Page 3 - HGS Suburb News 137 - Winter 2019

HGS Combat Stress huge 10 year total

HGS Combat Stress Committee L-R Peter Butterworth (Combat Stress), back row: Mike Milner, Emma Rodwell. front row:
Marjorie Harris, Angela Phillips, Ruth Smith, Yvonne Oliver, Kathy Cunnold, Gerlinde Crossley.
£39,296 is the amazing amount stallholders, donors and friends. to support its mental health
raised by a Suburb fundraising Peter Butterworth, Community outreach programmes for former
committee for the UK Forces’ Fundraising Officer for Combat armed services personnel.
mental health charity, Combat Stress, gave a presentation and For the third year running,
Stress over 10 years. Founded in spoke movingly about how the we are grateful to have been
1919, just after the First World charity actually spends the given the opportunity to provide
War, nowadays clients for their money to assist members of the all the refreshments at the HGS Romantic Music to help the homeless
healing services have served in armed forces recovering from Art Fair at Fellowship House on
Northern Ireland, the Falklands, the mental pressures of injury Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 May. Many local residents attended An Free Church along with Alyth project can be found in our Spring
Afghanistan, and Iraq and, by and service. Those present were Offers of cakes and savouries Evening of Romantic Music on synagogue and other churches 2018 issue (SN134, page 5).
helping them to overcome their delighted to have the privilege and help in the kitchen would Sunday, December 9, in the Free provide sheltered accommodation The night shelters are run
mental health problems, their of actually meeting one of be greatly appreciated (e-mails to Church. The London International on different nights to homeless by Together in Barnet every
families are also benefiting those clients, Dean, and his marjorieharris@btinternet.com). Orchestra presented a diverse people in Barnet. night of the week in different
In 2008 Ruth Smith and her wife, who had the courage to And watch this space for programme of works by Weber, The Free Church started venues from October to April.
neighbour Pamela Marenbach disclose from a personal point another very special event for Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. their first shelter in the middle Together in Barnet works with
held a rummage sale in her of view why the charity and its Combat Stress, probably in The concert was held in aid of December in the Free Church Homeless Action in Barnet
kitchen for Combat Stress, in work are still so vital today. October. Our lips are sealed at of local homeless charities. The Hall in Northway. They will (HAB – see below). Clients from
memory of Ruth’s soldier father. There was no Winter Fair in the moment, but there will continue to provide a shelter HAB are vetted and referred to
To their great surprise they 2018, but watch this space for hopefully be confirmation and for a group of the homeless on the night shelters; only those
found they had made over £300 an exciting event in Autumn full details in the next issue of Homeless Tuesday nights until the end of registered with HAB are accepted
and decided to move to a bigger 2019, which will be the 100th Suburb News coming out at the February. A full account of the in the shelters.
venue in 2009. From then anniversary of Combat Stress. beginning of May, which means Action
onwards, what became the Thank you to the many that, thanks to your generosity,
annual Combat Stress Winter Suburb residents who recently by the end of 2019 the HGS in Barnet STOP PRESS: Warning
Fair grew and then outgrew supported the green tokens Combat Stress committee and
Fellowship House and moved scheme in aid of Combat Stress, its friends and helpers will have Suburb News has just learnt of Do not engage with them. Contact
to the Free Church Hall, raising while shopping at Waitrose passed on more than £40,000 repeated frauds by ‘builders’ recommended roofers and get
thousands of pounds each year. Temple Fortune. This generous since they began fundraising on knocking on doors and offering estimates. We will be giving more
The committee has also branched scheme, the recipients of which the Suburb just over ten years ago. to replace tiles on resident’s roofs. information in our next issue.
out by catering at other Suburb are chosen by local Waitrose MARJORIE HARRIS
events and donating the profits staff, realised £495, the best yet BRILL OWEN
to Combat Stress. for Combat Stress! And that is CHARTERED ARCHITECTS
On Thursday 25 October, not all the good news; in We are able to offer a complete
the HGS Combat Stress Winter December the HGS Combat service from conception to
Fair Committee celebrated its Stress Committee netted another HAB, an independent charity, completion helping you to create
tenth birthday in Fellowship £491.75 from the sale of Combat a unique home that fulfils your
House with a thank you party Stress Christmas cards and started in Barnet in 1997 as a needs
soup kitchen. Today it is a fully-
for its many loyal helpers, donations for this national charity, Contact us for a free no obligation
functioning centre, catering for consultation on
Barnet’s most vulnerable people, 0
0208 349 0037208 349 0037
providing a place where they
can start to rebuild their lives. Or email at
In a week, around 250 architects@brillowen.co.uk
people will seek support from View our recent work at
HAB. In just one year, 12,237 www.brillowen.co.uk
visited the centre!
Clients receive a welcome, We are Chartered
food and a hot shower along Architects based in
with support to help with their North London
many issues. Health services specialising in
GAD_Suburb_News_137mm x 120mm_Layout 1 12/07/2018 13:00 Page 1 covering a range of issues from refurbishments,
Dean with Emma Rodwell Ruth Smith with cheque extensions and
medical, mental health to new build houses
new build houses
alcohol problems are available conservation areas
and flats within
on certain days, plus links to
Property other useful organisations. and to listed
buildings.
The day centre has free
breakfast, lunch, tea and coffee on
Monday to Friday, plus shower,
laundry and washing facilities
Lawyers with free toiletries. There is also G Cohen
a clothes store. Workshops are
offered throughout the year.
Clients can obtain vouchers from
HAB to allow them into one of
the overnight shelters in Barnet. ANTIQUE SILVER
Volunteering at the centre is
welcome and details can be
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