• Wanted: Compassionate Neighbours

  26 Jan 2021 The North London Hospice is recruiting more "Compassionate Neighbours" to play vital roles by offering their time to people with life-limiting illness who are experiencing loneliness or social isolation. Regular visits, companionship or just a listening ear can really make a difference. Read more...

• Videos give advice on supporting a child with challenging behaviour

  20 Jan 2021 Enfield Council has produced a series of short videos with advice for parents with a child who has challenging behaviour. The videos are hosted on the Enfield Libraries Facebook page. Read more...

• Deadline extended for Inspiring Women Start Up Programme applications

  19 Jan 2021 Are you a woman in London thinking about starting a business? Enterprise Enfield have extended the deadline for applying for the next Inspiring Women Start Up Programme. You can apply up to 10am on Tuesday 26th January and the programme begins on 3rd February. Read more...

• Filling the space between us with Living Letters

  19 Jan 2021 Are you a person of 'mature years' who's missing meeting people - perhaps because you're shielding? Is conversation and human interaction lacking from your life? A new project from Chickenshed could plug the hole in your life and create intergenerational friendships. Read more...

• Get a home-delivered mid-eastern menu and help local community food projects

  19 Jan 2021 Local community interest company (CIC) Cooking Champions are offering another menu for home delivery or takeaway, and this time the theme is Middle Eastern. All profits go towards funding the various community food projects that Cooking Champions are involved in. Since the pandemic arrived, Cooking Champions have provided thousands of hot meals for people who need them. Read more...

• Please support LTNs – they are for everyone’s safety and wellbeing

  19 Jan 2021 An article by Better Streets for Enfield presenting data showing that low-traffic neighbourhoods reduce road danger, allow more people to cycle, reduce car ownership, are not socially unjust and do not hinder emergency vehicles. Read more...

• Piece by piece...

  17 Jan 2021 The next items of street art being created for PG under commission from the Palmers Green Action Team are taking a while... But that's hardly surprising, as they're a set of mosaics which will adorn Palmers Green Station and are being put together one little piece at a time. Read more...

• Controlled parking zone consultation: Cedars Rd and part of Highfield Rd, N21

  16 Jan 2021 Enfield Council is consulting on the idea of a permit parking scheme (or Controlled Parking Zone) for the Cedars Road area of Winchmore Hill. The consultation is open to people living in Cedars Road and Highfield Road, as well as others who feel they may be impacted by the proposals. The deadline for responding is 22nd January. Read more...

• Help fund home starter kits for Enfield's homeless people

  15 Jan 2021 Enfield Council has launched a crowdfunding appeal on Spacehive to raise money for home starter kits for homeless people who have been found somewhere to live by the council. Read more...

• Safer Neighbourhood News Jan 2021 - Palmers Green and Winchmore Hill wards

  14 Jan 2021 This month's edition of Safer Neighbourhoods News for Palmers Green and Winchmore Hill wards is now available. Read more...

• Enfield wins £1.5m for active travel and quieter neighbourhood schemes - Comment by Adrian Day

  14 Jan 2021 School Streets and LTNs are good for children! "A school in Enfield which was designated a School Street, and then became part of a wider LTN, saw the proportion of children traveling to school by car reduce by 18 percentage points in a year". Read the latest report static1.squarespace.com/static/5d30896202a18c0001b49180/t/5ff86080e72bb40340c83efa/1610113159846/School+Streets+-+Possible.pdf Read more...

• Year-on-year increase in cycle lanes usage - Comment by Adrian Day

  14 Jan 2021 9000 trips is impressive in a month of dark nights and poor weather, and a big increase over previous years. And numbers will increase as more low traffic neighbourhoods roll out - these give safe(r) routes for residents to access C20 and C1 main cycleways. We've already seen more cyclists in the Fox Lane LTN and the Connaught LTN will[…] Read more...

• Year-on-year increase in cycle lanes usage - Comment by Richard Carlowe

  14 Jan 2021 So, basically, 6 people per hour in each direction. There is no way that has justified the millions spent and the inconvenience caused, as well as the danger to pedestrians and wheelchair users.The time has come to re-evaluate all cycle lanes. They are just not being used yet so much money is being spent on them. Read more...

• How the Ruth Winston Centre has kept in touch with its members

  13 Jan 2021 The Ruth Winston Centre's familiar building in Green Lanes has been closed to members since March, but RWC continues to provide for its members. Like, it seems, almost all organisations, it has moved online and is using Zoom to run its classes - exercise, arts and crafts, dance, music, games and much more. Below, Centre manager Elizabeth Thoree updates readers[…] Read more...

• Year-on-year increase in cycle lanes usage

  13 Jan 2021 [Original article]Enfield Council has released the latest figures for the number of bikes passing Palmers Green Triangle in either direction. Compared with December 2019 usage average weekday usage was up by a half and average weekend usage doubled. Read more...

• Year-on-year increase in cycle lanes usage

  13 Jan 2021 Enfield Council has released the latest figures for the number of bikes passing Palmers Green Triangle in either direction. Compared with December 2019 usage average weekday usage was up by a half and average weekend usage doubled. Read more...

• Current arrangements at the North Middlesex Hospital

  13 Jan 2021 The North MIddlesex Hospital website has a page with information about arrangements during the current stage of the coronavirus emergency. Bullet points below, but visit www.northmid.nhs.uk/coronavirus for details. Read more...

• Collage Writing Room online courses for New Year and Spring

  13 Jan 2021 Enrol on one of Collage Writing Room's online writing workshops this February and join our supportive writing community: Explore Creative Writing for the first time; find your inner poet; write your Life and start a Memoir; finish that work-in-progress, or write a short story! Courses are for six weeks starting in February, online via ZOOM. Courses are £125. We help[…] Read more...

• Rapid coronavirus testing now available at Southgate Library

  12 Jan 2021 The information about rapid coronavirus testing sites on the council website has been updated to include Southgate Library (as reported above), John Wilkes House in High Street, Ponders End, and Green Towers Community Centre in Plevna Road, Edmonton. Read more...

• Managing the surge in coronavirus cases in north London

  11 Jan 2021 The North Central London Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) are asking local people to help support them by: continuing to observe simple clear public health advice to stay at home; only calling 999 and using A&E for emergencies and life threatening situations only and to contact your GP or NHS111 for urgent care advice; waiting to be contacted by the NHS[…] Read more...

• Making the best use of Enfield's 'blue and green assets'

  10 Jan 2021 How do Enfield Council's ideas for protecting and enhancing the borough's 'green and blue assets' measure up against the challenges of providing a healthy and pleasant environment, good jobs and, above all, halting climate change and mitigating its effects? In its consultation response, Enfield Climate Action Forum praises the draft strategy's ambition, its 'laudable goals and intentions' and 'real strengths',[…] Read more...

• Young climate activists quizz Enfield North MP on Edmonton incinerator - Comment by Karl Brown

  9 Jan 2021 For incinerator related issues linked to post #5842 plus more, submissions from both Extinction Rebellion and Stop the Edmonton Incinerator, as well as those from all other consultees to the latest stage of the North London Waste Plan, are now available via www.nlwp.net/examination/ .That from the North London Waste Authority certainly stands out, for while claiming to have no plans[…] Read more...

• Young climate activists quizz Enfield North MP on Edmonton incinerator - Comment by Basil Clarke

  9 Jan 2021 greenworld.org.uk/article/government-action-efw-plants-too-little-too-lateNew incinerators threaten to add up to 10 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions per year in the UK - yet the North London Waste Authority, with the support of all the boroughs involved, insists that its Edmonton vanity project is environmentally friendly.Evidence, if we needed any, that Energy From Waste (ie incinerators) is reducing the likelihood of curbing[…] Read more...

• Enfield wins £1.5m for active travel and quieter neighbourhood schemes - Comment by Sue Hicketts

  8 Jan 2021 Such good news. Recent events and the climate crisis mean an increased focus on enjoying and supporting our local communities. My local area now reaches further than before simply because I can get there easily and safely without using a car. Read more...

• Items needed by the Cooking Champions food bank

  8 Jan 2021 Cooking Champions are currently providing weekly food packages to support individuals and families across Enfield borough. They have a list of items which they require. Please take donations to St Peter's Church, Grange Park, on Tuesdays or Thursdays, 10am to 4pm. Read more...

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