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
A recording of yesterday's election hustings for the Southgate & Wood Green constituency is now online. The LibDems were represented by their election agent as their candidate could not attend. As happened with the Edmonton & Winchmore Hill hustings, both the Conservative and Reform parties failed to take up the invitation to participate.
A recording of yesterday's election hustings for the Edmonton and Winchmore Hill constituency is now online. All candidates apart from those standing for the Conservatives and Reform attended.
Ahead of next months's general election, Enfield Dispatch, Enfield Climate Action Forum and LocalMotion Enfield are joining forces to run online hustings focussing on three of the most pressing issues that the next government has to tackle: the housing crisis, the cost of living and, last but certainly not least, climate change.
Enfield Dispatch, the borough's chief source of genuinely independent local news, is setting up a stabilisation fund in order to put its finances on a more sustainable basis, and is looking for patrons to contribute £500 or more.
Full council will debate the Enfield Local Plan on Tuesday 19th March at 7pm. There will be overspill accommodation at the Civic Centre to watch the debate, which will also be accessible online.
Palmers Green ward forum will be meeting on 20th February, which will provide an opportunity to discuss the draft Enfield Local Plan with ward councillors.
Francis Sealey, chair of Enfield Climate Action Forum, suggests that local 'community hubs' like those that he helped organise in 2022 and 2023 can help overcome some of the shortcomings in the way democracy works in the UK.
Action for Enfield's Future - a non-political consortium of Enfield-based residents and civil sector groups - are asking the borough's residents to write to their ward councillors requesting a special ward forum to discuss the draft Enfield Local Plan. In Winchmore Hill ward a meeting is already scheduled for Friday 19th January.