While we admire and support the Christmas campaigns that we see pop up in December, we also know that help is urgently needed all year round, each and every year. As some people pack away after the festive break, we are still here.
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.
For us to continue to thrive and grow, and keep supporting as many people as possible, we are asking you to become a Friend of Cooking Champions. Even a donation of just £5-10 per month can make a HUGE impact on the lives of those who come through our doors.
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 Friends of Broomfield Park’s annual service of remembrance for those who died in the two world wars and subsequent conflicts was held in the Garden of Remembrance in Broomfield Park on Friday, November 11. It was led by Rev. Chrichton Limbert, vicar of Christ Church, Southgate and was attended by Christine Hamilton, Deputy Mayor of Enfield, David Burrowes, MP for Southgate, Doug Taylor, Leader of the Council, Terry Neville, Leader of the Opposition, local councillors,.......
Palmers Green is pioneering the use of a Swedish smartphone app to help residents work together with Police and community groups to support each other and increase safety and security in the area, as well as decrease criminal activity. But don't worry if you haven't got a smartphone - you can also join in using any computer that's connected to the Web.
The Metropolitan Police have selected Enfield to pilot the Trygve app, which is now in use by the Palmers Green Ward Safer.......
Enfield Council has sent out a "neighbour letter" with information about how to comment on Berkeley Homes' planning application for development of Trent Park mansion and the former university campus.
The Council letter also asks anyone wishing to attend the public Planning Panel Meeting to register in advance and provide details of interests/questions.
Read the Trent Park Neighbour.......
Notting Hill Housing Trust will next week be exhibiting its proposals for further construction of new housing along the North Circular Road section of Bowes Road.
The development site is marked in red. The large roof to the right is the auditorium of the former Ritz Cinema. To the left, on the corner of Wilmer Way, are the newly built Notting Hill HT flats
Notting Hill Housing Trust will next week be exhibiting its proposals for further construction of new housing along the North Circular Road.......
The Mayor of London has published A City for All Londoners, outlining his vision of how to "respond positively to pressures on growth, celebrate diversity and unite".
This document sets out a direction for London, which the Mayor will later expand upon in detailed strategies, including:
land use and growth (the London Plan)
transport
housing
economic development
the environment
policing and crime
culture
health inequalities
The Mayor is consulting with stakeholder.......
Revised Proposals and Timetable
Summary and map on Cycle Enfield website
January 2017: Exhibition of revised proposals and community co-design workshops for enhanced public realm
Spring 2017: Statutory consultation to capture any final issues that may impact upon the design
Enfield Council has today revealed its revised proposals for implementing its Cycle Holland vision in the centre of Enfield Town.
The new scheme retains the existing one-way system for cars, buses and.......
Map created by Enfield Southgate Conservatives showing how Enfield Southgate would be divided up between neighbouring constituenciesThere doesn't seem to be much that the two parties on Enfield Council agree on these days, but the Parliamentary Boundary Commission's proposals for changes to Enfield constituencies have proved equally unpopular with both the ruling Labour Group and opposition Conservative Group. Though whether or not they both favour the same alternative is another question........
Enfield Council is urging staff, residents and politicians to support the North Enfield Foodbank. The Council is linking this call to Mitzvah Day, on which by Jewish tradition people give their time to help others. This year Mitzvah Day falls on 27th November.
Not that people are short of food only on one day a year. Over the last year the foodbank gave 5,807 three-day emergency food supplies to people in crisis. The reduction in the "benefits cap" which is currently.......
Berkeley Homes have submitted a planning application for their scheme to build housing on the former Middlesex University campus in Trent Park.
The application is listed thus:
16/04324/FUL | Phased redevelopment of site to provide a total of 262 residential units (134 apartments, 128 houses, including 18 affordable units) with museum, cafe and leisure uses, ancillary parking, vehicle and pedestrian access routes and cycle ways, involving the demolition of Bevan Hall, Lakeview,.......
A booklet has been published under the title Stay Well in Enfield and Haringey This Winter.
The introduction reads as follows:
"With increasing pressures on Accident and Emergency (A&E), particularly in winter, it is important to know what service to choose to best treat your symptoms when you or your family are unwell. Not only can you get faster and better treatment by choosing the right NHS service, but you will help us reduce the pressure on emergency services, so they can help those.......
Another local project to add to the four that I listed last week. To vote visit community-fund.aviva.co.uk/ and register.
Enfield Community Transport: Supporting the older generation
Funding level: £5,001 to £10,000
ECT has been successfully providing a Community Transport Service to the residents of Enfield for thirty years. We recently reviewed our service to see what new services could be provided which would meet the needs of our community.
Following.......
Actress Helen Lederer's grandfather fled to Britain from Czechoslovakia to escape the Nazis. Save Trent Park have posted a clip from the TV series War Hero in my Family in which she finds out about other relatives who failed to escape and about her grandfather's role as a Secret Listener at Trent Park........