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Pub crowds attract headlines
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Pictures of crowds gathering outside Barnes’ Waterman’s Arms in the sunshine have become a go-to image for newspapers wanting to illustrate stories about the reopening of pubs or of people ‘flouting’ lockdown. The images have appeared in The Times, The Daily Mail, The Guardian and the Mirror. The pub has also been mentioned on BBC London and made the news in Spain and France. Last night Krishnan Guru-Murthy of Channel Four News reported live from a balcony overlooking the pub.
However, what has been an attractive image for picture editors has also been the source of much disagreement locally. Those flocking to the Waterman’s have been very much in favour of the pub’s take-away service. On the other hand, some homeowners living nearby have been dismayed by the disruption to their lives. And the crowds gathering to drink along the towpath have meant that anybody wanting to enjoy a river walk in a socially distanced way are having to give the area around the Waterman’s a very wide berth.
Waterman’s manager Adam Sandford says “Being able to open the pub for take-aways has been a lifeline for us. We’re a small independent pub and having to close when lockdown was announced left us very uncertain about the future. We’ve been totally bowled over by the number of people who have come to enjoy the Waterman’s, but we understand our neighbours’ frustrations and have done everything we possibly can to make sure we are operating as considerately and responsibly as possible. Obviously, we’re following all the government guidelines and to avoid issues with litter we’ve put bags out at intervals along the railings by the river walk and we’re collecting them regularly. Our toilets are also open both to customers and passers-by.”
The pub will be opening officially today with customers being able to sit upstairs but Adam says the take-away service will remain as long as there is demand for it. “We’ve been the only pub open for take-away in Barnes so we’ve been catering for a lot of customers who might have been regulars at other pubs. We’ve also been attracting people from outside Barnes with some of our new customers crossing over the river from Chiswick. Some pubs in Barnes won’t be opening until later in the month so we think the demand for take-away will continue for a while. We’re hoping that those people who have been visiting Barnes perhaps for the first time will come back and help contribute to the local economy by shopping locally.”
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How Coronavirus has affected Barnes
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ONS data has very sadly revealed that there have been eleven confirmed deaths from Coronavirus of people living in Barnes and Mortlake. As the table below shows no deaths have been reported since the end of April. Across London 8,331 deaths have been reported since the start of the outbreak and June 19. A heat map of London released by the ONS (below) shows that Richmond upon Thames has been one of the areas least hard hit by the virus with 147 deaths confirmed. The number of positive tests for Covid-19 in Richmond is 531. In contrast, Croydon leads the table with 504 deaths and 1542 confirmed cases.
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Despite the relatively low figures, Richmond upon Thames was mentioned in a list of 36 boroughs at threat of a Leicester-style second lockdown in an article in the Daily Express. Richmond Council issued a swift rebuttal saying that Richmond has a very low number of cases compared to other boroughs.
Council Piers Allen said. " Despite reports in the national papers, Richmond is not about to go into another lockdown. It is grossly irresponsible of the Daily Express to publish a report without double checking their information first.
“However, it would be naive to suggest that we haven’t got any local cases – but compared to elsewhere in the country, our numbers are low.
“We want to rid our borough of Coronavirus – and we can only do this if residents play their part. "
This week Richmond Council published its ‘Local Outbreak Plan’ which aims to suppress future Covid-19 outbreaks in the borough. The plan focuses on seven key themes including care homes and schools, local testing capacity and supporting vulnerable people who will need to self isolate. To see the local plan click here.
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Share your experience of lockdown
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According to a recent survey there are five lockdown personalities – pragmatic realists, nervous dependants, resentful pessimists, deluded optimists and sceptical troublemakers. Barnes probably has its fair share of each of these types, and for every person standing outside the Waterman’s with a pint in their hand there will be someone else reluctant to leave the house.
Surveys about Covid abound but we would be really grateful if you could take part in ours. We want to take the pulse of Barnes, and get your thoughts about how you’ve responded to lockdown. We’re not asking for names or email addresses so all the information will be provided anonymously (although we would like to stress we’re not asking you to provide any private information). To take part just click the button below.
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After the success of the new measures on Church Road where parking spaces have been coned off to allow on-road queuing, Town Centre Manager Emma Robinson and BCA Trustee Raphael Zachary Younger are looking at improvements for the narrow pavements of Barnes High Street.
Changes in Barnes reflect changes across Europe as a result of the pandemic.
In Paris some streets have been closed to traffic except taxis and buses and customers from restaurants and cafés have spilled out across pavements and parking places.
How this might work in our narrow, traffic clogged High Street is open for debate, but Emma says “For now, when we have to make people feel safe to shop in Barnes we’re trying to be as creative as possible and the measures will only be temporary. However, if they prove to be popular with residents we could look at carrying on some of the changes after the threat of coronavirus has lifted.”
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Usually ducks choose their nesting spots wisely, careful to ensure that their eggs are out of predators’ reach. However, over the past few years one Barnes duck has decided that a roof on a house near the Barnes Pharmacy on the High Street is the perfect spot to hatch a young brood. Of course, when the ducklings are hatched the problem is how can they get off the roof and back to the pond? According to Kasia Pilka, who sent these sweet pictures, all seven ducklings made it off the roof. Some were helped down by local residents and others simply made a daring jump following the example of their mother.
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If you haven’t yet seen the charming website that FiSH put together when they had to cancel their annual Open Gardens fundraising event it is still up on line and there are over 30 beautiful virtual garden tours to enjoy. It’s a lovely site to visit if you’re a keen gardener and it would be even lovelier if you could make just a small donation to FiSH after visiting it in thanks to all the people who photographed and filmed their gardens for the charity. The project has raised nearly £4,500 so far and FiSH are keeping their fingers crossed that they can reach their target of £5,000.
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One of the beautiful gardens featured in the FiSH website is the amazingly large Vicarage Garden at St Michael’s. It’s also the site of one of FiSH’s first tentative steps towards starting their programme of events for the older and more isolated members of our community. They’ll be hosting a socially distanced tea party for six in the garden and it will be the first opportunity for the participants to see their friends since March.
P.S. FiSH are looking for volunteers, please see the story in our Barnes Cares section for details.
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We've got some catching up to do!
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The Barnes-based tutorial company Torchlight will be running a full range of catch up courses throughout the summer to help children get back up to speed in time for September's new term.
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Small group sessions covering the core curriculum
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Year 10 catch ups plus an A level foundation course
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Small group sessions -Maths, English & Reasoning
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Personalised tuition tailored to your child's needs
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Torchlight has also combined with its sister business Wurkshop to run ‘Write, Illustrate, Publish’ - a two day course where kids will write, illustrate, print and bind their own book. Find out more here.
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You will receive a 10% discount on any of these courses if you use the code BUGLE when checking out.
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OSO faces a £50k shortfall
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Barnes could be in danger of losing the OSO if it’s not able to raise enough money to plug a £50,000 hole in its finances. By the time it hopes to reopen in September, the arts centre will have been without revenue from ticket sales, venue hire and income from its café for six months.
The OSO’s Chair of Trustees, Simon Danciger, says “Throughout lockdown we’ve continued to contribute to the artistic life of Barnes through our House is now Open online programme. Most importantly, thanks to a donation from the Barnes Fund and the support of local businesses and the community we started the OSO Crisis Kitchen, producing nearly 1,000 free meals a week for people self-isolating or in financial difficulty, as well as for children unable to access free school meals.
"Now that the need has lessened the Crisis Kitchen has closed and we now need to focus on how we keep the OSO afloat.
“We’re looking at all sorts of creative fundraising schemes that will tap into Barnes’s fantastic community spirit, and we’re hoping to get match funding for donations meaning that every penny we raise locally could be doubled."
We will be revealing some very imaginative fundraising ideas in next month’s Bugle but in the meantime one of the ways you can contribute to the OSO’s emergency fund is to enjoy a cup of coffee and a slice of cake sitting on the green overlooking the pond at the OSO pop-up café, which doesn’t sound like a hardship to us!
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40,000 visitors for online Children's Literature Festival
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Although this year’s Barnes Children’s Festival couldn’t go ahead IRL* the virtual version of the event attracted over 40,000 visitors from 45 countries. The internationally bestselling author of the 'Treehouse' series, Andy Griffiths, appeared live from Australia and attracted several thousand viewers and other events featured a stellar line up of authors including How to Train Your Dragon’s Cressida Cowell, master storyteller Frank Cottrell Boyce, TV presenter Ade Adepitan, historian Dr Lucy Worsley and Goth Girl author and illustrator Chris Riddell.
This year's programme featured a very special celebration for Barnes’ much missed Judith Kerr with Academy Award winning actor, author and Barnes local Stanley Tucci making a special appearance to read Britain's favourite picture book by Judith 'The Tiger Who Came to Tea'.
There was also a heart warming event when the superstar author illustrator of Charlie and Lola, Lauren Child, and Gruffalo creator, Axel Scheffler, shared their memories of their dear friend with the children's books editor of The Sunday Times, Nicolette Jones.
Organiser Amanda Brettargh says the Festival will be returning to Barnes Pond from Tuesday 8 to Sunday 13 June 2021.
*In real life for those of you not down with the kids.
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And a virtual film festival too...
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The Children’s Literature Festival wasn’t the only event that moved online. The Barnes Film Festival also went virtual and in doing so reached many more people than would have been possible in Barnes. One of the Festival short film competition entries received over 800 views.
The majority of content was offered for free but some special events were only open to holders of premium festival passes.
The Festival featured Q&As, masterclasses and workshops with the likes of Eric Fellner, Head of Working Title, Film4’s Daniel Battsek, Head of International Distribution at Warner Brothers, Andrew Cripps, screenwriters James Graham and Neil Gaiman, Chips Hardy in conversation with special effects genius and Emmy award winner, Henry Badgett.
Festival organiser Samuel Cullis says “Just like many other organisers of big events we had to think on our feet and quickly switch to online. It was a huge amount of work and we’re just so glad that it all went so well. We’re also really pleased that all the profits raised from this year’s festival will be donated to NHS charities.”
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Londis to get a brand new look
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You can expect to see a bigger, smarter Londis on Church Road early next year with a major refit on the cards. There will be a new name above the door too, although the store will still be part of the Londis franchise chain. Londis has always been the place to get hard-to-find ingredients and luxury food and wine and there will be an even bigger selection available after the refit.
Owner Sonny has said that he will be playing to Londis’s strengths, particularly if the proposed new branch of the Co-op in the old Natwest site on Castelnau is given the go-ahead by planners.
He says he is very concerned about the prospect of the Co-op being allowed to open in the site, not least because Londis’s sister store Barnes Express is very close by. Local residents have also expressed concerns about the proposed late opening times for the new Co-op (until 11pm) and worries about parking and delivery lorries on a busy road.
We’ll keep you updated on planning decisions re the new store in the next issue of the Bugle.
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Barnes hedgehogs need your help
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Barnes is fortunate to have a healthy population of hedgehogs. But country-wide these enchanting little mammals are in big trouble and in urban areas their survival depends on being able to roam freely.
Barnes Hedgehogs is creating a hedgehog superhighway of small hedgehog-sized holes in wooden fences and brick walls which give hedgehogs a route through Barnes‘ gardens to help them forage, feed, nest and most importantly breed.
They need to expand their superhighway and are looking for residents in Barnes who are keen to give hedgehogs a chance. There's no cost to have a hole cut, they just ask for a voluntary donation of at least £10 for tools and other expenses which will help them continue the good work.
It only takes an hour or less to cut the CD sized hole , the disruption is minimal and they fix a cute blue plaque to mark your hedgehog hole and the kids get a Barnes Hedgehog badge.
They are particularly interested in expanding the highway in the streets listed below, so if you live here and would be happy to welcome a hedgehog into your garden please do get in touch with Bobby Crabtree on: bobby.findlay@btinternet.com
You can also help our hedgehogs during the summer months by leaving out fresh water for them to drink . No milk please!
Roads of particular interest are:
Castelnau
Glebe Road
Meredyth Road
Hillersdon Avenue
The Crescent
Rectory Road
Cleveland Road
Mill Hill
Watch Barnes Hedgehogs and learn more about them on Instagram and Twitter: @BarnesHedgehogs
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C hurches will be allowed to open for worship from this weekend albeit with precautions in place to ensure social distancing. Over at St Michael and All Angels social distancing in the knave will be encouraged by some very appropriate signage (see above).
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Castelnau to get a new cycle lane
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T he council has recently received funding from TfL to improve cycle routes on roads across Richmond and £160,000 has been earmarked to improve provisions for cyclists along Castelnau. The council has consulted the BCA about two potential options (a bi-directional track to replace the current northbound bus lane and a segregated cycle track - see example image above - on the southbound lane. The BCA has asked council officers to leave the bus lane in place so priority for buses won't be lost. Northbound cyclists would still be able to use the bus lane comfortably.
The BCA has also been asked by TfL to consult locally about the 849 and 419 bus routes. When the 849 service (which carried students from Roehampton University) was suspended, the remit of the 419 was extended to cover the same route. TfL now need to know if residents wish to keep the 419 which provides a valuable link between Barnes and Queen Mary's Hospital in Roehampton. Please email your views to raphael@barnes-ca.org.
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Nine year old wins short story competition
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T he winner of this year's Screen Your Story competition is nine year old Will Hope. Children were asked to write a story with the theme 'A special day'. Will chose to write about a true story, that of concentration camp survivor Dr Martin Stern. It's a beautifully written and very mature work by such a young writer and you can read it by clicking the link below.
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Today sees the next wave of lockdown loosening measures and this new 'new normal' will see a number of changes for our local businesses. Here's a round up of what to look out for. We've tried to be as comprehensive as possible but some businesses have been hard to get hold of, so apologies if your favourite shop, pub or restaurant is not mentioned.
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What pubs will open & when?
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As we mentioned above, the Waterman's will be opening their upstairs area with the ground floor still reserved for take-away. The Red Lion, The Bridge and the Sun Inn are also due to open today but Young's Pubs (The Bull's Head, The Coach & Horses and the White Hart) aren't due to open until July 20.
Other pubs not opening quite yet include The Brown Dog which hasn't yet announced its opening date. Some pubs like the Sun Inn are offering an online reservations service for busy times.
It will be interesting to see if pubs opening today will be inundated with thirsty regulars, and if they are, in the words of The Sun Inn's manager Gordon "Please spare a thought for pub staff, getting the pub open again has been a huge task and there are bound to be a few teething problems on our first day."
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Restaurants opening today include Rick Stein, Riva, Oka and Grand Maison. Some other restaurants like the Awesome Thai are carrying on with just serving take-away for the time being and other restaurants like Church Road will be opening later in the month (you can now book online). Expect a reservations only policy at many restaurants, and innovations like QR codes to see wine lists on your mobile phones.
Church Road is continuing to offer its Food Delivery service with customers able to order three course meals cooked at its sister restaurant Chelsea's Michelin starred Elystan Street.
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With shops closing across the country Barnes is bucking the trend with the arrival of two new shops. Dilli Grey has now moved to new permanent premises (the site of the old Sharon's Stones shop) and in its place is a new pop up selling children's toys and ladies clothes and bags.
Excitingly our brand new clothes shop Edit 37 will be open on July 9, in the old Barnes Bookshop premises.
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And what about the Olympic?
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The Terrace outside the Olympic will be open again from today and their weekend BBQ will be back this weekend with music coming from The Olympic Record Store's DJs.
The Member's Club will be opening on July 9.
While they prepare Screens One and Two for opening towards the end of July their screening room will be available to hire for private screenings from July 9 onwards.
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The Barnes Bookshop quietly re-opened in its new premises earlier this week. What was Luma has been transformed and the space is light, bright and airy with plenty of room for social distancing. The basement which has been opened up to include what was Luma's stock room is a revelation with loads of space for books, and stationery.
Owner Venetia Vyvyan is happy to be settled in her new space. and full of praise for her brilliant builders. She is pleased be back in a shop, as she's spent the past few months delivering books across Barnes "I've got to know pretty much every street now" she says, as well as further afield - she's even delivered books to Brixton.
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How the BCA has helped Barnes face the Covid crisis
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If you ask people from Barnes why it is such a special place to live, the answers will invariably crystallise into three things. It's green and beautiful, there are great village shops, pubs and restaurants and it has a fantastic sense of community.
When the Covid crisis hit, that sense of community became even more apparent as neighbours volunteered to help neighbours, donations to the local Food Bank soared and our local shops did what supermarkets couldn't do quickly and delivered food to people who were self-isolating.
Our green spaces have also been incredibly important in helping people cope with the restrictions of lockdown.
What many of us had taken for granted suddenly became crucial.
The Barnes Community Association has been fostering a sense of community in Barnes for the past forty six years and when Covid struck two things became apparent.
Firstly that there needed to be a central point of coordination for Barnes' response, and secondly that community work
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undertaken by the BCA over the years meant that Barnes was prepared and ready to take on the challenge.
Responding quickly, the BCA formed Barnes Cares, a group of local charities and voluntary groups who shared knowledge and expertise.
This meant help was targeted to those who needed it most without doubling up on resources.
The OSO liaised with the Food Bank and became a drop off point for donations, FiSH drove the donated food to the Food Bank at the Castelnau Community Centre in their buses. The OSO's community kitchen worked with the Castelnau Centre to give free meals to those most in need.
The BCA worked with The Olympic, The OSO and the Bugle to get key information out to the community via their mailing lists.
It also pulled together volunteers on a street- by street basis to help identify where neighbours were helping and where extra help was needed.
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The BCA has helped Barnes and now it needs your help. With the cancellation of Barnes Fair it has lost a major fundraising opportunity and membership revenue has never been so important. Joining the BCA now is your investment in the future of Barnes.
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The BCA funds a Green Keeper to look after Barnes Green and the Pond |
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The BCA is there to fight Barnes' corner by lobbying the council, TfL and other bodies over issues from traffic, to planning, to public transport to the closure of Hammersmith Bridge |
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The BCA funds a Town Centre manager to support our local shops |
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Without the BCA there would be no Barnes Fair or Food Fair |
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Members get the free magazine Prospect which comes out 10 times per year. |
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The BCA wouldn't be able to do what it does without raising money from membership.
Joining the BCA costs from £18 per year and by joining you will be making a real difference to Barnes. Just click below to join.
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While life is slowly getting back to normal for many people, there are others who are elderly, have pre-existing conditions or who have lost their jobs as a result of the pandemic. There are a range of services on offer for those who need it and here's our round up of useful information.
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Shops still offering delivery and collection
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THE BARNES COMMUNITY SHOP
This brilliant local service gives you access to delivery of food from The Barnes Fish Shop, Londis, I Love Local and the Barnes Fruit and Vegetable Shop. Click here for website.
LONDIS
Send your shopping list via email to londisbarnes@gmail.com one day in advance of delivery. Include your phone number and address and pay by contactless card on delivery.
TWO PEAS IN A POD
Two Peas is now open daily between noon and 4pm but also still offering its delivery service. Email twopeasdelivery@outlook.com with your list, phone number and address, and either arrange to collect or set up a time for delivery.
SIPS & BITES
Sips and Bites have a great e-commerce set up on their website. You can buy Italian deli produce and staples such as bread. They also offer wines and ice creams and are selling coffees and drinks for take-away.
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Restaurants offering delivery
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ALMA CAFÉ
Delivering salads and burgers via Uber Eats and Deliveroo.
ARTE CHEF
Barnes' best pizzas for take-away or delivery, plus their fantastic new gelato stall.
AWESOME THAI
Minimum order is £15, take away & delivery is available everyday from 4:30pm until 9:30pm. They also have their own drivers for delivery. Delivery to SW13, SW14 and SW15 only. To order call 020 8563 7027 or visit the restaurant in person.
CAMILE
A brand new Thai restaurant in White Hart Lane currently only offering delivery. Opening hours Sunday to Thursday noon to 10pm and Friday to Saturday noon to 11pm. Order online for collection or delivery.
CHURCH ROAD
Offering a three course set menu (different menus each day) for delivery on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. The food is cooked at Church Road's Michelin starred sister restaurant Elystan Street in Chelsea making it a very superior take-away indeed.
See more information on their website. New menus released every Monday.
OKA
Hand made sushi and hot dishes from our local pan-Asian favourite. Minimum order £18 and delivery to Barnes, Mortlake, Sheen, Putney, Twickenham and Fulham. See website for more info.
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You can access food from our local foodbank at the Castelnau Community Centre but you will need a referral and a food voucher in order to use it.
This can be provided by health visitors, social workers and the Citizen’s Advice Bureau. Find out more by emailing the Castelnau Community Centre at info@castelnaucentreproject.co.uk
The Foodbank at the Castelnau Community Centre is open on Fridays between 9.15 am and 11.15 am.
The Castelnau Community Centre
7 Stillingfleet Road, Barnes, SW13 9AQ
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Donating to the Food Bank
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The OSO is now no longer collecting items for delivery to the Food Bank. However you can still drop off food directly at the Castelnau Community Centre between 10am and noon from Monday to Thursday.
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Activities for young people with disabilities
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The brilliant team at Activity Station can't run their programme of live events for now but they are offering weekly online sessions.
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The Barnes Fund exists to support the community of Barnes; especially people with the greatest need. They provide financial grants both directly to individuals, and to organisations and charities which provide services to Barnes residents.
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The Castelnau Community Centre
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This hub based in North Barnes has been busy for years helping out those in our community who need help most, the elderly, those on low incomes, people with mental health issues, recent immigrants and asylum seekers. It runs a community café, it's where people go to access Citizen's Advice, it holds crafts and gardening classes as well as yoga, football and much else besides. It's also the home of our local food bank.
Its doors can't be open - apart from its once weekly food bank session, but its volunteers are hard at work supporting the most vulnerable people in Barnes.
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It's very likely that post COVID-19 general practice will never go back to how it was. Currently you can expect to be assessed over the phone and then may be offered a video appointment if necessary. Only if it's absolutely necessary will you be asked to come in for a face-to-face appointment and masks should be worn by both you and the GP. Waiting rooms will also be empty and expect to queue outside the surgery if you arrive early for your appointment. Some of these changes - particularly more online consultations are likely to continue once the COVID threat has passed.
For those who want to guarantee a safe face-to-face appointment at a convenient time local private GP Dr Amun Kalia has set up a surgery at the White Hart Clinic. For more information see his website: www.doctorkalia.com
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Both Physio on the River and The White Hart clinic are available for face-to-face consultations.
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Focal Point Opticians are able to see people with see people with sore, red, painful, irritated eyes, or symptoms such as flashes and floaters and can refer people who need to visit the borough's hospitals.
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Medivet's Church Road and White Hart Lane practices are still open to deal with sick pets. However all routine consultations like annual checkups have been stopped.
If possible the vets would prefer to carry out consultations via phone or video link but they will see pets in person if the need is urgent.
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FiSH supports older and isolated people around Barnes Sheen and Mortlake.
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FiSH is looking for volunteers.
Director Micky Forster says. "Our activities continue to be limited but we are now doing weekly cream tea deliveries and are trialling a few socially-distanced activities like afternoon teas and shopping trips. As restrictions lift many older people are continuing to shield and we are still undertaking lots of shopping, along with keeping in touch with people regularly by phone.
Some of our recently recruited volunteers are returning to work and others are taking a break. We are welcoming back some of our long-standing volunteers (over 70s who were not part of our emergency task force) but we would like to recruit more people to help through the pandemic and beyond. An application form can be downloaded from www.fishhelp.org.uk"
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The Children's Centre is continuing to operate remotely and their sessions have moved to an online format. Sessions can be accessed via their Facebook page.
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Home Start supports families in their homes and in the community in the critical early years of childhood.
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Face-to-face advice isn't available but staff and volunteers (mostly working at home) are advising by phone and email. Initial contact is by phone 0300 330 2114 (Monday to Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.), or by email via the website. They advise and support on a wide range of issues, including benefits, debt, employment, and housing, and are, as you would expect, helping clients affected by the current Coronavirus situation. They can provide food bank vouchers for those in hardship, and make referrals to local and national charities for grants. They can also give information about other organisations that might help.
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A new helpline for residents, particularly those elderly and/or vulnerable without support networks who need help to access medical/care services and food supplies.
If you or someone you know needs this support, please contact:
020 8871 6555
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Local churches are now open for quiet prayer. Church ministry teams can also offer pastoral support, see individual church websites for details.
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About the Barnes Village Bugle
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The Barnes Village Bugle is an independent publication. People often think it's produced by the Barnes Community Association, but no, they have their own excellent printed magazine Prospect and also send out their own regular email updates.
At the Bugle we endeavour to simply report what's going on in Barnes in as comprehensive and entertaining a way as possible. We have no agenda apart from spreading the word about the huge number of genuinely interesting things happening in and around Barnes and sharing information about local campaigns and news events.
If you have a story you would like to see featured in the Bugle do email us by clicking here.
We can't guarantee that we'll run it, but if we think it's going to be interesting to our readers then we'll publish your information.
If on the other hand you want to publicise a commercial venture then it's easy to advertise with us. Our mailing list is well over 3,000 so you'll reach lots of people in Barnes very inexpensively.
The Bugle is a labour of love, not a profit-making venture. We pay to send it out and our mailing costs are covered by the fantastic support we get from Winkworth who advertise with us every month. We'd love to get more advertising as that would at least go some way into covering the costs of our time, so if you advertise with us you'll not only be reaching a large audience you'll be keeping a local resource going.
At the Bugle we endeavour to check information for accuracy to the best of our abilities. However we are reliant on information provided to us by third parties. On occasion, dates and times of events may be subject to change and we would urge Bugle readers wishing to attend events, or use a service mentioned to verify information in advance. Where possible we provide links to websites to allow readers to double check the most recent information available, as details can be subject to change.
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