Sally Everist from Friends of Broomfield Park's horticulture group updates us on work to keep the park's flower beds looking good and invites you to a plant sale. The Horticulture Group at Broomfield Park has been working hard over the past year across many planting areas of the park that bring so...
Women from Palmers Green were among more than a thousand participants in last Sunday's Women's Freedom Ride, organised by the London Cycling Campaign as part of a campaign calling on the Mayor of London, Metropolitan Police and London boroughs to take stronger measures so that women can cycle on...
Tricia Sharpe from Talkies Community Cinema invites you to become a Friend of Talkies. Want to share a Talkies warm glow, knowing you are supporting film makers at the start of their career? Dear Film Lover, Talkies Friends are a group of supporters who contribute something extra to get that warm...
The deadline for responding to the Friends of Broomfield Park survey is this Saturday. There's been a very good response to the Friends of Broomfield Park's survey - but they're keen to get the views of as many people as possible. The Friends - a group of volunteers who do so much to improve the...
The long awaited Community Hub at Firs Farm opened its doors to the public for the first time on Friday morning, providing food, drink and a warm welcome for visitors to this attractive and family-friendly area of grassland, trees, hedgerows and by now well established wetlands. An hour after Firs...
Friends of Broomfield Park want to know your views, to help them plan future activities. Friends of Broomfield Park (FoBP) have been busier than ever over the past year and are helping make big improvements to the park, and to the lives of local people, in many different ways. Never ones to rest...
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Re-opening the doors at 190 Green Lanes
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A Palmers Green institution that provides a vital community lifeline will be welcoming people into its building on 24th May, more than 14 months after the pandemic forced it to close its doors.
For more than 60 years the Ruth Winston Community Centre has been helping provide older people with physical, intellectual and, above all, social stimulation so that their lives become richer and more fulfilled. The list of activities open to members is huge: bridge, dancing, languages, computer skills, art, pilates, scrabble, yoga, table tennis, genealogy.... But above all, a welcoming place for people whose social world has been contracting, a place where you can eat a healthy lunch or enjoy tea and cakes and a chat.
Sixty years of activities at 190 Green Lanes were rudely interrupted last March, but Liz Thoree and her team have been able to run many activities via Zoom and keep in touch with members by phone - particularly important in the case of members who live alone. The building did open for some drop-ins for a while in the autumn, before lockdown was back.
The current phase of Covid precautions relaxations means that the Centre can open its doors again to members from 24th May. Hopefully, this time the re-opening will be permanent and activities will gradually return, though for the time being many will remain online.
We will be opening for drop-ins and some low activitiy classes and then slowly build other classes as all lockdown restrictions are lifted
If you would like to come in for a cup of tea and company then please do not hesitate to call the centre to book your slot.
The staff will be working in the centre on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays up until 24th May