26 June 2019
In response to the results of a 'Community View' process held last week, in which the majority of participants expressed opposition to the proposal to construct several tall buildings near Southgate Circus - one of them 17 storeys high - Enfield Council has indicated that it will be taking steps to widen engagement in the process for dealing with the planning application, including convening a special Planning Panel meeting.
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25 June 2019
Hello all! Thank you all again so much for all of your hard work and dedication which made our Spring Clean Event an amazing success! We’ve had some ideas about what’s next, but we’d also like to open it up to you to discuss.
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12 June 2019
Liz Robinson of the Palmers Green Action Team (PGAT) writes about the spring clean last month and the Team's future plans.
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04 June 2019
An ambitious crowdfunding campaign has been launched by a group called the Broomfield Pond Swim Society, whose aim is to revive wild swimming in Broomfield Park.
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24 May 2019
At the annual general meeting of the Winchmore Hill Residents Association on 30th May the entire management committee will be standing down. Whether or not the Association is able to continue will depend on fresh people putting themselves forward to join the committee.
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24 May 2019
Do you have experience of developing social housing sites? Can you apply your negotiation and business planning skills in a community-led housing setting?
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10 March 2019
Inspired by the wonderful wetlands in Firs Farm, this is our second Firs Farm photography competition. If you've never entered a photographic competition before this is an ideal opportunity to start. The competition will take place as part of the Firs Farm Wetlands 'Get out & Get active' project on 12th May 2019. So come on, get out and capture your Wetlands inspiration!
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06 March 2019
A group of PG residents who are keen to make Palmers Green a more beautiful and thriving place have got together to form the Palmers Green Action Team. Their plans include a spring clean of the town centre on 11th May.
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15 January 2019
Francis Sealey of Enfield Voices interviews Julia Daniel, manager of the North London Credit Union
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14 January 2018
The team of volunteers who look after the plants in Broomfield Conservatory and open it to the public twice a week had another successful year in 2017. June Dawes sums up the year.
Broomfield Conservatory volunteers enjoy some rare January sunshine while celebrating another successful year. The team won an Enfield in Bloom Gold award in 2017 - the Conservatory Committee chair, Elizabeth Dobbie, is in the centre of the front row, holding the cup
It has been another good.......
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15 December 2017
Earlier today the Jo Cox Commission on Loneliness, chaired by Jo’s friends Seema Kennedy MP and Rachel Reeves MP, launched a report on its findings in Batley alongside Jo’s family.
The report marks the culmination of the year-long commission that Jo started before she was killed. Amongst the report’s findings are that:
9 million adults are often or always lonely;
Loneliness is as harmful to health as obesity or smoking 15 cigarettes a day;
There is currently a gap in.......
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22 October 2017
Chris Horner and Jane Maggs of Southgate District Civic Trust are at the far left in this line up of Civic Voice 2017 award winners
For the second year running the national body Civic Voicehas presented its Civic Day Award to Southgate District Civic Trust (SDCT). The award is a recognition of "An Outstanding Contribution".
As last year, our local civic trust wasn't satisfied with a just organising a Civic Day - instead it was the driving force behind the Southgate Civic Week,.......
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13 June 2017
The latest Palmers Green Tales video looks at the activities of volunteers in Broomfield Conservatory - how they tend to the collection of subtropical plants, open it up to the public twice a week and run special events such as plant sales and activities for children.
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11 June 2017
Deputy Mayor of London Joanne McCartney was guest of honour at the launch on Friday night of Southgate Civic Week 2017, where she was joined by the newly elected MP for Enfield Southgate, Bambos Charalambous, and leading members of local civic societies, clubs and associations.
Deputy Mayor of London Joanne McCartney at the opening ceremony for Southgate Civic Week 2017 (far right). Also shown (left to right) Chris Horner (Southgate District Civic Trust, Southgate Green Association), Jane Maggs.......
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26 May 2017
OrganicLea’s Vision for Wolves Lane:
An initiative that grows and distributes sustainably produced food to local residents and businesses; engages a wide range of people in learning and skills activities, and health and well-being benefits; establishes itself as a centre for promoting healthy eating; and offers space for community groups and social enterprises to run activities that benefit the community.
Please write with your ideas, suggestion, proposals for the future!.......
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24 May 2017
Chris Horner of Southgate District Civic Trust is asking for local community groups to help make Southgate Civic Week a great success.
This year the size and number of events has expanded ; there are now 33 events, as so many community groups have engaged with this community event .
Other groups are invited to join in by promoting their group or event in the Southgate, Cockfosters,Winchmore Hill, Oakwood and Palmers Green areas.
I attach a copy of the programme and the poster, and would.......
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28 March 2017
The Palmers Green Festival has developed a website tool to support other local event organisers and local home start-up entrepreneurs.
We need help to develop the website a little further. We are looking for someone local with knowledge of Word Press with a few hours spare.
A very small budget is available to pay expenses.
Please contact Phillip on .
PhillipPalmers Green Festivalwww.palmersgreenfestival.org.uk Palmers Green CIC
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07 February 2017
The second Southgate Civic Week will be from 10th to 18th June 2017. Southgate District Civic Trust are extending an invitation to local groups to add their own events to the week's activities
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02 January 2017
If you haven't made a New Year's Resolution or you've already given up on the one you did make, why not decide to become a Friend of Talkies Community Cinema and help our greatest local success story become even more ambitious in its scope and popularity? Joining now will mean you have a whole year's worth of Friends' benefits to look forward to (and opportunities to make some new flesh-and-blood friends too).
Talkies has now been up and running for just over four years and its screens.......
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26 October 2016
SDCT members show off their Civic Day Award. L-to-R: Chris Horner (coordinator of Civic Week), Elaine Tyler, Graham Davis, Jane Maggs (SDCT Secretary)
Southgate District Civic Trust has won the 2016 Civic Day Award, awarded by the national charity Civic Voice for its "outstanding effort for Civic Day".
Civic Day has been held every summer since 2011 and so far has involved more than 1000 community events countrywide. But Southgate District Civic Trust weren't satisfied with one day -.......
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