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Charities

Face Front Inclusive Theatre: Call-out for musicians/music facilitators

04 May 2022

'Face Front run several inclusive and participatory arts groups for adults and young people in North and East London. The groups include disabled and neurodivergent participants who range in age and group size. Many of our groups work towards creating collaboratively devised ensemble performances that are presented in professional theatre venues. We are looking for creative, energetic, patient and collaborative practitioners to widen our pool of music based facilitators'.

Enfield's biggest cancer walk is back!

20 April 2022

Nightingale Cancer Support Centre celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, and its popular Night Hike is back after a two-year gap. On Friday 20th May hundreds of people will be walking the 10K or 15K Night Hike route around our beautiful borough raising money for this wonderful charity. Why not join in the fun?

Age UK Enfield support for armed forces veterans and their families

09 February 2022

The Veteran's Support Project operated by Age UK Enfield provides advice and support, plus social events, for anyone who has served in the armed forces or done National Service. Support is also provided to the families of Veterans.

Centenarian sets herself a charity jam making challenge

01 February 2022

Enfield's Nightingale Cancer Support Centre has benefited from many fundraising efforts - but this one is truly remarkable!

Have an audience with a TV gardener

24 January 2022

On Thursday 24th March there's chance to meet TV presenter and gardener Christine Walkden at an event in Cuffley Hall raising money for the Nightingale Cancer Centre. Tickets are strictly limited, so book early to avoid disappointment.

Needles at the ready - it's the Big Knit 2022!

21 January 2022

Can you help Age UK Enfield raise money by knitting little hats for the Big Knit? Innocent Smoothies donate 25p for each hat we send them - last time we got over £700 and this year we are determined to beat that!

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Care awards for Age UK Enfield

08 December 2021

Age UK Enfield, the leading organisation for older people in Enfield, has won two awards at the Great British Care Awards Regional Finals: the Covid Hero Team Award and the Outstanding Dementia Carer Award, which went to Andrew Hall..

Rise to the Big Give Christmas challenge!

01 December 2021

Between now and 7th December any money that you donate to one or more out of a list of 921 charities will be doubled by Big Give charity's partners. How to choose between so many good causes? Difficult, but here are a couple of suggestions that are close to my heart.

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Cards for Good Causes - no PG shop this year

27 October 2021

The Cards for Good Causes shop, a regular visitor to PG for nearly three decades, will be missing from Fox Lane this year. Diana Goforth explains why.

The Nightingale Fashion Week - look good while caring for patients and planet

12 October 2021

As its twentieth anniversary approaches, the Nightingale Cancer Support Centre is this year expanding its annual Fashion Show and running the first Nightingale Fashion Week, from 11th to 15th Octobe

This girl can!

14 September 2021

Are you a woman over 50 in Enfield, recovering from illness or Cancer? Ready to get moving and get a confidence boost? Join us for 12 FREE fitness sessions to boost self confidence and wellbeing, improve fitness, energy levels, strength, balance and coordination.

A festival of food in Broomfield Park!

28 August 2021

Details of the gastronomic delights that we'll be able to partake of at the Palmers Green Food Festival next month are being gradually revealed. One of the highlights will be a London-themed pie baking competition.

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Wanted: End Child Poverty Youth Ambassadors

22 August 2021

The charity End Child Poverty is recruiting End Child Poverty Youth Ambassadors. The deadline for applying to become one is 6th September. Please share with organisations, schools and individuals who might be interested.

The Felix Project is seeking new volunteers

19 August 2021

The Felix Project is very short of volunteers, especially drivers.

Enjoy a Moulin Rouge outdoor dining experience!

04 August 2021

Local gastro-charity Cooking Champions will be providing a Moulin Rouge Outdoor Dining Experience in Broomfield Community Orchard on 3rd September, designed to match the theme of that evening's open-air screening of Baz Luhrman's 2001 romantic film of the same name.

Help keep Zebras Children's Club running

03 August 2021

Enfield charity Zebras, which supports adults and children with learning disabilities, has launched an appeal for money to keep its Children's Club in operation. This is a unique inclusive club for children with disabilities and their siblings and has been running since 2015, but the pandemic has severely impacted the charity's fundraising.

An urgent appeal from Cooking Champions

28 July 2021

Cooking Champions is run by Palmers Green resident Clare Donovan and since March 2020 has been playing a vital role feeding schoolchildren and families who would otherwise go hungry. Clare has issued an urgent appeal for food, with a list of required items.

Your invitation to a special Birthday Weekend Walk

21 July 2021

On 21st August the Nightingale Cancer Support Centre will be celebrating 19 years of work to help cancer patients and their families. They'd love to invite you round to their offices in Baker Street for a birthday party, but there just isn't room for everyone and at the moment celebrating is best done outdoors. So they're inviting you to help them celebrate by getting together with family, friends, work colleagues, neighbours (anyone!) and going for a 10 kilometre walk to raise some much needed funds.

North London Hospice's Out of Hours Service - an appeal for help

07 July 2021

North London Hospice's Out of Hours Service needs your URGENT help to keep it going. Our patients and families need us 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Just because it's the middle of the night doesn’t mean the need decreases; for many people that's when they need us most.

Celebrate a cancer charity's anniversary by going on a birthday walk

09 June 2021

On 21st August it will be the Nightingale Cancer Support Centre's 19th birthday, and they've sent us all an invitation!

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Become a Friend of Cooking Champions today!

Become a Friend of Cooking Champions today!

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

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