20 Nov 2024 Enfield Council's Journeys & Places team have begun to engage with residents and businesses about the development of the Southgate Masterplan Vision - a longer-term plan of enhancements to the public realm and transport facilities aimed at encouraging active travel, improving the everyday experience of Southgate and creating a more vibrant, greener and healthier town centre. Two engagement events are[…]

20 Nov 2024 Every year Anne Nicholls organises collection of toiletries to add to food bags handed out at Christmas by local food bank charities and refuges. This year, could you help with some everyday toiletries, and perhaps a little luxury to donate to someone in need for Christmas?

19 Nov 2024 The 'Go Slow' Cycling Project, currently raising funds via a crowdfunder, is designed to allow participants to take as long as they need, at minimal cost, on their personal journey towards switching to a healthier and more environmentally sustainable mode of transport.

18 Nov 2024 Wear A Gorilla Suit Day, National Double Cheeseburger Day, Peanut Butter Day... Does anyone take these seriously? And if someone did set out to celebrate a 'Day' every day for a year, what effect would it have on them? Local author Dan Brotzel set himself that very challenge, and found that the experiment had unexpected consequences...

16 Nov 2024 Watch a recording of the recent webinar Front Gardens on the Frontline, with information about the problems caused by paving over front gardens, which include residential flooding, hotter cities, and loss of vitally important pollinating insects.

16 Nov 2024 Exciting news for Alfred Herring! Securing a new lease marks a fresh chapter and opportunities ahead It’s great to see stability and growth in the community. Here's to continued success and a positive future for everyone involved. I wish you all the best in this new phase.

13 Nov 2024 A public briefing on the planned incorporation of the North Middlesex Hospital into the Royal Free London group will be held in Enfield Town on 20th November.

13 Nov 2024 Incorrect charging and disposal of electronic devices with lithium ion batteries has led to an increase in dangerous fires.

13 Nov 2024 This Friday afternoon you're invited to grab your knitting needles and join a communal crafting session in the Broomfield Park clubhouse.

12 Nov 2024 Climate change is making our cities hotter, to the point where vulnerable people are dying from the heat, while associated heavy downpours are causing more flooding of streets and homes and leading to sewage overflows polluting our rivers. So what can we, as individuals, do to help? CPRE London say that we can start by taking the apparently trivial step[…]

11 Nov 2024 It's just over a year since newcomer to PG Anja Porter set up Broomfield Park Running Club, which this spring she broadened out to become Broomfield Park Active Club. In this article Anja outlines BPAC's evolution from a focus on fitness towards all-round sociability, both outdoors (regular walks and runs) and indoors (the club's pub evenings alternate between the Fox[…]

9 Nov 2024 In September Barnet-based Noah's Ark Children's Hospice won an Investing in Volunteers award from the UK Volunteering Forum (UKVF) in recognition of its excellence in managing and developing its pool of 163 volunteers.

7 Nov 2024 Colin Younger wrote (message 7256) : So how many "pubs" can Palmers Green support? This will put pressure on the Fox. How so? This isn't a new pub. Just a replacement of an existing. The competition levels haven't changed. Fox always provided a superior experience but the Wethers was cheaper. The only difference now will be the replacement pub showing[…]

7 Nov 2024 The Community Engagement Officer is in place, and beginning to get to grips with the task.

7 Nov 2024 It's sad to read how afraid people feel because of the lack of open views behind walls and hedges. It's not easy to see how this can be dealt with; planting and Listed walls are inherent to the park.

6 Nov 2024 With poverty still a serious problem both nationally and locally, two Enfield-based charities are seeking volunteers to help distribute food to the hungry.

6 Nov 2024 [Original article] Article not displaying properly? Click here A recently published report contains recommendations aimed at making Broomfield Park more appealing and welcoming for some demographics that are underrepresented among visitors to the park, in particular teenage girls. A report summarising the outcome of the workshops held earlier this year can be downloaded from the Friends of Broomfield Park website The Make[…]

6 Nov 2024 The Make Space for Girls Broomfield Park project has published a report on the series of workshops with young women that were held in spring this year. Their purpose was to explore and co-design ideas of what's needed to make Broomfield Park more appealing and welcoming for teenage girls, non-binary teens, and boys.

5 Nov 2024 [Original article] Article not displaying properly? Click here Enfield Council is currently advertising for a multidisciplinary team, led by a conservation landscape architect, to deliver the project to dismantle the remains of Broomfield House, "memorialise" it, bring the land it occupied back into use as part of Broomfield Park and restore various heritage features of the park. The primary focus[…]

5 Nov 2024 Enfield Council is currently advertising for a multidisciplinary team, led by a conservation landscape architect, to deliver the project to dismantle the remains of Broomfield House, 'memorialise' it, bring the land it occupied back into use as part of Broomfield Park and restore various heritage features of the park.

5 Nov 2024 great news hope it works out!

30 Oct 2024 [Original article] Article not displaying properly? Click here Campaigning group Better Streets for Enfield are holding a public online meeting at 8pm on Tuesday 19th November under the title “Is Twenty Plenty in Enfield?” to discuss the case for a 20mph limit on most Enfield roads. Across large areas of London thirty mile an hour speed limits have over the[…]

30 Oct 2024 Campaigning group Better Streets for Enfield are holding a public online meeting at 8pm on Tuesday 19th November under the title 'Is Twenty Plenty in Enfield?'' to discuss the case for a 20mph limit on most Enfield roads.

30 Oct 2024 North London Waste Authority wants to know about residents' reuse habits and thoughts about single-use plastics.

27 Oct 2024 Becky Tanner, a PG resident and secretary of Edmonton Running Club, reports on a highly successful month for the Winchmore Hill-based club.

25 Oct 2024 The local health service watchdog, Healthwatch Enfield, is seeking feedback from people living in the borough who have recently made use of maternity services at the North Middlesex Hospital.

25 Oct 2024 [Original article] Article not displaying properly? Click here Transformation of a playground at a Palmers Green primary school into a more environmentally sustainable area was celebrated this morning at a tree planting ceremony attended by the leader of Enfield Council. Council leader Ergin Erbil and pupils at the ceremony at Hazelwood School (photo: Enfield Council) A rain garden planting session this morning[…]

25 Oct 2024 Transformation of a playground at a Palmers Green primary school into a more environmentally sustainable area was celebrated this morning at a tree planting ceremony attended by the leader of Enfield Council.