Every considered volunteering?
North London Hospice is in desperate need of volunteers at its inpatient unit in Woodside Avenue, especially at the weekend and in the evening. Volunteering is very rewarding and gives so much back.
For more information on volunteering at the Hospice go to: www.northlondonhospice.org/for-volunteers
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The annual May Day Fair on Southgate Green will take place on Monday 1st May from 11am to 4pm. The May Day Fair is organised by Christ Church Southgate with the support of the Southgate & Highlands ATC & the Hatters Explorer Scouts, who will also benefit from the funds raised. This year there will be an emphasis on sustainability, with a ‘Green’ theme to events and competitions. This year the main beneficiary will be Haven House Children’s Hospice (Charity.......
The Palmers Green Festival has developed a website tool to support other local event organisers and local home start-up entrepreneurs.
We need help to develop the website a little further. We are looking for someone local with knowledge of Word Press with a few hours spare.
A very small budget is available to pay expenses.
Please contact Phillip on .
PhillipPalmers Green Festivalwww.palmersgreenfestival.org.uk Palmers Green CIC
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The national charity Action on Hearing Loss has joined the campaign against proposals by the Enfield Clinical Commissioning Group to restrict access to some medical procedures and has issued a press release - see the box below.
Action on Hearing Loss has issued a leaflet about the Enfield campaign explaining the reasons for their campaign and advising the public how to respond. Please note that the deadline for responding to the consultation is now the end of April, not March as stated in.......
The deadline for objecting to width restrictions in Connaught Gardens, Munster Gardens and Hazelwood Lane is Wednesday 29th March
Consultation on Quieter Neighbourhood measures for these streets is still running - so why the rush to install width restrictions?
Better Streets for Enfield say width restrictions are hazardous and want to see more effective measures to cut through traffic
The Quieter Neighbourhoods survey also ends this week - on Friday
To object to the width restrictions.......
Enfield Council has announced that it will be accepting new applications to set up a Play Street until 30th April. Successful applications will be licensed to operate from 1 August 2017 until 31 July 2018.
Advice on how to proceed is available from the following:
Enfield Council Traffic Dept (Lisa Boyden):
Catherine Nicholson, Palmers Green Play Quarter Project:
London Play website
Download the London Play Guide
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If you live in an area that has already been leafleted, you have until the end of March to let the Council know what you think about Quieter Neighbourhoods
The areas include "Fox Lane", "Connaught Gardens", some parts of Bush Hill Park and Winchmore Hill
Better Streets for Enfield have drawn up some suggestions for making the most of this opportunity
Is your neighbourhood affected by too much traffic? If it’s fast or heavy enough that you wouldn’t feel confident cycling.......
If you were wondering why trees and undergrowth are being cleared next to the section of the New River that runs parallel and close by Green Lanes, it's to create what is in effect a mini-park, with a path running between Barrowell Green and Carpenter Gardens, new trees that will provide better sight lines and new seating.
The improvement works are a joint project between Enfield Council and Thames Water.
An artist's impression of the improved green space, from the Carpenter Gardens end.......
The next film in Talkies' 2017 HERE Film Festival was made by a local director, Bruce Goodison, who will be at the screening at the Fox on 5th April to introduce and answer questions. Leave to Remain, Bruce's first feature film, was selected for the London Film Festival and has won seven awards around the globe.
Omar, a charismatic Afghan teenager, is at the precarious juncture of having his refugee status decided, when the arrival of a boy from back home threatens to change.......
Enfield's largest voluntary organisation is calling on "everyone who values the NHS to make their voices heard" and write in opposition to "misleading" proposals that "mean that patients will no longer be treated for conditions ranging from hearing loss to gallstones, knee replacement surgery to hernias until we are insevere pain or the deafness affects our independence and social life".
The call comes from the Enfield Over 50s Forum and refers to the current 30-day consultation on "Adherence.......
A new national police website, police.uk, recently went live. Local information can be found at the links listed below:
Metropolitan Police
Palmers Green
Bowes
Southgate Green
Southgate
Winchmore Hill
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A senior Enfield councillor has backed this website's call for residents to be given more time to respond to a consultation about introducing stricter criteria for carrying out certain medical procedures on the NHS. The procedures in question include knee surgery, hernia operations, some types of breast restoration and surgical removal of scar tissue.
As we reported last week (You have 21 days to influence a decision on rationing of NHS operations) the consultation by Enfield Clinical.......