Also this week...
Societies issue final appeal to public to object to draft Enfield Local Plan - Forum discussion
Reported elsewhere...
The Crouch End filmmaker spotlighting London’s launderettes
What are the most powerful climate actions you can take? The expert view
Cancer: here’s the role exercise plays, from prevention to treatment
How Helsinki and Oslo cut pedestrian deaths to zero
A third of the vote shouldn't be enough to elect a mayor
Nick Waplington’s photography explores the private lives of 1980s Britain
Half price entry to top London venues for Londoners
The London Eye is now a permanent London attraction
Minding the gap at Ealing Broadway: 'It's a scandal, it's a death trap'
Climate change: World's oceans suffer from record-breaking year of heat
Record-breaking increase in CO2 levels in world’s atmosphere
Gatwick Express: The 40th anniversary of British Rail’s “supertrain”
Staff shortages stop 1.4 million NHS operations each year, top doctors warn
Police roads chief wants tougher sentences to deter bad driving
Stockholm to ban petrol and diesel cars from start of next year
Giving people more transport choices is an economy boost and levelling up opportunity
Latest from Enfield Dispatch
Winchmore Hill’s answer to Woodstock
Greens defend ‘noble’ decision by assembly member to resign three days after re-election
Council to investigate ‘house’ built on Edmonton allotment plot
Hundreds of extra homes set to be added to final phase of Alma Estate regeneration
Capel Manor gardening students win gold in national competition
‘All dayer’ at Broomfield Park to celebrate jazz funk and soul music scenes
Violent moped-riding watch robber from Southgate jailed
Hall claims Khan ‘underperformed’ in City Hall election
Seven Enfield parks to be managed as part of ‘nature recovery’ pilot scheme
Deaf dog grooming student among Enfield award winners after helping teach sign language
No ‘plan B’ for Khan if he’d lost City Hall election
Khan plays down UK economic growth figures
Sadiq Khan handed 3.9% pay rise
Council considering pedestrian crossings at major Palmers Green junction
Fresh £14.5m City Hall investment in violence reduction programme
Walking route linking North London to South London launched
Cockfosters hair salon boss up for prestigious national award
Khan welcomes ‘progress’ on HS2 as government set to spend £1bn on Euston tunnel
Susan Hall thanks Tory voters after ‘nearly’ beating Sadiq Khan
New ‘North London Music Hub’ to be created with £2.35m government funding
Edmonton MP Kate Osamor reinstated by Labour Party after three-month suspension
Edmonton residents invited to comment on area’s flood risk
Former City Hall Conservatives criticise ‘negative’ campaign by Susan Hall
Pro-Palestine campaigners protest at Barclays in Enfield over links to Israeli weapons
Whitewebbs Park users stage protest as judicial review verdict still awaited
Enfield masseur found guilty of 20 sexual offences against clients
Green assembly member quits City Hall three days after re-election
Enfield Town promoted after sensational play-off final win
Joanne McCartney elected to represent Enfield and Haringey at City Hall for sixth term
Lib Dems claim third place in mayoral election
Sadiq Khan slams “non-stop negativity” of opponents as he wins third term
City Hall: Elections in context
Enfield volunteers receive ‘lifetime achievement’ awards
Lottery funding to help restore listed Lavender Hill Cemetery Chapel
Disgraced ex-councillor takes up senior role with Labour Party in Edmonton
I got called up for dreaded ‘jury duty’ – here’s what it was like
‘Spring celebration’ event at Meridian Water’s temporary garden
Enfield Town through to play-off final after edging game with North London rivals
Consultations and surveys
Enfield Transport Strategy and Place Shaping Framework (Enfield Council 20/5/2024)
New Enfield Local Plan - Regulation 19 consultation (Enfield Council 20/5/2024)
Flood awareness (Edmonton) (Enfield Council 26/5/2024)
Talkies Community Cinema
What's On: All upcoming events
Saturday 4 May until Sunday 26 May
12.00pm - 4.00pmGive & Take: Exhibition by Arbeit Artist in Residence Tope Olufemi (not every day)
Sunday 19 May until Saturday 25 May
Incognito Theatre present Gaslight by Patrick Hamilton
Monday 20 May
10.00am - 10.30amBounce & Rhyme @ PG Library (up to 18mo)
10.00am - 3.00pmAll-ability cycling hub for adults
10.30am - 12.30pmFoodbank at Southgate Mosque - no referral needed
5.00pm - 7.00pmTea and Chess Society at Palmers Green Library
8.00pmTalk by Ann Cable, Deputy Lieutenant of Enfield and Chief Commissioner of St John Ambulance
Tuesday 21 May
10.00am - 12.00pmWinchmore Folk Dance Club
10.30am - 12.00pmWeekly Knit & Natter at Stitch! (Free)
7.00pmHighfield Ward Forum
Wednesday 22 May
10.00am - 3.00pmActive Ageing: Free event for over 50s and young-at-hearts
10.45am - 11.45amActive Enfield free weekly walk in Broomfield Park
7.00pmArnos Grove Ward Forum
Thursday 23 May
1.30pm - 3.00pmNew River Shanty Crew: folk songs and shanties for all abilities
7.00pm - 8.00pmPilates class - beginners to intermediate
7.00pm - 9.00pmFilm premiere: Pymmes Park - the Lungs of Edmonton
8.00pmCollage Jazz
Friday 24 May
10.00am - 11.00amStories & Play @ PG Library (18mths-4yrs)
10.00am - 11.30amTherapeutic art workshop: Confidence building and growth mindset
1.00pm - 3.00pmAll-ability cycling hub for adults
4.00pm - 6.00pmCommunity drop-in engagement event: Permanent redesign of Devonshire Square
8.30pmSt Harmonica's Blues Club
Saturday 25 May and Sunday 26 May
10.00am - 4.00pmBowls Big Weekend and May Fayre at Selborne Bowling Club
10.00am - 4.00pmOpen Weekend at Winchmore Hill Bowls Club
Saturday 25 May
9.00am - 3.00pmThe Great Enfield Vintage & Collectibles Fair
9.30amBroomfield Park Active Club - note earlier start time
10.00amPlant sale in aid of Nightingale Cancer Support
12.30pm - 1.30pmFree inclusive tennis for teens and adults
7.00pmPark Live presents Temper Diablo
Wednesday 29 May
7.00pm - 9.00pmBi-weekly stitch and knit social a Stitch!
8.00pmNorth London Organic Gardeners: GROW - a local agro-ecological farm
Friday 31 May
11.00am - 12.00pmSilver Surfers Tech Hub
8.00pm - 10.00pmForty Hall Jazz Club: Emma Smith with the Steve Taylor Trio
8.00pmResistance Comedy: Friday Night Funnies Go Large
Saturday 1 June until Sunday 30 June
London Festival of Architecture
Saturday 1 June
2.00pm - 4.00pmPalmers Green Library Youth Chess Club
2.30pm - 4.30pmPeople with Voices poetry and ideas workshop
Sunday 2 June
Big Fun Walk in aid of North London Hospice
11.00am - 4.00pmMyddleton Road Market
2.00pm - 5.00pmBowes & Bounds Repair Café
Monday 3 June until Sunday 9 June
London Festival of Architecture: Shaping Wood Green exhibition
Monday 3 June
5.00pm - 7.00pmLondon Festival of Architecture: Clarendon Gasworks regeneration walking tour
Tuesday 4 June
11.00am, 12.30pm, 2.00pmLondon Festival of Architecture: Alexandra Palace Behind the Scenes Tour
11.00am - 1.00pmArmed forces veterans' social group meeting
Wednesday 5 June
11.00am - 12.00pmWellbeing Wander in Broomfield Park
5.00pm - 7.00pmLondon Festival of Architecture event: Wolves Lane, a vision for sustainable communities through innovative design and construction
7.00pmEnfield Poets present Caroline Bird at Forty Hall
Thursday 6 June until Saturday 8 June
London Festival of Architecture: Exclusive Tour of Haringey’s grade II listed Civic Centre prior to refurbishment
Pegasus Opera Company: Windrush, the Journey
Thursday 6 June
11.00am, 12.30pm, 2.00pmLondon Festival of Architecture: Alexandra Palace Behind the Scenes Tour
7.45pmTalkies Community Cinema: The Innocent
Friday 7 June
3.45pm - 5.00pmCreative Writing Club at Palmers Green Library (ages 8 to 14)
7.00pm - 9.00pmFilm premiere: Pymmes Park - the Lungs of Edmonton
Saturday 8 June
2.00pm - 3.00pmPalmers Greenery 10th Anniversary Dog Show
2.00pm - 5.00pmSashiko Workshop - Learn the art of visible mending! @ The Fox
7.30pmWinchmore Folk Dance Club: Saturday Evening Dance
Sunday 9 June
10.00am - 3.00pmForty Hall Farmers' Market
11.00am, 2.00pmTeddy Bear's Picnic Theatre Show
11.00am - 5.00pmPalmers Greenery Community Fun Day
2.00pm - 5.00pmAll Good Bookshop Repair Café
4.00pmEnfield in Song sing show tunes and other popular melodies
Tuesday 11 June
9.30am - 11.00amGrief Café at Enfield Town Library
6.30pm - 8.00pmMonthly Menopause Meetup
Saturday 15 June
10.00am - 4.00pmPalmers Green Summer Market
7.00pmCalf to Cow present Sherlock and Watson: A Murder in the Garden
Wednesday 19 June until Saturday 22 June
Southgate Opera present La Vie Parisienne
Saturday 22 June
2.00pm - 9.00pmSaturday Love All Dayer
7.30pmEnfield Choral Society Summer Jazz Concert
Tuesday 25 June
10.30amLondon Rivers Week: Walk from Tottenham to Enfield Lock
2.00pm - 5.00pmCommunity Hub at Ruth Winston Centre: Climate Change and Older People
Saturday 6 July
5.00pmBoxtree Productions present The Wind in the Willows
7.00pm - 10.30pmCéilidh in aid of Nightingale Cancer Support
Saturday 13 July
4.00pm - 11.00pmJanine Johnson: Soul in the Park
7.00pmPark Live: The Britpop Boys
7.30pmWinchmore String Orchestra: Concert in aid of Sing Out Choir
Latest EnCAF & GlobalNet21 webinars
14 May 2024
How Climate Change Will Alter Our Food
10 May 2024
Collaborative Projects To Green Up Neighbourhoods
24 April 2024
The Coming Heat Storm
24 April 2024
Extreme Heat & Tree Canopies
24 April 2024
Tackling Floods Through Sponge Cities
10 April 2024
Feedback From London Assembly Hustings
10 April 2024
TacklingFly-tipping
9 April 2024
The Climate Crisis - One Minute to Midnight
27 March 2024
Extreme Weather & The Vulnerable
26 March 2024
Adapting To Climate Change
25 March 2024
Rich Countries Have A High Carbon Footprint
20 March 2024
Can Democracy Cope With Climate Change
19 March 2024
Fly-tipping and its Impact on our Environment
18 March 2024