The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in pictures
Ealing residents came together over the The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee weekend to celebrate. Here are some pictures of the weekend, starting with the lighting of beacons at Walpole Park, Ealing and Northala Fields, Northolt. Crowds steadily built up in anticipation of the beacons being lit and then enjoyed watching the flames light up the evening […]
Nominate for new Young Ealing awards
Do you know a young person or youth worker who has achieved something that deserves recognition? Will their story inspire and encourage others? If so, you should nominate them for new local awards. The first ever Young Ealing Foundation Awards on 21 July will bring the local community together to recognise and celebrate the borough’s […]
Joe Wicks meets pupils for show on mental health support
A local primary school was visited by fitness coach and author Joe Wicks as part of a TV documentary on the importance of mental wellbeing and on children coping when they have parents with poor mental health. The ‘PE teacher of the nation’ during the COVID-19 pandemic dropped into Woodlands Academy School in Hathaway Gardens, […]
Cricket stars open new centre in Greenford
Cricket stars past and present helped to open an exciting new sports centre at a Greenford school today (Tuesday, 26 April) that will offer first-class cricket facilities to the whole community. The Wilf Slack Cricket Centre opened at William Perkin High School, in Oldfield Lane North (which has always had a strong focus on sport […]
Win tickets to huge night as Hootie returns possibly bigger than ever
The Hanwell Hootie is back and could well be the biggest yet. It is also a double celebration. Not only is it the free festival’s 10th anniversary – but it is also a big date for the music industry, too. And we have got 10 pairs of tickets to give away in a competition. Marshall […]
A green plan for TV lights the way for local pioneers
In this new series, we will introduce you to the innovation pioneers of Ealing – small businesses with big dreams of doing new or better things to benefit our area and beyond. In November last year, Ealing Council launched its pioneers fund, a scheme that provides grants to small and medium sized businesses to help […]
The stories behind the stones: A church history
Ruth Mercer, Chris and Helen Cosstick from Hanwell St Mary’s Graveyard Survey Group explain the fascinating results of a survey of a church, its churchyard and its crypt. You can find out more during an open weekend they have organised, too. In 1826, Pigot’s Directory of London described a ‘small and respectable village’ with a […]
Cafe serving career chances for students
A new community cafe in Acton is offering career path opportunities for teenagers with special educational needs. The Hub was opened this week (Tuesday, 5 April) in Old Oak Common Lane. It was set up by social enterprise TCES Group, which provides specialist education to students aged seven to 19, many of whom have been […]
Tell everyone about your summer event in our magazine
Do you have a community event planned for the summer months? Or perhaps activities for children to get involved in over the holidays? Tell everyone in the borough about it. Following on from the success of doing something similar last year, the 2022 summer edition of Around Ealing magazine will have a summer activities section. It will […]
Cherry with a Japanese flavour at Gunnersbury
Following on from the cherry trees planted at a local primary school recently, a celebration was held for another 80 that were gifted to Gunnersbury Park to create a beautiful new grove in its grounds. These were both part of the Sakura Cherry Tree Project, which has seen 6,500 Japanese cherry trees –’Sakura’ in Japanese […]
Say hi to lemurs, and enter our zoo competition
Have you visited Hanwell Zoo with your child recently? Going over Easter? Share a photo of your visit with the zoo for a chance to win a cuddly toy animal from its gift shop. Above, you can watch the first in our new Animal of the Week video series about some of the inhabitants of […]
Students stride forward to help mental health service
Pupils got running to raise more than £2,000 for an ‘integral’ mental health support service in school. The children at St Mark’s Primary in Hanwell raised a whopping £2,000.90 by running, jogging or walking laps of the school field and asking family and friends to sponsor them. The aim of the challenge was to raise […]