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Volunteers needed to help clean West Ealing

Walsingham Road

Good spot for some guerrilla gardening?

Over the three days of Thursday 28th – Saturday 30th May West Ealing is getting a clean up.  Can you spare a little time to help?

 
Over three days at the end of May, InWestEaling is joining forces with local businesses, Ealing Council, recycling contractors Amey and First Mile, residents and community groups to clean up West Ealing town centre.

 
Mopping, washing, painting, sweeping, dusting, sorting, recycling, scrubbing, sanding, weeding, planting, there is a task for everyone. There is a call for volunteers and equipment to ensure the project achieves maximum impact. This is an opportunity for the businesses and residents to get together to make West Ealing a brighter town centre for everyone to enjoy.

 
InWestEaling is an organisation funded and led by local businesses to promote the town centre and represent businesses on issues of common concern. As part of its work it holds events and markets and supports retailers and other businesses to reduce their costs. It offers training and development courses and works with partners to make West Ealing a safer town centre to visit, shop and work. The ‘Cleaning West Ealing’ campaign brings together organisations and individuals who want to improve West Ealing’s town centre.

 
Phil Hall Chair of InWestEaling said: ‘This is a great opportunity to focus time and attention on West Ealing and for groups to come together to make a visible impact on our high street. I call on local businesses to join forces and help make this the success it deserves’.

 
Over the three days of Thursday 28, Friday 29 and Saturday 30 May teams will be out and about cleaning up West Ealing. Drains will be cleared in Green Man Lane, telephone boxes washed and tidied and areas weeded and planted. There will be a free waste amnesty with businesses able to throw away unwanted items in the skips provided. In addition, there will be unlimited recycling with waste electrical and electronic items collected for free. Pavements will be jet washed and waste bins will be cleaned along with a host of other cleaning projects.

 
Ealing Council has run similar transformative clean up days and Cllr Bassam Mahfouz, the council’s cabinet member for transport and environment said: ‘We are all responsible for keeping our environment clean so everyone can enjoy it. InWestEaling is leading a fantastic initiative and doing great work to ensure businesses also do their part in making West Ealing a vibrant and clean place to live, work and relax. I want to encourage as many people as possible to get stuck in to help this worthwhile project which I am sure will be enjoyable and rewarding.’

 
For more information about InWestEaling or to volunteer contact the InWestEaling team:
Tel: 020 8231 2369 Email: info@westealingbid.co.uk Website: www.inwestealing.co.uk

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The story behind the house collapse in West Ealing

There’s a very good piece about the collapse of the roof of a house in West Ealing on the getwestlondon website

It explains the background to the illegal building work on the site, the Council’s enforcement action to get the building put back as it was and the efforts being made to re-house the ground floor residents who had to be evacuated.

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Help our local Juice Cube bar make use of even more unwanted fruit

The Juice Cube bar in the Uxbridge Road is seeking funding, help and support to expand its project. The basic idea behind it is simple – make juice out of fruit that would otherwise be thrown away and go to waste. Their target is £13,000 and you can see all about their project and aims on their crowdfunding page – https://kriticalmass.com/p/drinkdifferent .
As with all crowdfunding projects, make sure you know exactly what you are doing but it’s at least worth a read and you can help out in ways other than money.

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Building collapse in West Ealing

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The roof on part of a house on the corner of Hatfield Road and Grosvenor Road collapsed this afternoon.  I believe three people were hurt, with at least one being rescued by the Fire Brigade.  Some residents on the ground floor have had to be moved out and Hatfield Road is curently shut to traffic.

This corner building, which I think used to be a dairy many years ago, has had a chequered history over the last year or two.  West Ealing Neighbours had discussions with the Council some months ago as to exactly what was happening with this building and the building work that had taken place to extend it.

 

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Help promote more live music in Ealing

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I was brought up listening to British Rhythm & Blues music from bands such as the Rolling Stones, Chicken Shack, Fleetwood Mac, Aynsley Dunbar, The Animals, Manfred Mann and many more.  What I didn’t realise until quite recently was how much these bands owed to The Ealing Club, rightly dubbed the birthplace of British Rhythm & Blues. The Ealing Club team now needs your help to get funding for some really exciting music projects.  Can you help? All you have to do is vote to show your support:

‘The Ealing Club Community Interest Company has applied to the AVIVA Community Fund to capture additional funding for projects that will sit alongside a series of exciting new concerts. By registering and voting YOU could persuade one of Britain’s largest companies to fund the following initiatives for Ealing Borough:

– Music workshops that put instruments into the hands of people of all ages

– New vitality in forgotten places where LIVE MUSIC has been absent for many years: e.g BandStands & Empty shops

– Activities that highlight Ealing Borough’s momentous relationship with Blues & Rock Music while also providing a boost to all other genres of music that exist in West London

YOUR VOTE COULD REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE! ‘

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More information about The Ealing Club here

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Upcoming events at Chat&Meet coffee shop in West Ealing

Some upcoming events at Blueprint/ Chat & Meet Coffee shop and this means dates for your diary:

Tuesday 5th May 2015
Ealing Business Forum (EBF) on #EalingHour with @ContactusEaling, @Barnabites and @CathPG
18:30 – 20:00

Wednesday 6th May 2015
Tweetup workshop with @ContactusEaling and @MGreer
13:30 – 14:30

Thursday 7th May 2015
Graphic Design Workshop with Hooman of ineek.com
10:30 – 12:00

Saturday 9th May 2015
Saz’s Cake, Coffee and Craft
11:00 – 15:00

Wednesday 13th May 2015
Lets Tweet Together with @ContactusEaling

So make sure you put the dates in the diary and make the most of this pilot hub.

Look out for tweets @chatnmeetcoffee about opening hours and events.

Blueprint and the Chat&Meet coffee shop are in Drayton Green Road

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OPEN Ealing performances and exhibitions coming soon

Digital Photographic Exhibition
Celebrating work by the students of OPEN’s Digital Photography course led by Rod Morris

Thursday 30 April

7-9.30pm

Green Man Lane Cafe

Free admission

Misfits of London: The Gin Chronicles
27 April – 1 May

St James Studio, 12 Palace Street. London SW1E 5JA
Directed by OPEN’s Artistic Director, Anthony Shrubsall, The Misfits of London are back, but in a new guise.
World War II is over, and in a time of austerity 5 unique performers, including an ex-spy and a cross-channel swimming hero, welcome you into the warmth and eccentric charm of their radio studio to perform “The Gin Chronicles”, the first episode in a series of radio style-comedy thrillers.
This is a fast paced period comedy with a decent splash of satire that should be just the tonic for any audience.
To book visit www.interrupttheroutine.co.uk

Orbits
White Bear Theatre | London SE11
28 April – 2 May
A new play by WALLY SEWELL and directed by ANTHONY SHRUBSALL; first performed at the Ealing Autumn Festival has transferred to the White Bear Theatre in Kennington Park Road.

In 1941, fleeing from the Nazis, radical left-wing German playwright, Bertolt Brecht, found himself in Hollywood where he met the British movie star Charles Laughton. Orbits imagines their working relationship as they collaborated for three intense, creative years on the translation of Das Leben des Galilei (The Life of Galileo) for its American premiere.

The premiere was directed by Joseph Losey with Laughton playing Galileo. It took place in 1947 against a background of the bombing of Hiroshima and increasing anti-communist paranoia.
To book visit www.whitebeartheatre.co.uk
6 x 10 Theatre
Saturday 9 May

Green Man Lane Cafe
Performance starts at 7.30pm

Cost: £8 | £6 Concessions | £4 GML residents

Email info@openealing.com to reserve a place

OPEN Music Saturday 23 May
An evening of musical delight featuring Sheila Moylan, Madara Vilson and the Vaudevillians

Green Man Lane Cafe

Performance starts at 7.30pm
Cost: £8 | £6 Concessions | £4 GML residents
Email info@openealing.com to reserve a place

Sheila Moylan is an accomplished musician and vocalist. She is well known locally and has recently performed at OPEN when she delighted the audience with her repertoire and Irish Harp.

With her distinctive mix of genres, languages and powerful voice range, London-based Estonian singer Madara Vilson will take you on a musical journey sure to be the perfect entertainment for any event in search of elegant and sophisticated entertainment. From beloved jazz standards to soulful and technically challenging Russian romances, sultry bossas to cheeky swing, all wrapped up in a dazzling on-stage persona, Madara’s tastefully mixed repertoire with the ability to entertain in 6 different languages – English, Russian, German, French, Estonian, and Latvian – is sure to entice and unify the most varied of audiences. Tonight she is accompanied by Alex Menaker on guitar and will perform an enticing set entitled You Must Believe in Spring.

The Vaudevillians will round off the evening with their usual flair and panache – taking you on a journey through the different worlds they inhabit.

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Dangerous driving in the Draytons

We received and email recently detailing some serious concerns about people’s driving in the Draytons.  The main concern was about drivers going too fast along Drayton Grove right next to Drayton Green Primary School. In one witnessed incident a young boy on his bike was forced to duck behind a parked car to avoid a speeding driver:

‘I don’t want to sound dramatic, but just a few minutes ago at 8.55am I watched a parent drive down the Grove from the school (a purple Ford Fiesta) at a speed that if I had to guess exceeded 30mph, forcing a boy on a bicycle (helmetless) to duck behind a car. Leaving aside the Highway Code, what staggers me is the poor actions demonstrated. As she passed the boy, not one but two black cars waiting to drive down the street didn’t even consider the child, literally pushed past and accelerated down towards the school.

Even after this the child abandoned trying to cycle down the street altogether – a light blue Fiat 500 made no attempt at reducing its speed or even allowing him to pass, so he was forced to duck behind my car, and then cycle down the pavement.

This is discouraging. This was a lone child on a bicycle.

As I type I have seen several other cars arriving at a minute to 9 or shortly after 9, all driving much too quickly.’

There do not appear to be school warning signs in the surrounding streets and any speede limits indicated in contrast with others schools in the area which are now in 20mph zones.

The Council has asked officers to respond to these concerns. Nevertheless, given that Crossrail is likely to make the roads in the Draytone even busier, it seems that now is a good time for a review of traffic in this area.

 

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OPEN Ealing exhibition launches on Thursday

ALL IN THAT THERE IS

All In That There Is

Opening times:
Thursday 10.30am – 9.30pm – private view from 6.30pm
Friday 10.30am – 8pm
Saturday 10.30am – 6pm
Sunday 10.30am – 2pm

Venue: The Welshore Community Hub, 99 The Broadway, West Ealing (next to the now closed Morrisons on the corner of Uxbridge Rd and St James Ave)

OPEN will be showcasing an original video installation by Jack Jones. All In That There Is presents a series of experimental film and digital animations using formats commonly associated of social media, language and popular culture. Merging the distinction between fine art and every day culture to create a point of access where the necessity to understand what the viewer is looking at is not important.

There is a poetic theme that runs across the video that engages cross culturally using different languages, word games and references. the moving images act as settings or landscapes to give a context to the texts

More information about OPEN Ealing here