While we admire and support the Christmas campaigns that we see pop up in December, we also know that help is urgently needed all year round, each and every year. As some people pack away after the festive break, we are still here.
Our support is not limited to a food package, but it leaps beyond - we form connections, we listen and respond to everyone who steps through our doors. We open up a warm, safe, environment which aims to feel like a home away from home.
For us to continue to thrive and grow, and keep supporting as many people as possible, we are asking you to become a Friend of Cooking Champions. Even a donation of just £5-10 per month can make a HUGE impact on the lives of those who come through our doors.
Pop to our People's Fundraising page to donate, and we promise to keep you updated with how your support is making a difference. Thank you, we appreciate you! Team Cooking Champions
Tucked away down a quiet residential street in Friern Barnet is one of north London's best kept secrets - and even if you chance to drive past it it's likely that you'll miss the sign on the front of a doctor's surgery that points towards the bijou theatre that's hidden behind it.
If you have any fears about medical examinations, watch this and realise that nothing the doctor can do will be as eventful as this. If we’re wrong though, maybe you should write a film about it...
The Lamb Festival 2018: Saturday 16th to Friday 22nd June.
An arts Festival at All Saints, Edmonton, to celebrate the lives and legacies of Charles and Mary Lamb.
You can find the wonderful 2017 Festival Diary here - save the dates and come and join us! (And don't forget - for the fourth year running, there's free admission to ALL Festival events, so why not come and try something new?) 2017 LAMB FESTIVAL DIARY
As before, there will be poetry and photography competitions - three prizes.......
The dates and speakers at the 2018 Enfield Literary Festival have been announced. It will be held at the Dugdale Centre from 22nd to 30th June. The lineup below is incomplete, but is already pretty impressive. The theme is "Change".
The Festival is billed as "Enfield's first ever Literary Festival", which fails to acknowledge that there have already been four Lamb Festivals held at All Saints church in Edmonton (which arguably isn't Enfield, but that argument is rather.......
"Hi - I am Surayya , one of Talkies' volunteers. I will be bringing you a short film on this website each month.
"Please let us know what you think of this month's film, and watch this space to see what we will bring you in the coming months!"
2018 is one special year for sports. We’ve had the Winter Olympics and Paralympics; the Commonwealth Games are upon us and the footy World Cup begins again in a matter of months, and these are only a few of the mammoth sports events.......
HERE - THE SUBURBAN FILM FESTIVAL is about the diversity of interests, people and places in the suburbs of London. HERE is not in the West End, Southbank or Shoreditch. HERE in the suburbs we aren’t the swanky super-rich, the celebrity glitterati or bearded hipsters. HERE is where the cinema creatives of London produce their best output. HERE is where life is a rich diversity of race, religion and culture. HERE is where most.......
Palmers Green Writers Group are looking for new members.
We are a small group of writers living in the Palmers Green and Southgate area. We meet fortnightly to offer constructive feedback on each other’s work in a friendly, informal setting. We enjoy all forms of creative writing, including novels, short stories, poems and scripts.
Whether you’re starting out or well on the way to being published, so long as you’re serious about writing, you’ll be welcome.
Email Alex.......
Cathy Taylor of Friends of Broomfield Park ran a workshop last October to teach people how to use leaves from the park to make unique items of ceramic jewellery. Cathy has now fired the visitors' creations and, if you were one of the artists, you can now collect them from Broomfield Conservatory.
The Conservatory is open on Wednesday and Sundays only, between 2pm and 4pm. Just call in, admire the plants and collect your items of jewellery from the stewards on duty.
Cathy took.......
Palmers Green writer Alex Woolf was one of the presenters at the first Enfield Literary Festival(Photograph: Anne-Marie Sanderson)Last Saturday's first Enfield Literary Festival event attracted a roomful of people, young ahd old, to the recently refurbished Edmonton Green Library, keen to learn more about the trade secrets of locally and internationally acclaimed writers and hear about the borough's literary history.
Participants were able to hear talks and take part in creative.......
Palmers Green Art Group started 12 years ago to help a group of amateur artists nurture and develop their artistic skills in an informal and friendly environment. The group has changed over the years as different people have come and gone. Originally focused on watercolour, members now work in a variety of painting and drawing media, reflecting a diversity of individual styles and preferences. We do not offer formal tuition but enjoy an atmosphere of creativity, encouragement and support from.......