Around Ealing magazine – autumn 2021
Welcome to the autumn 2021 edition of Around Ealing magazine. You can view PDF and interactive versions of the magazine (see below). As you will notice throughout this autumn 2021 edition of the magazine, instead of referring you to ealingnewsextra.co.uk for more information on lots of our stories, we are now telling you to go […]
Community projects at heart of your Future Ealing
The Future Ealing Fund (FEF) is helping ambitious local ideas get off the ground and a range of different projects are already benefiting from support – including a community arts hub in Acton and a video series in Southall showcasing the talents and stories of local people. This second round of the FEF was announced […]
Front gardens: Climate action’s secret weapon
Did you know that if you are lucky enough to own a driveway or front garden, you could have a powerful tool for climate action on your hands? The borough has approximately 75,000 front gardens. But a survey as long ago as 2005 found that more than half were covered almost entirely in hard surfaces. […]
Your personal computer champions
The borough’s libraries have a become home to a group of friendly digital champions, on-hand to help you get to grips with everyday technology. While some people are excited by new technology, the rapid move to doing more things online is a worry for others. It can leave some people feeling isolated or vulnerable. The […]
Retrofit a big leap for green homes that are cheaper to run
A significant chunk of the UK’s harmful carbon emissions come from keeping our homes warm. But the council is using a pioneering Dutch retrofit method to take the heat out of this issue. You may remember an article we ran recently about the ground-breaking approach to retrofitting homes that makes them incredibly energy efficient, which […]
Do you have tapes of local memories you could share?
Do you have any home-made VHS tapes showing life in Ealing? A history project is interested in moving images of the borough in the 1960s-1980s that helps to tell the story of what the borough was like during that time. Your precious memories can be digitised for free, taking your film captured on VHS tapes […]
Musical meadow as Hootie returns
The hugely popular Hanwell Hootie may not have been able to take place fully since 2019 because of coronavirus, but a special Hootie in the Meadow will take place on Saturday, 18 September. It will give you the opportunity to experience some excellent live music and comedy in Viaduct Meadow, opposite Ealing Hospital and next […]
The garden suburb of Mill Hill Park
Acton History Group has recently published the fascinating history of the Mill Hill Park conservation area, by local resident and historian Nigel Middlemiss. The group has supplied us with this summary. The Victorian age is one of industrialisation, and garden suburbs were seen as a new way of introducing the beauty of nature into cities. […]
Around Ealing magazine – summer 2021
Welcome to the summer 2021 edition of Around Ealing magazine. This has been a feelgood edition to pull together because we have been able to include a summer activities section, for the first time. After the year we have all endured, it is so nice to be able to look forward to things again – […]
CAPE excited to be open again and looking for help
It was described as being ‘like a new beginning’ as a local charity CAPE, which has an important role in the community, was able to reopen its shop and the borough’s high streets emerged from the latest lockdown. CAPE is a small charity that provides vital mental health services for Ealing residents, through one-to-one psychological […]
Summer festivals are back – win tickets or get involved
The Ealing Summer Festivals is back, and it has teamed-up with Around Ealing to give away 12 tickets to readers in a competition. It is also looking for local people, and businesses, to get involved in the events extravaganza. After a COVID-enforced year away, Ealing Summer Festivals are returning with a summer-long programme of comedy, […]
Free race place if you help The Store Cupboard
Are you considering taking part in this year’s Ealing Half Marathon? Or looking for a good cause to support, or keen to help others in the community? Well, there is a great way you can do both. The Store Cupboard is an affordable food shop in Ealing set up by volunteers of The William Hobbayne […]