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
News, comment and features
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Streetz Ahead thrilled unsuspecting shoppers in Morrisons Palmers Green on Sunday when their flash mob Thriller dancers launched a week of Palmers Scream pre-events.
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They were FANTASTIC and the audience were amazed and all had their cameras out! Visit streetzahead.org/thriller-flash-mob.......
If you're planning to send charity Christmas cards this year, be careful where you buy them from! If you purchase them from a well-known High Street name, the chances are that most of the money you spend will go to the retailer, not to the charity. Very few shops pass on more than 25 per cent of the selling price to the named charity, and the average figure is actually closer to 10 per cent.
The alternative is to buy from a pop-up charity Christmas card shop run by Cards for Good.......
Delivered in conjunction with the HEET Project, Age UK Enfield is offering free home energy visits to people aged 50 and over living in the London Borough of Enfield. The service is particularly aimed at older people who are finding it difficult to keep their homes warm and are therefore at risk of cold-related illnesses. This could include people who are struggling to pay their bills, who are in fuel debt, who have no heating, or don’t know how to work.......
Some special events coming up at the Ruth Winston Centre: Annual Meeting at RWC - anyone can join us for the annual meeting in the Davies Room on Thursday 22nd October 2015 at 2.30pm, light refreshments after. First come first serve for a seat.
Women First Guided Walk: Saturday 24th October 2015 Meet St Pauls underground by cafe Nero 11am. This surprising walk relates some interesting stories about pioneering women in The City. Led by Joe Studman - 07875 537.......
North London Hospice organising a spectacular talent show to raise money to help fund its work.
North London's Got Talent will be held at the Arts Depot in North Finchley on 6th February 2016.
North London Hospice provides specialist end-of-life care to over 1,500 patients, and supports their friends and families - all completely free of charge in the boroughs of Barnet, Enfield and Haringey.
The Hospice is looking for talented individuals to take part in the competition!! There will.......
At 5.30pm on Halloween (31st October) Broomfield Park will be lit up by Spooky Lanterns, each containing a glo-stick, provided free courtesy of Range Homes.
There will be two family drop-in sessions to help you make lanterns:
Thursday 29th October from 3.30pm at Kiva Cafe (corner Green Lanes and Hazelwood Lane)
Friday 30th October 10.30 to 11.30am in Palmers Green Library
If you can't make either session, just decorate a plastic milk bottle to bring to the boating pond at Broomfield.......
The Care Act introduces the most significant changes over the last 60 years. If you are a carer, receiving attendance allowance, disability allowance, personal payments then you really need to come along to the Ruth Winston Centre and listen to Michael Sprosson, Health Housing and Adult Social Care Team at Enfield Council to find out how it affects you. There will be a Q&A session after his talk.
The talk starts at 11am at the Ruth Winston Centre in the Davies Room on Friday.......
At this week's meeting of Enfield Council's Health Scrutiny Standing Workstream a briefing on the provision of and access to GP surgeries in the borough was provided by David Sturgeon, Director of Primary Care Commissioning, NHS England.
The structure of the briefing was as follows:
National context - Funding in primary care (2015/16) to improve capacity and access
GP Contracts and Workforce in Enfield
Current clinical capacity and provisions of access across Enfield
Patient views on.......
One of the points made repeatedly by opponents of plans to create cycle lanes along main roads is that they would benefit only cyclists and no-one else and that cyclists were therefore being unduly prioritised. Enfield Council, and at an all-London level, the Mayor of London, have put the case for benefits to the people of Enfield and of London across the board.
A newly published academic study sets out why the Council and the Mayor are right and the protesters are wrong. Benefits.......
Companion animals and the elderly
It is widely acknowledged that pets can positively benefit the well-being of elderly owners. For many elderly people living on their own, their pets are their reason for living.
They are constant companions - on hand 24 hours a day, every day, comforting, loving and protecting their owners - not only from outside threats, but also offering the more subtle form of protection from loneliness and despair.
Pets are warm and intensely loyal. They do not.......
Chickenshed reveal a little of their specially commissioned Tales from the Shed : The Thing that Goes Bump in the Night (And Other Things) (And Other Bumps).
Screamingly scary!
Chickenshed (Registered Charity No. 1012369) are the 2015 recipients of Scream Aid. You can text to donate to Chickenshed. Simply text the code and amount (CHSH11 £___) to 70070 and they will receive your donation straight away - whether you plan to Scream or not because this is our newHalloween of Giving.
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Friends of Hazelwood Rec have applied to the OneFamily Foundation for a grant of £25,000 to pay for improvements to the children's playground.
Hazelwood Rec is a small park situated between Hedge Lane and Hazelwood Lane, with football pitches, a cricket field and tennis courts. One side of the park is bounded by the New River and lined with willow trees.
The case made for the grant by the Friends is as follows:
Improving Hazelwood Rec playground
The project will create a.......