Thank you to everyone who took part and provided feedback at the Envision The Green engagement event on Saturday 8th July. Together we created a shared vision for The Green for all ages, across a collaborative mixed-media collage led by Doodle Designs to a collective statement of intent based on your past feedback.

Here you can find photos from the day and the presented early propositions for intervention locations.

Help us shape the future of The Green, a natural asset at the heart of Edmonton Green!

The Green is located between Edmonton Green Shopping Centre and the railway arches, adjacent to Edmonton Green Station. It has the potential to be a precious resource for the local community and Enfield Council is keen to engage with residents and local stakeholders to develop a future vision for this space to:

• Enhance the Green-Blue infrastructure of the area with the creation of a riparian habitat
• Provide Community and Cultural spaces via the co-design of a temporary Pavilion to support community engagement and host events linked to Enfield cultural programmes
• Explore the restoration of the railway arches as a heritage asset and their potential use in the long-term.

Launch Phase - Summer 2023

The Launch Phase of the project hopes to establish a community-led Statement of Intent for The Green which will be explored across a series of participatory engagement events over Summer 2023.

The outcomes from the Launch Phase will form a brief for the next stage of the project, the Pavilion in The Green to be delivered in summer ’24, and will represent the first step towards achieving the wider project objectives to:

• Work with local people to animate and make better use of The Green, in its prominent location within one of Enfield’s priority Town Centres.
• Build up to the creation of an immersive natural environment and expand Enfield’s blue-green infrastructure into a densely developed area.
• Develop long-term stewardship within the community through engagement and co-design activities in The Green.
• Layer up with ‘Untold Edmonton’, create opportunities for local heritage, culture and nature to be discussed, celebrated and displayed.
• Inform the long-term vision for the railway arches via engagement-based activities and interventions.

We are very happy to announce that Create Enfield has been awarded a grant from Arts Council England, towards the delivery of ‘Curate Enfield’ – a new project which will generate 5 new pieces of public art for Enfield, one for each town centre (Angel Edmonton, Edmonton Green, Enfield Town, Palmers Green and Southgate), and be led by local people. We are seeking a young public art champion aged 18-25, who is interested in conceiving and shaping new public art for Edmonton Green Town Centre. Free training and mentoring will be provided, in addition to a small honorarium and the chance to lead an exciting public art project which will have a lasting impact. The programme will commence this September 2022. If you are interested in becoming a public art champion or know a young person who could be, please contact Create Enfield Manager: clare.moloney@enfield.gov.uk for further information.

The deadline to apply is 31^st August 2022

A Month of Sundays, Enfield’s hugely popular summer festivals of music, performance, entertainment and street food, has returned this year to five locations around the borough!

A Month of Sundays kicked off in Enfield Town on Sunday 31 July and is expected to have attracted thousands of people.

Last year, the five free street festivals and two fringe events welcomed 47,100 attendees, 50 local businesses who sold food and drink and 123 performers who entertained the crowds with music, dance, spoken word and more.

These family-friendly events take place 12pm to 6pm and are free to attend. Look out for Enfield favourites Sissy Lea, Janet Kay, Chickenshed Theatre, Platinum street dancers and a wealth of talent including performances from DJ Bradshaw, TikTokers @TheLewisSisters and Victor Romero Evans. More acts will be announced on the website and on social media #AMonthofSundays

This year’s dates are:

• Sunday 31 July Church Street, Enfield Town, including a Pride in Enfield event on Market Square
• Sunday 7 August, Snells Park, Angel Edmonton
• Sunday 14 August, Edmonton Green Shopping Centre
• Sunday 28 August, Ashfield Parade, Southgate
• Sunday 11 September, Green Lanes, Palmers Green