Swings and Acton heights – more of your photos
Your excellent photos keeping coming. This time, we picked out the image of Harley on the swings at Brent Lodge Park in Hanwell and also some great views from the eighth floor of a building in Acton. The photo of Harley was sent in by his dad Jayson Hurwood, who told us: “Harley was enjoying […]
Tennis served up for you
Have you been enjoying Wimbledon? To celebrate the Great British Tennis Weekend on 22-23 July, free taster sessions are going to be held – and you can get 25% off junior tennis courses. Better, which runs a number of the borough’s sports centres for Ealing Council, is organising the free taster sessions at Queensmead Sports […]
Summer festivals keep on coming
Ealing Summer Festivals are in full swing now and the events are coming thick and fast and Greenford Carnival is back on Saturday (8 July) followed a few days later by the Ealing Beer Festival (pictured). The carnival takes place, as usual, in Ravenor Park. It promises to offer something for everyone, with all its […]
Comedy winners. Ed will be there. Will you?
The 10 lucky winners of our Ealing Comedy Festival ticket competition have been announced. See below if you are one of them. If not, there are still tickets for sale, so you do not have to miss out on all the fun. Ed Byrne (pictured above) has been added to the list of top comedians performing […]
Norwood Green Village Day this weekend
Norwood Green Village Day takes place this Saturday (8 July) for a community-led afternoon of fun, food, games and music. There will be live music throughout the event, between 12noon and 5pm, and it will be free to enter. A barbecue will provide tasty snacks, The Plough pub will run a bar, and an arena […]
Interview: How staying Kurupt Beats the daily Grindah
One of the West London Film Office’s proudest moments was finding an empty flat for People Just Do Nothing’s Kurupt FM pirate radio station on the South Acton Estate (208 Chesterton Court to be exact). Being so intrinsically linked to the programme I thought it was only right to arrange an interview and interrupt their […]
Send us your photos: A brooding sky over Walpole Park
Last month we asked you to send in your photos of the borough and this striking image of the sky above Walpole Park in Ealing was one of them. There must be something about the skies in Ealing at the moment, after the images of the ‘mackerel’ sky we posted last time. Philip Hurrell sent […]
Mini-builders enjoy trip to Copley
A little crew of mini-builders paid a visit to see the unfolding work on the second phase of Copley estate’s redevelopment. The group of 10 children were selected from Woodlands Academy Primary School in West Ealing to visit the council-owned site nearby in Hanwell. They ranged in age from nursery to Year 3, and were […]
Taking apprenticeships to a higher level
Apprenticeships are an opportunity to gain valuable work experience alongside a qualification, with the prospect of full-time employment at the end. Available in a variety of sectors, some apprenticeships offer the opportunity to gain the equivalent of a post graduate degree. There are different levels of apprenticeship available and the level which you start at […]
Social care: Funding crisis needs national solution
In this short video, council leader Julian Bell explains what Ealing Council has been doing to tackle the crisis in funding for social care this year – and what he thinks needs to happen next. He warns current solutions are ‘not sustainable. Councils will go bankrupt.’ It is all set in the context of a […]
Planting more than a thought in your neighbourhood
It is possible for you to transform a space in your neighbourhood with money from a special fund that has been helping residents restore unloved corners and bring them back into community life. You have a month left to submit ideas. The third round of the council’s Transform Your Space scheme is welcoming ideas from […]
Get yourself a free ticket to ride
It is time to saddle up and get ready for one of the best free family events in the Ealing summer calendar, Ticket to Ride. Need to learn how to ride a bike? Don’t worry, you need look no further because we have the answer to that, too, as you can read below. Ticket to Ride […]