Rubbish and recycling collections during crisis
Ealing Council would like to remind residents that rubbish and recycling collections are continuing as normal at present. However, the borough’s reuse and recycling centres in Greenford and Acton are closed until further notice. Residents are being advised to safely store waste or recycling that they would usually take to the reuse and recycling centre […]
Parking and driving during the current emergency
NHS, Social Care staff and Teachers can park for free in council car parks and in on-street bays during the current coronavirus emergency period. It is one of the measures aimed at helping critical workers travel in the borough. Coronavirus is having a significant impact on London’s transport network. Reduced public transport means that key […]
Change behaviour or lives will be put at risk
As you may have read by now, the council has put restrictions on facilities in our parks, from playgrounds to tennis courts, to help limit the spread of coronavirus. As I say in the video above, I am asking people, pleading with people to stay at home. There really is no need to go outside […]
Park restrictions to help stop spread of coronavirus
Play areas, playgrounds, outdoor gyms, tennis courts, skate parks and other park facilities in the borough will be closed to help limit the spread of coronavirus. The public are also being told not to gather in groups in the borough’s parks and open spaces and to follow the public health advice to keep at least […]
More action needed to stop corona-crisis causing homelessness
Ealing Council has welcomed the government’s commitment to suspend evictions but warns that additional measures must be swiftly implemented to tackle housing insecurity to avoid homelessness during the coronavirus emergency. On Wednesday (18 March) the government announced that no renter in social or private accommodation will be forced out of their home for at least […]
Ealing schools take action to support key workers
Ealing’s schools and children’s centres are preparing to open their doors for children of key workers and other eligible children across the borough from Monday (23 March) in response to the coronavirus emergency. Schools, in general, will close across the UK after today (Friday). However, educators have agreed to provide support children and young people […]
Social distancing: What we should all be doing
The following is the government’s latest guidance on social distancing measures we should all be taking to reduce social interaction between people in order to reduce the transmission of coronavirus (COVID-19). It is intended for anyone living in their own homes. If you live in a residential care home, guidance is available from the government. […]
A way to a warmer home
If you own your own home, or rent privately, and are on a low income, you might be able to get free improvements to your heating, insulation and ventilation to help make it warmer for next winter. Ealing Council is taking part in the Mayor of London’s Warmer Homes programme, which provides Londoners help with […]
Gentlemen, gangs and an Anglo-Saxon burial site
Reel Life is back after what was another bumper year in filmy world across London. And Ealing managed to get in on a fair bit of the action, too. Here are a few choice nuggets fashioned across the borough last year by the convoy of trucks, cameras and creatives that passed through. You can see […]
Reopen doors to empty homes
London’s housing crisis is deepening all the time. Yet there are some empty homes simply sitting unused. Ealing Council is doing all it can to get these properties back into use. In our borough alone, there are more than 2,500 families in temporary accommodation and almost 9,000 households waiting for a council home. With so […]
Is your home too cold? Need some help?
If the answer is ‘yes’, are you finding it hard to pay your energy bills? Does the cold affect your health? Well, Ealing Council can offer you some free help – if any of the following apply to you: You are over 65; or have children under five years old. You are on a low […]
Networking event for business is postponed
A local business networking event due to take place this month has been postponed until later this year. More than 700 people had been expected at the Ealing Business Expo 2020 across 23-24 March. But it will now take place in September instead. The event, which is organised by Contactus Ealing, is sponsored by Ealing […]
