About
the BCA
2007 Annual
Report (PDF file) 
Copies of the BCA Annual Accounts for 2007 (presented at the AGM in April) are
available from the BCA by email on request, or can be collected from Rose House
Staff | Office opening hours | Executive Committee
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Our remit is to foster a sense of community and bring together the residents, the local authority and voluntary organisations in a combined effort to maintain and improve the conditions of life and the character and amenities in Barnes as well as running Rose House (our HQ at the pond end of the High Street) as a centre for our activities.
We are the only community association in the country that relies totally on its own funds and has no financial support from any council body. We hold a variety of fund-raising events throughout the year, Barnes Fair being our most impressive venture. The Fair is held on the second Saturday in July and covers the whole of Barnes Green. In October we hold our famous Jumble Sale in Kitson Hall and in December we have a Late Night Shopping Evening when the local shops stay open late and a Christmassy welcome awaits everyone (including Father Christmas himself!)
BCA STAFF
Administrator
Julia Bebington is our Administrator. Julia has been working for the BCA for over 12 years in a variety of roles. She has been the administrator for Barnes Fair, allocated the stalls and organised the other events such as the jumble sale, etc. for a number of years, before taking over from Jennie Martin as Administrator.
The Administrator’s role is very varied and includes dealing with the general running of the BCA, room lettings, and the preparation of Prospect, membership subscriptions, etc. The office (on the first floor of Rose House) is open to the public between the hours of 9.30 and noon daily.
Events Organiser
This post involves the organising of the events run by the Barnes Community Association. Hilary McGough has been in the post since September 2003.
In October, we have our huge Jumble Sale which is one of our main fund-raising events, then in December we hold our Late Night Christmas Shopping Evening when Father Christmas comes to Barnes and we have open house at Rose House – the BCA headquarters. Later in December Hilary organises a carol singing session around Barnes to raise money for a local charity. Then, Christmas Day is very busy as we hold our annual Christmas Lunch at The Barnes Green Day Centre where anyone lonely or by themselves at Christmas can come along and have lunch and join in the entertainment.
And after all the excitement of Christmas, it's time to start taking bookings for stalls at the next Barnes Fair, as booking begins in January and demand is always heavy.
Barnes Fair Administrator
The Administrator for Barnes Fair is Liz Collison. She took over this role in 2002 and is still surprised how much organisation goes into the Fair!
Liz is employed by the BCA to do the detailed planning of the Fair and to act on decisions made by the Barnes Fair Steering Group. This includes liaising with the Council and Police, making arrangements for all the equipment and entertainments for Fair Day, and preparing the programme. The Steering Group is made up of volunteers who work tremendously hard to find advertisers and sponsors, organise the traffic of Fair Day, run the Parade, and many other activities.
Charlotte Sharp-Neal has joined the team as Assistant Administrator to Liz
Book-keeper
Glynis Potter is our Book-keeper and has worked for the BCA for several years. She had a varied accounts career and previously worked for some of the public limited companies in the City where she was acclaimed as one of the fastest number crunchers in the west, but now enjoys cycling to work from her home in Barnes. The Book-keeper’s role involves banking, sorting out queries of a financial nature and period analysis of the BCA’s income and expenditure.
Barnes Commonkeeper
Our commonkeeper is Russell Greaves who has been in the post for over three years, having worked previously at The London Wetland Centre. The role consists essentially of carrying out and organising works on and around the Green whilst liasing with local authorities, services, and contractors. There is a particular focus on managing Barnes Pond (redeveloped 2000) for wildlife and as a local amenity.
Office opening hours
The office is usually staffed between 9.30am and 12 noon, Monday to Friday. At other times staff may well be working and be available for members but it would be wise to telephone in advance to make an appointment.
Julia works every morning and Hilary McGough is usually available on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. There may be slight variations from time to time, particularly at half terms, although somebody should be available.
Rose House closes for the entire month of August for maintenance and redecoration works. In addition, the office and reception close for the last week of July although regular activities take place as usual. We also close for the Christmas holidays. Exact dates of closures will be published in advance in Prospect and on the website.