16 December 2024
Enfield Council is consulting about proposals to cease providing children's centre services at Hazelwood School in Palmers Green and Raynham School in Edmonton.
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12 December 2024
The family link team at Barnet-based Noah's Ark children's hospice has won Hospice UK's Team of the Year award
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10 December 2024
The NHS in North Central London is inviting parents to two online advice sessions about what to do if your child is ill. There is also a recording of a previous advice session that you can watch and links to clinical advice about common childhood illnesses.
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11 November 2024
In September Barnet-based Noah's Ark Children's Hospice won an Investing in Volunteers award from the UK Volunteering Forum (UKVF) in recognition of its excellence in managing and developing its pool of 163 volunteers.
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30 September 2024
The Mums for Lungs campaign argues that controlled parking zones (CPZs) are good for children's health because by reducing traffic they protect developing lungs from exposure to air pollution from engines and tyres. The campaign urges parents to support CPZs near their homes and schools even if they themselves do not drive.
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12 June 2024
The national charity Living Streets is calling on the public to write to election candidates asking them to support policies that will create child-friendly streets. They have designed a door hanger for people to download that will help get the message to candidates and political parties.
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05 October 2023
Journeys and Places are offering FREE half term holiday cycle skills sessions for various age groups this October half term.
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26 July 2023
On six days this summer the council's Journeys & Places team will be running free cycling activities for children to learn to ride, improve their cycling skills and join in cycling games. A variety of bikes and trikes will be provided to suit ages 6-16.
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15 July 2023
Journeys and Places are offering FREE summer holiday Learn to Ride and Basic Cycle Skills sessions for various age groups from Monday 31st July to Friday 25th August. Sessions will take place at Winchmore Secondary School.
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18 April 2023
Sally Bailey's upbringing involved playing in the woods for hours, making dens, mud pies and telling stories in fields of barley and making golden memories. And in Broomfield Park every Wednesday morning, in (almost) all weathers, she'll be recreating a little bit of this lost world for today's kids.
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08 February 2023
Enfield Council's Journeys & Places team are offering FREE half term holiday cycle skills sessions for various age groups from Monday 13th February to Friday 17th February.
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30 September 2022
A children's author whose plot ideas came to her while daydreaming when waiting for trains to Palmers Green will be signing copies of her books at the Holtwhites shop on Aldermans Hill on 14th October.
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09 September 2022
A reminder that 4th Southgate Scout Group have vacancies for both Beavers and Cubs.
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22 August 2022
A recent TV news report featured the work of Noah's Ark children's hospice in Barnet.
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13 July 2022
The Summer Reading Challenge is on! There's plenty of time to join in - it continues until 17th September.
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09 May 2022
Is your 8-11 year old interested in drama? At Collage Voices for only £2 for a weekly session they will have the chance to work with professional actor and facilitator Simone Cornelius to build their confidence and learn foundational acting skills through games, exercises, devising and script.
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20 April 2022
Mayfield Tennis and Sports Club is promising a fun-packed day for the local community on Saturday 30th April. There'll be a chance to share a court with professionals and to try out other sports, plus activities for kids. Money raised will go towards new courts and the launch of tennis coaching for disabled people.
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13 April 2022
The Friends of Broomfield Park are creating another summer to remember with a kaleidoscope of events featuring music, theatre, family events, a food festival and much more - something for everyone. Broomfield Summer Festival runs from June to September, using the 'Broomfield Bowl' - a former bowling green repurposed for live outdoor events.
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16 February 2022
A charity set up to defend UK children who are growing up in poverty has called on the government to do more to protect 3.6 million children in families living on universal credit from the effects of sharp rises in the cost of food, energy and other basic essentials.
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16 February 2022
In the first of a series of webinars organised by the charity Playing Out, Kim Leadbeater MP talks about how play streets can help build more resilient communities.
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