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NHS body surveying patients about their experience with urgent care services

The NHS body which procures services for patients in five north London boroughs - Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey and Islington - is preparing to run a new procurement process to find a provider for NHS 111 and out-of-hours services in the boroughs. As part of the process it is surveying residents about their experiences with these services as currently provided. One aspect of particular...

Safer Neighbourhood News for Palmers Green ward - May 2022

This month's edition of Safer Neighbourhoods News for Palmers Green ward is now available.

London rail passengers less likely to use trains if services reduced. Are we being used as guinea pigs?

The results of research into how passengers feel about train services in the capital show dissatisfaction with fare levels, crowding and other aspects of services. A significant finding is that two thirds of passengers say that cuts to services would mean that they would be less likely to use trains. Perhaps people travelling (or no longer travelling) on Great Northern Metro services through...

Home-Start are recruiting home visiting volunteers - Farsi, Dari, Arabic, Albanian speakers particularly needed

The local branch of the national charity Home-Start is recruiting home visiting volunteers and is looking in particular for people speaking Albanian, Arabic, Syrian Arabic, Farsi, Dari, Bengali or Pashto or proficient in British Sign Language. Home-Start helps families with young children through challenging times

Council election results in and around Palmers Green

Election results for the reconfigured Palmers Green ward and the six wards that surround it.

An invitation to an evening of periods, pads and prosecco!

On 20th May you're invited to an evening of Periods, Pads and Prosecco, where you can learn about Anne Nicholl's work countering period poverty in both Kenya and London. There'll be food and drink provided by Cooking Champions and you can even learn how to hand sew a reusable sanitary pad. If you can't make it, you can still read the article and contribute to the crowdfunder.

Affordable sessions that will help your child build confidence and learn acting skills

Is your 8-11 year old interested in drama? At Collage Voices for only £2 for a weekly session they will have the chance to work with professional actor and facilitator Simone Cornelius to build their confidence and learn foundational acting skills through games, exercises, devising and script.

Would you like to take the lead on keeping our rivers healthy?

If you love your local waterways and want to make them even better, join the Thames21 accredited Leading Action for Healthy Rivers training!

Face Front Inclusive Theatre: Call-out for musicians/music facilitators

'Face Front run several inclusive and participatory arts groups for adults and young people in North and East London. The groups include disabled and neurodivergent participants who range in age and group size. Many of our groups work towards creating collaboratively devised ensemble performances that are presented in professional theatre venues. We are looking for creative, energetic, patient...

Survey finds strong support for more recycling and opposition to incinerators

An overwhelming majority of north London residents who responded to a recent survey are in favour of a waste strategy that does not include incineration and favour a significant increase in recycling and reuse.

Current consultations

Access to Bowes LTN: from north and west (A406) or south (Bounds Green Road)? (Enfield Council 22/5/2022)

Fox Lane Quieter Neighbourhood (LTN) - review of Meadway (Enfield Council 22/5/2022)

Share your views on the future of the NHS 111 and out-of-hours service in North Central London (North Central London CCG 19/6/2022)

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New Conservative group leader chosen
Conservative councillors pick Alessandro Georgiou to lead the group going forward, reports Simon Allin, Local Democracy Reporter Enfield’s Conservative group has chosen a new leader after a strong showing in the local election earlier this month. Alessandro Georgiou won the backing of colleagues during the group’s annual general meeting (AGM) on Monday, bringing to an […]
Creating a community collage
A Palmers Green social enterprise is running a project celebrating the Queen’s jubilee year Stitch! Crafts and Classes in Palmers Green has been awarded a £9,650 grant from the Arts Council to produce a community collage celebrating the Queen’s platinum jubilee year. From puppetry and story creation, through to making crowns, carnival and art trails, […]
Thieves steal defibrillator from station
Life-saving device stolen from Palmers Green Station, reports James Cracknell Thieves stole a defibrillator from a railway station just six months after it was installed. The life-saving device – used to restart people’s hearts after they have had a cardiac arrest – was reported missing from Palmers Green Station at the end of April, although […]
Return of the classic cars
As Enfield Pageant of Motoring gets set to return, Robert Haydock from Enfield and District Veteran Vehicle Society explains how it all began The 43rd Enfield Pageant of Motoring takes place this month at Enfield Playing Fields. Many people don’t realise the event is organised by volunteers from Enfield and District Veteran Vehicle Society (EDVVS), […]
Southgate flat residents’ fury over added storey
Neighbours’ anger over plan for extra storey on block, reports Simon Allin, Local Democracy Reporter Enfield Council bosses have refused calls for its planning committee to examine a controversial extension to a block of flats, despite neighbours’ concerns over the scheme. Cloygate, a developer, was last month granted permission to build five flats by adding […]
Southgate’s Spanish sensation
Neil Littman returns to his favourite local haunt One of the reasons for starting a food column in the Dispatch last summer was the uncertainty regarding how the hospitality industry was going to emerge from the pandemic and a desire to promote the borough’s best venues. Food critic Giles Coren recently claimed that major news […]
Bid to turn last pub in Ponders End into restaurant
Drinkers in Ponders End could be left without anywhere to enjoy a pint, reports Simon Allin, Local Democracy Reporter Drinkers in Ponders End could be left without a single local watering hole if a new planning application wins approval. The owner of the last remaining pub in Ponders End – The Goat, in High Street […]
Teenager jailed for driving at 135mph
Edmonton driver was caught speeding on motorway at almost twice the limit A man from Edmonton who drove at speeds of up to 135mph on the M11 to avoid being caught by police has been jailed. Minad Ghafoor, aged 18, of Lansbury Avenue, was sentenced to ten months’ imprisonment at Snaresbrook Crown Court yesterday (Monday). […]

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Do you remember Colin Fisher?
29 September 2019

We recently had an email from Bente Dalsbaek who is trying to trace members of her family from when they lived in Palmers Green in the 1970s. Can you help? I am writing to you in search for information about a Colin Russell Fisher, born in 1929 who lived at 89 Lakeside Road, The Larches, Palmers Green in […]
Temptation
02 July 2019
A message from Enfield’s past
25 May 2019

Back in 2019, a time capsule was found at Chase Farm Hospital from the days when it was Chase Farm Hospital School, founded to take poor and orphaned children out of the Edmonton workhouse. Here is how it was reported by the BBC.
Improbably famous in Palmers Green #5: Jack Hargreaves
28 December 2018

Its Sunday lunchtime. Probably in winter. From the kitchen, smells of roasting meat and potatoes, bubbling gravy, the windows steaming up. Dad has been pottering around outside in the cold all morning, doing odd jobs but now, while Mum cooks, he is in the living room in his chair in front of the television, still […]
Intimate demolition plans: Just a minute says Nicholas Parsons
26 September 2018

Nicholas Parsons and Steven Berkoff are among the latest stars who have trod the Intimate’s boards and are now calling for the theatre to be saved. Speaking to The Stage this week, Parsons said It would be so sad to see the Intimate Theatre disappear as many artists learned their trade there, perfecting their craft, […]
‘Intimate’ destruction?
07 September 2018

There may soon be one fewer historic building in Palmers Green following news this week of plans to demolish the Intimate Theatre and replace it with a new parish centre and flats. There have long been rumours that the Intimate’s days were numbered. St Monica’s, who own the site, first made a successful planning application […]