Community
We are part of the wider Christian community of churches in New Barnet. We take part in the annual World Day of Prayer service for East and New Barnet.
Jim’s Café community advice centre
Jim’s Café is our community advice centre and coffee morning, which takes place at St James’s on Wednesday mornings. It is free and offers a range of advice services, including help with filling in forms, Citizens' Advice Barnet and conversational English classes, as well as refreshments and a place to chat.
Narcotics Anonymous
We have a Narcotics Anonymous session every Monday at 7.30pm at St James's, which is free and open to all.
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) exists so that its members can support each other to recover from, and stay, drug free. NA members come from all walks of life, and range in age from teenagers to OAP’s. It costs nothing to attend our meetings. Just turn up. There are no ‘musts’ in NA, and you don’t have to say anything at any NA meeting. If you want to talk to someone from NA first, call the NA helpline on 0300 999 1212. It’s open daily from 10am to midnight, and will be answered by a NA member. www.ukna.org
Chipping Barnet Foodbank
The Chipping Barnet Foodbank welcomes any non-perishable food items. Details of the latest shortages are on the Foodbank website: www.chippingbarnet.foodbank.org.uk/give-help/donate-food/
Summer packed lunches: over the school summer holidays, the Foodbank are giving out packed lunches to clients with children. Their website has full details of the items needed for the packed lunches
The Foodbank is located at 63 Somerset Rd, EN5 1RF, hosted by Mary Immaculate and St Peter RC Church. It’s open Mon 7.30pm-8.30pm, Tue 12noon-1.30pm, Thu 10am-11am and Sat 10am-11.30am for donations or to collect food. We have a donation point in church, and there are also donation points for the Foodbank at Sainsbury’s New Barnet and Cockfosters; Morrison’s Borehamwood; Waitrose High Barnet and Whetstone; Co-op East Barnet and Mays Lane; and Marie’s Shoes in East Barnet.
Barnet Night Shelter
For many years now we have joined with churches and other local community groups to share in hosting a winter night shelter for rough sleepers who are referred by Homeless Action in Barnet – providing a cooked evening meal, breakfast and a warm place to sleep. If you would like to volunteer, please contact us .
Christians Against Poverty Debt Centre: A CAP (Christians Against Poverty) Debt Centre has recently opened in Barnet to help people with significant debt. The centre can offer help to people living in the EN4, EN5 and parts of the N11 postcodes (there is a centre based in Colindale for those living in the western side of the borough). If you think this might be something which can help you, call CAP on 0800 328 0006 or visit their website.
Welcome Boxes: welcoming refugees
We are part of an initiative called ‘Welcome Boxes’ to help refugees and asylum seekers integrate into the local community. This is a national project started by the charity ‘Welcome Churches’. If you are interested in getting involved, please get in touch.
Green Christian Barnet
The Green Christian Barnet group provides a chance for Christians to meet together to explore how their faith connects to issues of creation care, and to take action.
We are part of the wider Christian community of churches in New Barnet. We take part in the annual World Day of Prayer service for East and New Barnet.
Jim’s Café community advice centre
Jim’s Café is our community advice centre and coffee morning, which takes place at St James’s on Wednesday mornings. It is free and offers a range of advice services, including help with filling in forms, Citizens' Advice Barnet and conversational English classes, as well as refreshments and a place to chat.
Narcotics Anonymous
We have a Narcotics Anonymous session every Monday at 7.30pm at St James's, which is free and open to all.
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) exists so that its members can support each other to recover from, and stay, drug free. NA members come from all walks of life, and range in age from teenagers to OAP’s. It costs nothing to attend our meetings. Just turn up. There are no ‘musts’ in NA, and you don’t have to say anything at any NA meeting. If you want to talk to someone from NA first, call the NA helpline on 0300 999 1212. It’s open daily from 10am to midnight, and will be answered by a NA member. www.ukna.org
Chipping Barnet Foodbank
The Chipping Barnet Foodbank welcomes any non-perishable food items. Details of the latest shortages are on the Foodbank website: www.chippingbarnet.foodbank.org.uk/give-help/donate-food/
Summer packed lunches: over the school summer holidays, the Foodbank are giving out packed lunches to clients with children. Their website has full details of the items needed for the packed lunches
The Foodbank is located at 63 Somerset Rd, EN5 1RF, hosted by Mary Immaculate and St Peter RC Church. It’s open Mon 7.30pm-8.30pm, Tue 12noon-1.30pm, Thu 10am-11am and Sat 10am-11.30am for donations or to collect food. We have a donation point in church, and there are also donation points for the Foodbank at Sainsbury’s New Barnet and Cockfosters; Morrison’s Borehamwood; Waitrose High Barnet and Whetstone; Co-op East Barnet and Mays Lane; and Marie’s Shoes in East Barnet.
Barnet Night Shelter
For many years now we have joined with churches and other local community groups to share in hosting a winter night shelter for rough sleepers who are referred by Homeless Action in Barnet – providing a cooked evening meal, breakfast and a warm place to sleep. If you would like to volunteer, please contact us .
Christians Against Poverty Debt Centre: A CAP (Christians Against Poverty) Debt Centre has recently opened in Barnet to help people with significant debt. The centre can offer help to people living in the EN4, EN5 and parts of the N11 postcodes (there is a centre based in Colindale for those living in the western side of the borough). If you think this might be something which can help you, call CAP on 0800 328 0006 or visit their website.
Welcome Boxes: welcoming refugees
We are part of an initiative called ‘Welcome Boxes’ to help refugees and asylum seekers integrate into the local community. This is a national project started by the charity ‘Welcome Churches’. If you are interested in getting involved, please get in touch.
Green Christian Barnet
The Green Christian Barnet group provides a chance for Christians to meet together to explore how their faith connects to issues of creation care, and to take action.
