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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From Enfield Police:
I have been asked to try and get the word out there to “vulnerable ” groups in and around Enfield re this old scam that is doing the rounds again:-
Knock on the door from a legitimate sounding company such as Dynorod:
“Hi, we have been clearing drains in the area and found that your drains are causing the problem. It’s going to cost a lot of money to clear/repair but if you don’t get them clear/repaired they will cause damage to other properties and you will be.......
"Rising Up" (Copyright Amelia Corton)A Palmers Green photographer has been featured as one of the top entries in National Accident Helpline's #FreshStartPhotos competition.
23-year old Amelia Corton, entered a photo entitled: "Rising up". She says, "It was a photo I took at the weekend on a charity walk. I have recently come out of a horrible depression and the photo depicts how I feel and that there is light waiting even in the weirdest and darkest of times."
The #FreshStartPhotos.......
Have you thought about joining the team of Community Volunteers at the North London Hospice who help make life pleasanter for patients and their families and carers?
You will be matched with a patient who will need someone to visit regularly, bringing a smile and much needed support.
Duties will include:
Befriending: Providing a friendly conversation and companionship
Sitting: Providing respite for patient and/or carer
Good Neighbour: Providing a visit to do a specific.......
Save Trent Park campaigners are warning that delay by Enfield Council in registering the Park's historic mansion as an Asset of Community Value is jeopardising its future. They fear that the former university campus might be sold to an private developer at any moment, before registration is complete.
Registration as an ACV would give the campaign a six-month breathing space, during which time it could seek a buyer for the campus who would be willing to guarantee the conditions voted.......
Next Tuesday (28th April) he Ruth Winston Centre will be the venue for the last of a series of drop-in sessions giving you advice on how to keep your home warm during cold weather.
Ruth Winston are working in partnership with Enfield Council to deliver the event, where experts from Retrofit London and Smart Homes will provide information about energy saving measures and grants of up to 75% towards the total cost of implementing them.
Groups at the Ruth Winston Centre enjoy giveaway energy.......
Enfield Council is to start looking for suitable partners to take over the majority of the borough's libraries. These libraries would become "community libraries", offering a restricted range of library services, and would be co-located with other types of service provided by the chosen partners. However, despite the use of "community" in the designation, a recent document suggests that chosen partners might include the commercial sector..
The libraries affected include Winchmore.......
The 2015 Enfield Choral and Orchestral Music Festival will run between 24th June and 12th July at venues throughout the borough (and just outside the borough - Southgate Opera, as usual, will be at Wyllyots Theatre in Potters Bar).
For full details and to book, visit enfieldfestivals.com/event/details/enfield-choral-orchestral-music-festival.
Concerts
Weds 24th to Sat 27th June at 7.30pm (Sat Mat 2.30pm)Southgate Opera presents The Merry Widow at Wyllyots Theatre
Saturday 27th June.......
Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in four North London boroughs are looking to improve the NHS 111 service and integrate it with GP out-of-hours provision. Residents are invited to attend public engagement events, as described below:
NHS 111 and GP out of hours services engagement events15 April 2015
NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups in north central London (Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey and Islington) have a vision to ensure the voices of patients and carers are at the heart of.......
If you've ever thought about volunteering, your chance to discover the multitude of local opportunities comes up next Wednesday (22nd April), at the Enfield Volunteers Fair. And if you haven't thought about volunteering, perhaps the Fair might just make you do so.
The Fair is at the Millfield Arts Centre in Silver Street, Edmonton, and runs from 11am to 3pm. You can just drop in any time and stay for as short or long a time as you like.
An amazing range of opportunities
At the.......
To celebrate the launch of their new branch in Palmers Green, Park View Health Clubs are holding an open week for Palmers Green Community readers from 21st-28th April 2015.
Come and have a lifestyle, fitness and nutritional consultation with one of their personal trainers or a fitness/health check. You could even just use the gym facilities, maybe even try a class?
To book in for your visit email and mention "Palmers Green Community Open Week"........
How well do you know your birds and birdsong? Les Edwins of the Friends of Firs Farm is also a local RSBP representative and is organising a bird survey in Firs Farm this month. It will require early morning visits to Firs Farm between 5 and 6 am to identify birds by sight or sound and recording when they were seen and whereabouts in the park they were.
If you have don't mind the early start and are interested in helping with this, please get in touch to find out more and the proposed.......
Campaigners working to improve the health of the river Lea and its tributaries have reported on the progress of their work on creating Sustainable Drainage Systems in Enfield borough.
The projects are being organised by Love the Lea, the local arm of the charity Thames 21.
Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS for short) involve measure to slow down the flow of water, particularly during rainy weather, so that high levels of pollutants are not washed into streams and eventually into the Lea and.......