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 […]
Jump on the skills (and job) escalator
Ealing Council is running two schemes to give people a push with their career. One, WEST, helps unemployed people get work; the other, Skills Escalator, helps those with a job to improve their chances of getting a better-paid one. If you are employed… For those residents who are already in a job but still claiming some housing […]
Summer soundtrack: Jazz and Blues
Walpole Park in Ealing will provide your soundtrack for the summer as it hosts two consecutive weekends of live music with the long-running and ever-popular jazz and blues festivals returning. Across 22–23 July, the Ealing Blues Festival will feature world-famous acts The Blockheads and Mungo Jerry (pictured above) as well emerging bands from the blues scene. Originally started […]
Tuck into summer with fine food and drink
Thirsty for some outdoor socialising? Hungry for some new food? You can get stuck into the summer by sampling gourmet grub and a refreshing beer or two as food and drink festivals come to town. The newest addition to the Ealing Summer Festivals programme, Eat Drink Ealing will take over Ealing Common on 1-2 July […]
Hanwell opens the summer carnival season
This Saturday (16 June) marks the start of carnival season as Hanwell is the first of three summer events known throughout the community. Hanwell Carnival is now in its 119th year. Catch the parade on 17 June as it makes its way from Hanwell Community Centre to Elthorne Park, where the main event takes place […]
How to get ahead with adult learning courses
Whether you want to improve your job prospects, or ‘up-skill’ for your current job, gaining a qualification can help strengthen your CV and help you get ahead. Ealing Adult Learning offers a range of courses – one of which could be exactly what you are looking for. In fact, Ealing Adult Learning has more than […]
Around Ealing magazine – June 2017
Welcome to the June 2017 edition of Around Ealing, which looks at the summer. Everything seems better in the summer. Not much can spoil it. Not even mowing the lawn while in the grip of raging hayfever and its constant twitch and snuffle; nor the stifling Tube journeys and their hot morass of assorted armpits. […]