Why hire young people with SEND?
Meet James, a town planning apprentice at Ealing Council. Watch him share why employers should consider offering jobs and training opportunities to young people with special educational needs and disability (SEND). James has a high functioning autism. A family therapist almost wrote him off by saying he wouldn’t do anything particularly ambitious in life. Fast-forward […]
Holocaust Memorial Day, 2023
Members of the community and local dignitaries gathered for a memorial service to remember all those who were victims of genocide at an event in Ealing Town Hall. Led by the Mayor of Ealing, Councillor Mohinder Midha, the event remembered the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, alongside the millions of other people killed under Nazi […]
Future nature reserve status for Warren Farm
Much of Warren Farm is set to receive Local Nature Reserve (LNR) status, alongside vital new community sports facilities. Proposals to apply to Natural England for nature reserve status for the majority of the site at Windmill Lane, Southall were approved by Ealing Council at yesterday’s cabinet meeting (25 January 2023). The nature reserve is set to […]
Take steps to keep safe this winter
It’s that time of year again when there are coughs, colds, influenza (flu) and COVID-19 going round. Residents are being encouraged to continue to take steps to stay safe this winter and help reduce the spread of infections. Things you can choose to do are: Winter vaccines Flu and COVID-19 are easily spread and have […]
Top 10 tips for a Great Mental Health Day 2023
This Friday (27 January) is Great Mental Health Day (GMHD) in London and, this year, the theme is community kindness. A local centre doing great work for more than two decades has shared its tips for good mental health. The Solace Centre in West Ealing has been connecting people in the community for the past […]
Cost of living: The Store Cupboard
Soaring food prices have seen rising demand for charitable affordable food providers, such as The Store Cupboard in West Ealing. It was founded in 2020 at the height of the pandemic, after local volunteers provided food to vulnerable people from the Charity of William Hobbayne in Hanwell. The Store Cupboard provides heavily-discounted groceries to local […]
Save the date for Great Mental Health Day 2023
Great Mental Health Day 2023, 27 January, is a London-wide initiative in its second year and will celebrate the power of community kindness, telling the story of how we’ve come together for one another across London. The start of a new year is a time for setting goals and seeing it as a chance for […]
Ealing celebrates National Apprenticeship Week
National Apprenticeship Week (6 – 12 February 2023) brings together the entire apprenticeship community each year to celebrate everything that is amazing about apprenticeships. The theme this year is Skills for Life and we have some exciting activities planned for you. Looking to start your career in construction? Join this webinar to explore what an […]
More grants issued to support local warm spaces
Five grants totalling £13,000 have been issued by the council to local voluntary and community and faith organisations, to increase the number of warm spaces over the winter. It brings to £53,000 the total amount that has been distributed, across 25 projects. It follows an earlier grants announcement in December. Along with Ealing’s libraries and […]
Warren Farm set for nature reserve status
Much of Warren Farm looks set to receive Local Nature Reserve (LNR) status, kickstarting London’s largest rewilding project, and providing vital new community sports facilities. Proposals to apply to Natural England for nature reserve status to be granted to the majority of the site at Windmill Lane, Southall will be considered at the next Ealing Council cabinet […]
From Universal Credit to civil engineering
Meet Al-nadeem, a civil engineer apprentice at O’Halloran & O’Brian in Southall. He shares a little bit more about his journey as an apprentice. How it started “Jobcentre Plus referred me to an organisation called PLIAS Resettlement – a recruitment agency specialising in construction. I had a one-year experience working as an electrician, but I […]
New arts charter for Ealing schools
Ealing’s Cultural Education Partnership (CEP) has launched a new arts charter to develop arts and culture in Ealing schools. The charter was developed and co-created by the CEP with experts in education, youth services, arts organisations and Ealing teachers and headteachers. Schools can sign up to a new programme that demonstrates their commitment to the […]