Find out about Barnet's Shared Lives scheme: where an adult with additional needs is offered a supportive home, a short term stay or daytime support.

More than 1,000 Barnet residents have signed up for the council’s affordable tennis membership scheme, as part of a major transformation of the borough’s tennis facilities that has seen court bookings surge to over 60,000 annually.

The success follows a £1.3 million investment – £700,000 from the Lawn Tennis Association and £600,000 match funding from Barnet Council – to refurbish 41 courts across 21 parks to a high standard.

If you're interested in becoming a Shared Lives carer, you can find out what you need to do and how to apply.

Find out about Shared Lives Plus - a national charity supporting Shared Lives services across the country.

A landlord has been sentenced to 26 weeks suspended imprisonment and ordered to pay £20,000, after a judge found him guilty of harassing a tenant and leaving her ‘homeless’ after unlawfully evicting her.

Qamil Cama, a building company owner from Brent, who was illegally renting out his property on Crescent Road, Finchley, was also found to be in breach of a planning enforcement notice issued by Barnet Council.

Two neighbouring authorities in north London are using their ‘collective voice’ to call for urgent reform of the way councils are funded.

Leaders of Haringey and Barnet have today (11 June 2025) published a letter to the Chancellor and Deputy Prime Minister ahead of the spending review to make the case for fairer funding after revealing they receive 15 per cent less per resident than the England average.

Barnet Council’s Trading Standards officers seized nearly £50,000 worth of illicit cigarettes, rolling tobacco, vapes and shisha during a single day’s worth of shop raids.

The team targeted seven stores, with a variety of ‘hides’ for their illicit produce – including one where a sophisticated hydraulic lift had been installed beneath the flooring. The device, operated by small remote control, contained a series of shelves, packed full of illicit cigarettes.