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At the Enfield Council Meeting on Wednesday 25th March (7pm at the Civic Centre) councillors will be briefed on the strategy for the provision of secondary school places and will debate an opposition paper which proposes ways of reducing the cost of temporary accommodation for homeless families.
Provision of secondary school places
The executive summary of the briefing paper states that demand for secondary school places will continue to rise until 2020 followed by five years of slightly lower.......
Enfield Council is asking parents and carers to comment on the provision of childcare in the borough. The Childcare Sufficiency Parent and Carer Survey is an online questionnaire that will be available until 31 March.
What do you think about childcare in Enfield?
Whether you and your family use childcare or not, the London Borough of Enfield would like to hear your views about childcare. Your responses will remain confidential to the London Borough of Enfield and will not be used for any.......
For the second year running the Lamb Festival is running literary and photographic competitions with unusual themes. There are three entry categories: primary schools, secondary schools and open (ie adults).
Charles and Mary LambThe festival itself, celebrating the lives and work of local literary figures Charles and Mary Lamb, will run from 6th to 12th June at All Saints Church in Edmonton. Last year's Lamb Festival comprised music, poetry, puppetry, talks and walks, and this.......
Since both Southgate College and Enfield College stopped running language courses for adults there has been a gap in the market for language learners who don't want to travel too far.
Since this January the gap has been plugged, as far as Italian is concerned, by a new language school based in Palmers Green. During its first term Parla Italiano courses attracted much interest and a new class for beginners is due to start on 15th April at the United Reformed Church in Burford Gardens, on.......
The Consortium of Friends of Enfield's Parks has launched a public campaign in opposition to Enfield Council's plan to leave pedestrian gates to parks unlocked overnight.
The Consortium is asking people to sign an online petition which reads as follows:
Enfield Council is planning to withdraw all night locking from 22 parks in the borough. If implemented,the pedestrian gates of those parks that have always been locked would be left open all night.
This decision has caused alarm amongst local.......
The Pinkham Way Alliance is appealing to the public to support its campaign to prevent the building of waste processing facilities in Pinkham Wood (next to the North Circular in New Southgate, just past the railway bridge).
The Alliance has sent the following email to its supporters and is asking for wider support from the community:
Haringey's Sites Allocation (SA) consultation is underway; please sign up now in support of the PWA response.
This is vital to our campaign. It will determine.......
Twice a year the Mayor of London and members of the London Assembly hold a People's Question Time session in a different part of the capital. On 19th March the venue will be the Dominion Centre in Wood Green High Road.
The Dominion Centre is now used as a church, but started life as a magnificent cinema and still has the wording Gaumont Palace in huge letters on top of the frontage. This was its original name - later it became just the Gaumont, then the Odeon and then Mecca Bingo........
Enfield Council is running a public consultation to gauge views about an application for funding for improvements to children's play facilities in three local parks.
Hazelwood Recreation Ground, Tatem Park and Grovelands Park Play Areas
The Friends of Hazelwood Recreation Ground, Tatem Park and Grovelands Park are proposing to improve the play areas in these parks and they need your help to apply for funding. The groups are looking for people’s views and comments on the current play.......
With the General Election coming up on May 7th, there's never been a better time to get involved and find out what your local election candidates think about the policies that affect you.
Come along to Breast Cancer Question Time at Ruth Winston House on Wednesday 15th April to hear more and ask your own questions.
The event will begin at 18:00 with refreshments and the Question and Answer session starting promptly at 18:30.
Do you have questions about Breast Cancer Question Time -.......
The Council has a duty under the legislation to put in place proposals for the preservation and enhancement of its conservation areas. As part of this duty the Council is reviewing the Conservation Area Appraisals and Management Proposals for its 22 conservation areas in three phases.
This means that the existing Appraisals and Management Proposals have come, or are coming, to the end of their five-year life span. Through the review changes in the conservation areas can be reflected and new.......
Sessions all within the timeframe 7th April to 27th June.
From art to animals, history to horticulture and business to building, EnfieldThinks has something for everyone!
The project is supported by Birkbeck, University of London; Enfield Council; Barnet & Southgate College; Capel Manor College; The College of Haringey, Enfield & North East London and Christian Action Housing.
We aim to promote the range of educational options available in Enfield and beyond. We want to raise the.......
The Friends of Hazelwood Recreation Ground are currently preparing a funding application to a charitable foundation for £50,000 to improve the playground in the Rec, including installing new play equipment.
In order to succeed, it is necessary for the Friends to consult local residents and users of the recreation ground and demonstrate that the new equipment is needed and that the project has public support.
Enfield Council has set up a web page for the consultation and members of the public.......