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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).
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.