A new online tool My Virtual Neighbourhood, created by North London company The Local Buyers Club, provides information about local independent businesses that are still functioning and will deliver to your door during the coronavirus lockdown, thus
HARINGEY GIVING - donations urgently needed to support the vulnerable
Individuals can make a monetary donation to Haringey Giving (a fund managed by people in the Haringey community and endorsed by Haringey Council) which is aiming to raise £50,00
Another school supporting its community is Woodside High School in N22. As local food banks are running low, the school decided to set up its own food bank to help local families in hardship. Please donate here: https://woodsidehighschool.co.uk/dona
Read more…Coffee & Computers is a charitable trust that has been providing free drop in computer/smartphone advice sessions around Haringey for the last five years, including a monthy session in the Palace.
They are now offering a free* online advice service
Please email Alexandra Ward Mutual Aid or your local ward councillor Nick da Costa if you, or someone you know locally, would like help getting shopping, dog walking, other errands or friendly phone-calls, and they will put you in touch with the con
Read more…Various people have been talking about sharing tools and other things that you cannot now get from a shop in this covid19 era, which reminded me that we do have a tool-sharing category on this website. Here are some previous posts in it:
Read more…The team at Alexandra Palace is keen to shine a light on the amazing work people are doing in our local communities. This could be something you or a neighbour is doing, or perhaps something in our wider north London area that might benefit from some
Read more…Local milkman Steve has been in touch to say that he is unwell and with great regret will not be able to deliver for the rest of the week. He hopes to be back delivering milk on Monday, but that depends very much on his health (he could be out of act
Read more…You can access all posts relating to Covid-19 by clicking on the new category Covid-19 from the link below:
https://alexandraparkneighbours.org.uk/forum/Covid-19
or alternatively, choose the Covid-19 category from the list down the left sidebar of th
Read more…BOUNDS GREEN TUBE STATION is among the 40 that TfL say they are likely to close from today, as part of the mayor's rationing of the London transport services. Wood Green station should still be open. Night-time tube services will be axed from the wee
There has been an explosion of activity at grassroots level to help our communities cope with the day-to-day practicalities of the coronavirus crisis. The Alexandra Ward COVID-19 WhatsApp group has grown exponentially and yesterday evening there was
Read more…Various wards in Haringey are setting up covid-19 support groups, under the umbrella of Covid-19 Mutual Aid UK - we should have one in Alexandra. Here is their press release:
For Immediate Release
14th March 2020
Dozens of ‘mutual aid’ groups sprin
Read more…On Tuesday 25 February Alexandra Palace opened a brand new Creativity Pavilion in the recently developed East Wing of the building. This imaginative new space will provide a home for the palace's Creative Learning programme, which uses the arts and h
For anyone who has been a member of APN for a little while but has only just started receiving the newsletter, its authors confess to an administrative error which meant that a number of people were not receiving it!
Also, a reminder that the newsle
Read more…We are always looking for nice photos to feature in the fortnightly Alexandra Park Neighbours newsletter. So if you've taken any recent pictures you are pleased with, please post them on the website. It could be a picture of a local event, stuff hap
From Owen Cox
From Monday 27th January I will be running a fortnightly Men's Circle from 8:15pm - 10pm in the Cufos centre by Alexandra Palace. The Circle will be a place for men to connect, support one another on our paths and explore what it means
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