08 January 2026
Bounds Green Food Bank, whose 4600+ clients include many Palmers Green families, is 'fighting to stay open'. With funds sufficient only to stay in operation until April, the food bank has launched an urgent appeal for more people to provide a one-off donation or preferably a regular weekly donation.
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07 January 2026
The Nightingale Cancer Support Centre has appointed Meral Nugent as its new CEO to 'lead the charity in an exciting new chapter'. She takes up the role at a time when a growing number of people are turning to the Enfield-based charity 'in desperate need of support'.
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21 December 2025
Cooking Champions have posted a message on social media thanking Anne Nicholls for her creation of Christmas gift bags for the hungry residents that the Enfield-based charity provides with meals and food items. The bags were filled with toiletries and hygiene products donated by local people.
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10 December 2025
All People All Places, a charity that seeks to prevent homelessness in Enfield and Haringey, has launched its winter fundraising campaign with the slogan Help Before Homelessness.
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08 December 2025
The work of the wonderful charity Cooking Champions doesn't stop at Christmas. On Christmas Day they invite everyone to lunch at their home in Ponders End, and in the run-up to the big day you can buy special festive products prepared in the Cooking Champions kitchen.
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29 November 2025
Friends of Firs Farm are looking forward to a visit from Santa on Sunday 14th December, when they'll be laying on festive treats for people of all ages. Just one problem: they haven't yet heard from Santa... Perhaps you can put him in touch?
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26 November 2025
On Friday 28th November at 3pm the London Coin Company will be running an online auction of more than 140 collectible coins. The proceeds will go entirely to Age UK Enfield - London Coin Company will not be charging a commission.
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12 November 2025
Anne Nicholls invites you to help spread dignity and joy this holiday season by donating essential toiletries that can make a real difference to people in need in our community. Your donations will be used to create dignity bags that will be distributed by the food bank run by Cooking Champions.
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26 October 2025
In combination with their donors and partners, Cooking Champions can turn your £20 a month donation into food worth £150.40.
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18 October 2025
PGC reader Shirley recently became a volunteer with the Felix Project, based at their depot in Enfield. She asked for this advert to go on the website, adding 'They are a really great organisation to volunteer with'.
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15 October 2025
British Red Cross are recruiting a manager for their bookshop in Palmers Green.
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07 October 2025
Local teens are the stars of a new video filmed in Broomfield Park with the aim of raising funds for the campaign to Make Space for Girls. All donations made between 8th and 15th October will be doubled by sponsors.
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18 September 2025
The wonderful work done by our local children's hospice is highlighted by a new film made in support of its annual fundraising campaign. Donate to the hospice before 12th October and your donation will be doubled!
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03 September 2025
The Edmonton-based charity All People All Places (APAP) have a vacancy for a full- or part-time community fundraising and partnerships coordinator.
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27 August 2025
An Enfield family who are supported by Noah's Ark children's hospice enjoyed a special treat this month - a visit to Tottenham Hotspur's training ground, where they met Spurs players and the club's new head coach.
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10 August 2025
Fancy a glitzy night out, and a chance to win a 1 carat diamond - all in a very good cause? Then get your tickets for this year's Glitz & Giving and help Noah's Ark Chidren's Hospice raise the funds that it needs to deliver its wonderful services to north London families.
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04 August 2025
The next Cooking Champions Supper Club event is coming up on 5th September. The theme: Spanish-style tapas. A chance to taste some delicious food and help fund the charity's life-changing work. The event now has a new venue: the front garden at St Peter's Church in Grange Park.
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08 June 2025
Learning to make tasty, nutritionally balanced meals is a life skill with huge mental and physical health benefits. Cooking Champions would like to run more childrens' cooking lessons in their community kitchen, using fresh produce and respecting dietary and cultural choices. Your donations will be match funded by the Childhood Trust.
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16 April 2025
Local charity Cooking Champions invite you to a feast of Mexican cuisine on 3rd May, celebrating not just a historic battle south of the border, but most importantly their own fifth anniversary.
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