21 July 2020
Stitch! is now back to opening six days a week and activities in the shop are recommencing, alongside online sessions using Zoom.
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01 July 2020
The Child Poverty Action Group has launched a campaign to keep travel on London transport free for under-18s.
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16 December 2019
Pupils at an Enfield primary school have collaborated with their music teacher to make a single about climate change and a YouTube video where the children talk about the threat of global rising temperatures and the part that reforestation can play in reducing the rate of temperature increase. All profits will go to the TreesForCities charity.
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11 September 2019
At the Charity Today awards ceremony on 7th September Noah's Ark children's hospice was named Charity of the Year.
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24 August 2019
New government guidance issued this week will simplify the process for organising play streets. It will no longer be necessary for organisers to advertise the temporary road closures.
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18 June 2019
It is Refugee Week from 17-23 June, and there are seven 'simple acts' to raise awareness of the refugee experience. One of them is to 'share a story' in order to learn more about the point of view of refugees themselves. Helen Swinyard shares The Boy at the Back of the Class. (Originally published in Tottenham Community News)
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06 March 2019
Paws and Read is coming to Palmers Green Library on Saturday 9 March! If your child is an unconfident or reluctant reader or has additional learning needs, they'll benefit from reading to Hotspur!
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08 October 2018
Young Voices Pop Choir have released a video of their 2018 summer camp
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09 September 2018
Donating just £10 will help Noah’s Ark build North London’s only children’s hospice building and support more than 1,200 babies, children and young people with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions. The Ark will complement our existing Hospice-at-Home services, providing 24-hour end-of-life, post-death and bereavement care, overnight stays and sensory, music and art rooms.
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04 September 2018
My name is Courtney Hagen Ford, and I am a student at Royal Holloway University of London. I am working on a PhD project, funded by the Leverhulme Trust, which is looking at how parents use technology to keep an eye on their children and teens and how this is responded to.
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22 November 2017
The following figures are taken from a press release regarding London Councils' pre-budget submission
London has experienced significant funding cuts
The 2017-18 local government finance settlement confirmed cuts to core funding of 26% in real terms over 3 years. This comes on top of a cumulative cut to core funding of over 50% in real terms since 2010-11, meaning core funding from central government to councils will have fallen by 63% in real terms over the decade to 2019-20.
London.......
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16 October 2017
Play in a Day - Chickenshed’s Autumn Half Term workshops for children aged 5 – 11 years.
Over the course of an enjoyable day, children will participate in story-making, dancing, drama, singing and play.
The children will work together in the morning to develop creative ideas that will then be developed in the afternoon – ending the day with a sharing of a short performance.
The workshops are on Monday 23 October, Tuesday 24 October and Wednesday 25 October from 10am.......
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02 October 2017
Give an hour's salary to help build Noah's Ark Children's Hospice - the first such hospice in North London.
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Noah’s Ark currently supports over 160 children who are seriously unwell, 230 of their siblings and 350 of their parents / guardians. Our dedicated team do this by providing holistic, bespoke care.
We need to provide more care for more children and their families.
We need to construct The Ark, a specialist children’s hospice building........
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02 October 2017
Talkies volunteer Kate Braithwaite will be among the friendly faces welcoming you to the Little Shed of HorrorsWondering what to do with your little horrors at Halloween to keep them away from trick and treat mischief? If they're 11 or older you can treat them to a trip to a Little Shed of Horrors where they (and you) can hear some live (well, undead) music, focus on some fright-inducing faces and marvel at a monstrous movie.
This horrid invitation is extended by Talkies.......
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08 August 2017
This article originally appeared on the Rethinking Childhood website and is republished with the permission of the author, Tim Gill.
This week marked a milestone in the UK street play movement, with the publication of three new reports.
The first is an evaluation report by the University of Bristol [pdf link], published by Play England, which looked mainly at the health outcomes for children. The second is a report [pdf link] from Playing Out, the Bristol-based national hub for street play, of.......
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26 July 2017
Enfield Council is currently consulting on the following:
Enfield Children's Centres: "providing the right services at the right time, think family, build family resilience and develop our workforce so that we continue to improve outcomes for families"
Housing allocation: Letting social rented homes
Parking Penalty Charge Notices
Social Care Charging Policy
Temporary Accommodation Placement Policy
A list of current consultations is always available at www.enfield.gov.uk/consultations........
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17 July 2017
Splendour & Sparkle will be launching "Cooking Champions" in September 2017 - cooking lessons for children with an emphasis on healthy living.
Lessons will take place at Palmers Green United Reformed Church (Fox Lane/Burford Gardens) on Thursday afternoons. Times will be as follows:
Preschool 2pm-3pm
5 to 9 year olds 3:15pm - 4:15pm
11 to 14 year olds 4:30pm - 6pm
The hour sessions are £10 each or £8 each if you book five in advance. The hour and a half sessions are.......
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02 July 2017
Enfield Council is consulting residents about its proposals to reduce the number of children's centres. Like other council services, spending reductions are required because of severe reductions in central government funding. The council's budget for children's centres is reducing from £1.6m to £1.03m per year.
The proposal is to reduce the number of children's centres hubs from four to one. The single hub would have "satellites" at schools throughout the borough.
It is.......
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26 April 2017
Latest news from local initiative KidDrop
We are delighted to inform all the parents part of our network that KidDrop (www.kiddrop.net) - first and unique social networking platform for busy parents has been launched. It is centred around UK nursery and school communities and has already gained a lot of following in Enfield and Haringay boroughs.
The purpose is to build relationships with other parents in your school/nursery communities and ultimately share the load of picking up and.......
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11 March 2017
The latest addition to the Community Directory is a website that offers a "one-stop shop for anything a local parent needs".
Sophia’s Diary is a one-stop website for anything a local parent needs. We promote children’s group and classes, family events, family friendly places to go, and local business. Many businesses offer exclusive discounts to users too.
We also have a community page to keep you up-to date with matters that are relevant for families.
Please visit.......
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