Free Christmas gift of health with fitness voucher
Give yourself an early Christmas present with an exclusive fitness voucher to get you started at a local leisure centre. And, why not give a health trainer a try, free of charge, to help you begin the year in a positive and active frame of mind? FREE CLASS, SESSION OR SWIM If you have been […]
‘Fostering is a wonderful opportunity to make a difference’
Foster carers can make a genuine difference to children’s lives. Could you be one? Pete and Nicky Cornford started fostering this September. The Hanwell couple were inspired to start fostering by a talk that was given at church, at the end of last year. “I felt very challenged by what was said,” Pete (pictured) said. […]
Climb higher in your career with the skills escalator
If you are already in a job but still claiming some housing benefit to top-up your wages, the council’s Skills Escalator is a ‘rare’ scheme that can help you increase your chances of earning more money. By gaining additional qualifications to help you ‘up-skill’, or simply being given the right guidance with job applications, you […]
How living shared lives could work for you
Sharon and Fiona have shared their lives for two years, through a council scheme that places adults with local families. Fiona comes to stay with Sharon regularly. They came together through Ealing Shared Lives, which is an Ealing Council scheme which has run for 24 years. It is a flexible scheme that places adults who […]
How local people have become champions for Northolt
Local volunteers are helping to shape Northolt’s future…from a base inside the town’s library. We spoke to two of these ‘champions’ to find out more. The Northolt Library Hub meets every Thursday between 10am and 4pm. The project has been set up to offer face-to-face employment, health and well-being support to local people from trained and […]
Alcohol: Do you know your numbers?
With the party season almost upon us, it is easy to get swept up in the moment and drink more than we normally would. Do you know how many ‘units’ your drinks contain? And do you know your limit? The NHS defines binge drinking for men as having eight or more units of alcohol in one session. For […]
More financial pain as government funding hits record low
Ealing Council’s cabinet meeting heard last night (Tuesday, 14 November) that the budget gap the authority will need to close over the next four years now stands at £73million. Public funding austerity measures, introduced in 2010, will mean that the council will have £143million less government funding to spend on local services in 2021 than […]
Surviving the pain of domestic abuse
“Being abused is such a lonely place to be. It affects you every day; even now my confidence can be shaken just by someone raising their voice,” a brave woman told us after living through the physical, mental and emotional pain of domestic abuse, and coming out the other side. One in four women in […]
Back a winner and nominate a local hero in the sports awards
Does someone at a local sports club deserve some recognition? Here is your chance to give it to them because nominations are already open for the 2018 Ealing Sports Awards. Nominating someone could win you a prize for yourself as well. After the success of the inaugural awards event this summer, judges have decided to open […]
A glimpse at local education a century ago
In the spring of 1901 a Yorkshire solicitor by the name of Mr Chambers was tasked with finding a suitable school for the fatherless Mary Waddington, aged 15. He did this by writing to a number of private girls’ schools, who replied to give him details. The tale is told by Dr Jonathan Oates and […]
Christmas is coming…and here is what to do locally
Christmas starts at home, and there will be so much happening on your doorstep in the next few weeks – from fairs to seasonal markets, featuring everything you can imagine and some things you cannot. Gingerbread sculptures or Santa in an ice cave, anyone? Ealing Artisan, the weekly Sunday food and craft market in Ealing […]
Zoo looking for wild ideas for time capsule
Hanwell Zoo is looking for your help with ideas and donations of items to place in a time capsule that will aim to capture memories of Ealing in 2017. It will be buried under a new enclosure for endangered birds. Local people and visitors to the zoo are being asked to get their thinking caps […]