Ideas to Make Life Better for Everyone
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Local News is our Aim THE www.glh.co.uk Professional Sales & Lettings AT COMPETITIVE RATES 020 8883 5000 020 8444 5222 CARS & COURIERS eastfincleereleafco ARCHER October 2013 No. 239 20p ISSN 1361-3952 where sold A community newspaper for East Finchley run entirely by volunteers. Ideas to make life better for everyone A project aimed at making East Finchley a better place to live and work for everyone is taking shape and look- ing for new ideas and plenty of support. East Finchley Altogether carry heavy bags home. Better aims to connect the ‘Mums Who Run’ is for people, groups, businesses mums who feel isolated and not and services that make the as it as they used to be and who neighbourhood tick. Even two could meet to run or exercise months after launch, a number together weekly. of projects are already in the Free workshops pipeline. All these ideas depend Dreams and schemes on your involvement to get One is ‘The Hub’ which them off the ground so EFAB Champion Stef puts his foot on the pedal would be a centre or café run organisers are inviting eve- by young people, for young ryone to come along to their Stefanos Charalambous, 16, is making a name for himself in the world of karting. people, perhaps weekly: some- free workshops. The irst will Find out how on page 5. where to go in the area where be on Saturday 19 October at they can meet their peers and the Bobath Centre, 250 East Alert over socialise in a safe place, and End Road, N2, when there will ind employment. be drop-in one-hour sessions Another is ‘East Finchley from 10am to 12.30pm (visit harmful toy Green Fingers’ where young efab1910.eventbrite.co.uk), Barnet Council’s Trading ……………………..The Right Choice Standards team is asking and older people can pair up to followed by others on Tues- Estate Agents – Valuers Residential Sales – Lettings –Management – Cyprus Properties garden together, and share and day 22 October at St Mary’s parents to be mindful of 40 High Road East inhley London P el 00 00 a 00 0 learn skills. 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Then there’s ‘Homes and efab2210pm.eventbrite.co.uk The ladybird toys have 82 High Road Away’, a group keen to ind and efab2210eve.eventbrite. sharp metal prongs embed- East Finchley ways of getting care home co.uk) ded within the antenna which residents out and about more, To ind out more or to getcan become especially dan- N2 9PN as well as bringing more visitors involved, email: eastinchley- gerous as the toy can be and activities into residential [email protected], folded to become a pillow. 020 8883 0033 homes. call Lisa on 07909 998453 This toy was brought to the ‘You Shop and We Drop’ is or write to: Stephen Craker, council’s attention after a pro- a scheme where local shops or EFAB, c/o FMH, Granville truding metal prong scratched highroadn2ricettandellisco volunteers deliver the shopping Road, Finchley N12 0JE. You and cut a four-year-old. to residents, especially older or can also tweet @EastFinch- The company which dis- Estate Agents and Valuers Established disabled people. 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Chessington Avenue, N3, at he knew that the property was The woman was pushing about 4am on 19 May, while vacant so he rang 999. Police the child in a pushchair across the owners were inside asleep. oficers were already patrolling the zebra crossing in front He tried to force open a window close by, having been called - of Avenue House at around The air ambulance in the grounds of Avenue House. on the ground loor, which trig out to the irst burglary. They 6.20pm when the incident gered the burglar alarm. Ali ran quickly tracked Ali down and occurred. Photo by Donald Lyven off, leaving white footprints on stopped him. The driver of the car, a The woman, who is in a stable condition. the window from the newly A sniffer dog identiied the man in his 70s, stopped at the her 20s, and the boy, who is The incident has led some painted side gate he had climbed burglar’s scent on Cavendish scene while several passers- approximately 18 months old local residents to call for traf- over. The owners immediately Avenue, led the oficers to a by tried to administer help. and not related to her, were ic lights to replace the zebra alerted the police. discarded claw hammer near the The air ambulance landed in taken to a hospital in east crossing.