Inclusion Barnet AGM

Inclusion Barnet are thrilled to invite you to our Annual General Meeting, celebrating our most successful year yet! Learn about how your feedback and our partnerships and collaborations across the Barnet community sector are making a real difference. Hear from our staff about the impact of our work as disabled leaders and how it benefits everyone in Barnet.

Thursday 14 March
4.30pm to 6pm
Online via Zoom*
Booking is essential: Eventbrite

Join us to help celebrate the achievements we've made together.

More information about the Inclusion Barnet AGM
(including *alternative ways to book and join, accessibility information and AGM documents).

Please do circulate this invitation to your colleagues and local network. We look forward to seeing you there!

Careers in Social Care

Throughout February, Nadia Suleiman (NCL Health and Care Academy Community Engagement Officer) will be hosting drop-in sessions for Barnet residents aged 16+ who are interested in pursuing a career in health and social care. Sessions are free, and there is no need to pre-book.
 

Every Tuesday in February at Old Grahame Park Library, from 2 - 3.30pm.

Find out more here

The Big Iftar

The Big Iftar is an annual event that takes place during the month of Ramadan. It is a community-led initiative, bringing people from different faiths and backgrounds together to share food and conversation. The goal of The Big Iftar is to promote community cohesion, understanding and solidarity.

The event is organised by Middlesex University Inter Faith Network, Barnet Council and Barnet Multi Faith Forum, and is open to everyone in Barnet, regardless of faith or background.

Date and time: Tuesday 19 March,
5.00 - 7.15pm

Location: College Building, Middlesex University, The Burroughs, Hendon NW4 4BT

Find out more and register here

Yapp Charitable Trust

Yapp grants provide core funding for charities with a total annual expenditure of less than £40,000. Eligible charities must work in one of the following areas:

• Elderly people;
• Children and young people;
• People with physical impairments, learning difficulties or mental health challenges;
• People trying to overcome life-limiting problems of a social origin (eg. addiction, relationship difficulties, abuse, offending);
• Education and learning (with a particular focus on people who are educationally disadvantaged).

Grants are for a maximum of £3000 per year, for up to 3 years.

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

Find out more here

The Disability Justice Fund

A joint venture between Trust for London and the City Bridge Foundation, the Disability Justice Fund aims to support organisations fighting for the rights of disabled people, and projects that help to grow and diversify the disability movement.

In order to be eligible to apply, at least 75% of your organisation's trustees and 50% of its paid staff must be disabled.

Two types of funding are available:

• development grants of up to £20,000 (for new and small organisations).
• larger grants of up to £180,000 over a period of 2-3 years.
   

Application deadline: 4 March 2024

Find out more here

Metropolitan Public Gardens Association

The MPGA has been providing small grants to community projects across London for over 130 years. They can also offer horticultural advice, if needed.

Funding is aimed at groups and organisations working to maintain and improve public open spaces. Grants of up to £1500 are available, and can be used for a variety of green projects, including:

• planting of trees, shrubs, plants, bulbs or seeds.
• provision of benches.
• provision of tools and tool sheds.

Application deadline: 29 February 2024

Find out more here

Barnet Council Community Grants Programme

Start-up grants
The programme offers grants of up to £10,000 to help set up a new project or activity in Barnet. Proposals must complement one or more of the Council’s current priorities. Grants are for a maximum of one year, and can contribute towards capital and revenue costs.

One-off grants
These grants are restricted to a maximum of £5000, and are usually for specific purchases or one-off projects.

The next deadline for the Community Grants Programme is 30 March 2024.

Find out more here 

National Lottery Community Fund

The Community Fund aims to support communities with the things that are important to them - including helping with the impact of the cost-of-living crisis.

You can apply for funding to deliver a new or existing activity, or to support your organisation to adapt to new challenges.

Eligible projects should do at least one of the following:

• bring people together to build strong relationships in and across communities.
• improve the places and spaces that matter to communities.
• help more people to reach their potential, by supporting them at the earliest possible stage.
• support people, communities and organisations facing additional challenges due to the cost-of-living crisis.

Deadline: Ongoing. Apply at least 16 weeks before you want to start the activity or spend any of the money.

• Funding from £300 to £20,000.
• Projects can be funded for up to two years.

Find more information here

Delamere Dairy Foundation

The Foundation welcomes grant applications from not-for-profit organisations whose work benefits local communities.

The purpose of the application must align with the objects of the Foundation, which include: the relief of financial hardship; the advancement of education; the relief of sickness.

Grants of £1000 - £5000 are available.

Application deadline: 29 February 2024

Find out more here

Young Barnet Foundation's Easter Campaign

As spring blooms, Young Barnet Foundation are chirping with excitement to announce our Easter campaign dedicated to bringing smiles to the little chicks in Barnet! 🐣🌸

🥚 Egg-cite Hope: Join us in filling Easter baskets with joy by donating an egg or two (or more if you're feeling egg-stra generous!)

💰 Cluck a Buck: Not able to donate eggs? No problem! You can still support our cause by giving £5. Every pound helps us spread warmth and happiness to those who need it most, ensuring that every little chick in Barnet has a reason to smile this Easter.
 

Together, let's make this Easter egg-ceptional for all the precious little ones in our community who need our support the most! Your kindness will light up their world and bring hope where it's needed most.

Find out more here

Barnet Council's 'Money Worries' Campaign

Across the UK, people are missing out on billions of pounds of benefits they are eligible for, simply because they didn’t know and haven’t made a claim.

Thanks to the Barnet Financial Calculator, the Council is now able to help residents find out if they are eligible for benefits. Users are asked to complete a short self-assessment, which then tells them what they are eligible for, as well as providing one-click access to proceed with making a claim.

For those who aren't eligible for benefits but are struggling to pay their bills, the Council's Cost of Living Support webpages offer a range of useful information and resources.

Community Food Growing in Barnet

Would you like to be part of an innovative project to develop and expand community food growing in Barnet? Have you been interested in food growing, but not had the space, knowledge or confidence to know where to start? Do you have a few hours to spare, every other week between March and November 2024?

Barnet Council wants to train a new group of community food growing leaders: people with the commitment, dedication and knowledge to start or re-invigorate a growing space, and to encourage community members to participate.

Topics covered by the training course will include: plant propagation, supporting biodiversity, and communicating with relevant audiences.

Find out more and register your interest here

Online course: Therapeutic Community Gardening

Are you considering starting your own therapeutic or community gardening project, but aren't sure where to begin? Or do you already have an operating garden, but need support in taking it to the next level?

Trust Links, an Essex-based mental health and environmental charity, is offering a unique 6-month online/blended learning course:
Let’s Grow Together: Developing a Therapeutic Community Gardening Project.

Trust Links are looking for participants beyond Essex to join the course; the deadline for applications is Monday 26 February.

Find more information and apply here

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