How AI is making more time for human contact
A new AI tool has helped a council team spend more time with the people it helps, by slashing the amount of time staff spend on paperwork. Ealing Council’s adult services started using the artificial intelligence tool Magic Notes, by Beam, in autumn last year. It has been so successful, that it has freed-up 44% […]
How we plan in 2025 to deliver what we promised
As this is my first blog of 2025 so I want to wish you and your family a happy new year, and I hope that it will be a happy, healthy and prosperous one both for you and for everyone in our borough. The council has exciting plans for the year ahead and I am […]
School pupil leads way with Christmas spirit
A student at Featherstone High School in Southall helped bring joy to struggling families this Christmas. Year 10 pupil Mohammed Asraf, together with his fellow students and his family, worked to provide a pop-up food bank at the Featherstone Sports Centre next to the school yesterday (Monday), just before Christmas. After having the idea, Mohammed […]
Wartime Christmases in Ealing
With Christmas almost upon us, borough archivist Dr Jonathan Oates looks back at years gone by – and a particular local diarist who gave us a window into her life 80 years ago, in wartime Britain. Erica Ford was a young woman who lived with her parents at 49 Park View Road in north Ealing […]
Celebrating a Ukrainian Christmas
You are invited to attend a special evening to experience the culture, art, music and cuisine of Ukraine, and it’s Christmas traditions – and to show your support for its people during the country’s endurance of invasion by Russia. This magical event on Thursday (19 December) will offers guests a unique opportunity to experience the […]
Beaver boom in London is a boon for climate
In a historic step forward for urban rewilding, 2 separate beaver reintroduction projects in north west London—one in Greenford and another in Enfield —are thriving. Both projects have been the result of partnerships between local councils, environmental groups, and Capel Manor College. They have also both marked remarkable progress since beavers were reintroduced to the […]
Foster care: ‘They made us feel safe and protected’
A couple who have cared for a group of siblings for more than 7 years have been handed Ealing Council’s Foster Carer of the Year Award. Zeineb Sebri and Mukhtar Hassan, who have been fostering for the council for 11 years, were honoured at a ceremony on Saturday (30 November). They have been caring […]
Local charities win prestigious King’s Award
A pair of charities based in the borough – the Znaniye Foundation and MindFood – have been awarded the prestigious King’s Award for Voluntary Service for 2024. MindFood supports people struggling with stress, depression, anxiety and isolation; while the Znaniye Foundation (pictured above) works to empower young people and build community connections. The King’s Award […]
Win Dame Elizabeth’s memoir
Have you read our article on the incredible life story of Dame Elizabeth Anionwu? Want to know more about her life? Enter our competition for a chance to win a copy of her memoir. Dreams From My Mother is an inspiring story about childhood, race, identity, family, friendship, hope and what makes us who we […]
Fighting ignorance: John Barbour-James
October is Black History Month. In the second of 2 local history articles, with the help of borough archivist Dr Jonathan Oates, we take a look at a prominent black man who, from Acton and beyond, battled racism and strived to overcome ignorance 100 years ago. John Alexander Barbour-James was a former colonial civil servant […]
Footie, films and tales off the telly
In the 17th instalment of Reel Life blog, we take a look at what the glamorous world of telly, showbiz and movies has been doing recently, hanging around the borough with their crews and clapperboards. As the summer months lazed along, it wasn’t all lemon and lime gin and fashionable wellies at festivals for the […]
Ealing’s pioneering black bookshop
October is Black History Month. In the first of 2 local history articles this month, borough archivist Dr Jonathan Oates looks at a groundbreaking bookshop. In the 1960s, and later, it was difficult to buy books in the UK about black history and culture for both adults and children. In 1966 the first British black […]
