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August 2010: Barnet CAB commences contract to provide debt advice under
the Council’s Mortgage Rescue Scheme.
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, have 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 for Carers 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.
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