Join us for the Barnes Ponder 2

 Help us celebrate our achievements since the original Big Barnes Ponder back in 2013 and to co-create a refreshed vision for Barnes for the next ten years.

 Saturday 14 October, 10am – 4pm, Barnes Green Day Centre or online via our interactive map

See below for programme of the day.

The Big Barnes Ponder of 2013 helped shape Barnes as we know it today. Importantly, the exercise of the community coming together to shape our future has shown the positive influence we can have if we work as a team. Over the last ten years the community and businesses have together helped transform Barnes into a more thriving and diverse village with wide ranging cultural and environmental initiatives. Volunteers have worked with partners to deliver projects such as the new High Street scheme, Suffolk Road playground, the parklet, the outdoor events on Barnes Green, the 22 bus campaign and the re-routing of the 378, the rickshaw, the defibrillator phone box, the 20mph campaign, the Barnes Day Out destination project, the shop local campaign and mural project and much more.  

Ten years on you are invited back to share your views on the very different challenges we face today. Join us and have your say at Barnes Ponder 2 at the Barnes Green Day Centre on Saturday 14 October between 10am and 4pm. Drop in for a few minutes to view the exhibition or stay longer and participate in the workshops - it’s up to you.  

Have your say on the key issues facing Barnes and then work with experts in smaller groups to consider and plan for the particular challenges we face, whether social, economic or environmental issues such as social isolation and well-being, fostering the local economy, getting about and accessibility, flood resilience, and local developments. Leaders in the field of community planning will facilitate the sessions and share their thoughts.

Barnes Ponder 2 programme

10.00am - doors open and exhibition begins
11.30am - issues, dreams, solutions post-it workshop
12.45pm - lunch
1.00pm - lunchtime talk from Mary Clear from Incredible Edible and from Nick Taylor, High Streets Vision Consultant
1.45pm - hands-on planning roundtable workshops
3.00pm - refreshment break
3.15pm - hands-on planning reports back
3.45pm - next steps workshop
4.00pm - workshops end and exhibition closes