The Barnes Tidy Towpath Group is a small but growing group of community-spirited locals who organise a weekly group litter picking session along the towpath and foreshore between Hammersmith and Barnes Bridges as well as supporting anyone who wants to pick up litter in their own time, as and when they can.

Friends of Barnes Common organises volunteer work on the Common, campaigns on issues which affect it and seeks to enhance the biodiversity and amenity value for everyone's benefit. None of this just happens — we need your help!

The Barnes Green Centre in Church Road, just next to the pond, provides fantastic facilities for the elderly both from Age Concern and also from FiSH a local voluntary group.