Holocaust: Survivors share wartime experiences
Each year, Holocaust Memorial Day is marked in the borough in late January, as it is around the world. Last week, as Melanie Silver reports, more than 60 local school pupils had the rare opportunity to hear moving testimony from two Holocaust survivors, Marianne and Peter Summerfield, refugees from Germany in 1939. The high school […]
Win the chance to be a zookeeper for the day
If you follow the clues at Hanwell Zoo this spring you could win the prize of being a zookeeper there for a day. There will be plenty of family fun to be had with a cracking Easter egg trail taking place from Saturday, 31 March to Sunday, 14 April. It will be free to take […]
‘I can still live independently’
“I would have died if my social worker hadn’t found me the last time,” said Francis O’Reilly*, who lived alone until a year ago when undiagnosed anaemia caught him out. Thanks to the council he now lives independently in a sheltered home with support on-site if he needs it. More than 7,000 adults receive some […]
The adventures of an Ealing lecturer
Following on from our serialisation of an Ealing man’s 1930s diary, Dr Jonathan Oates looks at another local man’s life experiences of the same period. It is a life that encompassed a fearful mother trying to prevent a love affair; the teaching of an ‘inveterate drunk’; attempts to make visitors laugh at the National Portrait […]
Earn while you learn – opportunities now
Apprenticeships are becoming an increasingly popular route to enter the world of work, to earn while you learn. And there are more than 100 opportunities available right now. Ealing Council offers two apprenticeship schemes: One working within the council itself, and one working at local businesses. The next round of vacancies at the council will […]
A gardener’s best friend?
With the end of winter on the horizon (however distant it feels) many gardeners will be itching to get back outside. Signing up for the council’s fortnightly garden waste collection service is a good way to get on with the business of preparing for spring. It would mean you no longer need to take your […]
Help tackle the £1billion problem
Litter and fly-tipping is a £1billion problem. Ealing Council has signed up to take part in the Great British Spring Clean (GBSC) and help is needed to tidy three local hotspot areas chosen by you. GBSC is a national campaign led by Keep Britain Tidy to bring people together to take part in various clear […]
Copley shortlisted for two awards and you can vote
Alton Court, the latest phase of the council’s pioneering regeneration of Copley Close in Hanwell, has seen Copley shortlisted for two prestigious awards. The acclaimed First Time Buyer award recognises the lengths developers go to in order to help aspirational buyers onto the housing ladder. Ealing Council is competing e with national housebuilders and housing […]
Hop to it and check you are registered to vote
The local elections will be held on 3 May, and Ealing Council is reminding residents who have moved address in the last year or changed their details to make sure they are registered to vote. You are not automatically registered to vote, even if you pay council tax. Unless you are registered, you cannot vote […]
Trio step up to the Get Moving challenge
EalingNewsExtra have selected three volunteers who wanted to step up to a Get Moving challenge. For many of us, fitting exercise into our daily lives can feel like an uphill struggle. We know that we really ought to be a bit more active, but find it hard to make the time, do not think of […]
Time for setting budgets
In February councils across the country will be setting their budgets for the coming year –including making a decision on council tax rates. Seven years of austerity cuts are causing the UK real pain and mean further cuts here in Ealing are unavoidable. Yet demand for services, especially for social care, is increasing year-on-year and […]
Around Ealing magazine – February 2018
Welcome to the February 2018 edition of Around Ealing magazine, and happy new year. Below, you can download it as a PDF or view it as an e-magazine. We consider various aspects of personal health in this edition – three volunteers have taken on our Get Moving challenge to improve aspects of their physical wellbeing […]