Free laptops to help bridge digital divide
A new Ealing Council programme is working on providing almost 1,000 free laptops to some of the borough’s most disadvantaged residents. A hundred devices have already been distributed through Ealing & Hounslow Voluntary and Community Services (EHCVS), and around 900 are expected to be given out by the end of the year. The Re-Klaim IT […]
Start the new year with our top five tips
It’s 2023 and the new year is the perfect time to set new intentions, start new ventures and create new opportunities. It is a good time to revise goals, think about change and ways to improve our lives and the lives of others. While health, lifestyle and career are often at the top of many […]
West London’s largest property licensing scheme begins
Ealing Council’s new private rented property licensing scheme came into force yesterday (Tuesday, 3 January), in a bid to drive up standards in homes across the borough. The new selective licensing scheme is the largest of its kind in west London and will apply to all privately let properties in 12 wards. You can view […]
New pocket park for Southall
Ealing Council has secured a portion of the Mayor of London’s £2million Growing Back Greener fund to support plans for a new ‘pocket park’ in Southall. Pocket parks are designed to provide busy urban areas with a much-needed green space for local people to relax in. The council has received £56,880 from the mayor and […]
Time for a new job?
Navigate your career change with the help of the council’s employment, leaning and skills team. Check out these tips on what you can do now to prepare for your New Year’s job hunt. Ready… For work Improve your skills and prepare for a new job with training workshops and courses by Learn Ealing – adult […]
Cost of living: 20 warm spaces grants issued
Twenty grants totalling just over £40,000 have been approved so far to a number of Ealing’s voluntary and community and faith organisations, to strengthen the borough’s provision of warm spaces over the winter. Along with Ealing’s libraries and community centres, the additional funding is to support and expand any projects which are looking to provide […]
Cost of living: Help over the Christmas period
Christmas is just around the corner and while many people are looking forward to the festivities ahead others may be finding it a more difficult time than usual and be looking for help. It’s been a challenging year for many with the cost of living, freezing temperatures and energy bills – but local help and […]
Wishing you a happy and safe Christmas
With Christmas and the end of 2022 rapidly approaching, I wanted to wish you a happy and safe Christmas, and also to take a few moments to look back and reflect on what has been a very challenging year. I must start by recognising the loss of Queen Elizabeth II. Back in June we came […]
Christmas and new year opening hours
Some Ealing Council services will be operating at different opening hours over the Christmas and new year period. Refuse and recycling Rubbish and recycling collection days will change over the holiday period. Collections will return to normal on 16 January 2023. You can download a calendar of collection days. The council’s re-use and recycling centre will be open […]
And the Christmas card winners are…
Following much deliberation, the winners of the council’s Christmas card design competition have been declared. With 41 entries received, the judges made their decisions, and enormous congratulations go to Mia Wilkin, a pupil at Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls, who not only won the 7-11 age category, but is also the overall winner. It was […]
Air quality: tell us what you think
Earlier this year, Ealing Council launched an Air Quality Action Plan to tackle pollution across the borough and asked local people to get involved in shaping it. Now you are being given a final say in how it is taken forward in the future. The survey runs until 30 January and asks everyone living, working […]
Domestic violence support at Christmas
Many people will be facing Christmas this year with less money available to them, the social stress of having the ‘perfect’ Christmas, a rise in alcohol consumption and more time spent in the same space as a partner – all of which can lead to challenging behaviour and domestic violence. This year is the 75th […]