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 […]
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 […]