Last week saw a very sad event - the closure until further notice of Wood Green's unique Wolves Lane Centre - a combination of a nursery growing plants for Haringey's parks, a public garden centre, a small-scale Eden Project and an invaluable social and community asset. it provided training in gardening skills to help people with physical and/or learning difficulties or seeking employment, and both environmental education and work experience for local schoolchildren.
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The Mayor of London has announced that he intends to bring forward the introduction of the Ultra-Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ) in Central London by a year. Subject to further consultation, it will now come into force in April 2019. Drivers of petrol vehicles that don’t meet Euro 4 standards and diesel vehicles that do not meet Euro 6 standards will have to pay a daily fee of £12.50 for cars, vans and motorbikes and £100 for buses, coaches and HGVs.
Initially, the ULEZ.......
The latest publication by the Enfield Archaeological Society (EAS) provides a definitive description and analysis of all the known Roman archaeology in the London Borough of Enfield.
First Stop North Of Londinium: The Archaeology of Roman Enfield and its Roadline Settlement has been written by Martin J. Dearne with contributions by Geoffrey Gilbert and Roger Dorner. The title refers to the fact that the settlement that grew up around Ermine Street - an important Roman road linking London.......
North London Samaritans have been given a Big Lottery Fund grant of £545,0000 to rebuild a former "Tin Tabernacle" to use as a centre for their lifesaving work and to provide a new communitiy facility for Bowes Park.
Shaftesbury Hall (to give the former chapel its proper name) is located in Herbert Road, adjacent to Bowes Park Station. The building is currently in complete disrepair - the plan now is not to restore it, but to build a replica from modern materials with an additional.......
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.......
