Exactly one month to go until Palmers Green Festival 2016. Expect the same mix as before of fun and games, food and drink, music and dancing, things to buy, people to talk to...
However, behind the scenes there will be some changes in the way the PG Festival is run this year. The chief organiser behind all the Festivals to date, and this year's too, is Phillip Chard, who explains how the Festival's phenomenal success makes it necessary to do things a bit differently this.......
A Talkies' short film commission needs your vote!
Platform 1 - JESSICA BISHOPP
Through the hatch of Annita's café kiosk on platform 1 of Palmers Green station the film unearths the treasures of the everyday. People who make the early morning daily commute, half asleep and pensive, reveal personal stories, hopes and fears.
Your vote will help Jess get more exposure as a filmmaker - and of course spread the word about Talkies' film commissions.
VOTE HERE TODAY.......
The campaign to create a museum in part of the Trent Park mansion is continuing. So far more than 3800 people have signed an online petition which has the goal of persuading the Berkeley Group to set aside a sufficiently large area within the building for a museum that would truly do justice to the important subject of the mansion's World War II intelligence gathering role.
If you missed the TV programme broadcast earlier this week on More 4, it's also available on youTube (see.......
A public consultation about National Lottery money is distributed across England and the UK was launched in May and runs until 12th August.
To take part, visit this page on www.gov.uk.
About the Big Lottery Fund
the Big Lottery Fund distributes 40% of the money raised by the National Lottery for good causes
since June 2004, the Big Lottery Fund has awarded over £9 billion to projects supporting health, education, environment and charitable purposes
funding supports people who want to.......
The Friends of Broomfield Park with The Vintage Blues Music Association present
Broomfield Blues
Sunday 7th, 14th, 21st & 28th August 2015 1.30pm - 5pmThe Bandstand, Broomfield Park, Aldermans Hill, Palmers Green, London N13 4RB
FREE EVENTS
The best Blues Music brought to you every Sunday afternoon in August on the Bandstand. The Friends of Broomfield Park have teamed up with The Vintage Blues Music Association, who run the highly acclaimed St Harmonica's Blues Club in.......
The Stage 1 Road Safety Audit for the A105 cycle lanes scheme has now been published. The auditors, from Transport for London (TfL), have indicated that they are satisfied with the responses to all the safety issues that they raised. Unfortunately, the auditors did not comment on hazards for pedestrians crossing roads at the Green Lanes/Hedge Lane/Bourne Hill junction, presumably because their terms of reference state that "Safety Audit is not intended to identify pre-existing.......
The following urgent message was sent by Jennifer Arkwright, the PCSO for Palmers Green Ward.
Dear Ward Member,
Enfield is experiencing high levels of rogue traders at present predominantly pretending to be roofers and performing work on your properties that you do not need and did not ask for while robbing your bank accounts all.......
The Mayor of London's public consultation on measures to resolve the capital's air quality crisis finishes on Friday 29th July. Recently published reports question the adequacy of Sadiq Khan's proposals and suggest much tougher controls, especially in relation to diesel cars.
See this earlier article for information about the consultation.
Call to completely remove diesel cars
A report by the Institute for Public Policy Research, drawing on analysis by Kings College London, calls.......
Public Health England have published an online video emphasizing the health benefits for adults of being physically active and warning against the dangers of the sedentary lifestyles that modern life encourages - eg through the spread of car ownership and time spent watching TV or sitting in front of a computer.
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For more information, visit this page on the Public Health England.......
The Communities and Local Government Committee has launched an inquiry into public parks to examine the impact of reduced local authority budgets on these open spaces and consider concerns that their existence is under threat.
Inquiry: Public parks
Communities and Local Government Committee
Public parks inquiry
The Committee looks at how parks should be supported now and in the future. This includes studying alternative management and funding models, such as a mutual or a.......
London People's Orchestra rehearses on Thursday evenings during academic term time between 8.00pm and 10.00pm at Oakwood Baptist Church, Merrivale, Southgate, London N14 4TE. All music is provided, as are interval refreshments, all you need bring is yourself, your instrument and a music stand. Our regular members support the running costs of the orchestra by paying subs, currently set at £70 per Calendar Quarter. For more infomation please complete the form on our Contact Us.......
A recently published document provides a detailed timeline of the developing crisis in Accident & Emergency at the North Middlesex Hospital and of the actions taken to mitigate the situation.
The document, entitled Quality and Safety Concerns at North Middlesex UniversityHospital, was prepared for discussion at the July meeting of the Governing Body of Haringey Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)*. A summary on the front page reads as follows:
During the last 18 months, Haringey CCG.......