Around Ealing magazine – June 2018
Welcome to the June 2018 edition of Around Ealing magazine. You can view it as an interactive version or download it as a PDF – see below. What is in the June 2018 edition? The Ealing Summer Festivals provided us with this edition’s cover shot; and quite rightly so. It should be another cracker – […]
Young carers are the ultimate team players
Too often, young carers can feel socially isolated and invisible. A local project, run through a football club, is seeking to change that. Although it is hard to believe, there are 700,000 young carers living in the UK, looking after other members of their family. Ealing Young Carers gives carers between eight and 18 years […]
Shared lives: ‘We are a family’
Raheem is autistic and has lived with the Hussains since he was nine years old. He was fostered by the Greenford family and then came to live with them through a little-known scheme with a big impact. Ealing Shared Lives has been run by Ealing Council for almost 25 years. It places adults who have […]
Win tickets to Fantasia experience
This year, the underground world of The Vaults presents a new sensory experience called Sounds and Sorcery, inspired by Disney’s Fantasia. And we have five pairs of tickets to give away in a competition. “Not really a concert, not a vaudeville or a revue, but a grand mixture of comedy, fantasy, ballet, drama, impressionism, colour, […]
More performers join final jazz line-up
Ealing Jazz Festival announced its full line-up of performers this week. Joining the already impressive list is the multi-talented Gwyneth Herbert (pictured). Herbert has released a string of critically successful albums as well as composing the score for ‘The A – Z of Mrs P’ at the Southwark Playhouse, for which she was awarded Stiles […]
Three triyoga passes and yoga mats to be won
What better way to Get Moving and try out yoga or pilates than by winning our triyoga competition? Three lucky winners will get a month’s unlimited pass to triyoga in central Ealing plus a Liforme yoga mat – a prize worth more than £150 combined. triyoga opened in Dickens Yard in Ealing in November – its […]
Priorities that will guide council for next four years
I am delighted to remain leader of your council. It is an incredible honour and privilege to serve the people of Ealing. More than 40% of the electorate voted in the local elections in May and I am pleased so many people engaged with the local issues. You can see here our administration’s core priorities […]
Recycling symbols for plastic – signs of our times
If plastic is thrown away with your rubbish into landfill, it can take up to 500 years to decompose. Other plastic, as you will have seen on the news recently, ends up in the sea and harming ecosystems. There is a simple alternative: Recycle it. Plastic makes up more than 10% of an average household’s […]
Supporting the unsung heroes during Carers Week
It is national Carers Week soon – between 11-17 June. Caring will touch each and every one of us in our lifetime, whether we become a carer or need care ourselves. A local service is supporting those, often unsung, heroes who are caring for others. For some, taking on a caring role can be sudden: Someone in […]
Increased mental health support for mums
More women in the borough will be able to access mental health support during and after pregnancy, thanks to new funding. The NHS in North West London has been awarded £600,000 by NHS England to increase mental health support for new and expectant mums over the next year. In Ealing, the funding means care will […]
How borough is becoming baby friendly
New parents often complain that they are given contradictory advice when they are coping with the many challenges a baby and toddler provide – especially when it comes to feeding and weaning. A free service is setting out to change all of that. Ealing Council is currently implementing UNICEF’s Baby Friendly Initiative throughout its children’s […]
Hootie rocks in the rain and plans next year
The sixth Hanwell Hootie at the weekend (12 May) was a huge hit once more, despite the unfriendly weather, and organisers promptly began preparing for next year and are searching for help with funding to keep it free. Thousands of music-lovers braved the rain to hear more than 90 bands performing at 15 different venues […]