On 19th May Enfield Council will be exhibiting the final design plans for the A105 cycle lanes scheme, revised to take account of public feedback from the last consultation round. The exhibition will be held at Palmers Green Library from 3pm to 8pm.
On the evening of Wednesday 25 May there will be a co-design workshop for residents on the design of the public realm mprovements in Palmers Green and Winchmore Hill. People have to apply for a limited number of places on this workshop, so get.......
Following our successful MPs event in December, EDA will host a local Councillors Question Time.
Doug Taylor the Leader of the Council has confirmed his attendance. We’re still waiting for others to confirm.
This is your opportunity to put your questions about the issues which affect your life including, cuts to local services, your experience of living and working in Enfield as deaf and disabled people, people who experience mental distress and those with long term health conditions.......
Southgate District Civic Trust (SDCT) is encouraging people to play a part in conserving and protecting our local war memorials as part of a project to commemorate the First World War.
A free workshop in May aims to inspire people to survey and conserve our local war memorials. SDCT want to ensure that by the end of the centenary of the First World War in 2018, as many of our war memorials as possible are in a good condition.
Southgate District Civic Trust, along with Civic Voice,.......
The following information is taken from the London Elects website
How the Mayoral results are calculated
The Mayor of London is elected by the supplementary vote system.
Each voter has a first and second choice vote. If a candidate receives more than half of all the first choice votes they are elected immediately. If this does not happen, the two candidates with the most first choice votes go through to a second round. All other candidates are eliminated.
The second choice votes of.......
The following advice has been issued by the British Lung Foundation.
What can I do about air pollution?
On most days and away from busy city streets, air pollution in the UK does not rise to levels at which we need to make major changes to our habits to avoid exposure.
Nobody needs to worry about going outdoors. Children should not be kept from going to school or stopped from taking part in games.
If you have a lung condition, you might want to avoid spending long periods of time in places.......
The National Childbirth Trust celebrates its sixtieth anniversary this year. Enfield NCT doesn't go back anything like as far, but they don't actually know when the branch was founded.
Branch Coordinator Shonagh West is keen to find out exactly when Enfield NCT was set up. 1993 is the earliest she's traced it back to so far, but perhaps you were a member or volunteer before that date?
Even if you don't know the answer to the question, Shonagh would like you to get in touch for a.......
The question of whether or not we should vote to remain in the EU or to leave it is a complex issue. Coming to a reasoned conclusion is made all the more difficult by the fact that both sides are coming out with any number of dramatic claims and counterclaims. Which arguments make sense? Whose claims are true? Can we believe any of them?
On 26 May Palmers Green residents will have an opportunity to listen to a debate between a number of experts and put their own.......
The following is reproduced from www.parliament.uk
Urgent Government action is needed to stop up to 50,000 people a year dying early from air pollution-related illnesses, says the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, in its report on Air quality.
Report: Air quality
Report: Air quality (PDF 675KB)
Inquiry: Air quality
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
The Committee's Air quality report presses for new Clean Air Zones in dozens of English towns and cities.......
The owners of the former university campus in Trent Park have published a response to the online petition which calls for the creation of a museum in the mansion and continued public access to the grounds of the former campus.
The statement issued by the Berkeley Group can be read below. It includes assurances that there will be a museum and that public access will be available not just to the grounds, but also - for the first time - to part of the mansion. However, the statement.......
The leaders of a campaign to prevent development of Green Belt land between Oakwood and Enfield Town are warning that, despite the withdrawal of proposals to build houses, the fields are still threatened. They have been seeking support from candidates for the Mayor of London and GLA members, as well as other local politicians.
Enfield RoadWatch Action Group's latest update points out that Enfield Academy is continuing to press for the construction of a new school on the site, which is.......
The upcoming bank holiday sees the opening of a large wildlife reserve that includes two reservoirs hoding water that has travelled along the New River, through Palmers Green. The Woodberry Wetlands project is run by the London Wildlife Trust and is making the area accessible to the public for the first time since the reservoirs were built in 1833.
You can watch a clip about the Wetlands from BBC1.
The wetlands will be open every day and there will be regular guided tours and various.......
Centre Coordinator
Charity in Palmers Green requires a highly motivated and enthusiastic person. Good communication, organising and numeracy skills essential.
35 hour week, Mon - Fri.£18-19k Salary - according toexperience and skills
Tel: 020 8886 5346 or email For an application pack.
Closing date: 06.05.2016.......