13 Sep Brent Cross Community Fund awards £40,000 to local charities

The Brent Cross Community Fund has awarded £40,000 to 11 local charities aimed at supporting people across a range of issues and activities.

The fund has been going since 2019, and has so far given £140,000 to charitable causes.

Winners of the grant include:

·         a group supporting Farsi-speaking women with mental health issues;

·         women’s and girls’ fitness classes;

·         skateboarding and art workshops to inspire young people to become more active and confident;

·         and The Boys Clubhouse – gym sessions and counselling support for boys and young men from the Jewish community who experience isolation, depression, addiction, homelessness and in extreme cases suicide.

Barnet Council’s leader councillor Barry Rawlings said: “Community funds like this play an important role in ensuring local projects benefit from the wider regeneration in the area.