Friends of Finchley Way Open Space grew out of developing a Neighbourhood Plan for West Finchley, which was instigated by the Residents' Association.
We began as a Friends group in December 2019 and became a registered charity in December 2020. We have about 125 registered Friends and 45 volunteers, most of whom are also Friends.
The nine trustees are seven local residents and two Ward Councillors. The local resident trustees were elected as the committee of the Friends group at the inaugeral meeting in December 2019. This meeting was open to anone interested in the project and leaflets were deivered to addresses within about 0.4km of the site inviting residents to the meeting. Barnet Greenspaces team recommended that we register as a charity during.