While we admire and support the Christmas campaigns that we see pop up in December, we also know that help is urgently needed all year round, each and every year. As some people pack away after the festive break, we are still here.
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.
For us to continue to thrive and grow, and keep supporting as many people as possible, we are asking you to become a Friend of Cooking Champions. Even a donation of just £5-10 per month can make a HUGE impact on the lives of those who come through our doors.
Pop to our People's Fundraising page to donate, and we promise to keep you updated with how your support is making a difference. Thank you, we appreciate you! Team Cooking Champions
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Working with young offenders is a challenging and moving experience. As part of the Enfield Heroes campaign, Enfield Council is looking for volunteers to help in their rehabilitation. We are looking for more people to get involved, particularly working with youth offenders.
If you have a skill – for example in car engine maintenance, jewellery making, hairdressing, basic IT or gardening – you could really make a difference to a young person’s life.
There are some fantastic.......
The results of the largest ever study of the health benefits of cycling to work suggest that councils and governments need to make it a top priority to encourage as many commuters to get on their bikes as possible.
Ann and Hugh Humphrey have announced that there will be no more N21 Festival events but that there will be another Fancy Fair this year.
The 2017 Fancy Fair on Winchmore Hill Green was the most recent N21 Festival event. The first event was held in 2012, again on the Green, and there have been two winter events - the St Nicholas Fair.
These have all been very successful events designed to interest and entertain people with many different tastes. But they have required a huge input.......
The 2018 Palmers Green Festival date has been announced: Sunday 2nd September from 12 noon to 7pm in Broomfield Park.
The theme for this year's Festival will be Health and Wellbeing and all stalls will be encouraged to offer an element of healthy living and community wellbeing.
Anyone interested in running a stall at the Festival should send an expression of interest email to to include an explanation of how they would meet the Health and Wellbeing.......
Residents, don’t be surprised when you see the faster cyclists on expensive bikes refusing to use parts of the new cycle lane this year. It is not designed to be cycled at high speed. It is there to provide a safe space, but cyclists are not OBLIGED to use the cycle lane. Thanks pic.twitter.com/JNnpGdNR6K
— WinchmoreHill Police (@MPSWinchmoreH) 14 January 2018
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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.......
'Cuppa?' shows that whatever our differences are, we have more in common than we think. And I’m not sure there’s a better way of describing that than over a cup of chai.”
Are you a patient or carer affected by cancer? Would you like to help shape cancer services and improve early diagnosis?
UCLH Cancer Collaborative has various opportunities for people who have had cancer treatment, or cared for someone who has had cancer treatment, to get involved.
The involvement opportunities are
Being a patient representative on a Pathway Board or Expert Reference Group – deadline 28th January
Joining the Patient Experience and User Involvement Steering Group.......
LEAP (Local Energy Advice Partnership) is Enfield Council's FREE service aimed at fighting fuel poverty and providing affordable warmth.
We are offering local residents a completely FREE OF CHARGE service called LEAP (Local Energy Advice Programme). LEAP can help you to save money and keep your home warm and cosy.
How it works:
If you’re eligible, you will get a FREE home visit from a friendly, qualified Home Energy Advisor. LEAP can:
Install FREE, simple energy saving measures which.......
Last night's Winchmore Hill Ward Forum at the Orange Tree was by all accounts very informative and a success - apart from disruption from someone who will be standing in the council elections for one of the councillor seats in the same ward. It seems that the police even had to intervene. Probably no coincidence that the same man is the only person I've ever had to ban from the PGC forums because he persisted in attacking "the man, not the ball" and for unacceptable language........
If you are a creative writer or would like to become one, or just love reading and would like to know more about the writing process, then book your place at the first Enfield Literary Festival, to be held on 27th January in the refurbished Edmonton Green Library.
Speakers include London writer Catherine Johnson and children's author Alex Woolf. (Alex was one of the people behind the amazing Palmers Scream project in 2015.)
There will also be a talk about "hyperlocal journalism" - the.......
Bigger, brighter and bolder, the UK’s largest light festival is returning for a spectacular second edition. More than 40 UK and international artists will reimagine London’s iconic architecture and streets, transforming the city into a dazzling nocturnal art exhibition. Free to visit and taking place north and south of the River Thames, Lumiere London will extend its reach across the capital. Everyone is invited. To find out more, click here to visit the Lumiere.......