Young Barnet Foundation (YBF) is committed to growing local activities and opportunities for struggling, vulnerable children and young people in Barnet.
A child’s life is influenced by their home, school and community environments. By working together, we believe that we can create safer, stronger, more connected communities so all our children and young people thrive – and we want your school to be part of that.
In summer term 2022 we launched a new programme where schools are invited to join YBF as a partner. This gives schools access to our extensive network of voluntary, community sector organisations that work with disadvantaged children and young people in the borough.
There is no cost to schools – and many have already benefitted from enriching activities and interventions for their most disadvantaged pupils.
Here are some stats about the project so far:
There is no charge to join us and becoming a Business Partner is open to businesses (for profit organisations) operating in Barnet that wish to support our mission and vision.
We have 42 school partners that have joined Young Barnet Foundation since the beginning of Summer Term 21/22.
In that time we have made 129 connections between a school and our voluntary sector members.
This has resulted in 24 successful connections where a project has been delivered to at least one cohort within a school, sometimes it is delivered to 3 or 4 classes or year groups.
Close to 1000 of Barnet’s disadvantaged children and young people have benefitted from these projects and interventions.
Benefits for your school
- Be more connected to your local community
- No cost involved
- Unlock access to funding to support your most vulnerable pupils by working in partnership with the voluntary sector
- Access our network of Supplementary Schools to support your pupils who have English as a second or additional language
- Contribute to and receive our monthly newsletter
- Potential work experience/volunteering/Duke of Edinburgh opportunities for your pupils via our members and partners
- Promote your space and community events through Young Barnet Foundation’s newsletters and social media channels
- Use of our logo on your website and promotional materials
Young Barnet Foundation Offer
- Introductions to YBF voluntary sector members that we think will complement your location/pupils/needs
- Joint school/voluntary sector project funding and bid-writing support including 1:1 planning and review sessions (subject to availability)
- Regular networking events with YBF’s voluntary sector members, strategic partners and other schools to share ideas, best practice and explore local partnership opportunities
- Access to sector-specific training opportunities and resources that will support your staff and benefit your pupils
- The opportunity to be part of YBF’s initiatives such as the Christmas Gift Campaign, Space2Grow Fund, and Holiday Activity Fund
In return we’d love it if your school could
- Get involved with local fundraising initiatives to enhance our Space2Grow Children & Young People’s Fund, and Christmas Gift Campaign, which in turn supports our most vulnerable children
- Champion our work and the work of our members and partners within your networks to galvanise wider strategic support for local groups
- Embrace the ethos of ‘Generous Leadership’ to support us, our members and partners by sharing expertise, learning, and experience
- Explore development opportunities to make our community safer, stronger and more connected
- Actively support our work to listen to the children and young people of Barnet through our Youth Voice project
- Help us to develop a strong, trained network of youth leaders
And also:
Agree to support the values and aims of the Barnet Voluntary Sector Manifesto which can be viewed and signed up to here
Contact schools@youngbarnetfoundation.org.uk to arrange a chat or request further information.
Our School Partners
- The Annunciation Catholic Junior
- All Saints’ Primary, N20
- All Saints’ Primary, NW2
- The Archer Academy Secondary
- Barnfield Primary
- Beis Chinuch Primary
- Beis Soroh Schneirer Primary School
- Bell Lane Primary
- Brookhill Nursery (BEYA)
- Brookland Junior
- Chalgrove Primary
- Childs Hill and Claremont Primary Federation
- Colindale Primary
- Coppetts Wood Primary
- Christ Church Primary
- East Barnet Secondary
- Fairway Primary
- Finchley Catholic High
- Foulds Primary
- Friern Barnet Secondary
- Goldbeaters Primary
- Hendon Secondary
- Hollickwood Primary
- Menorah Foundation Primary
- Millbrook Park Primary
- Mill Hill County High School
- Northgate School
- Northside Primary
- Northway School
- Oakleigh School
- The Orion Primary
- Osidge Primary
- Rosh Pinah Primary
- Saracens High School
- St Andrew the Apostle Secondary
- St Mary’s and St John’s All Through
- St Mary’s Primary
- St. Paul’s C of E Primary
- Sunnyfields Primary
- Trent CE Primary
- Whitefield Secondary
- Whitings Hill Primary
