Preserving and improving Firs Farm for the benefit of present and future generations
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Preserving and improving Firs Farm for the benefit of present and future generations


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The Firs Farm Community Hub is OPEN!

February 24th 2024 – A milestone for the charity

After eight years of campaigning and fundraising; two steps forward and one back, we now have an exciting new community space and home for the Charity, with a café, toilets, and other facilities.

The Hub IS OPEN

Stage one is the cafe, which is currently 8 am – 4 pm, seven days a week. It is hoped to extend the opening hours during the summer months.

The Hub is a public building. Toilets are open for anyone to use during cafe opening hours, including the Changing Places toilet; the first in an Enfield park.

Community space. This is now open for hire, check out the What’s On page for activities you can join.

The Hub is the home of the Friends of Firs Farm. We will shortly be putting up a notice board, where you can find out more about the Charity and how you can get involved in supporting Firs Farm.

Please excuse the Hub’s outside appearance, especially after the heavy rain. A bike/buggy shelter is currently being installed, as well as security fencing at the back.

The Friends would like to thank all the residents and organisations who have helped us bring facilities to Firs Farm. Thanks also to Enfield Council for leasing us the land, providing utilities, finance, paths to our front door, and for having faith in us!

Thanks for waiting, we are sure you’ll agree that the wait has been worth it!




Enfield Council win prestigous award – with a little help from their Friends

 

On November 14th, two Friends’ Trustees, Toni Guiver and Helen Osman, were delighted to witness Enfield Council and Thames 21 receive a prestigious global environmental award.

At the awards event, held at the Royal Geographical Society, we watched Ian Russell, who heads up the Council’s Water Course team, and Sam Bentley-Toon from Thames 21 pick up the ‘Local Nature Recoverers’ award for their joint work over the past ten years in restoring neglected waterways, creating new wetlands and woods; reducing flood risk and pollution.

In their acceptance speech Ian and Sam stressed that:

“local volunteers are at the heart of the action.”
 “The scheme brings residents better health and access to nature”

https://ashden.org/awards/winners/enfield-council-and-thames21/

The Friends can never have too many volunteers. Find out how you can get involved on our Volunteering page