BUBBLE
Street party to celebrate completion
of Arden Road project
New year, new start?
New year is a time of resolutions, fresh starts and good intentions. Why not begin
2019 with a visit to a community website with a host of opportunities for you to
get involved in doing something good locally?
Y
ou can find the
Bubble website at
dosomethinggood.org.uk –
it champions local, grassroots
projects, helping to connect local people
with groups working hard to make their
bit of the borough a better place to live.
HELP WILDLIFE, NEIGHBOURS,
SCHOOLS
Bubble hosts information on the many
ways that people can get involved and
help their local area, even if they do not
have time to make a regular commitment.
It provides community groups
with a way to find volunteers, or
to pull support together for a local
project; and it helps residents to find
opportunities to get involved.
There is such a wide variety of
options. You could do anything from
helping to monitor wildlife in our parks
to becoming a school governor.
In fact, even more simply, you can sign
up to help elderly neighbours living near
you who just need some extra help from
time to time – a cup of tea, a cooked
meal or help with fixing something.
Recently, there was an appeal for
people to help brighten up an area of
Perivale Park by getting involved in
planting 4,000 spring bulbs.
And local Parkrun events at the
weekends often ask for volunteers.
There are so many possibilities.
One project that came to
fruition with Bubble’s help was
the maintenance of a square of
formerly disused land in Arden
Road, Ealing. Residents came
together to radically improve
it, with the support of the
council’s ward forums and local
businesses. You can read more
at dosomethinggood.org.uk/
arden-road-oasis
TEAM-UP TO TRANSFORM
Bubble also includes details of the
council’s Transform Your Space
scheme, where groups of residents
can team-up together to request a
slice of council funding to help realise
their plans for community projects.
The fourth round of Transform Your
Space will open early 2019.
Go to dosomethinggood.org.uk
to take a look at and see what you
could do in 2019.
Volunteers get stuck in at Arden Road
around ealing December 2018
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