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
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Street Dance for AdultsFrom 4th May£4.00 per weekOr £22 for 6 weeksWednesdays5.30 – 6.30
Zumba classesDance your way back to summer with HOT rhythmsFrom 9th May£3.50 per week or £19 for 6 weeksMondays except Bank Holidays6.30 – 7.30
Assertive Communication Skills20th April – 29th JuneWednesday10.00 - 12.30
Confidence Building (Make Your Experience Count)21st April – 30th JuneThursday10.00 –12.30
There is limited childcare.......
There have recently been many complaints about the seeming impossibility of getting through to Enfield Council by phone. At the next meeting of the Winchmore Hill Ward Forum the Interim Assistant Director for Transformation will be present to answer questions and there will be a report from the Head of Electronic Channels – Gateway Services on the call centre.
The meeting is at 7.30pm on Wednesday 20th April. More details.......
The Friends of Arnos Park are running a photographic competition. The best picture illustrating "The Joys of Arnos Park" will win an Amazon voucher worth £25.
Entries should be sent by email to to arrive by 19th June. The winner and runners up will be exhibited at the Friends' Summer Picnic on Sunday 17th July and on their Facebook page.
And don't forget the Friends of Broomfield Park photo competition, which runs until 4th.......
Clare Rogers shares her thoughts about last week's Enfield Cycling Conference
This conference at Enfield’s Dugdale Centre on Friday 8 April left me feeling both inspired and daunted – inspired because we were shown what is possible and already being done in the Netherlands – and daunted because Enfield has such a long way to go.
This post tries to give a taste of what was said at the conference. For more in-depth information, you can find links to each presentation.......
During April the theme for the Spirals of Life exhibition in Broomfield Conservatory is Bamboo and Grass. "Botanical sculptures" created by Cathy Taylor and June Dawes can be seen nestling among the normal plants in the flower beds.
Grasses from Broomfield Park, with Cow Parsley (porcelain paper clay with porcelain slip)Cathy writes:
"Can you imagine how to make a sculpture of grass? It's not easy, is it? Ai Wei Wei did it, but his grass was hard and spiky, and each tuft of grass.......
As we approach brighter days with warmer weather there is no better time to become more acquainted with cycling! This month Cycle Enfield are running level one and two cycle skill courses to help you to develop your skills and confidence, and enjoy Enfield by bike. Cycle Enfield have a free course for you!
Level One Basic Cycle Skills are held off road, come along to build your skills and confidence on the bicycle again. Adult bikes are available to borrow. The course is for Ages 11+........
On April 15th 2016, I will be locked into the patient garden at Chase Farm Hospital to raise funds to redevelop the space into a therapeutic, sensory garden for dementia patients - a cause very close to my heart.
I will be locked in until I reach my target of £5,000!! Help me!
Chase Farm Charity are trying to raise £120,000 to redevelop this garden and another stroke and neuro rehabilitation garden for patients within the hospital. They have raised just.......
Many of you will have heard about the plans of the Friends of Broomfield Park to create a wildlife pond and a community growing space in the park. Well, it is about to happen.
Do you fancy helping to create the new wildlife pond and community growing space in Broomfield Park?
The pond and growing space will be located between the tennis courts and the orchard.
The location of the growing space and wildlife pond - and what they might look like
1. Marking out, stripping the turf and.......
The following summary is taken verbatim from the Healthwatch Enfield website
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust rated "requires improvement", following inspection
30/03/2016
England's Chief Inspector of Hospitals has rated Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust as Requires Improvement following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
CQC inspectors found that although the trust leadership team had identified many of the problems facing the.......
Modernism in Metroland are running a tour of Charles Holden's stations along the easternmost part of the Piccadilly Line extension - but there are only 25 places.
The walk (with some intermediate journeys by tube) will be held on 14th May, starting at Turnpike Lane and finishing at Cockfosters, and will also look at some other local modernist buildings en route.
For details see the Modernism in Metroland website. (It's worth looking at the website just to see how peaceful Turnpike Lane station.......
The Save Trent Park campaign has this week launched a new petition asking the owners of the mansion and former university site to set up a museum in the mansion to marks its vital top secret role during World War II.
The campaign fears that the new owners, the Berkeley Group, intend to divide the mansion up into private apartments, which would prevent public access.
The online petition, addressed to the Berkeley Group and to Enfield Council, the planning authority, is asking for the.......