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
News, comment and features
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"I would love to but would feel far too embarrassed". "I think it would be great fun but I don't have the confidence to actually do it".
What would your response be if someone asked you to participate in a drama class? The trouble is, our 4-year-old self probably wouldn't respond, as they'd be into that class quicker than you can say 'Shakespeare'.
As we get older, we get more inhibited, insecure, reserved, self-aware. Which is no surprise because from as young as 14 yrs old we're being.......
Enfield Clinical Commissioning Group, a body set up as part of the last government's changes to the NHS, is inviting patients and other members of the public to a meeting on 9th September to discuss clinical commissioning priorities for 2015/16.
The information below is taken from the Enfield CCG website.
Have your say on our Commissioning Intentions
Every year your Clinical Commissioning Group drafts Commissioning Intentions which describe what health services we want to buy and the health.......
A study by Healthwatch Enfield has "found no evidence" that the closure of the A&E service at Chase Farm Hospital has had an adverse effect on Enfield residents being able to access emergency services. The authors of the study report also conclude that the Urgent Care Centre at Chase Farm has been coping well with unexpectedly high numbers of attendees. However, they acknowledge that the A&E service at the North Middlesex Hospital has not been performing well, but, pointing.......
This was the scene in Arnos Park on Wednesday when the Pymmes Brook burst its banks and inundated part of the park, as captured by "Bob" and uploaded to his Vimeo channel.
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Reducing or preventing this sort of flash flooding is what Thames 21/Love the Lea are working so hard on. They are deliberately slowing down streams by planting vegetation and creating soakaways. Among the problems that they face, however, are misplumbed houses where waste that should go.......
Do you care for someone with dementia?
We want to hear about your experience.
We are looking for people who care for friends or relatives with dementia to participate in a focus group Your feedback will help us to develop a new survey and improve our understanding of what life is really like to care for someone with dementia.
It will also help us to better understand the impact of a hospital admission on people who have dementia and the importance of working in partnership with carers.......
Fox Lane & District Residents' Association is warning local residents of a scam that was tried out on one of its members recently (without success in this case):
This morning I received a British Airways American Express Credit card through the post in my name – I haven’t applied for one so have reported it to the American Express fraud team. They told me to cut the card up and that they would investigate further.
As I was doing this a caller came to the door saying that he was.......
There were six Palmers Green winners among the awards recently announced for the 2015 Enfield in Bloom competition, among them Gold for the Community Orchard in Broomfield Park.
Apple blossom in Broomfield Community OrchardThe local winners were:
Broomfield Park Community Orchard was awarded Gold in the category Horticultural Contribution for the Local Community
Broomfield Conservatory was awarded Silver in the category Horticultural Contribution for the Local Community
Green Lanes.......
The following information about volunteering opportunities was posted on the Enfield Council website this week.
Volunteering is fun, rewarding and it changes lives - volunteer now for Enfield's Library and Museum Service.We are looking for people from a range of ages and backgrounds to help us deliver fantastic projects in our Libraries, Local Studies Unit and Museum for the benefit of the whole community.We have opportunities from helping out with our children's activities to sharing your IT.......
The Enfield Young People's Project (EYPP) needs volunteers! If you are looking for a volunteering opportunity working with young people and are over 18, apply today!
You will be supporting your people with interpersonal skills, to build their sense of responsibility and to make positive decisions about their education, health and future
You will also be
Making a positive contribution to your community
Learning new skills
Boosting your career options.
The next project starts on 4.......
An Enfield-based playwright is looking for actors to play parts in a play about the dangers of new media to be staged at the Dugdale Centre in January.
My name is tom is a new play by Alan Spence, whose company, Theatre is real life, will be performing the play from 13th to 16th January.
The play explores the problem of e-safety and new media for young people and adults. What starts out as a typical boy-meets-girl story later goes horribly wrong. When Paris and Darnell are exposed, they.......
The following item was posted on the Enfield Council website on 12 August 2015
Enfield Council is asking all local residents for names of Enfield’s service men and women who sacrificed their lives in conflicts since 1945 for inclusion on a new war memorial.
The memorial, which is due to be constructed in early 2016, is being organised in partnership with the Suez Association and the Royal British Legion (RBL), and will be sited in Chase Green adjacent to the existing memorial.
It will.......
An 18th century stone boundary marker destroyed by council workmen years ago and left in ruins has been rebuilt by local conservation group Southgate Green Association. Local stonemasons Abacus Stone were awarded the task of piecing together the obelisk using methods adopted to restore the temple ruins at Karnak, Egypt. The obelisk is one of two remaining in Enfield.
The obelisk is located on Waterfall Road down the road from The Green, set back from the kerb on the bend and hidden from view.......