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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.
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News, comment and features
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Hi, I am Georgia.
I am setting up a new Talkies volunteer group based in Bush Hill Park Bowls,Tennis and Social Club, Abbey Road EN1 2QP.
With a big screen, comfortable seats and a well-stocked bar, you can sit back and enjoy a great value night out, minutes from your doorstep.
We show critically-acclaimed, award-winning films that have been hand-picked by our resident film buffs. Come along with friends this Spring and enjoy our programme. .......
Local toddler Ella-Rose is in desperate need of a blood stem cell donor. To find out if you could be a potential match registerwww.deletebloodcancer.org.uk and join the #FightForElla
Watch Ella’s story on youtube.......
Recent events around the world remind us all of the terrorist threat we face, which in the UK is considered as ‘SEVERE’, meaning an attack is highly likely. Police and security agencies are working tirelessly to protect the public but it is also important that communities remain vigilant and aware of how to protect themselves if the need arises.
The four minute film, Stay Safe: Firearms and Weapons Attack sets out three key steps for keeping safe. The film is accompanied by an.......
"Inner suburban" services from Moorgate - presumably including those serving Palmers Green - are among a list of rail services which will be transferred to Transport for London (TfL) ownership and become part of the London Overground, if newly published proposals go ahead. However, this will not occur before 2021. It also appears that we will have to wait until then before seeing any serious attempt to smarten up the dismal stations along the tunnels between Moorgate and Highbury.
A "new.......
This year's Palmers Green Festival will be held in Broomfield Park on 4th September. Put the date in your diary now, it's not to be missed!
No further information available at the moment, except that the weather will be sunny and hot, as in 2014 and 2015 (fingers crossed!).......
You can now book all Talkies events up until the end of March. All tickets are only £5, thanks to the support from Friends of Talkies.
Talkies now uses an event booking service that charges a lower fee, so booking online is cheaper than ever.
Coming up at Talkies
Thursday 11 February Nebraska Dugdale Centre, Enfield Town, EN2 6DS
Friday 12 February Pride Bounds Green Bowling & Tennis Club, Goring Road, N11 2DD
Wednesday 24 February Priscilla, Queen of the Desert The Fox,.......
An undercover film crew have revealed the existence of a strange sect in Broomfield Park.
Footage filmed last weekend shows grown men and women dancing around an apple tree decorated with pieces of dry toast.
Further investigations have discovered that this is an ancient ceremony known as wassailing, which also involves music and consumption of alcoholic beverages made from apple juice. The people taking part are clearly attempting to hide their identities by wearing hats and scarves but.......
David Burrowes MP has published the text of a letter written to him by the Mayor of London following a meeting at which Mr Burrowes raised concerns about the Cycle Enfield scheme.
In the letter Boris Johnson says that he agrees that it is "very important for Enfield, with the support of TfL, to ensure that the scheme is not moved forward to the next formal approval phase until the borough engages more extensively and intensively with residents and businesses". He adds that Leon Daniels,.......
David Burrowes MP has published the results of his unofficial "referendum", designed to gauge public support for the Enfield Council's proposals for cycle lanes along the A105. Of the votes cast, 76 per cent were against the proposals, 18 per cent were in favour and 6 per cent were partially in favour.
In his commentary about these figures on his website, Mr Burrowes says that "I will be meeting with Boris [Johnson] this week and will be telling him that the majority of my.......
Enfield Council has published for public consultation the Draft Ritz Parade Opportunity Site Development Brief (PDF, 5MB). The deadline for commments is 5.00pm on Wednesday 10 February 2016.
The draft document aims to provide planning, design and development advice for the Ritz Parade site and will help guide future proposals. The consultation is asking the public and interested parties to consider whether the draft guidance has captured all relevant principles for achieving the.......
Residents have been warned to be on the lookout for a convicted fraudster, who obtains money under false representation, claiming to be collecting for a charity run.
Victoria Dooley, born 1981, (see photo) was last year given a suspended prison sentence and issued with a Criminal Behaviour Order which expires in June 2017. Before then she "must not call at any residential premises in Greater London to request money from any person unknown to the defendant" or she runs the risk of being.......
Classes in Italian for beginners start on 25th January at Palmers Green-based language school Parla Italiano. There's a choice between classes on Monday mornings (10am - 11.30am) or Monday evenings (7.30pm - 9pm). If you would like to join, don't delay, as the maximum number of students is only six in the morning and ten in the evening.
Parla Italiano is run by Laura Scaramella, an experienced teacher and teacher trainer. She set up Parla Italia in 2006, since when she's.......