‘I found new hope, thanks to the work club’
Finding work can be difficult but there is help out there and, as one resident explained, it can change your life. Ealing Council runs three weekly work clubs to help residents plan a route into employment – based in Acton, Hanwell and Northolt. The clubs offer guidance and support, internet access, help with their job […]
Around Ealing magazine – autumn 2019
Welcome to the autumn 2019 edition of Around Ealing magazine. As is traditional with the magazine at this time of year, we look at learning. You can view an interactive, or a PDF, version of the magazine below. The PDF version is also downloadable. As summer gathers its belongings together and starts to think about […]
Feeding growth at businesses like Debaere
A ‘fantastic’ package of free training and mentoring offered by the council has helped small, local companies to grow, including Debaere: A patisserie and bakery based in Perivale. Over the last two years, Ealing Council’s regeneration team has been offering support to small businesses based in the borough through a programme, run with Branduin Business […]
How Syeda is nurturing a career in childcare
“If you are thinking about doing an apprenticeship – go for it,” is the recommendation of apprentice Syeda. The council’s Ealing Apprenticeship Network helps businesses to set up apprenticeships and to find the right people to fill them. Syeda Shahbano Rizvi is one of these people – and is completing an apprenticeship in early years […]
How training helped Sukhi strike gold
A package of free training and mentoring offered by the council has helped small, local companies to grow and flourish – including the ‘Uber of the gold and diamond industry’. Over the last two years, Ealing Council’s regeneration team has been offering support to small businesses based in the borough through a programme, run with […]
You can help to catch out the fly-tippers
Specialist patrols are cleaning up fly-tips and collecting evidence that helps trace the rubbish back to the fly-tippers; and you are helping too. This ongoing work by the council’s enforcement patrols has led to more than 2,500 people and businesses being hit with fines for fly‑tipping offences since the turn of this year alone. But […]
Meet Mayor Gulaid – a man of science and medicine
In May, Councillor Dr Abdullah Gulaid was formally elected as the new mayor of Ealing and has been enjoying the ‘very rewarding and challenging’ role. As mayor, Councillor Gulaid undertakes all civic ceremonial duties within the borough. This will include attendance at key Remembrance Day services and greeting any members of the royal family visiting […]
Evacuation of children from Ealing in 1939
Concerns about aerial bombing if the Second World War broke out led to plans being drawn up for the evacuation of children from London in 1939. And, 80 years on, Dr Jonathan Oates looks at how this affected local children. All children in schools in Acton and all those to the south of the railway […]
How Sam is building a career in construction
Single mother, Sam Smith, is not your ‘typical’ construction apprentice, but she says she is ‘reaping the rewards’ of choosing a trades apprenticeship as a career path and thinks more women should follow her lead. Ealing Council has pledged to generate 750 apprenticeship places by 2020 and is already a third of the way to […]
And your winner crosses the finish line…
This is your winner of our Love Your Place: Summer photography competition. It captures the start of a race as part of the Ealing Mile summer series that has been taking part in Lammas Park. It was taken by Roger Green, and will appear in the autumn edition of Around Ealing magazine – and has […]
‘We shared our lives – it worked out wonderfully’
Christine Lyons cared for Elspeth and Jane for more than two decades. The pair have learning disabilities and lived with Christine and her husband Joe in their home in Ealing as part of a little-known scheme which has a big impact on people’s lives. Christine, who is a qualified psychiatric nurse, was the very first […]
No half measures in boosting pupils’ health
Ealing Half Marathon has become a firm fixture of local life each September; but the team behind the event also goes the extra mile to inspire schoolchildren to stay active and healthy. Each year, the Ealing Half Marathon Schools Challenge encourages schools to enter their own teams into the half marathon to raise funds for […]
