Bulb Planting Film produced by students from Middlesex University for Holocaust Memorial Day 2019

 

 

For Holocaust Memorial Day 2019, we are releasing a short film in collaboration with Big Grange Local, Barnet Multi-faith Forum, and the residents of East Finchley. BA Film students from Middlesex recently produced the short film about a community bulb planting day, as part of a Barnet Council initiative to remember every one of the 1.5 million children who died in the Holocaust. The event brought together people from multiple different faiths to plant a memorial garden dedicated to those who have lost their lives as a result of religious persecution. The film features Amina Qadi, a young woman from the Somali Bravenese community who has been very active in multi-faith dialogue in the area around East Finchley. In 2013, the Somali Bravenese community centre was burnt down, an act of hate crime. The local Jewish community responded by inviting them to pray at the local synagogue. In an act of solidarity, Amina dedicates the bulb planting to the 11 people who lost their lives in the shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh on 27th October 2018. Production Coordinators: Dr. Helen Bendon, Nayomi Roshini, Media Department, Middlesex University. Production Team: Nikoleta Slezakova, Cloe Peker, Sara Veiga, Bruna Ventura, Patrycja Lisowska, Dariush Asadi, Randy Mankoto Interviewees: Amina Qadi, Natan Levy, Julia Hines, Esmond Rosen and Leo Smith Middlesex University 2019

Barnet CTN Bulletin Dec 2018

You can download the latest copy of the CTN bulletin here.

This is the final CTN bulletin of the year and at this time of the year, we would like to reflect and to celebrate Barnet’s wide cultural, religious and diverse community.

CTN has recognised the unwelcome rise of intolerance and extremism and our response with the Barnet Multi Faith Forum showed our support to those affected by the Pittsburg massacre. We also all came together to support our residents in the Willow House fire last month.

The work in 2019 will further build upon the development of partnership working, sharing, supporting and to create a strong, successful and shared community for Barnet. The CTN continues to resolve issues of community concern, explore solutions, meet community needs and to help find funding.

May we wish you a peaceful end to 2018 and a brighter future for 2019.

Festive wishes from the Community Participation & Engagement Team

IANL – Night Shelter for Homeless in Barnet

night-shelter-for-the-homelessIANL is proud to be acting as a night shelter for the homeless in Barnet. Working in collaboration with Together in Barnet. 

IANL will open its doors at 7:30 pm every Wednesday (starting 19/12/18) where it will serve a hot meal and provide a place to sleep. The shelter will close at 8:30 am the next morning shortly after serving breakfast. 

If you would like to volunteer and take part in this initiative by making food, serving guests, supervising their stay, or staying overnight with them, then please sign up

Poverty data in London

A multi-agency database recording information about rough sleepers and the wider street population in London (commissioned and funded by the Greater London Authority) has released data showing an alarming increase in street homelessness between 1st July and 30th September. 3,103 people were recorded as sleeping rough on the streets of London, a 17% increase on the same period in 2017 and 20% more than the period before.

This report can be accessed here, you can attend Barnet’s Housing and Homelessness & Rough Sleeping roadshow event here or comment on it here.