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Your community needs you: could you be a COVID-19 Health Champion?
Barnet Council is calling on anyone who lives, works, or studies in the borough to sign up to become a COVID-19 Health Champion.
Dr Tamara Djuretic, Director of Public Health for Barnet Council, said:
“We are launching this initiative because it is very difficult to navigate through COVID-19 information.”
“It keeps changing every day and it can be very, complex – so what we want to do is to get as many people from our communities signed up as a Health Champion. You don’t need to be an expert; you just need to be able to share our information and advice with people in your community.”
“We will work with our Health Champions to disseminate this information in a much simpler and visual way, and in different languages if that is required for our diverse communities in Barnet.”
Anyone can sign up by visiting https://engage.barnet.gov.uk/health-champions
Completing the registration form and signing up to attend the next welcome session.
Information and infographics will be sent to Health Champions to share with their friends, families, and social networks.
The Health Champions will also be able to share their local insight to help the council improve communications and increase knowledge of how messages are working.
Dr Djuretic added: “We want everyone to be clearly informed about Covid-19, so they can make good decisions in terms of social distancing, self-isolation and infection control to help make Barnet safer.”
“Please register online to join the Barnet Health Champions network. You will receive information through emails and WhatsApp, and then you will be asked to disseminate it through your own channels. This can be in whatever form you like, using whatever channel you think is most effective.”
“Please go online and register today. Thank you.”
Barnet Health Champions is a Barnet Council programme coordinated in partnership by Groundwork London, part of Barnet Together. For further information, email barnethealthchampions@groundwork.org.uk
Support for The Markaz
The Barnet Multi Faith Forum (BMFF) together with other partner organisations in Barnet wish to restate our position of support for the planning application submitted by the Markaz el Tathgeef Community located at the Hippodrome, Golders Green.
Despite frustration, delay, and opposition from those seeking to divide communities the trustees and members of the Markaz have unwaveringly reached out to its neighbours with an open-door public policy of events and social action initiatives that have both enhanced community cohesion and the environment.
They have at all times attempted to fulfil all the requirements placed upon them and have maintained their integrity and faith in the planning process which will allow them to continue operating as a place of worship as defined in the original 2007 application. This was the basis on which the premises were originally purchased by the centre’s trustees.
Barnet has a proud and long history of welcoming new neighbours into our borough, who in turn have added to its diversity and prosperity. In our view, the Markaz has already shown its commitment to enhancing the unique character of Golders Green and Barnet and its willingness to play its part in future developments.
We have faith and trust that the planning process will take notice of these positive declarations of support which will aid the building of relationships across communities to make a safer, more caring, Barnet.
To find out more and support The Markaz visit www.loveoverhatebarnet.com
You can send an email of support from the homepage of this website.