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...
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...
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...
Statement from leader of the council on the Finsbury Park Mosque attack
Councillor Julian Bell, leader of Ealing Council, has released a statement on last night's terror attack. Councillor Julian Bell, leader of Ealing Council, said: “These Londoners were going about their peaceful business, finishing their prayers...
Minute’s silence outside Ealing Town Hall
People who live and work locally are invited to join the mayor of Ealing, Councillor Simon Woodroofe, for a minute's silence outside Ealing Town Hall at 11am today (Monday, 19 June). The minute's silence will...
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...
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...
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....
Spies: The real ‘M’ and his near undoing in Ealing
Maxwell Knight was a paradox, writes Henry Hemming. A jazz obsessive and nature enthusiast (he is the author of the definitive work on how to look after a gorilla), he is also seen as being...