Clap for our Carers again tonight! 8pm

And every Thursday ...

Online communication via Zoom, Skype etc - how to do it!

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

Covid-19 Mutual Aid update - the streets in this neighbourhood which have their own mutual aid groups

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

Sharing stuff in this shop-less era

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:

Sharing rare

Alexandra Palace is looking for good will stories to share

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

Palace Dairies milk deliveries temporarily suspended

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

Quick link to Covid-19 posts

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

Life on Lockdown - record a message for a quick-turnaround Radio 4 documentary

Local travel restrictions due to covid19

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

Local support during the Coronavirus outbreak - UPDATE

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

A Covid-19 group for Alexandra ward?

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

Covid 19 - helping vulnerable neighbours

Found on Facebook, a note you can use to stick through the door of neighbours who might need some help with shopping etc.

Creativity Pavilion opens at Alexandra Palace

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

Only just started receiving the APN newsletter?

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

Shoutout for photographers - APN needs you!

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

Men's Circle at CUFOS - fortnightly from 27 January at 8.15pm

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

Cut down on plastic! Refills offered at Crescent Supermarket, Crescent Road

If you want to cut back on plastic waste, you can now get refills on a range of cleaning products and toiletries at Crescent Supermarket. This is such a welcome development and very much in tune with what many local residents want.

Household thermal imaging - could you be a heat loss detective?

This winter our Thermal Imaging Group (TIG) volunteers will survey local homes using a thermal imaging camera to detect heat loss.  Images like the one above show heat loss and suggest where insulation or draughtproofing could cut fuel bills and carb

Wood Green's Places, Spaces, Streets - drop-in exhibition 22-25 Jan

How do I find posts on a particular topic on this website?

You can of course always use the search box at the top of each page to search for a particular word or phrase. But this will not necessarily retrieve posts on broad topics, such as 'traffic'. Instead, you can click on the category 'traffic, roads, pu