Palmers Green has featured in the local and national press this week - in both a positive and a negative light.
The voice of Wallace grew up in PG: You might have taken Peter Sallis for a northerner, but he grew up in Palmers Green, went to Minchenden School and got a taste for theatre at the Intimate.
10-year old Palmers Green boy wins sci-fi writing award
Knife attack on woman in Broomfield Park
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The final consultation meeting to discuss proposals to restrict access to specified NHS operations and other procedures will be held at the Ruth Winston Centre on 23rd June.
The Enfield Over 50s Forum's "Fairer Funding for Enfield" petition has now been signed by 10,000 people:
“ A big, big Thank You to everyone who collected signatures to our petition seeking to end the years of Enfield being under-funded and treated as a second class borough.
"As soon as the General Election is over and we know who the Ministers are in the Treasury and the Department for Communities and Local Government we will be knocking on their door with the petition signed by some.......
Parents, teachers and children took to the streets of Palmers Green this morning to protest against planned cuts in government funding to schools throughout London.
The 200+ marchers set out from Hazelwood School at 11am and proceeded through the centre of Palmers Green, ending in Broomfield Park, where the protesters held a picnic lunch.
All photographs by Richard McKeeverThe march organisers have calculated that unless the government's funding plans are changed, by 2019 government spending.......
A message from Enfield Refugees Welcome:
It’s time to get ready to celebrate Refugee Week! Refugee Week is a nationwide programme of arts, cultural and educational events that celebrate the contribution of refugees to the UK, and encourages a better understanding between communities. Anyone can get involved by organising or attending one of the events. This year it runs from the 19-25 June.
Would you like to organise something as part of Enfield Refugee Welcome? This can be as.......
OrganicLea’s Vision for Wolves Lane:
An initiative that grows and distributes sustainably produced food to local residents and businesses; engages a wide range of people in learning and skills activities, and health and well-being benefits; establishes itself as a centre for promoting healthy eating; and offers space for community groups and social enterprises to run activities that benefit the community.
Please write with your ideas, suggestion, proposals for the future!.......
The Friends of Broomfield Park and Enfield Council have recently been successful in securing £64,000 of funding from the War Memorials Trust. As part of the proposed project it is intended to restore the Stained Glass windows that were once set in the back three recesses of the Memorial Temple.
We are now asking if anyone out there may have taken photographs of the memorial many years ago showing the design on the original stained glass before the three red fillers were installed. If you.......
Chris Horner of Southgate District Civic Trust is asking for local community groups to help make Southgate Civic Week a great success.
This year the size and number of events has expanded ; there are now 33 events, as so many community groups have engaged with this community event .
Other groups are invited to join in by promoting their group or event in the Southgate, Cockfosters,Winchmore Hill, Oakwood and Palmers Green areas.
I attach a copy of the programme and the poster, and would.......
Pinkham Way will be removed from Haringey's 'Site Allocations' - the Council admitted at the hearing that it wasn't needed for its employment strategy.
So, potential developers will no longer be able to argue that a development's benefit (i.e. its contribution to the borough's employment needs) outweighs the harm to nature conservation.
This is a very big win indeed for residents.
This week there have been two instances in Palmers Green of cars mounting the pavement and causing damage. Fortunately, it seems that in neither case were there any injuries to people walking along the pavement - but if there had been, they would probably have been killed or seriously injured.
The first incident happened in Fox Lane on Sunday evening. After hitting and wrecking a parked car, the car that was out of control ended up damaging railings adjacent to the railway bridge. .......
