraud, a new report reveals.

It shows that 34 properties were recovered for those in need during the 2024-2025 financial year after being used illegally. This helped the council save £2.2million in temporary accommodation costs that it would otherwise have spent to house residents facing homelessness.