Food for thought
We are spoilt for choice with the number of places to eat out in the borough so you can afford to be choosy about where you go. With just a quick online check, you can get reassurance that you’ve chosen wisely. Most businesses in the borough take food safety seriously, and Ealing Council makes regular […]
Helping residents improve their estate in Northolt
Ealing Council has teamed up with a community group to help residents start growing their own food on a Northolt estate and make other improvements to the area. Local group Urban Edible Garden and the council has been working with residents from the Radcliffe estate to create growing spaces that will provide healthy and nutritious […]
Hearing your voice
Close to 1,000 residents took part in the ‘Your Voice, Your Town’ engagement, aimed at more local people being involved in the decisions that are made about the places where they live. Ealing Council reached out across the 7 towns in the borough, attending events and workshops hosted by community groups, to find out how […]
Tackling illegal parking
Ealing Council’s parking enforcement officers were out and about across the borough tackling nuisance parking on Friday night. The team of officers, supported by Ealing’s community safety service, Parkguard, patrolled problem areas in Southall and Northolt. Officers focused on garages and vehicle traders who use the public highway as personal storage space in an unlawful […]
Recognise and celebrate borough’s sporting heroes
Nominations for the Ealing Sports Awards 2024 are now open, and you have the chance to ensure that the borough’s sporting heroes get the recognition they deserve. Run by Ealing Council and local leisure provider Everyone Active, the awards recognise and celebrate the sporting achievements of the borough’s clubs and individuals between 1 May 2023 […]
Holocaust Memorial Day 2024: The Fragility of Freedom
The Fragility of Freedom is the theme of Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2024. The Mayor of Ealing, Councillor Hitesh Tailor, will be leading the borough in marking HMD 2024 at 2 events on Friday 26 January, both of which are open to the public to attend. Unveiling and rededication of memorial stone In Walpole Park […]
Big support for ‘game-changing’ regional park
Residents have given Ealing Council the thumbs up for a new regional park in the borough. It is hoped it could prove to be as transformative for west London as the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park has been for east London. When the council ran a consultation on the plan, between October and December, more than […]
Bridging the digital divide
Some of the borough’s most disadvantaged residents will be gifted laptops to help them, thanks to a new re-use and recycling scheme by Ealing Council. To allow the council to offer more services online, more than 1,000 staff devices have been replaced with upgraded equipment as part of the Refresh Project, and the council is […]
Brilliant trees of Ealing
Residents have been nominating their ‘brilliant trees’ as part of the council’s Brilliant Trees of Ealing campaign to celebrate some of the most magnificent, beautiful and inspiring trees in the borough. Trees provide not only oxygen and shade, but they also clean the air, give sustenance to the local wildlife and stabilise the soil. They […]
New plans for tackling housing shortage
A consultation will ask you what you think of ambitious new plans aimed at addressing the affordable homes crisis and other housing issues in the borough. In the coming weeks, Ealing Council will be publishing a draft housing strategy and asking residents and community groups to give their views on it. Keep an eye on […]
Banish the winter blues with Five Ways to Wellness
At a time of year with long, dark, cold nights, Christmas behind us but its costs still piling up, and colds and other viruses ever present, it can be hard for many of us to see the positives. For some people, this can lead to a negative spiral. Councillor Josh Blacker is Ealing Council’s lead […]
Don’t forget to file your tax return
Self-assessment is a way of reporting your income and paying tax to HMRC. With less than a month to go to the self-assessment deadline, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is urging people to file their tax return for the 2022 to 2023 tax year. Do you need to file a tax return? If you are […]