Barnet Council takes charge to tackle budget deficit
Barnet Council is taking charge to tackle the local effects of the financial crisis affecting all local authorities across the country.
Barnet Council teams up with young people to launch new mental health campaign
Barnet Council has launched a new mental health campaign aimed at helping the borough’s children and young people.
The campaign has been created with a panel of 14 to 21 year-olds, who drew on their own experiences to provide unique insight into the realities of the mental health issues affecting increasing numbers of Barnet’s young people.
Barnet residents come together for Remembrance Day services
Barnet residents came together to pay their respects to those who have died in conflicts around the world on Remembrance Sunday (12 November).
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Barnet celebrates Diwali
The sights, sounds and flavours of Diwali lit up the Quadrangle at Middlesex University at the council’s official celebration event yesterday evening (8 November).
The event was organised by Barnet Council in partnership with Middlesex University and Barnet Asian Women’s Association (BAWA).
Barnet pupils second and third best in the country for different Key Stage 4 results
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Newly published Key Stage 4 (KS4) data from the Department for Education (DfE), shows that Barnet is second in the country for Progress 8, which measures the progress that students have made between the end of primary school and the end of Key Stage 4 (16 year olds).
The Barnet Progress 8 score for the 28 schools in the Borough was only beaten by the Isles of Scilly Local Authority, which has only one school in it.
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Barnet residents to come together for Remembrance Day services
Barnet residents will have the chance to pay their respects to those who have died in conflicts around the world at Remembrance Day services on Sunday 12 November, with several services and parades in the borough.
The Worshipful Mayor of Barnet, Cllr Nagus Narenthira, will be attending Hendon War Memorial on Remembrance Sunday and will lay a wreath on behalf of the Mayoralty, Councillors and burgesses.
Barnet Council awarded Gold by Defence Employers Recognition Scheme
Barnet Council has been recognised for its commitment and continued support to the Armed Forces and has received a Ministry of Defence Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award.
Barnet Council celebrates its incredible care leavers and looked-after children with week of fun events and activities
Barnet Council and Live Unlimited, a charity set up by the Council to support care leavers, are celebrating Care Leavers Week with activities and events across the borough.
This year, the nationwide initiative will run from Wednesday 25 October to 1 November and will shine a spotlight on the remarkable journeys of care leavers, amplifying their voices, raising awareness of their challenges, and encouraging policy and practice change.