Inaugural jobs fair a major success
Ealing’s first Jobs and Skills Fair saw more than 800 hundred interested residents visit the town hall to speak with potential employers and enhance their employment prospects. The event hosted on Thursday, 24 May by Ealing Council in collaboration with employers and partners from across the borough including A2Dominion, Catalyst and Shepherds Bush Housing as […]
Ealing receives three national awards
Two estates in Hanwell and South Acton have been awarded at national competitions highlighting the high quality of housing and regeneration in the borough. Alton Court, the first phase of homes at Copley Hanwell W7 won the ‘Best First-Time Buyer Home’ at the prestigious London Evening Standard New Homes Awards on 19 May and were […]
Pedal power comes to Ealing with the Summer of Cycling
Forget flower power, Ealing is celebrating pedal power in 2018 with the borough’s first Summer of Cycling. Find out what is planned and how you can get involved. Cycling festivals Events will get under way at the beginning of July with two all-day cycling festivals held in local parks. On Sunday, 1 July Churchfields Recreation […]
New mayor and new cabinet announced
Councillor Tejinder Dhami was formally elected as the new mayor of Ealing at the annual meeting of the full council on Tuesday (22 May). As mayor, Councillor Dhami will undertake all civic ceremonial duties within the borough. This includes attendance at the key Remembrance Day service and greeting any members of the royal family visiting the […]
Join over 800 local households and save money on solar panels
Ealing residents can benefit from the recent success of London’s first ever council-led group buying scheme for solar panels. So far, more than 800 households across the borough and over 3,700 in London have registered for Solar Together London. If all the registrants lived in one terrace of houses, each five meters wide, the terrace […]
‘FGM is child abuse. Full stop.’
That is the powerful message being sent out as awareness is raised in local schools about female genital mutilation (FGM). Perivale Primary School has been leading the way locally, with children, parents and staff all taking part in safeguarding lessons put on by Ealing Council. Their importance has been recognised by the John Lyons charity, […]
Borrow a bike seat from the family cycle library
If you want to get out and about with a young family and avoid jumping in the car, why not borrow a bike seat from the family cycle library? The council has just launched Ealing’s first family cycle library, which lends bike seats or trailers to parents so they can take their children out on two […]
Could you be a dementia friend, or champion?
A range of events are being held that offer you the chance to learn how you might be able to help the growing number of people who suffer with dementia. The events are being held as part of Dementia Awareness Week, next week (21-27 May). According to Alzheimer’s Society there are currently 850,000 living with dementia in the UK, […]
Tesco fined £1.6 million following tragic incident at its Greenford store
The supermarket chain Tesco has been hit with a £1.6 million fine for health and safety failures in its Tesco Metro store on Greenford Road following a successful prosecution by Ealing Council. Tesco Stores Limited pleaded guilty to two offences dating back to August 2014, relating to an incident when the driver of one of […]
Careers, new skills and apprenticeships on offer at Ealing Jobs Fair
A jobs fair to be held at Ealing Town Hall on Thursday, 24 May will help local people find work and provide advice on boosting career prospects. The fair, hosted by housing group A2Dominion, will offer jobs, apprenticeships and training programmes and is being run in collaboration with Ealing Council, Catalyst Housing, Shepherds Bush Housing, […]
Ealing’s walk to school challenge
Thousands of Ealing children are signing up to a challenge to walk to school this May. From 14 to 25 May, pupils at more than 60 primary schools in the borough will take part in the challenge to walk, scoot or cycle to class. Each child will receive a specially designed bookmark which will be stamped each […]
Take care around caterpillars this spring
Ealing Council is advising residents to keep children and animals away from hairy caterpillars and their nests in oak trees to avoid itching skin rashes and other health problems. Oak processionary moth (OPM) caterpillars could be nesting in some oak trees across the borough. They have tiny hairs which contain a protein that can cause […]