Time has arrived to apply for primary school
If your child was born between 1 September 2014 and 31 August 2015 he or she will be due to start primary school in September 2019 – and applications for pupil places are being received. Under the London-wide primary school admissions scheme, parents living in the borough will submit a single application to Ealing Council, […]
Black History Month: Early records
October is national Black History Month and a talk being given at a local library will look at the earliest records of black and Asian people living in the borough, from 1739. The talk being given by borough archivist Dr Jonathan Oates will be held at West Ealing Library at 6pm on Thursday, 11 October. […]
Keep talking to shape Future Ealing
Many of you have been taking part in a conversation with the council about how to make the borough better, during its Talk Future Ealing roadshow – and there will be plenty more opportunities in October. The roadshow was taken across the borough to a variety of events over the summer, and also to local […]
Around Ealing magazine – October 2018
Welcome to the October 2018 edition of Around Ealing magazine. It seems hard to believe it was a year ago that we started our photographic competition called Seasons of Ealing. Since then, we have run four iterations of it, covering each season; and there were no plans to do more than that. But the standard […]
Time for the autumn 2018 Seasons of Ealing
We are opening our fifth seasonal photo competition on 1 October – with the winner again being selected by the public and published in Around Ealing magazine and on this website. Autumn 2018 Seasons of Ealing is here. Entries to the latest Seasons of Ealing can be sent in from next Monday (1 October 2018). You […]
Friars Gardens now a garden for everyone
An ‘unwelcoming’ patch of land with an ‘unwieldy’ gate as its entrance has been transformed into an impressive community garden. Friars Gardens, a small, triangular green near central Acton, won £45,000 in Ealing Council’s Transform Your Space scheme in 2016 and we visited it at the time. It has since undergone a complete makeover thanks […]
A motorsport lifeline on the road to recovery
An Ealing-based organisation that supports permanently injured and psychologically scarred former military personnel by organising motorsport-based trips and activities for them has been backed by Ealing Council. Motorsport Endeavour was set up 10 years ago, in 2008, by Ealing resident Graham Raphael. It is entirely self-funding, relying on contributions from the public and donations from organisations […]
First World War: Women and the war
Women were debarred from serving in the armed forces in any capacity in the First World War, writes Dr Jonathan Oates. However, there was much additional work to be done in wartime and with far less men to do it, some women began to take on these tasks, some which had been traditionally male preserves. […]
Pick some outdoor fun at Apple Day 2018
Enjoy apple games, storytelling and a forest school with apple-themed making at Apple Day 2018. It promises to be a fun day for all the family and even gives you the chance to get involved in squishing and sampling apples and even tasting local cider. As well as all the activities, visitors can enjoy delicious hot vegan food and […]
Active choices can improve quality of our air – and our health
You may have read on this website or in the September edition of Around Ealing magazine about various ways in which the council and its partners are attempting to guide our children towards active, healthy lifestyles. This is through encouraging exercise and sport; education on nutrition and food; and even practical lessons in cooking and […]
Councils combine to fund heating for most vulnerable
If your home does not have a central heating system installed, for example it uses old electric storage heaters, then the council may be able to help. Ealing Council is part of a consortium of nine local authorities that has teamed together to get funding to be able to offer first-time central heating systems to […]
Our boundary lines could change
The boundary lines of parts of our borough could be redrawn as part of a review that also considered the number of councillors representing our borough. The first part of the review, by the Local Government Boundary Commission, has already taken place. Officers looked at the number of councillors and wards required. There are presently […]