What's New

January 2012: 66 people attend Barnet CAB's AGM at the Greek Cypriot Centre. The theme of the meeting is access to service. The guest speaker is Mike Dixon, Assistant Chief Executive of Citizens Advice.

January 2012: Barnet CAB Annual Report 2010-11 is published.

December 2011: Barnet CAB wins Community Advice Service tender.

December 2011: Official launch of Macmillan funded welfare benefits service for people affected by cancer in Barnet, Enfield and Haringey at Barnet General Hospital. There is a range of guest speakers including Mike Easton the Chief Executive of Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust. 

November 2011: Barnet CAB fundraising Quiz Night held at Mill Hill School.

November 2011: Barnet CAB wins Children's Service tender to provide advice and financial capability services in local Children's Centres

June 2011: Barnet CAB assists more new clients than any other London bureau.

May 2011: Advice Barnet Helpline assists 6,248 clients over the previous 12 months.

January 2011: Excellent levels of client satisfaction maintained over previous 12 months.

January 2011: 72 people attend Barnet CAB's AGM at the Greek Cypriot Centre. The theme of the meeting is Social Policy.

January 2011: Barnet CAB Annual report 2009-10 published  

November 2010: Public launch of the Advice Barnet Project helpline takes place at the North London Business Park. Over 70 attendees from Barnet CAB, the Advice Barnet Partnership, Councillors and Council officers hear presentations from writer and broadcaster, Liz Barclay; Assistant Chief Executive of Barnet Council, Zina Etheridge; Chief Executive of Child Poverty Action Group, Alison Garnham; Head of Public Direct at Citizens Advice, John Gillies; and Chief Executive of Barnet CAB, Tim Clark.  

July 2010: Barnet CAB wins funding from Macmillan to set up and run a welfare benefits information and advice service for people affected by cancer in Barnet, Enfield and Haringey.

June 2010: 70th Anniversary Quiz Night held at the Greek Cypriot Centre, Britannia Road.

April 2010: Funding obtained to extend Additional Hours of Advice project for a further 6 months. 

April 2010: Welfare Benefits project commences to provide welfare benefits advice to clients referred by Barnet Adult Social Services. 

April 2010: Children’s Centre Generalist Advice outreach service extended to 8 Children’s Centres 

January 2010: Barnet CAB Annual report 2008-09 published 

January 2010: Barnet CAB achieves its best ever Client Satisfaction Survey scores with 98% of clients either happy or very happy with our service and 98% of clients saying they would use us again.  

January 2010: 90 people attend Barnet CAB’s AGM at the Greek Cypriot Centre, Britannia Road. Guest Speakers include David Harker, Chief Executive of Citizens Advice and Councillor Brian Coleman, the Worshipful Mayor of Barnet. Joyce Cooper receives a special long service volunteering award. She has been volunteering with Barnet CAB for 50 years, having commenced at our then East Barnet bureau in 1960. 

December 2009: First Advice Barnet Project training day takes place and is attended by 75 volunteers and paid staff from across the partnership. 

December 2009: Advice Barnet Helpline opens (0844 826 9336) and begins providing access to most advice services in Barnet. 

December 2009: New email advice service launched. Click on this link. 

October 2009: Funding for Financial Capability project renewed for local schools in the south of the borough; and extended to cover local schools in the east of the borough. 

September/October 2009: New Children's Centre advice outreaches commence at Coppetts Wood; Kennedy Leigh; Moss Hall nursery and Edgware Library. 

June 2009: Advice-athon to be held at Hendon CAB - 25/26 June 

May 2009: A new system of service delivery is being introduced at our Hendon bureau to help improve access to our service 

April 2009: Following a restructure, the Money Advice Project (MAP) is launched to replace the Money Advice Unit. The new service will provide better access, will include advice on welfare benefits, and will be more Barnet focused. 

March 2009: Barnet CAB scores 82% in its Quality of Advice Audit and achieves an outright pass at its organisational audit. These results place it in the top 10% of bureaux in the country. 

February 2009: 80 people attend Barnet CAB’s AGM at the Greek Cypriot Centre, Britannia Road. Guest Speakers include Liz Barclay of Radio 4 fame and Councillor John Marshall, the Worshipful Mayor of Barnet. 

February 2009: Barnet CAB wins funding from national Citizens Advice from the Additional Hours of Advice project. This will enable BCAB to extend its services to the public. 

February 2009: Barnet CAB Annual report 2007-08 published 

November 2008: A new system of service delivery is introduced at our New Barnet bureau to improve access to our service. 

October 2008: New CAB outreaches open at Barnet House and Burnt Oak library 

October 2008: New CAB Financial Capability project starts in local schools in the south of the borough 

September 2008: Barnet CAB win half a million pounds from the Big Lottery Fund to set up a new helpline through which callers will be able to gain access to a whole range of Barnet based advice services. The helpline will be operational by late 2009.