Reel Life is back: TV and film, from Gomorrah to Guy Ritchie
Hello again film buffs. I’m very sorry for the year-long hiatus. Ealing has been brimming with filming for TV and film this year, so here’s a round-up of the best reasons why I haven’t been able to write Reel Life for a while. With Amazon, Netflix et al anaesthetising the broadcasting industry and injecting it full […]
Watch your waste this Christmas
An indulgent festive season can be bad for your waist line, but it is not always a great thing for the environment either. Households across the country waste more food over Christmas than at any other time of the year. We also see a big increase in other things being chucked away, like wrapping and […]
Wise to join OWL and help stop crime
Since it was set up in June, the OWL network has found missing children, stopped scams and helped police gather intelligence. And it wants to get as many people involved as possible to help one another and beat the criminals. It is an online service that is free for anyone to join, at www.owl.co.uk, and […]
Don’t fall victim to scams this Christmas
More people tend to fall prey to scams in the build-up to Christmas. An event being hosted by Age UK and Ealing Council today (Thursday, 6 December) at Greenford Community Centre will look to give people advice on how to beat the scammers. The event is free to attend and will run between 11am and […]
Public services must be delivered in a new way
Government cuts and a huge increase in demand for social care mean the way public services are delivered must change in Ealing. Rather than spreading our ever-dwindling resources across many services, we are proposing to start again and take a fresh look at how we could provide fewer, better targeted services that make more of […]
Homes fit for the future
Ealing is building more council homes than any other London authority. In total, the council aims to provide 2,500 new, genuinely affordable homes by 2022. The single biggest challenge the borough faces is a chronic shortage of housing local people can afford. Average house prices are around 10 times the average salary, while renting privately […]
Capture a slice of winter and send it in
Winter 2018 Seasons of Ealing is here. Entries began to be accepted on Saturday (1 December) for our sixth successive seasonal photo competition. The winner will again be selected by the public and published in Around Ealing magazine and on this website. As you would expect, the idea is for you to send in your favourite […]
‘I can have my own life, too’ – helping carers
Today (Friday) is Carers’ Rights Day. Around 1,800 carers are supported by Ealing Council and we spoke to two of them to find out how it is helping them and their relatives to lead independent lives. Adults’ social care services help 7,000 people from across the borough with a wide variety of needs, ranging from the […]
Sign up with apprenticeship network and stand out
Did you know that the council’s Ealing Apprenticeship Network has helped local businesses set up more than 600 apprenticeships in the last five years? It is currently searching for businesses to create more placements – and is also looking for residents to fill the roles. For the sixth year running, the Network’s ‘100-in-100’ campaign has been receiving pledges […]
Winter is coming…enter Seasons of Ealing
We are opening our sixth successive seasonal photo competition on 1 December – with the winner again being selected by the public and published in Around Ealing magazine and on this website. Winter 2018 Seasons of Ealing is here. Entries to the latest Seasons of Ealing can be sent in from next Saturday (1 December 2018). As […]
Around Ealing magazine – December 2018
Welcome to the December 2018 edition of Around Ealing magazine. As you can see in the interactive or PDF versions of the magazine below, we lead on the front page with the news Ealing Council is working to bring about 2,500 genuinely affordable new homes for the borough. Indeed, there is a little bit of […]
Urban art and Acton’s show homes
A huge bird of prey, sea creatures, bright colours, historical murals; South Acton is brighter than ever thanks to an urban art project that has brought grey buildings to life and made ‘a big difference to people’s daily lives.’ You can view a gallery of 29 images to take a look at some of the […]