New event to mark Holocaust Memorial Day
Ealing Council’s plans to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day have changed. Residents are invited to attend the new event. It has postponed an event to unveil a permanent memorial in Walpole Park to remember the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, alongside the millions of other people killed under Nazi persecution of other populations and groups, and during […]
ECO scheme to help more homes use less energy
A scheme helping households to improve the energy efficiency of their homes, and save on heating, has been extended for another four years. Ealing Council will continue to help low-income and vulnerable households benefit from the national energy efficiency programme, called the Energy Company Obligation (ECO), until March 2026. Since April 2020, the ECO scheme […]
Win a free exercise class and keep moving
In a bid to help local people get moving despite the weather and the current financial challenges, an experienced fitness trainer is offering a free class for 10 lucky readers of Around Ealing – and exercise tips for everyone else to follow. Doreen Whittaker has taught a wide range of personal clients, including members of […]
Why dumping food waste is hard to swallow
This festive season, as we all hopefully enjoy some good food, it is worth remembering that chucking food leftovers in the rubbish bin comes with a huge cost. Not just to our wallets but to our environment, too. It is estimated that around 70% of the six million tonnes of food we throw away in […]
Enforcement patrols tackle anti-social behaviour
Teams of officers from Ealing Council and the police went out recently to check the streets for fly-tipping, parking offences and much more. They were accompanied for night-time patrols by council leader Peter Mason and deputy leader Deirdre Costigan. Councillor Costigan, who is also the council’s cabinet member for climate action, said: “The borough has […]
Primary places: Time to apply
If your child was born between 1 September 2018 and 31 August 2019, they will be due to start primary school in September 2023 – and applications for pupil places are being received. Under the London-wide primary school admissions scheme, parents living in the borough will submit a single application to Ealing Council, listing their […]
Hello electric, goodbye gas
We are in a climate emergency. And we are in a cost-of-living crisis, with energy at the forefront of it. These things are not unrelated. Electric-only heating might hold some of the answers. According to the Committee on Climate Change (or Climate Change Committee), 40% of the UK’s carbon emissions – which are harmful to […]
Around Ealing magazine – winter 2022
Welcome to the winter 2022 edition of Around Ealing magazine. It is available to view (below) as a PDF or as an interactive version. The front-end of the winter 2022 edition is dominated by information about the cost of living. When the editor was standing in a street recently that contained both a foodbank and […]
Orchard for every town as part of ‘greening’
A pioneering project based at Blondin Park has been bearing fruit for an astonishing 25 years. It is now providing a blueprint for an ambitious programme of greening and growing across the entire borough. The park, in Northfields, has an apple orchard planted in 1997 – which was the borough’s first community orchard. It has […]
Will you back one of these community projects?
From hedgehog highways to healthy activities for young people, there is a wide range of community projects looking to make a positive impact in the local area that are hoping for your help. The council’s Ealing Together Fund is helping residents find the means to get their ideas off the ground and, after launching its […]
Where did our parks’ names come from?
The borough is well known for its parks and open spaces. However, the reasons for our parks’ names are less well known – and have all kinds of origins, including from a French tightrope walker, a Victorian MP and an early pioneer in mental health. With the help of Dr Jonathan Oates, we found out […]
Take your place in shaping the borough’s future
The future of the borough is in your hands, with a large public consultation under way asking for your views. Today (Wednesday, 30 November), a consultation opened on Ealing Council’s draft new Local Plan. This sets out how life across all of our seven towns might develop over the next 15 years – from climate […]
