The service, which was initially rolled out at Barnet’s four Core Plus Libraries in June, allows residents to pick up and return books and other library items of their choice.
Since June, library staff have loaned more than 19,000 items as part of the initiative, including well over 10,000 individual books for children and young people.
Fines for those not isolating when told to do so start at £1,000 and increase up to £10,000 for repeat offenders.
As cases increase across the country, this law has been introduced to encourage people to comply with self-isolation rules and reduce the spread of coronavirus.
Both online and face-to-face activities are on offer for children and young people, tailored for age groups between 4 to 18, and up to 25 years old for young people with learning disabilities. The safety of our customers and staff is our priority and we have been working hard to ensure that our activities meet government guidelines and procedures.
Check out our activities timetable with booking links here.
The NHS COVID-19 app officially launched on Thursday 24 and includes tools to help protect people such as contract tracing, local area alerts and a QR code venue check-in function.
From 24 September a range of businesses including pubs, restaurants and hairdressers are legally required to have a QR code on display to allow customers using the smartphone app to easily ‘check-in’ at a venue.
Cllr Thomas said: “Yesterday’s incident in which a number of Met Police officers were injured while carrying out a drugs raid in Barnet has shocked us all. This happened as these officers were simply doing their job. I would like to wish all of them well.
“We are all exceptionally grateful for the work they do, day in and day out. Putting themselves in harm’s way to ensure we are kept safe.”
The theme for Recycle Now’s 17th annual Recycle Week is to thank the nation and the people of Barnet for continuing to recycle despite all that has happened this year.
Statistics released by Recycle Now show that through lockdown the UK has become even more environmentally aware, with nearly 9 in 10 households saying they ‘regularly recycle’.
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It is estimated that 4,435 people in the borough have dementia and this is projected to increase to 6,806 by 2035.
Barnet Council and the CCG, working closely with the Barnet Alzheimer’s Society, have trained more than 10,000 Dementia Friends in the borough to date and are committed to increasing this number further to ensure that Barnet is a truly dementia friendly borough for our residents.
He was due to be appointed to the role in an Annual Council meeting on Tuesday evening, but the ceremony could not go ahead as planned due to his illness.
The Leader of Barnet Council, Councillor Dan Thomas, and the Worshipful Mayor of Barnet, Councillor Caroline Stock, have paid tribute to him after the tragic news was announced.