12 lessons starting 8pm Tuesday 6th June 2017 at Winchmore School Gymnasium.
First 4 lessons free, £10 per lesson thereafter, free grading at the end of the course.
Contact for further details and booking form.
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Bogus TPS (Telephone Preference Service) callers targeting the elderly.
The police are urging residents to be on their guard after receiving reports of bogus telephone calls where the caller claims to be from the “Telephone Preference Service / Agency” (TPS).
The callers claim they can now help block calls from outside the UK as part of a new campaign they are running for elderly residents.
The caller claims they would like “to confirm details of your TPS registration”.......
Artist Gabriela Schutz has been working on two detailed panoramas of shopfronts and houses in Myddleton Road, Bowes Park, executed in pencil, and each 7.2 metres long. They will go on show at Bruce Castle Museum in May.
In the meantime, watch this video in which Gabriela talks about the project and you can see it taking shape........
Everyone's Climbing Tree - described as "magical" by the young people who benefit from its workshops and wonderful encouraging spirit - is working towards raising £10,000 to refurbish and expand its base close to Alexandra Park Station.
ECT, as it's known, is running a fundraising event this coming Sunday, from 3pm to 9pm, featuring its unique mix of events for people of all ages. You can just drop in or reserve places in workshops online.
For more about ECT, read this article from.......
Latest news from local initiative KidDrop
We are delighted to inform all the parents part of our network that KidDrop (www.kiddrop.net) - first and unique social networking platform for busy parents has been launched. It is centred around UK nursery and school communities and has already gained a lot of following in Enfield and Haringay boroughs.
The purpose is to build relationships with other parents in your school/nursery communities and ultimately share the load of picking up and.......
Firs Farm: Not long ago this was just a muddy fieldA project to provide play equipment in Firs Farm Park is one of three ideas that are competing to obtain funds from the Tesco Bags of Help initiative.
Tesco teamed up with Groundwork to launch its community funding scheme, which sees grants of £4,000, £2,000 and £1,000 – all raised from the 5p bag levy – being awarded to local community projects.
Three groups in every Tesco region have been shortlisted to.......
Enfield Clinical Commissioning Group has cancelled all briefings and consultation events relating to its proposals to tighten access to particular clinical procedures until after the General Election
Riffat Harris runs the Palmers Green Business Network, the latest addition to the PGC Business Directory
It’s a given that anyone who wants to grow their business needs to network with others. Developing an online presence and making connections via LinkedIn, Facebook or Twitter is important. Meeting face to face can be even more powerful, it’s a great way of building long lasting connections.
Local Networks
One of the best ways to expand your brand and contacts beyond.......
The Department for Transport (DfT) has today announced a competition seeking proposals that would encourage more people to make journeys by bicycle and/or on foot.
The text below is an abridged version of the announcement extracted from the www.gov.uk website. To read the complete announcement visit
www.gov.uk/government/publications/funding-competition-innovation-in-cycling-and-walking/competition-brief-innovation-in-cycling-and-walking
This competition seeks proposals for.......
This article has been republished with permission. It originally appeared on the Greener Journeys website on 22nd April. In view of yesterday's announcement, the first sentence presumably no longer holds true.
DEFRA is due this month to publish its new Air Quality Plan. Government has already lost two court cases on this issue, so the pressure is on.
Concern over air quality is no longer just the preserve of environmental groups and it is widely recognized that we are facing a.......
The future of a historic well in Barnet, with a Samuel Pepys association, is looking more assured thanks to a collaborative project between Barnet Museum, Historic England and the Heritage of London Trust.
Barnet Physic Well, situated near Barnet Hospital on land that was once Barnet Common, was dug in the 17th century to provide a source of chalybeate spring water, which supposedly had healing properties. The mock tudor wellhouse, which dates from 1937, is a Grade II listed building but.......
