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Green Lanes gets greener this Friday

16 March 2022

Palmers Green Action Team have some exciting news for everyone interested in making our home town live up to the Green in its name. This week the project to create a green link between two parks - Broomfield and Hazelwood Rec - will take a big step forward with the installation of four new trees along Green Lanes, each housed in a large and stylish pot.

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Park friends group looking for a new treasurer

21 January 2022

Friends of Broomfield Park have a vacancy for a vital position on their committee. Could you or someone you know fill this gap?

Residents' association looking to rewrite its constitution

18 January 2022

The committee of Fox Lane & District Residents' Association has called an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) on 26th January with the aim of agreeing a revised version of the Association's constitution and introducing a new code of conduct for members. The FLDRA AGM will be held on 30th March.

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Catching the Light at the Wellbeing Centre

01 December 2021

This Saturday and Sunday, pop along to the North London Hospice's Wellbeing Centre in Barrowell Green to see Catching the Light 2, an exhibition of work by five members of the hospice's patient and family photography group.

Community projects awarded grants of up to £70,000

17 November 2021

A new community hub at Firs Farm Wetlands and improved equipment in Tottenhall Rec are among the projects that will be benefiting from the first round of the Enfield Neighbourhood Fund.

A busy year for the Friends of Broomfield Park

14 November 2021

Watch a presentation about the last year's work by the Friends of Broomfield Park.

Seeking new singers: a lively and happy community choir

13 November 2021

A choir that was set up earlier this year is seeking new singers and new chances to perform. You can catch them at the Culture Palace on 4th December.

Funding our Floral Friends

20 October 2021

The appeal by the Friends of Broomfield Park for donations to help restore three of the park's borders has got off to a great start. Only four days after sending out their first email asking for donations, enough money had flowed in for the Friends to start work on one of the borders this autumn. However, the volunteers are still £1000 short of the amount they need to complete the project.

After a 19 month wait, Talkies presents its 2020 short films commissions winners

13 October 2021

On Saturday 13th November Talkies Community Cinema presents its first indoor screening for 19 months, restarting where it left off by presenting the six short films that won its 2020 commissions and were due to be shown on 21st March 2020.

Broomfield Conservatory reopens its doors!

19 August 2021

Broomfield Conservatory has now reopened to the public. Visiting hours are 2.30 to 4.30 on Wednesdays and Sundays. On Sunday 5th September there will be a sale of house plants to raise funds for the upkeep of the Conservatory.

Grab a piece of the Action on the 14th

04 August 2021

Palmers Green Action Team is gearing up for another community litter-pick and clean-up on Saturday 14th August between 10am and noon.

Working together to make Southgate cleaner, safer and greener!

03 August 2021

The borough-wide Month of Sundays festival will be stopping off in Southgate on Sunday 15th August, and one of the many activities taking place near the tube station will be the launch of a new campaign - Cleaner, Safer, Greener Southgate.

A hero of our community!

21 July 2021

PG resident David Williamson is Enfield Community Hero for July.

Ruth Winston says 'Welcome back!'

16 July 2021

We are delighted to announce that the Ruth Winston Community Centre will be welcoming back some of its popular classes as from Monday 19th July.

Building a multigenerational chill-out space

14 July 2021

A new 'chill-out' space in Broomfield Park which was formally opened last Wednesday has been designed and built by pupils from Broomfield School to provide somewhere for people of different generations to spend time together in the park. The project is a collaboration between the school, the Palmers Greenery community cafe, the Friends of Broomfield Park and the charity Build Up.

Re-opening the doors at 190 Green Lanes

11 May 2021

The Ruth Winston Centre will be re-opening for drop-ins and some low-activity classes from 24th May.

Coming up: A burst of cultural joy in the park

07 April 2021

Instead of hibernating over the winter, Friends of Broomfield Park have been busy organising the Broomfield Summer Festival, an amazing array of music, theatre, dance, cinema, family and food events.

Marvellous mosaics!

31 March 2021

They took a long time to piece together, but at last the mosaic artworks for Palmers Green station are in place. They've been installed in existing recesses in the wall underneath the stairs to Platform 2 and can be viewed as an ensemble from the very front of Platform 1.

Local civic activist recognised as a Woman of Influence

23 March 2021

A local civic sector activist has been named as a Woman of Influence by a professional planning journal in view of her contribution to the development of an innovative method of involving the wider community in shaping local development proposals.

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Mayor's grant gives go-ahead for greening Green Lanes

17 March 2021

Thanks to the pledges and likes posted by local people on Facehive, the Palmers Green Action Team's project to start creating a green chain from Broomfield Park to Hazelwood Rec is now assured financially. The money taking the project over the finishing line came in the shape of a grant of £4,065 from the Mayor of London. Added to the more than £1,500 pledged by individuals and organisations, that takes the total to just under £6,000, 128 per cent of the target of £4,363.

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