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Enfield Volunteer Action (EVA) has issued a new edition of its quarterly bulletin Volunteering in Enfield, covering the period July to September 2013 and listing opportunities for volunteers in 15 different categories.
EVA is supported by Enfield Council and its aims are to promote volunteering, assist potential volunteers to find fulfilling and approriate volunteering roles, support local charities and organisations which involve volunteers in their work, and promote good.......
Members of the public have been invited to let Transport for London (TfL) know which of two options for a new underground line they would prefer. Both options for the Crossrail 2 line would provide new links from Alexandra Palace and Turnpike Lane stations to central London, Clapham Junction and Wimbledon.
The cheaper of the two proposals, the Metro Option, would be for a light rail system with four-carriage trains similar to those running on the Docklands Light Railway, but running in a tunnel.......
The recorded memories of residents who visited Broomfield House before the disastrous fires in the 1980s will form a central part of a film which is currently being made about the House. Film maker Christine Lalla has interviewed a number of local people about their reminiscences and the recordings will feature in the soundtrack of the film, which will be used to publicise the work of the Broomfield House Working Party to rebuild and reopen the historic building for community use.
With.......
North London residents are being asked to sign and promulgate a petition calling for a complete rethink about planning for the future of waste processing and disposal across the area. The petition, organised by the Pinkham Way Alliance (PWA), calls on the North London Waste Authority (NLWA) to abandon its current plans to let out a 30-year contract for the handling of waste from seven North London boroughs and instead develop a completely revised waste plan which would not bind the.......
A new group campaigning for more primary school places in the south western part of Enfield borough held its first meeting on 25th June. SWEAT - the South West Enfield Admissions Team - was set up at the initiative of the Fox Lane and District Residents' Association (FLDRA) and will negotiate with Enfield Council. The Team currently has six members, most of whom are parents of school children, but wish to recruit a few more people - if you are interested in joining, you should send a.......
Broomfield Homeowners and Residents' Association (BHORA) are appealing for support from members of the public for their campaign to change plans for new flats which Notting Hill Housing Trust is set to build along the North Circular Road. BHORA want as many individuals as possible to send in separate objections to the planned construction on "Site 6" - for details of the plans, see this earlier report.
Caroline Chenier, Chairman of BHORA, has sent the following message to.......
Enfield Council is inviting members of the public to apply for a vacant post as one of the "Independent Persons", whose role is to help ensure that councillors apply high ethical standards when conducting official business.
Applicants must be truly independent, meaning that they are not employed by the Council or related directly to a councillor or council employee, belong to a political party or be politically active. At the same time, they must be well informed about h ow local.......
The Green Lanes Business Association (GLBA) is urging Enfield Council to continue its opposition to the conversion of shops in Palmers Green Town Centre into other types of business, such as restaurants, cafes and fast-food outlets.
The GLBA recently raised the case of an application to convert the use category of the ground floor of 290 Green Lanes from A1 (shops) to mixed A1 and A3 (restaurants and cafes). In a letter to the Council's Planning Department, it suggests that the same arguments.......
Enfield Council in its role as a local housing authority is obliged to periodically review homelessness in the Borough and use it as the basis for revising its Homelessness Strategy, which is designed to prevent homelessness and provide advice to people who are in danger of, or are already, homeless.
The Council is inviting residents to contribute to the process by filling in an online survey.
In an introductory page on its website, the Council identifies the biggest challenges to.......
The Southgate Green Association is calling for members of the public to respond before Friday 7 June to official consultation on the redrafting of the London Waste Plan (see this earlier report). It is recommending to its members and to the public across the whole of North London that they use or adapt the wording of a draft letter provided by the Pinkham Way Alliance.
Some of the most important points made in the draft letter are:
That the previous version of the Waste Plan does not.......
The Pinkham Way Alliance (PWA) has appealed to members of the public to submit objections to an application by the North London Waste Authority (NLWA) to carry out "tree preservation" at the Authority's Pinkham Way site. The PWA considers that this is a thinly disguised attempt to diminish the conservation value of this site, which is a Grade 1 Site for the Importance of Nature Conservation and a probable foraging and roosting site for bats.
The ecological significance of the site is one.......
Seven borough councils have been forced by a legal ruling to restart the process of drawing up a North London Waste Plan (NLWP) and are inviting members of the public to input their views and suggestions.
The first version of the NLWP, which was finalised in 2012, proved highly controversial and prompted the creation of a campaigning group, the Pinkham Way Alliance (PWA). The original spur to the creation of the PWA was the planned construction of a large waste processing facility on an.......