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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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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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The July 2019 issue of Enfield Dispatch leads on the finding that the leader of Enfield Council has been found to have committed multiple code of conduct breaches. You can pick up a print copy or download a PDF.
At the first of a series of Town Centre Meetings, Enfield Council's Neighbourhood Regeneration and Town Centres Development team is inviting Palmers Green people - residents, business owners, visitors - to air their views about how PG can be made better. The meeting will include a presentation by the council leader, Cllr Nesil Caliscan, and refreshments will be provided.
A planning application has been submitted for the demolition of St Monica's Hall (the Intimate Theatre) and its replacement by a new-build parish centre for St Monica's church and a block of six apartments. The campaign to save the theatre is appealing to supporters to submit objections to the application.
David Williamson from Friends of Broomfield Park looks forward to a new community-led arts festival in Broomfield Park, running from 12th to 14th July.
Summer Uni 2019 is offering interesting and exciting summer courses and workshops for young people aged 11 to 19, and best of all, it’s completely free! Courses will run this summer from 29 July 2019 until 29 August 2019 and include everything from designing your own comic to making your own perfume! You will be able to choose the courses you wish to attend and the venue.
Karl Brown, one of the team behind this year's Palmers Green Festival, updates readers on preparations for the big day on 1st September, but warns that there's a possibility that it may not be able to go ahead
In response to the results of a 'Community View' process held last week, in which the majority of participants expressed opposition to the proposal to construct several tall buildings near Southgate Circus - one of them 17 storeys high - Enfield Council has indicated that it will be taking steps to widen engagement in the process for dealing with the planning application, including convening a special Planning Panel meeting.
Officers from Transport for London and Enfield Council joined local residents last Friday morning to see for themselves the challenges posed by the absence of proper pedestrian infrastructure at the junction of Aldermans Hill, Powys Lane, Cannon Hill and Forestdale.
Hello all! Thank you all again so much for all of your hard work and dedication which made our Spring Clean Event an amazing success! We’ve had some ideas about what’s next, but we’d also like to open it up to you to discuss.
Healthwatch Enfield is currently working with North Mid to listen to your feedback and use that feedback to make the wards better for patients, to make them better for you. After all, none of us know when we will need to stay in hospital… but what we all know is that we want it to be a positive experience so why not share your views with us? It’s easy!
The line-up has been announced for this year's Broomfield Blues events at the Bandstand in Broomfield Park. They will take place every Sunday in August from 1.30pm to 5.30pm