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ENFIELD
A MAGAZINE FOR THE PEOPLE OF ENFIELD
OUR
AUGUST 2019
Keep on running
Enfield Council @EnfieldCouncil
www.enfield.gov.uk
OUR
ENFIELD
I have recently launched a
series of tours around Enfield’s
People are
increasingly CONTENTS
town centres so residents and spending money
on experiences P2-7 News
businesses can help the Council
rather than P9 New Mayor and Young
create community led action plans
products and Mayors appointed
to reinvigorate our high streets.
our town centres
As part of the Town Centre Tours, I need to reflect P10-11 Major progress at
held a meeting in Palmers Green in that. That is Meridian Water
July and it was a pleasure to meet why our draft Local Plan says we P12 Summer Uni
passionate, engaging and creative want to make sure our town centres
people and hear their ideas on how are vibrant, vital and valued and P13 Results Day
we could rejuvenate the area. are successful in both social and P14-15 Olympic Hero visits
Ultimately these meetings will help economic terms. Edmonton
us to develop unique visions for each This year I have had many public P16-17 Cancer Awareness
town centre. An important part of meetings across the borough, talking
that process is removing needless to residents about a variety of issues. P18 Cycle Enfield Summer
obstacles to businesses, which is I will continue to have more public Activities
why I also met traders to hear their meetings focusing on our town
P19 Ride and Park
comments about things that need to centres and high streets, including
be dealt with by the Council. in Edmonton Green and Angel P20-21 Rubbish and recycling
It is not a secret that town centres Edmonton. collection services
across the country are facing We hope to continue to build on changes
challenges so it’s up to us to significant successes this year including P23 Building new housing
collectively develop strategies and a £6 million cash injection into and homelessness
practical help to support businesses Enfield Town Centre from the Mayor strategies
and allow our communities to flourish. of London/Transport for London’s
Liveable Neighbourhoods fund and P24 Cash injection for netball
Not every town centre has the
same challenges or desires so these the announcement of new owners P25 Repairs Service
fact-finding missions will help us for Edmonton Green shopping centre
and subsequent investment plans. P27 Intiatives launched to
to understand what is genuinely make Enfield safer
needed and help to develop ideas of If you would like to get involved in
both short-term wins and visions for developing your town centre, get in P28 Commission set up to
the future. contact by emailing tackle poverty
That means we need to consider towncentres@enfield.gov.uk P29 Wet Wet Wet
what our town centres offer and how Cllr Nesil Caliskan
P30 Young people crowned
they are already evolving. Leader of Enfield Council
Panathlon London
champions
P31 Meetings
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Cllr Caliskan meets business leaders in Palmers Green
2
URBAN ART PROJECT REVEALED
A new collaborative urban art at the park’s third summer of work with input from children
project in Bush Hill Park has picnic. from George Spicer and Kingsmead
Schools, and with the help of the
been unveiled by the Mayor The project was led by local artist Friends of Bush Hill Park.
of Enfield, Cllr Kate Anolue, Karen Rubins who created the piece
The project was made possible
with £5,000 from the Mayor
of London’s Culture Seeds
programme, which offers grants to
support community-led cultural
projects in London.
The murals have been mounted
on what was a dull shelter that was
attracting anti-social behaviour.
The shelter has now been
transformed with scenes
representing the four seasons. In
addition, four benches have been
replaced, making it the perfect spot
for the community to admire the
Children and teachers from George Spicer School park as a whole.
BREXIT ADVICE AS NO-DEAL
SCENARIO LOOMS
A Council-led panel has countries. We are working closely with Town Library on Wednesdays and
stepped up activities to Citizens Advice Enfield to ensure these Palmers Green Library on Fridays.
citizens get the support they need to You don’t need an appointment and
raise awareness of the help
apply for settled status well in advance all sessions are confidential.
available to EU nationals of any potential 31 December 2020
to remain in the UK amid Around 26,000 Enfield residents
deadline in the case of a ‘no deal’
are from other EU countries. Enfield
escalating concerns in the Brexit.”
Council is committed to continuing
lead up to Brexit. If you would like to speak to Citizens to deliver excellent services to
The Enfield Brexit panel, chaired by Advice about the EU settlement everyone in the borough, whatever
the Deputy Leader of the Council scheme, you can meet them the outcome of Brexit negotiations.
and consisting of representatives at Edmonton Green Library on Visit www.enfield.gov.uk/brexit for
across the local authority and Tuesdays (from 20 August), Enfield the latest updates.
partner organisations, is seeking
to increase communications of
the need for EU citizens to apply
for settled or pre-settled status
by December 2020, in light of the
increasing likelihood of the UK
leaving the EU with ‘no deal’.
Drop-in sessions are being run by
Citizens Advice Enfield to explain the
EU settlement scheme and supporting
services available at our hub libraries.
Cllr Ian Barnes, Deputy Leader at
Enfield Council, said: “Enfield Council
embraces and supports our diverse
and dynamic communities including
all residents from other European
3
Enfield Council has
recently launched a
series of 14 newsletters
covering a range of
topics that will provide
residents with more Over 40,000 people
easily accessible have already signed up,
Council news and
service updates make sure you’re one
of them
www.enfield.gov.uk/enewsletters
NEW HOUSING CHIEF HITS THE
HEIGHTS
The new Cabinet Member for Edmonton to learn more about some warm, welcoming home is vitally
Social Housing got a bird’s of the challenges they face. important because it gives people a
safe place from where they can work
eye view of the borough’s She said: “We are committed to
towards achieving their goals and
ambitious plans to improve improving the quality of housing in
reach their potential.”
tenants’ and residents’ quality the borough. Having a good quality,
of life this week.
The borough is embarking on a
number of major improvement
programmes at present. It is
investing £40 million to improve
its housing stock across Enfield
which will see improvements to lifts,
windows, heating and other systems.
The Council has also launched the
Housing MOT scheme as part of a
major drive to make it faster and
more responsive for the thousands
of people who rely on it every year.
Enfield Council’s Cabinet Member
for Social Housing, Cllr Gina
Needs, joined workers carrying
out improvement works on the
13th floor at Walbrook House in Cllr Gina Needs finds out more about refurbishment projects in the borough
ADULT OBESITY RATES DROP
Statistics showing that adults in Enfield are getting
slimmer have been given a cautious welcome by the
Council’s health chief.
Data from Public Health England show the percentage of adults in
the borough who were overweight or obese had fallen from 61.4
per cent in 2016/17 to 56.7 per cent in 2017/18.
It means Enfield has risen from being the fourth worst borough in
London for prevalence of excess weight in adults to 12th worst.
Being obese can increase the risk of developing many potentially
Obesity rates are dropp
serious health conditions, including type 2 diabetes, high ing in Enfield
blood pressure, high cholesterol and atherosclerosis (where fatty
deposits narrow the arteries), which can lead to coronary heart
disease and stroke.
Cllr Mahtab Uddin, Enfield Council’s Cabinet Member for Public
Health, said: “It is great news that adult obesity levels are dropping in
Enfield but it is just the start of getting to where we want to be.
“We need to make sure we can maintain the improvement over the
long term and ensure that everyone in Enfield adopts good habits
and a lifestyle that makes them as resistant to disease and serious A healthier lifestyle can
health conditions as possible.” help reduce
the risks of serious illnes
ses
5
COUNCIL DECLARES CLIMATE
EMERGENCY
Enfield Council’s Cabinet has members of the environmental “Our new taskforce will start to
declared a state of climate pressure group Extinction Rebellion to work with colleagues and partner
hear their concerns and explain that in the coming weeks and months to
emergency and committed to
while the Council has considerably formulate plans which will have a
making the authority carbon reduced energy use and greenhouse significant impact on reducing carbon
neutral by 2030 or sooner. gas emissions in the last five years, it is emissions and improving air quality in
Politicians also agreed to the working to make further reductions. the borough, and improve the quality
establishment of a Climate of life of our residents in the process.”
Cllr Caliskan, said: “We are utterly
Emergency Task Force made up of committed to tackling the issues around A spokesperson for Extinction
officers and elected members and climate change and the environment. Rebellion Enfield, said: “We are
chaired by the Deputy Leader of encouraged by Enfield Council’s
Enfield Council, Cllr Ian Barnes. The “The excellent campaigns led by
declaration of climate emergency and
task force will see how to further cut organisations like Extinction Rebellion
are keen to see how these principles
greenhouse gas emissions in Council has brought attention to the desperate
will now be applied across all council
operations and its supply chain and need for us all to redouble our efforts
activities. We look forward to working
reduce its pension fund investments and make Enfield genuinely carbon
together with the council, other
in fossil fuel companies. neutral as soon as we possibly can.
interested groups and individuals
The Cabinet also signed a climate “There is absolutely no doubt that to ensure that these bold words are
emergency declaration and pledge. climate change is one of the existential translated into positive and urgent
threats to life on earth and everyone action to secure a healthy future for all
Enfield Council’s Leader, Cllr Nesil needs to work collaboratively to find Enfield residents.”
Caliskan, and Cllr Barnes met with solutions that work.
Enfield Council’s cabinet has signed a climate emergency declaration
6
TOWN CENTRE TOURS KICK
OFF IN PALMERS GREEN
A series of town centre tours The Leader also visited a number of
hosted by the Council Leader businesses in the area to hear their
suggestions about how the high
designed to rejuvenate
street could be enhanced.
Enfield’s high streets have
started in Palmers Green. She said: “It is no secret that town
centres across the United Kingdom
They aim to meet the public and are facing challenges so it’s up to us
businesses to help develop a vision to collectively develop strategies to
unique to each town centre. Plans support businesses and allow our
will then be created to help with communities to flourish.
the strategic growth and resilience
of each area. These tours build on “Not every town centre has the Cllr Caliskan (right) met business
discussions and visits the Leader same challenges or desires so these representatives during the town tour to
has already conducted throughout fact-finding mission will help us discuss ways of revitalising the area
the year with residents and to understand what is genuinely
businesses leaders across Enfield. needed and we will help to develop
ideas of both short-term wins and
The first meeting, featuring a Q&A visions for the future.”
and presentation by Cllr Nesil
Caliskan, took place in the former Enfield Council would like to thank
Starbucks coffee shop in, Green everyone who was involved in or
Lanes, in July. contributed to the Palmers Green
meeting including the Palmers
Around 70 residents and business Green Action Team, Green Lanes
owners attended and quizzed Business Association, Fox Lane and
the Leader on topics ranging District Residents Association and
from business rates, to planning Broomfield Pond Swim Society.
regulations and transportation.
Future tours will take place in Enfield Town, Angel Edmonton, Southgate
Businesses, residents and
and Edmonton Green. If you would like to get involved in developing partners were well represented at
your town centre, get in contact at towncentres@enfield.gov.uk the meeting in Palmers Green
Palmers Green High Street
7
The right home
for everyone
We want your views on how we deliver more and
better homes in Enfield and how we can prevent
homelessness and rough sleeping.
Consultation closes 21 October 2019
Visit www.enfield.gov.uk/consultations
8
NEW The right
MAYOR ANDhome
YOUNG
MAYORS APPOINTED
as the Mayor of Enfield for
2019/20 at the full Council
for everyone
Cllr Kate Anloue was elected
meeting earlier this year.
Two young mayors have also been
elected in Enfield to help the
Council work more closely with
young people and deliver a lifetime
of opportunities in the borough.
Okan Gurhan, 15, and Christevie
Ngoma, 17, have taken up the
roles of Young Mayor and Deputy
Young Mayor respectively and will
represent the interests of Enfield
Cllr Anolue is formally sworn in as Mayor of Enfield
young people to politicians,
residents, public services such as
the NHS and the wider community
so that services and policies meet
the needs of everyone.
The Young Mayor scheme – the
first of its kind in Enfield – was
suggested and taken forward by
Cllr Anolue.
She said: “I am delighted we have two
passionate, intelligent and dedicated
young people who represent the
views of the younger generation in
Enfield.
“We want to encourage young people
to become involved in the democratic
process and help us to make Enfield a Cllr Anolue and Young Mayor Okan Gurhan
We want your views on how we deliver more and
better place for everyone.”
The new roles were created to help
better homes in Enfield and how we can prevent
the Council to work more closely
with young people.
homelessness and rough sleeping.
The pair were drawn from Enfield
Youth Parliament and have been
elected for a year to represent the
views of young people and encourage
them to create opportunities around
the issues that matter most to them
and their communities.
Young Mayor Okan Gurhan said at
Consultation closes
the Council meeting: “We are21 October 2019
really
excited about what we can do. We
Visit www.enfield.gov.uk/consultations
have already had an amazing start
and we’d really like to thank the Mayor
of Enfield.” Cllr Anolue and Deputy Young Mayor Christevie Ngoma
9
MAJOR PROGRESS AT
The opening of a new station and hosting a
The new Meridian Water Station
world famous music festival are just two of the
major milestones achieved at Enfield Council’s
Meridian Water development.
Field Day Festival welcomed 30,000 revellers to the site in
June with most of the guests arriving at the state of the
art £43m Enfield Council funded Meridian Water railway
station which was officially opened just days earlier.
The £6bn development will ultimately provide 10,000
homes and 6,000 jobs with the first homes expected to
be provided in 2022.
The station replaces the existing Angel Road station
and is part of the Lee Valley Rail Programme which will
see two trains an hour running between Stratford and
Meridian Water from September.
Cllr Nesil Caliskan, The Leader of Enfield Council, said:
“Over the last year the Meridian Water project has gathered
real pace and many of the elements of this £6bn project
have come together.
“With the station now open and service improvements to
follow we are forging ahead with this scheme, to deliver
thousands of new homes and jobs for local people.
“We have also selected a developer to deliver the first phase
of homes and workspaces, with the first completions due
in 2022, and we have already started work on the second
phase of the development which will be 100 per cent
affordable housing.
The £46m station was mainly funded by Enfield Council
“There will also be fantastic opportunities for local people
and businesses to locate their enterprises on excellent sites
within Meridian Water which are not due to be developed as The station replaces Angel Road
part of the wider scheme for a number of years.” Station and will provide a major
boost to Enfield Councill’s Meridian
Water scheme
Enfield Council Leader, Cllr Nesil Caliskan with then Secretary
of State of Transport, Chris Grayling, and Deputy Mayor of
London for Transport, Heidi Alexander, at the official opening
of Meridian Water Station
meridian water
10MERIDIAN WATER attending
s with thousands of revellers
ival was a huge succes
Field Day Fest
The festival on the site of Meridian Water
closed with a bang
Field Day 2019 pl
ayed host to
dozens of bands
11THE HEAT IS ON AT SUMMER UNI
Hundreds of free spaces on courses over the • World of medicine
summer period were made available by Enfield • Chess
• Dance skills and techniques
Council to young people in the borough.
• Cookery
The Enfield Summer University programme offered • Drama and puppetry
courses and workshops to people aged 11 to 19 in areas • Screen printing and printmaking
such as dance, sport, music and design. • Website design
• Emergency first aid
Around 1,200 places were made available and were
designed to give young people job searching skills, Although there are just a couple of weeks left, there are
introduce them to new areas of interest and help them to a few spaces remaining on the last remaining courses.
meet and make new friends. Email summeruni@enfield.gov.uk as soon as you can
to find out more and visit the Youth Enfield website at
The Summer University was made possible following the
www.enfield.gov.uk/youth.
provision of £150,000 of Council money last year. The
money was allocated by the Council Leader to support Enfield Council’s Cabinet Member for Community Safety &
projects for young people in the borough during 2018 Cohesion, Cllr Nneka Keazor, said: “The Summer University
and 2019. was designed to help young people get involved in a range
of positive events they would not normally be able to engage
With the support of businesses, volunteers and
in. I am sure all the participants so far will agree it has been a
community groups, courses were offered in several
resounding success.”
exciting areas including:
• Spin kick martial arts Enfield Council would like to take the opportunity
• Sports leadership to thank the Young Leaders who helped put the
• Drumming programme together. They are: Zhanae Forbes-
Coleman, Marli Thomas, Tyee Cunningham-
Watson, Silvana Lewin, Malikah Olokoobi, Bradley
Enfield Council Leader, Cllr Nesil Caliskan, with some of the Marlborough, Ellie Brunton, Tameeka Wollaston,
young people who helped put the courses together
Kirsty Chitepo.
12HELP IS AT HAND IF RESULTS DON’T
HIT THE MARK
If your GCSE results aren’t what
you expected, Enfield Council has
advice so you can make the best
choice possible for your future.
The Council’s Careers Service has
arranged a session between 10am
and 1.30pm at the Civic Centre on
Wednesday 28 August for GCSE
students to get help and advice about
their future options.
The session – which needs to be
booked in advance by emailing
careerservice@enfield.gov.uk –
will give students a chance to talk
about their next steps including their
career interests, setting realistic goals,
searching for job opportunities and
apprenticeships and getting help with
CVs, application forms and personal
statements. Enfield EXAM AUGUST
22
Enfield Council’s Cabinet Member for
Children’s Services, Cllr Rick Jewell, said:
Careers RESULTS!
“We want all of our young people to get
brilliant exam results and follow their
Service
chosen path, but unfortunately life doesn’t
always work like that. Come to our
Careers Session AU
15
“We are committed to helping support
on Monday 19 August and
G US
young people to reach their potential,
Wednesday 28 August 2019 T
whether that is through a university
10am to 1.00pm
degree, an apprenticeship or training
Enfield Civic Centre, Silver
schemes.
Street, Enfield, EN1 3XA
“Enfield is a borough of enormous
By attending you will be able to:
potential and we want our young people This event is fo
get help to apply for college, 6th form r 16-17
to benefit from and help build a successful or apprenticeship
year olds who
either
borough in the years to come.” live in Enfield
speak to recruitment professionals borough
or have recent
about roles in the local authority
completed ye ly
Sessions are also held monthly for get advice on your CV and Personal ar 11/12
in an Enfield Sc
those aged 16-18 years who are not Statement hool.
in education, training or employment. find out about other opportunities This is a great
your career jou
opportunity to
start
These advisory sessions are also held at that might suit your skills and rney and we do
want you to mi not
interests ss out.
the Civic Centre and need to be booked
in advance. More details can be found
here.
Book your sessions in advance by Register today by emailing
emailing careerservice@enfield.gov.uk
careerservice@enfield.gov.uk www.enfield.gov.uk/careerservice
13OLYMPIC HERO VI
Quadruple Olympic champion Sir Mo Farah Doing the Mobot
got a hero’s welcome when he visited St
Edmund’s Roman Catholic Primary School to
join pupils on a jog round their playground.
The school in Hertford Road, Edmonton, won a visit from
the track star after winning a competition organised by
London Marathon Events for schools participating in The
Daily Mile initiative.
Sir Mo answered questions from pupils during a special
assembly before joining each year group for a run around
their playground and posing for photographs.
He said: “It’s nice to be part of the kids’ activities and do The
Daily Mile run with them. It’s important that people like me
encourage schools to do The Daily Mile so that children can
stay active.
Sir Mo joined pupils on The Daily Mile
“It’s really important that children get into a good daily
routine, so they can do regular exercise. We also want to
encourage children to eat well, and introduce them to the
principles of nutrition so they can live a healthy lifestyle.”
So far more than 40 schools in Enfield have signed up for
The Daily Mile – which is supported by Enfield Council
– which encourages pupils to spend 15 minutes per day
running or jogging and getting their hearts pumping in a
bid to tackle some of the health issues in the borough.
Sir Mo Farah went down a
storm at St Edmund’s Roman
Catholic Primary School
Before the run, he
was asked
by pupils during a
special
is an important
The Daily Mile
ol day
part of the scho
14ISITS EDMONTON
Do as I do – Sir Mo was a popular visitor to the school
Every child had the chance to run with
the four time Olympic champion
questions
assembly
15HELP SAVE YOUR OWN LIFE
Residents are
being urged to
learn what the
symptoms of
cancer are and
help save their
own lives.
Enfield Council and Enfield Clinical Commissioning
Group have launched a campaign across the borough
to educate people on how to spot the early warning
signs of the disease. It will also give advice on how to
make small lifestyle changes to reduce the chance of Cllr Uddin wants residents to know the signs of cancer
contracting cancer.
“Cancer screening is free and spotting it early can greatly
The year-long project primarily aims to tackle breast, increase the chances of successful treatment. But the single
lung, bowel and cervical cancer – the most common biggest impact anyone can make to reduce the risk of
cancers, and three of the four biggest killers in the UK. developing cancer is to quit smoking.”
Enfield Council’s Cabinet Member for Public Health,
Cllr Mahtab Uddin, said: “Cancer has become a treatable You can find out more about the symptoms of cancer
disease. Delivering improvements in early diagnosis of at the NHS website www.nhs.uk/conditions/cancer
cancer by raising awareness of its symptoms is our or Cancer Research UK www.cancerresearchuk.org/
main aim. about-cancer
The launch of Enfield Council’s cancer screening campaign
16HOW TO SPOT THE EARLY
WARNING SIGNS OF CANCER
Cancer is a condition where cells in a specific part of the
body grow and reproduce uncontrollably. The cancerous
cells can invade and destroy surrounding healthy tissue,
including organs.
More than one in three people will
develop some sort of cancer in their
lifetime, the four most common forms are:
• Breast cancer
• Lung cancer
• Prostate cancer
• Bowel cancer
Changes to your body’s normal processes or unusual,
unexplained symptoms can sometimes be an early sign
of cancer.
Symptoms that need to be checked by a
doctor include: spot it early
• A lump that suddenly appears on your body
• Unexplained bleeding See your GP if you have
• Changes to your bowel habits • A cough that lasts more than three weeks, chest
But in many cases your symptoms won’t be related to pain or breathlessness
cancer and will be caused by other, non-cancerous health • A lump in your breast or a rapidly growing lump
conditions. elsewhere in your body
Making simple changes to your lifestyle • Changes in bowel habits
can significantly reduce your risk of • Unexplained bleeding
developing cancer. For example: • Unexplained weight loss
• Healthy eating • Moles that are asymmetrical, multi-coloured,
• Taking regular exercise bigger than 7mm in diameter or crusting, itchy or
• Not smoking bleeding
• Cutting down on alcohol
CANCER
the Symptoms
17SUMMER CYCLING AND
ACTIVE TRAVEL
This summer, Cycle Enfield and the Healthy Streets team will be bringing lots of
activities to the people of Enfield. If you are interested in cycling, walking and
making your area a safer and healthier place to live, why not sign up to the Cycle
Enfield newsletters, so you can be kept up to date with all the great initiatives
happening near you.
Take a short trip with Beryl
A bike share scheme has returned to Enfield with a partnership between
London bike brand Beryl and Enfield Council.
The instantly recognisable green bikes arrived in Enfield in June and are
available to all for short-term trips around the borough.
The bikes are fitted with ‘always on’ GPS for easy tracking and with
Laserlight technology, which projects an image of a bike six metres ahead
to ensure cyclists can be seen easily. This is a safety device to help notify
drivers of cars and large vehicles that cyclists are present and nearby.
You can download the Beryl app to use their bikes at beryl.cc/bikeshare.
Enfield Council’s Cabinet Member for Environment
and Sustainability, Cllr Guney Dogan, said: “This is
a fantastic time for Enfield as we continue to provide
a number of options for people to get around the
borough easily and safely.
“We are building a sustainable transport network
to connect our town centres and transport hubs
and providing plenty of options to help people build
healthy ways of travelling into their everyday lives.”
Janet’s Story
Do you need some inspiration to get back in the saddle? Janet summoned up the
courage to cycle and hasn’t looked back since. Here’s her story:
“I am new to cycling and recently moved to Ponders End. Following a knee injury my
doctor recommended taking up swimming or cycling, so I decided to give cycling a try.
“My family had always enjoyed cycling, but for a long time my mentality was ‘no way
will you ever get me on a bike in London’! Since taking up riding, my knee has gained
strength and I can stand easily and walk without pain. I love it and the fact it has
improved my health and fitness.
“The Cycle Confident one-to-one training helped me navigate large junctions on my
bike and try out my new cycle to work route. I would never have ventured out without
the support of the Cycle Confident courses. I am now cycling part of my commute to
work in Islington, and as I build up my fitness hope to travel the whole way by bike. I
have also signed up for the Bike Maintenance course and used the Dr Bike service.”
Cycle Enfield offers a number of cycle skills courses for those of all ages and abilities. The courses are free
and are available in group sessions or individually. Find out more and book your spot.
18RIDE AND PARK NEW
As well as helping people And last month, Enfield Council’s
PATHWAY
make choices about how they
travel, it’s important that we
Cabinet Member for Environment
and Sustainability, Cllr Guney Dogan,
opened a “mini hub” prototype
TO LINK
also supply places to keep
bicycles safe and secure.
outside Enfield’s Civic Centre. Enfield
Council staff led on the design and EDMONTON
TO
Our cycle hubs at Enfield Town and there are plans to install further mini
Edmonton Green stations offer hubs at train stations across the
somewhere suitable to park bikes borough.
when travelling to town centres and
other destinations. MERIDIAN
Did you know that each
hub is:
WATER
• Secure and covered with a green
roof
PROJECT
• Open 24 hours a day, seven days
a week
A tree-lined walking and
cycling path that will link
• Accessible with a smart card
routes from Edmonton to
• Covered by CCTV and lit at night, the pioneering Meridian
and
Water regeneration project
• Thoughtfully equipped with a has successfully received
bike pump and repair tools. £720,000 of funding from
If you are interested in registering for Cllr Guney Dogan, Enfield Council’s Transport for London.
access to our cycle hubs, take a look Cabinet Member for Environment and
The path will connect Cemetery
at the details of membership, here. Sustainability
Walk with Angel Gardens at
Conduit Lane, providing a route
to link Edmonton with Meridian
Water’s 10,000 new homes, shops,
businesses and leisure facilities.
The route will include lighting
across its entire length along with
an avenue of trees and shrub
planting. Wildflower meadow
planting will help to promote
wildlife and will complement the
existing watercourse.
The new path will sit alongside
the existing Angel Gardens
The official opening of activity zone, a popular
the new mini cycle hub playground that includes parkour
at Enfield Civic Centre and outdoor gym equipment. The
(above), and (right)
route is protected off the highway,
Trying it out for size.
making it safe for people walking
and cycling alike. To keep abreast
of these plans and other exciting
projects from the Healthy Streets
and Cycle Enfield teams, sign up
to their newsletters.
19EVERYDAY CHANGES TO
HELP ENFIELD
Your new service What do I need to do now?
1. If you still would like your garden waste to be
collected and recycled from November 2019, sign
Your rubbish and recycling collection services up our Expression of Interest Form. This form lets
are changing. These changes will be phased us know you’d like to participate. The annual cost
and there will be plenty of information over for this service is £65 and will run between 1 April
and 31 March. If you sign up by November 2019,
coming months as to what you should expect.
you will receive five months, free.
Remember, these service changes relate to
homes with kerbside, residential collections 2. Although plenty of information will be coming
from wheeled bins. Collections in flats or your way, it would be a good idea to sign up to
Enfield Council’s recycling and waste services
homes with a sack collection are not altering.
newsletters. It’s easy to sign up. Just go to
The main changes are: www.enfield.gov.uk/enewsletters and let us know
which topics you are interested in.
A free, weekly food recycling service will start in
November 2019 3. Our waste and recycling officers will be touring
Enfield, meeting residents face-to-face to answer
An optional paid-for garden waste service will start questions on the new service. We’ll be publicising
in November 2019 the dates here www.enfield.gov.uk/bins where you
can also find the latest updates on the upcoming
An alternate weekly collection service of rubbish changes.
(grey lidded bin) and recycling (blue-lidded bin)
will start from the Spring of 2020 4. Start thinking about food recycling. You will be
amazed how much food is disposed of in people’s
We need to be honest about how we are tackling climate
rubbish bins – and some of it in unopened
change and what we are doing to encourage people
packaging. When food rots, it produces methane
to waste less. You can read more about this and the
gas, one of the most damaging greenhouse gases
environmental challenges we are collectively facing on
which drives climate change.
page six.
Also, these changes are happening because in 2019/20,
we must make savings of £18 million and a further £12
APPLY
million the following year due to government spending
cuts and increased pressure on services. This means that
NOW
along with other local authorities, we are having to make
difficult decisions about the many services we provide.
As part of the changes we will also be investing £500,000
a year in tackling fly-tipping.
20FIND OUT MORE
As changes to bin services start to take shape, Enfield
Council’s waste and recycling team will be on tour to give
help and advice.
They will be visiting libraries, supermarkets, parks and
other venues to answer all your questions and give tips
on reducing waste, reusing items, help with what can
and cannot be recycled and how the new service will
make Enfield a greener borough.
As well as handy advice,
the team (pictured) will
have examples of the
new, silver kitchen-top
food caddies and brown
food recycling bins that
will be arriving at affected
properties in the autumn.
These will be used for
the new, weekly food
recycling service.
To find out where you
can meet the team, go to
www.enfield.gov.uk/bins
and click on the Rubbish
and Recycling Events tab.
21#ILoveEnfield
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22BUILDING NEW HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS STRATEGIES
Views are being sought to help Enfield Electric Quarter
Council develop strategies to address the
issues of housing supply, equality and to end
homelessness in the borough.
The public consultation will help the Council develop
its 10-year Housing and Growth strategy and five-year
Preventing Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy.
These strategies seek to deliver more and better homes
in well-connected neighbourhoods and to address
the imbalances in the housing market. In addition, the
Council wants to make homeless prevention a priority for
everyone, so no one in Enfield is left without a place to live.
Enfield Council will be seeking views from everyone across
the borough – from first-time buyers to those wishing to
downsize; Council tenants to private landlords; letting
agents to registered housing providers. Taking part is Ordnance Road
easy. Go to www.enfield.gov.uk/consultations.
Cabinet Member for Social Housing, Cllr Gina Needs,
said: “I am proud to be launching this consultation just
as we have hit the 100th anniversary of the Housing Act,
which paved the way for social housing as we know it. As
well as looking at ways of building new homes, we want to
improve the condition and use of existing housing and will
be working with tenants, landlords and owner occupiers so
Enfield has high-quality, secure and affordable housing of
quality and variety.
“In addition, it is vital we give people facing homelessness a
route out of it with access to safe and appropriate housing
and the tools to find a permanent place to live. No-one
should live in fear of not having a roof over their heads.”
Meridian Water
23CASH INJECTION TO BOOST
ENFIELD NETBALLING TALENT
Enfield Council has been With around 1,000 committed
awarded a £150,000 grant participants already, the Council
will be measuring the impact of
to resurface nine netball
the new courts and would like to
courts and help maintain increase participation by 10 per
the popularity of the sport. cent in year one and 20 per cent
in year two.
The money comes from a £1.7
million funding pot from the In addition, to promote inclusivity
London Marathon Charitable in the sport, a new walking netball
Trust. It will enable nine courts programme has been proposed
to be resurfaced – six of which for those who have perhaps been
will have dual use with tennis at inactive, or unable to play at a
Broomfield Park. more energetic level. For those
who have played netball in the
The court improvements will past and want to get back into the
ensure the continuation of the game, there will also be a Back to
North London Netball League Netball Programme.
(NLNL).
Enfield Council’s Cabinet Member
The league has been fundamental for Environment & Sustainability,
in nurturing local talent aiming Cllr Guney Dogan, said: “With a
to follow in the footsteps of the growing focus on pitch sports, we
England squad who stormed to are delighted that with our ongoing
Commonwealth gold in 2018. investment we can make sporting
activities much more accessible.”
24REPAIRS SERVICE BROUGHT
BACK IN HOUSE
Enfield Council’s repairs team outside Community House, Edmonton
Repairs to Enfield Council’s housing stock Once there, the workmen put right any faults that are
will be brought back in house to improve found, conduct stock surveys to inform future major
works projects and offer residents advice on ongoing
the service and make it more responsive to
issues such as condensation or damp if required.
tenants’ and leaseholders’ needs.
Enfield Council’s Cabinet Member for Social Housing, Cllr
Enfield Council owns 10,500 homes and has some Gina Needs, said: “Providing warm, dry, good quality homes
obligations to repair a further 5,000 leasehold properties. to residents is a key priority for this Council and we have a
commitment to carrying out repairs quickly and efficiently so
Repairs are currently carried out by contractors and while that tenants and leaseholders have a high quality property in
there have been improvements in the quality of service a good state of repair that they can call home.”
in the past six months, the cabinet has agreed to bring
the service fully under the control of the Council.
The move follows a £40m investment in housing stock in
the borough and will further improve the repair services
following the introduction of the Housing MOT service
earlier this year.
The MOT scheme ensures vulnerable and older tenants’
Council homes are well-maintained and addresses
persistent problems through the deployment of a
dedicated team of Council officers who are tasked with
visiting social housing properties in the borough to
check their condition.
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26INITIATIVES LAUNCHED TO MAKE
ENFIELD SAFER
A range of initiatives has been to show young people that there are PPA is currently in talks with Enfield
launched to make Enfield positive and meaningful alternatives schools and has arranged to start the
to crime. The Power to Make a Change project from September 2019.
safer, protect young people
is a welcome addition to the many
and raise the aspirations of projects on-going in the borough.”
children so they can reach for
the stars.
Enfield Council is investing £1m
over the next two years to work with
young people and divert them away
from crime.
It is also running a pilot scheme in
four primary schools to target 60
children who are at higher risk of
becoming involved in gangs and
serious crime funded by £500,000
from the government.
More than 200 voluntary sector
providers are supporting the
borough’s seven youth centres in
providing youth activities and extra
funding has been made available
by the Council to fund the Summer
University programme (see pages 12).
Cllr Keazor with Detective Sergeant Lindsey Billany and Police Sergeant
One such project is provided by Jonathan Brandman at a public meeting on youth crime
Edmonton-based performing arts
school Platinum Performing Arts
(PPA) which has launched a project Platinum Dance performers
to help prevent violent youth
crime, funded by £300,000 from
the National Lottery Community
Funding Project.
Power to Make a Change is a
five-year initiative which aims to
engage with young people at risk
of entering gangs by presenting
positive alternatives. Young
people’s thoughts, feelings and
life experiences will be given a
voice through a dance and theatre
production.
Enfield Council’s Cabinet Member
for Community Safety & Cohesion,
Cllr Nneka Keazor, said: “London
has suffered terribly from an increase
in violent crime in recent years and
Did you know, Ofsted has rated Enfield Council’s children’s social care
ultimately, it’s young people who pay
services as ‘good’? This means vulnerable children are well cared for and
the ultimate price. Enfield Council is protected by the Council, according to official inspectors. You can read
determined to use whatever means more about the official rating here.
necessary within its limited resources
27COMMISSION SET UP TO
TACKLE POVERTY
Enfield Council has launched Working alongside Baroness
an independent commission to Tyler will be an expert panel of
Commissioners from national
identify the causes of poverty
and local organisations. These
in the borough, find ways include senior representatives
of tackling it and improve from the housing charity Shelter,
residents’ quality of life. representatives from the Barnet,
The Commission, titled ‘All Things Enfield & Haringey Mental Health
Being Equal: Enfield Poverty and Trust and Citizens Advice Enfield
Inequality Commission’ is chaired as well as primary and secondary
by Baroness Tyler of Enfield, a peer headteachers.
from the House of Lords who has can read more information about the
The Leader of Enfield Council, Cllr Commission on the Enfield Council
a long track record of working in
Nesil Caliskan said, “This commission website and submit evidence in
areas of social policy to help support
is a positive step in identifying and person using drop-off facilities at
vulnerable people.
tackling the root causes of poverty and Enfield Civic Centre and local libraries
Baroness Tyler said, “Listening to inequality in Enfield. It will not be an or by emailing epic@enfield.gov.uk
the different communities in Enfield easy task, but it is a vital one and one
will give us a better understanding that we are absolutely committed to The first meeting of the commission
of the challenges many people face solving.” took place on 19 July and the work
and give us an opportunity to make of the Commission Panel is due to
recommendations which will support A ‘call for evidence’ has been run from June to November 2019,
local people who need a helping hand launched for local people to get with a final report being published in
to reach their full potential.” involved and give their views. You December 2019.
Baroness Tyler chairs the first meeting
28WET WET WET
Enfield is seen as one of school children learn about their
the leading authorities in environment and climate change.
designing and constructing These projects are often
urban wetlands and collaborative, with Enfield Council’s
sustainable urban drainage expert team working with partners
such as Thames21, The Rivers Trust #ILoveEnfield
systems, known as SUDS. and parks’ friends groups. You can
There are some fantastic new always get involved as a volunteer in
Let us know what you think of
wetlands in Enfield. Most recently, planting, clear-ups and other forms
our wetlands by tweeting
work has completed at Enfield Town of maintenance. Please contact us or
@EnfieldCouncil and using
and Broomfield Parks. And later this the friends groups directly if you are
the hashtag #ILoveEnfield.
year, work is expected to begin in interested in getting involved.
Albany Park, where a massive river
restoration will help to alleviate the Broomfield Park Wetlands
flood risk to over 200 homes.
New wetlands help to reduce
persistent pollution in rivers, provide
new, high-quality green spaces for
local people, support and enhance
bio-diversity and help to reduce
flooding to nearby properties and
streets.
From previous successful projects,
we have also seen a fantastic boost
to community cohesion. Many of
our wetlands are maintained by
volunteers and some help support
Firs Farm Wetlands
Broomfield Park Wetlands
Enfield Town Wetlands
Prince of Wales Open Space & Wetlands
29WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
Young people from Enfield recorded a
stunning victory in the athletics event to be
crowned Panathlon London Champions for the
first time and deny Barking and Dagenham a
fourth successive win.
The contest at the Copper Box Arena, made famous
during the London 2012 Olympic Games, went right
down to the wire in a rocking atmosphere as the Enfield
team – represented by pupils from Westlea and Waverley
schools – triumphed by just metres in the final athletics
races.
Their victory, and a second place finish by Croydon in Young people
participate in the
the final event meant Enfield was crowned London
athletics event
champions for the first time by a margin of just two
points.
“I am the proudest teacher in the world today,” said Valerie
Harnett, team manager and teacher at Westlea School. “I
didn’t think I would ever see these guys win here and I am so,
so pleased to see them do it. They have tried so, so hard and
after seven years we’ve done it.”
Marshall Agorhoulihan, 15, a Westlea School pupil, said:
“It feels great, I’m so happy. We’ve worked so hard. I am just
blown away. I never thought we would win but we took the
victory and it feels amazing.”
Young people crowned Panathlon
London champions
30HAVE
You can get involved in Enfield consultations by going to
www.enfield.gov.uk/consultations.
Here are a few of the consultations that are currently ongoing.
YOUR
• A1010 South experimental traffic orders; closes 4 September 2019
• Have your say on new Beryl bike parking bays; closes 1 September 2019
• Point of no entry in Stonard Road; closes 9 December 2019
• ‘Quick win’ ideas for walking and cycling; ongoing
SAY!
• The right home for everyone: The Housing and Growth Strategy and Preventing
Homelessness and Rough Sleeping; closes 21 October 2019
Members of the public are also welcome to observe many Council committee
meetings and can attend local ward forums. To see our schedule check our
online calendar for details.
Enfield Children’s Portal
The new way to Make referrals
access children Enquire about being
and family a foster carer
services for public
Access all the information, advice
and professionals and guidance you need about
services available to you
www.enfield.gov.uk/childrensportal
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