BarNET ZERO Challenge winners announced at climate action event
Barnet Council’s NET ZERO challenge winners were announced at a special event to mark the end of Barnet Climate Action Month held at the RAF Museum in Hendon last night, Monday 15 July.
The collaborative initiative held by Middlesex University and the council, and sponsored by Hammersons, Microsoft and Natwest, invited those who, live, work or study in the Borough to design and then vote for the best carbon-reducing sustainability project, with the top three projects winning a share of £10,000 in prize money.
Barnet Council asks residents to help design sustainable transport links and improve public spaces in Colindale
Barnet Council is asking residents for their ideas and suggestions about improved ways to help people walk, cycle and wheel more easily around Colindale.
An online questionnaire, which launches today, alongside community drop-by and briefing sessions aim to understand what local people think about the proposals.
Councillors with more than 100 years of service recognised with awards
Four Barnet councillors have been given long service awards after notching up more than 100 years of service between them.
The accolades were given to Eva Greenspan (Conservatives), Kath McGuirk (Labour), Gill Sargeant (Labour) and Geof Cooke (Labour) at a meeting of Barnet’s Full Council yesterday evening (Tuesday 9 July).
Creative health projects to improve wellbeing are coming to Barnet libraries
Creative and cultural activities will be piloted at two Barnet libraries to improve the quality of life and wellbeing of residents who are lonely, socially isolated or living with dementia.
Barnet Council has been awarded £29,910 by Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants to help deliver the activities at Colindale and Chipping Barnet libraries.
Coordinating a national approach to flammable cladding on low-rise homes
There is a national approach to improving fire safety in high-rise blocks of flats; now it is time to do the same for low-rise housing, writes Cath Shaw, Acting Chief Executive of Barnet Council.
4th July – Election Results
General Election 2024 results
The count for the Parliamentary constituencies of Chipping Barnet, Finchley & Golders Green and Hendon in the 2024 General Election took place at the RAF Museum, Colindale, on Thursday 4 July and the following results have been declared:
Dan Tomlinson of the Labour Party has been elected as the Member of Parliament for the Chipping Barnet constituency.
Sarah Sackman of the Labour Party has been elected as the Member of Parliament for the Finchley & Golders Green constituency.