03 June 2019
Could you be a Compassionate Neighbour? Compassionate Neighbours is a community-led project supporting people with a life-limiting illness, who may be lonely or socially isolated.
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02 April 2019
Do you want to support people to learn to fix their bicycles? Do you want to gain experience + skills in bicycle maintenance? There are volunteering opportunities with London Grown.
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07 March 2019
Learn to be a volunteer: One-to-One Enfield is running a free accredited course at Community House, Edmonton, on 29th April, 1st May and 3rd of May (9.45am to 2.45pm). You need to attend all three sessions. On completion of the course the organisers can support you to find voluntary work.
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12 February 2019
Citizens Advice Enfield urgently needs volunteers to work in its shops in Palmers Green and to help build a social media profile.
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10 February 2019
The formal opening of the rebuilt Shaftesbury Hall in Bowes Park took place on Saturday 9th February. The building is owned by North London Samaritans and replaces a Victorian 'tin tabernacle' - a small chapel built predominantly of corrugated metal.
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06 February 2019
The two Citizen's Advice Bureau shops in Palmers Green - north and south of the North Circular - are both looking for more volunteers.
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29 January 2019
An NHS organisation in North Central London is seeking two resident representatives to join a team which will be piloting the introduction of Teledermatology - a new method of diagnosing skin conditions.
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28 November 2018
The transformation of a semi-derelict "tin tabernacle" in Bowes Park into a modern facility for use by the Samaritans in their life-saving work is now complete.
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24 September 2018
The Nightingale Cancer Support Centre currently looking for new trustees. We are particularly keen to recruit people with experience in Information Technology, PR, Marketing and Fundraising, but people with other relevant skills who are able to contribute at a strategic level are also welcome.
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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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02 June 2018
On Friday 22 June an event is being arranged especially focused on older people living in Enfield. This Friendship Matters event is aimed at attracting those who may be experiencing loneliness and isolation to attend and become engaged by meeting with individuals and groups and thereby improve their quality of life.
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29 May 2018
Have you been supported by a local voluntary or community organisation in Enfield and want to say thank you? Nominate them for an Enfield Together Award!
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21 May 2018
The Felix Project's Enfield depot rescues food that would otherwise be wasted and supplies it to charities who use it to support their clients. The Enfield depot is keen to recruit many more volunteers to collect and distribute food. It is also seeking to involve more supermarkets and food distributors and increase the amount of surplus food that it handles.
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09 May 2018
The Friends of Firs Farm want their second Summer Wetlands Festival to be even better than last year's, when more than 3000 people attended. They still need more volunteers to help organise and run the day's fun, and sponsorship from businesses or individuals. And they are also seeking further sponsors for their next big project - the Firs Farm Community Hub.
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07 May 2018
Palmers Green resident Adele Barr is just one of many people who have benefited from the services provided by the Helen Rollason Cancer Charity. As well as continuing to use its services in Edmonton, she raises money for the charity through a craft stall in the entrance to the North Middlesex Hospital. This is her story.
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28 March 2018
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14 March 2018
A hardcore fundraiser has dived into a challenge to swim the English Channel for Enfield-based charity, the Nightingale Cancer Support Centre.
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13 March 2018
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28 February 2018
On 15th March North London Hospice will be launching its Health and Wellbeing Service and its day centre in Barrowell Green will become the Health and Wellbeing Centre. This isn't just a new name for its existing outpatient services - the Hospice is in the process of expanding the scale and range of services it offers to patients and carers, with a special focus on symptom management, rehabilitation, self-management, social, psychological and emotional wellbeing.
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