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
Colin Younger reports on the highlights of the Southgate Green ward forum held on 20th July.
Summary points
Dinah Barry is the new Associate Cabinet Member for Enfield West
Proposals for Quieter Neighbourhoods are being worked up by council officers
A revised London Plan will probably include a doubling of the housing target for Enfield
Enfield Council is working on a Social Infrastructure Study
Pressures on parks/green spaces/green belt are likely to increase
These are some.......
Increased police focus on enforcing safe passing of cycle riders by drivers of cars and trucks, originally associated with West Midlands Police, is gradually spreading to other forces, including the Met. It has now been taken up by police in Winchmore Hill ward, who will be doing more to educate drivers.
Earlier this month, at the N21 Fancy Fair, Clare Rogers and Hal Haines of Better Streets for Enfield spoke to PCSO Antony Rivas from the Winchmore Hill Safer Neighbourhoods Team. A good.......
Following three public consultations and discussions with Enfield planning officers, the planning application for the redevelopment of the former Middlesex University campus in Trent Park will go before the Planning Committee on Tuesday 18th July.
Berkeley Homes are applying to refurbish the mansion and some other historic buildings, demolish most of the more recent former university buildings and create a total of 262 residential units.
A notable inclusion in the plans is the reservation of.......
Artist's impression of Palmers Green Triangle after completion of Cycle Enfield works
Work to reconfigure the Palmers Green Triangle area in line with the Cycle Enfield project is due to start in five days time, when the clock will be removed and placed in storage. The actual roadworks will commence a week later, on 17th July. The bottom part of Aldermans Hill (between Devonshire Road and Green Lanes) will be closed to vehicles approximately three months.
Notice of the closure is.......
The Fox consultation has now started. The exhibition in the function room at the back of the Fox is on until 8pm today (Tuesday). There is now more information on the consultations website
A message from the Friends of the Lakes Estate Conservation Area
The character appraisal for the conservation area was reviewed in 2015Do you live in the Lakes Estate Conservation Area? Are you interested in helping preserve its character?
We are a group of residents who assist Council officers in safeguarding the Estate's unique character as described in the Conservation Area Appraisal.
One of the roles of the group is to comment on planning applications in the area. Another role.......
The three companies involved with planned redevelopment of the Fox have begun posting invitations to an exhibition and ocnsultation event through letterboxes.
The exhibition will be held in the function room at the back of the Fox from 2pm to 8pm on Tuesday 4th July.
If you have not received a card, it is available online at thefoxconsultation.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/0517_The-Fox-invite.pdf.
The text below is taken from the consultation website at thefoxconsultation.co.uk........
On 4th July from 2pm to 8pm the developers HardHat will be holding an event in the function room at the rear of the Fox to inform and consult local residents about their proposals for redeveloping the site of the Fox pub.
The proposal is to restore the exterior of the existing building, improve the interior of the pub while reducing its size and using some of the current pub as retail space. The plans include converting upper storeys into flats and building new flats above the car park........
The Friends of Broomfield Park and Enfield Council have recently been successful in securing £64,000 of funding from the War Memorials Trust. As part of the proposed project it is intended to restore the Stained Glass windows that were once set in the back three recesses of the Memorial Temple.
We are now asking if anyone out there may have taken photographs of the memorial many years ago showing the design on the original stained glass before the three red fillers were installed. If you.......
Pinkham Way will be removed from Haringey's 'Site Allocations' - the Council admitted at the hearing that it wasn't needed for its employment strategy.
So, potential developers will no longer be able to argue that a development's benefit (i.e. its contribution to the borough's employment needs) outweighs the harm to nature conservation.
This is a very big win indeed for residents.