News, Funding, Events for Barnet VCFSE Environmental Network
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Latest News
for Barnet VCFSE
Environmental Network
Thanks for your interest in the Barnet VCFSE Environmental Network.
Sharing latest news, funding opportunities, events etc.
Any questions/thoughts/contributions, do get in touch...
Ellen Cheshire, VCS Support Lead
ellen@inclusionbarnet.org.uk
15 September 2022
Our Next Meeting
Barnet VCFSE Environmental Network
Thursday 17 October, 10.30 - 12 noon
If you've already been to a Barnet VCFSE Environmental Network meeting then you'll automatically receive a MS Teams link for our next meeting on Thursday 17 October. At this meeting, members of Barnet Council's Sustainability team will be giving a short presentation on their work, the team and how it fits in with other Council departments.
If you've not joined us yet, then do email Ellen. These are informal and informative networking sessions for those working in the Barnet Voluntary, Community, Faith & Social Enterprise (VCFSE) sector, where we can come together to discuss environmental issues in the Borough, and work out how we as a sector can make a difference.
This networking group will raise awareness of environmental projects that are happening in the Borough, help to establish partnerships and joint initiatives and seek funding opportunities.
If you have any topics you would like to raise/discuss at future meetings, do let Ellen know.
These Network meetings are now receiving administrative support from Stonegrove Community Trust through funding awarded by the National Lottery Community Fund's Together For the Planet programme.
A day out...
Barnet Together Alliance Conference 2022
We're hosting a day packed full of workshops, discussions and networking to discover how Barnet organisations can work together to help local residents.
With a marketplace and lots of opportunities to learn from other guests, the conference will be a great way to make lasting connections with other organisations.
When: Monday 3 October
Where: RAF Museum Hendon
A learning opportunity...
Community Organisation Training
Stonegrove Community Trust is hosting a Community Organising training event to share insights on how to take action around common concerns and overcome social injustice within the community.
Trainer Pauline Singer, who has a background in the homeless sector and co-founded Our Yard at Clitterhouse Farm
It's £10 for Barnet residents, with lunch included!
When: Tuesday 20 September, 9:30am-4:30pm
Great Big Green Week: Events in Barnet
Great Big Green Week is fast approaching, running from 24 September - 2 October.
With many Barnet organisations getting involved, there will be lots of events to attend. You can add your own events and see what is happening in Barnet and beyond on the Great Big Green Week website.
Dates for your diary...
Edgwarebury Park Mini-Festival: A mini-festival to promote the the park, the environment and our waterways! Join Thames21 for a day of games, activities, exhibitions and much more. Drop by between 11am-4pm on Saturday 24 September to talk about the Silk Stream Flood Resilience Innovation (SSFRI) project and join in various activities.
Urban Green Community Garden (Goldsmith Ave, NW9) is having a winter/spring bulb planting session on Sunday 25 September, 10am-12pm.
Join in with GoodGym's lovely run from the Phoenix Cinema East Finchley through Barnet greenspaces to the newly planted Tiny Forest at Henley's Corner where you can then take part in litterpicking and environmental data collection. Meet at the Phoenix Cinema at 18:45 on Tuesday 27 September.
How Barnet organisations can improve their environmental sustainability (online) on Thursday 29 September, 10am - 12noon.
Incredible Edible Barnet is running their annual apple juicing and compost making event on Saturday 1 October, 10am-12pm.
Connect with nature and improve a community resource at the Tiny Forest Barnet (near Henlys Corner) tree measurement event for Carbon Week on Sunday 2 October, 11am - 12.30.
Did You Know >> Barnet Council are updating the Sustainability pages on their website and want to feature local environmental/sustainability groups/initiatives.
If you want to be included email Ellen Cheshire with the following information by 30 September. Thanks.
- Name / address of group
- Type of group e.g. planting, conservation,
- Description of activities
- How people can take part
- Contact information
Watch a film...
2040 at Phoenix Cinema
East Finchley Town Team and the Phoenix Cinema East Finchley invites you to see the environmental film ‘2040’ (PG) followed by a panel discussion. The film explores what the future could look like by the year 2040 if we simply embraced the best solutions already available to us to improve our planet and shifted them rapidly into the mainstream.
When: Sunday 18 September, 4.30pm
Tickets £10 (adult) £5 (child)
This film showing is a part of series of sustainability themed activities on East Finchley High Road.
Visit GROW...
Urban Food Growing Festival
More and more people are understanding the importance and the benefits of growing food in cities – for employment, community engagement, education, wellbeing and mitigating climate change. GROW are bringing together innovators and organisations for a four-day programme of talks, discussions, visits, tours, tastings and workshops which will explore opportunities for promoting and supporting urban food growing.
When: Wednesday 14 - Saturday 17 September
Funding News
School Climate & Biodiversity Projects
Grants of up to £3,000 are available to UK primary or secondary schools to run a STEM investigation project for students aged between 5 - 18.
Deadline: Wednesday 30 November
National Lottery's Climate Action Fund
Community-led funding to develop projects focusing on the link between
nature and climate to create strong, resilient and healthy communities or the development of ‘green’ skills and jobs.
Deadline: Ongoing
Fully funded air quality sensors
The Breathe London Community Programme is offering 30 fully funded air quality sensors to community groups and organisations across London.
Deadline: Friday 30 September
Consultations
Tennis in Barnet Consultation
Barnet Council are seeking residents' views on a set of new proposals about how tennis is accessed within the Borough.
Results will inform the amount of investment and development of our tennis courts.
Deadline: Monday 19 September
Read more about the tennis consultation here
The Barnet Food Plan 2022-2027
The draft Barnet Food Plan 2022-2027 is open for consultation, and Barnet Council want to hear from you. Help to shape their approach to a sustainable, healthy and accessible food in Barnet. The draft plan covers the three themes of: food for lifelong wellbeing, food for our communities and public institutions, and food for our environment and our economy. Food plays an incredibly important role in all of our lives, so please get involved and have your say.
Deadline: Friday 7 October
The Barnet Food Plan Consultation and survey
Playground improvements consultation
Barnet has a great collection of parks and open spaces and these are an important part of what makes Barnet a green and family friendly borough. Barnet Council have been allocated £750,000 funding to improve play facilities across the borough and have identified five playgrounds which would benefit the most from refurbishment. Now they need your views.
Deadline: 25 October 2022
Playground improvements consultation
>> The full list of live Barnet Council consultations.
STOP PRESS! Nominate a charity for £1000
The Benefact Group's Movement for Good Awards is asking you to nominate a charity to give them the chance to win £1000.
The more nominations a charity receives, the more likely they are to win, so do spread the word!
Eco Fair at One Stonegrove, 5 Hayling Way, Edgware
Sunday 6 November, 3.30-6.30pm
AND FINALLY, On yer bike!
Cycle Confident are offering free adult and family cycling training to people who live, work or study in Barnet.
Training will cover how to become a more competent and confident cyclist and how to improve your skills.
To register, create an account with Cycle Confident and follow instructions in your email after clicking the activation link.
