Young People

Free cycling course for young beginners

29 July 2026

Edmonton-based London Cycling Club is running free cycle training for beginners aged 6–13 on 3rd, 4th, 6th and 7th August.

Southgate Children's Literature Festival: A day of storytelling, theatre and creativity

14 June 2026

The Southgate Children's Literature Festival returns to venues along Chase Side on Saturday 11th June. Families, schools, and book lovers unite together for storytelling, theatre, and creativity. A chance to meet famous authors and illustrators, develop artistic skills and enjoy a whole range of delightful activities.

An invitation from a local scout troop

10 June 2026

Enrike has sent an invitation to join the 20th Southgate Scouts.

Age 30 or below? Help shape conversations about London's future

08 June 2026

The London Society is inviting people aged 30 and below to join a Young Londoners Advisory Group and play a part in influencing how future generations experience London. Membership of the Society is free for under-30s for two years, giving access to talks, tours, debates, visits and “opportunities to meet people who care about London’s future”.

Could you spare an hour a week to ignite the vital spark in a young person?

07 January 2026

Residents of Enfield are are welcome to volunteer as mentors for students at schools in Haringey. Mentoring can make a meaningful difference to a young person’s confidence, motivation and future opportunities. It's also highly rewarding for the volunteers – when one person mentors, two lives are changed.

Land/Lines: An opportunity for younger voices to be heard in debates about the future of our borough

25 November 2025

How are the loss of community spaces, the housing crisis, structural racism and the climate emergency connected? Join Landlines, a new peer learning project at Dugdale Arts Centre for local people aged 18–35 to come together and creatively explore how land ownership shapes the way we live, connect, and belong. An opportunity to involve younger people in conversations about the future of the borough where older voices currently dominate.

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Making space for girls in Broomfield Park: double the difference you make

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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UK’s first wellbeing hub for diverse youth and families opens in Edmonton Green this weekend

04 September 2025

On Saturday 6th September the Right2Thrive UK project will open a pioneering Wellbeing Hub in Edmonton Green, designed to tackle the local community's severe problems of youth violence and social inequality.

Kids Can Cook! Help raise funds for children's cooking lessons

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.

Making Broomfield Park more welcoming for teenage girls

06 November 2024

The Make Space for Girls Broomfield Park project has published a report on the series of workshops with young women that were held in spring this year. Their purpose was to explore and co-design ideas of what's needed to make Broomfield Park more appealing and welcoming for teenage girls, non-binary teens, and boys.

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4th Southgate Scout Group

25 October 2024

4th Southgate Scout Group has room for young people from 6 to 14 years old.

New guide aims to help young people with their mental health problems

02 October 2024

Healthwatch Enfield introduce their newly published guide to mental health support services for young people living in the borough.

"Flourishing libraries support flourishing communities": Forum joins call to stop library closures

25 September 2024

The Enfield Over 50s Forum has added its voice to the campaign against Enfield Council's proposals to close eight smaller libraries. It has launched a petition calling on the council to instead make use of community libraries to 'protect, serve and strengthen' the borough's neighbourhoods and communities.

Breaking Barriers: Addressing youth unemployment in London

16 May 2024

On Monday the umbrella body London Councils launched a new reportexploring ways the boroughs can break the barriers to addressing youth unemployment in London.

Making space for teen girls in Broomfield Park

10 April 2024

The Make Space for Girls Broomfield Park project is recruiting local girls, young women and non-binary teens to take part in a series of workshops starting this month aimed at teasing out what it is that deters them from using the park as a social space for 'hanging out'. The findings will be used in the design of new park facilities that they will be happy to make use of.

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Young people's mental health: Chickenshed say 'we hear you'

05 March 2024

Chickenshed's March fundraising campaign, 'we hear you', is in support of their mentoring and counselling service for young people, which helps tackle the mental health problems that are today one of the biggest challenges facing them.

What are your health and wellbeing priorities for 2024?

22 November 2023

The borough's health services watchdog, Healthwatch Enfield, is conducting an online survey to determine what areas it should focus on during 2024.

Saving an old school to help a new generation of young people flourish

30 October 2023

Residents are being invited to contribute ideas to a project to reopen a historic school building in Edmonton as a community hub which will provide training opportunities for young people in the borough.

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Skatepark campaigners enjoy a 'fantastic day' at the PG Festival

06 September 2023

Among the many people who had a great time at last Sunday's Palmers Green Festival were members of the Broomfield Park Skatepark Group, whose stall attracted many visitors. As a survey is launched to gauge opinion, campaigners are continuing their efforts to raise money for a feasibility study.

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Youth Justice Service volunteers have many faces, could you be one of them?

02 August 2023

Enfield Youth Justice Service (YJS) needs volunteers who: are concerned about youth crime and serious youth violence; are able to engage with children and young people; would like to be part of the restorative justice process; can work with children and young people who offend to help support a change in their behaviours and actions; can help our children and young people to make Enfield a better place to live and work.

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