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.
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News, comment and features
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Many readers will have noticed that there has been no noticeable reduction in the number of train cancellations on Great Northern. They mostly occur at weekends (when the service is nominally only half-hourly in the first place) and during school holidays, reflecting the fact the fact that the chronic shortage of drivers continues. Punctuality also continues to be extremely poor.
Govia Thameslink Railway, the company behind Great Northern, is a joint venture between the Go Ahead.......
A wildlife haven in Conway RecThe latest mini-film produced by Palmers Green Tales tells the story of how the pond in the recreation ground off Conway Road was restored by the Friends of Conway Rec. Following some repair work carried out by the council, the pond had become simply a barren stretch of water. The film describes the ingenious techniques used by the Friends to restore it to its former role as a wildlife haven.
An annual visitor is a female mallard, who hatches a brood of.......
Last Sunday more than 40 spectators witnessed the sudden death of a young man under the boughs of the Minchenden Oak after hearing about a mysterious premonition of his untimely end.
Medieval knights in the Minchenden Oak Garden Actors near the Minchenden Oak performing a play by Alex WoolfFollowing this the people gathered in the Oak Garden watched a fight between two knights wearing full medieval armour, with a detailed explanation of how the armour was manufactured and how it protects the.......
Change to Programme: Saturday 18th June, 7.30pm. This evening the Mary Lamb Lecture was to have been given by our MP, Kate Osamor.Kate was a friend of the MP Jo Cox who was murdered on Thursday, and quite understandably is unable to join us this evening. In place of the lecture, a local actor will be giving a reading of the essay which inspired our annual lecture, Mary Lamb's 'On Needlework'. You can read an excellent article about the importance of the essay here: .......
An article in the Guardian has revealed that there is a serious risk that the Accident & Emergency Department at the North Middlesex Hospital may be forced to close in the near future because an acute shortage of doctors means that it is unable to provide a sufficient level of patient safety.
North Mid has one of the busiest A&E departments in the country, treating up to 500 cases per day.
Though it has been clear for some time that there were serious problems with the North Mid's.......
Do you have questions about GPs in your local area? Want to give us some feedback on your local practice?
Healthwatch Enfield will be holding a twitter Question and Answer session next Friday on GPs in Enfield. Staff will be on hand to answer any questions you have about GPs in your local area and to listen to your feedback.
To take part simply tweet using the hashtag #myGP on Friday 17th June between 11.30am and 2pm.
Our twitter feed is.......
Southgate Civic Week
A series of events for residents of Southgate, Winchmore Hill, Palmers Green, Oakwood and Cockfosters
Sunday 12th June to Sunday 19th June 2016
Sunday 12th June
Opening Cricket Match at the Walker Cricket Ground
Queens 90th Birthday Street Party
Open Allotments DayTeddy Bears PicnicMonday 13th June to Sunday 19th June
Southgate Photographic Society Photo Competition.Save Trent Park campaign for a WW2 museumFriday.......
A hunt has been launched for people with ideas of how to make the borough a better place, who may be wondering how to make their dreams a reality. Residents are being urged to take their brilliant plans to the first Enfield crowdfunding event on June 16 between 6pm - 8pm at the Enfield Art Café, 29-30 The Town, Enfield, to share ideas and learn more about how crowdfunding through Spacehive could help them raise money for their project.
Enfield Council’s Cabinet Member for.......
Opponents of Enfield Council's cycle lanes proposals have initiated legal action aimed at stopping implementation of plans for cycle lanes along the A105.
The Save Our Green Lanes campaign last week served the council with papers in connection with its application for a High Court judicial review of the way the council has conducted consultations about the scheme, which envisages the creation of continuous cycle lanes between Enfield Town and Palmers Green.
Costas Georgiou, Chairman of the.......
When Bob Mitchell started his job as a gardener in Broomfield Park he was one of twelve people employed by the council to care for the park. That was in 1984. 32 years later, many of the people whose work keeps the park looking beautiful are volunteers, members of the Friends of Broomfield Park.
Chris Kaufman (left) presents Bob Mitchell with a retirement present on behalf of the Friends of Broomfield ParkNevertheless, there is a big difference between what can be done by volunteers.......
The installation of ticket gates at Palmers Green station almost certainly means that the exit from platform 2 to the car park will eventually be closed, which will cause significant inconvenience for some station users.
An unfortunate "side effect" of the installation of automatic ticket gates at National Rail stations in London and elsewhere has been that secondary side or rear entrance/exits to stations have been closed. This is not just to prevent people entering or leaving without a.......
Lisa Rutty is a Friend of Talkies and volunteer. You may have seen her on the Talkies stall at festivals and at events. It was Lisa who brought local actor Jeremy Swift to Talkies for 'Downhill' and 'Men in Shorts'.
Lisa is very gifted, kind, and fun to be with. She has helped out as a volunteer with many other local organisations.
Tragically, late last year aged 53, Lisa suffered a major stroke and then contracted bacterial meningitis, resulting in serious brain damage.
Lisa's partner Kevin.......