AUTUMN21
EDITORIAL
10
21
38
CONTENTS
4 UP FRONT 5 LEADER ’ S NOTES 6 UP FRONT 7 COVID-19 :
Get jabbed , stay safe 9 OUR CHOICE :
Working towards jobs 10 HIGH SCHOOL : Time to apply
15 LANGUAGE SKILLS : Bilingual boost 21 CLIMATE ACTION : Time to act now 25 SCHOOL TRAVEL :
Healthy and green 27 SUNNY OUTLOOK : School solar panels 29 WILDLIFE WELCOME : Biodiversity plan
32
42
30
FRONT GARDENS : Our secret weapon
32 ENERGY LEAP : Housing revolution
35 POWER IS YOURS : Energy switch options 38 COMMUNITY PROJECTS :
You are the stars 40 JOBS AND SKILLS :
Training and opportunities 42 DIGITAL CHAMPIONS :
Helping you get online 43 SIGN UP :
Making it easier online 44 COUNCILLORS 46 FIRST CITIZEN :
Meet the mayor
As you will notice throughout this autumn edition of the magazine , instead of referring you to ealingnewsextra . co . uk for more information on lots of our stories , we are now telling you to go to aroundealing . com We have had a change of name after having to do some updates and maintenance to the website . It is now more user friendly , more accessible for people with sight or hearing impairments and better on mobile phones ( which is now the most common way for people to view our online stories ). As the online home of Around Ealing ( you can find back issues of the magazine there , too ), it made sense to make sure the names all matched up , so we switched to aroundealing . com Please take a look . Lots of stories and videos will appear there on a regular basis so you can keep up to date throughout the year , in between the four editions of the magazine , which are : Spring in March , summer in June , autumn in September and winter in December . Richard Nadal EDITOR
aroundealing . com @ EalingCouncil facebook . com / EalingLondon
PUBLISHER Ealing Council , Communications , Perceval House , 14‐16 Uxbridge Road , Ealing W5 2HL , Tel : 020 8825 5000
EDITOR Richard Nadal , nadalr @ ealing . gov . uk
ADVERTISING advertising @ ealing . gov . uk
Distribution : 138,000 copies .
Ealing Council does not accept responsibility for goods or services offered by advertisers . Opinion expressed in this magazine is not necessarily that of the council .
Please use your blue recycling bin when you dispose of this and other magazines . Printed on recycled paper aroundealing . com | / EalingLondon | @ EalingCouncil
World class
Schools and skills : From p9 Climate action : From p21
Autumn 2021
COVID-19 : Staying safe p7 Get involved : Community projects p38 Job opportunities : Training and more p40
ACTON EALING GREENFORD HANWELL NORTHOLT PERIVALE SOUTHALL
Artwork by Lolita Phelan-Llorca , nine
FRONT COVER : Artwork by Lolita Phelan-Llorca , nine , from Hobbayne Primary School around ealing Autumn 2021 3