As previously reported, in the run-up to Christmas the Cards For Good Causes card and gift shop is again open at Palmers Green United Reformed Church in Fox Lane. And this year the shop is selling a card featuring one of the highlights of Broomfield Park - the beautiful Conservatory that is maintained by the Friends of Broomfield Park.
10am to 4pm, Mondays to Saturdaysuntil 12th DecemberPalmers Green United Reformed ChurchFox Lane/Burford Gardens
The photograph on the card,.......
Whether or not you believe the stories about ancient scrolls and witches under the pond, there's no doubt that thousands of children and their parents were spellbound by the extraordinary happenings in Broomfield Park on Saturday night.
There were no tricks at this Halloween event. Visitors of all ages were treated to imaginative storytelling, open air theatre, puppet shows, strange costumes, eery illuminations, glowing pumpkins and spooky bottles, all culminating at 7pm in the Scream.......
Enfield RoadWatch Action Group - formed to campaign against a proposal to build on Green Belt land between Enfield Town and Oakwood - have launched a photograph and slogan competition designed to publicise their campaign.
So far the nearly 4000 people have signed the online petition against building on the land.
For the background to the campaign, see this earlier report.
Enfield RoadWatch Action Group is delighted to announce the first
'Our Green Belt Enfield'
Photograph.......
More evidence that cycling schemes are good for business has been provided today in the form of an open letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer from the leaders of companies employing over 250.000 people.
According to anti-Cycle Enfield campaigners, putting in cycle lanes along Green Lanes will "kill" businesses. Even before today's open letter there has already been plenty of evidence that this is at the very least a gross exaggeration and may in fact be the reverse of the truth.......
A new request has been made for volunteers to help run a church-based winter shelter and a second training event for volunteers has been arranged.
The new request comes from the Vicar of All Saints Edmonton, where the shelter would operate on Sunday nights between 2nd January and 13th March 2016.
The two dates for training sessions are:
Saturday 7th November 10.30am - 1.00pm at St Luke's Clay Hill, Phipps Hatch Lane, EN2 0HL. Link for directions: clayhillparish.org.uk/luke.html
Saturday.......
Healthwatch Enfield is surveying opinions about the provision of adult social care in the borough.
Does a care worker come to you or your relative’s home?
Do you think you may need a home care service in the future?
If you answered yes to either of those questions we really want to hear what you think of adult social care in the borough. Please follow this link to complete the survey........
"Enfield 229" has issued a second bulletin with information about its campaign against drastic reductions in Enfield Council's Museums and Archives Service (see this earlier article). The campaigners are now expecting a decision by the end of November, but say that there have been contradictory indications about the proposed scale of cuts to the service.
Despite reassurances that "nothing has been finalised yet", the campaigners claim to have learnt that plans are in place to delete all.......
Haringey Council is reportedly considering closing Wolves Lane Garden Centre as part of the cost savings measures it is having to make in response to cuts in central government funding.
Unlike most garden centres, which are almost entirely focussed on sales, the Wolves Lane Centre has several important community roles:
it provides training in gardening skills to help people with physical and/or learning difficulties or seeking employment
it provides work experience for schoolchildren
it.......
The charity London Wildlife Trust is appealing to householders to reverse the trend towards paving over gardens, especially front gardens from which rainwater spills onto roads and into drains. The following article is reproduced from the Trust's website.
We are losing our gardens at an alarming rate. The allure of free off-street parking, a bigger bike shed or simply the idea of a low maintenance space in our busy modern lives has left our city’s gardens in crisis.
In London,.......
Transport for London (TfL) is continuing to develop its ideas for the routing of the proposed Crossrail 2 rail link and is putting new proposals out for public consultation. A recent development with implications for our readership concerns the routing of the spur between Dalston and New Southgate.
The main section of Crossrail 2 will run in a tunnel between Tottenham and Clapham Junction, via Dalston, Angel, Euston/St Pancras, Tottenham Court Road, Victoria and Kings Road Chelsea. .......
Halloween is nearly here and the days are numbered for our favourite spooky staple, the pumpkin!
Two in five of us will buy one, carve it and then throw it away even though they can be used to make all sorts of delicious food.
Enfield Council is backing the North London Waste Authority (NLWA) and environmental sustainability charity Hubbub who are holding a ‘Pumpkin Rescue Festival’, to reduce this type of food waste.
Everyone is welcome to come along to one of the events listed.......
If you think a local park, sports field or other green space is "the UK's Best", you have until 4th November to submit a nomination to the organisation Fields in Trust.
Fields in Trust is dedicated to protecting "vital open spaces all across the UK" and many parks, sports fields, playgrounds and other open spaces are members.
For the first time this year members of the public will be able to nominate open spaces (not necessarily Fields in Trust members) for a new award UK's Best Park - As.......