UP FRONT
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Another 18 community groups in
Southall have received money from
the Southall Champions Fund
which was set up last year as part of the
Southall Big Plan and has awarded cash
to help projects looking to improve life
in the town. Eight community projects
were backed in 2013. Information and
progress updates are available at
www.southallbigplan.com
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One of London’s architectural
treasures will be fully restored
thanks to a £4.42million grant from
the Heritage Lottery Fund. Pitzhanger
Manor House in Ealing is Grade I listed
and was the home of one of Britain’s
greatest architects, Sir John Soane.
Ealing Council, in partnership with
Pitzhanger Manor Trust, is leading a
project to completely restore the building,
upgrade the 1939 art gallery extension
and reintegrate the buildings with the
adjoining Walpole Park, originally the
grounds of Soane’s home, which is also
being restored. See pages 16-17.
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Ealing Council is
investing £102,000
in improved
street lighting in nine
crime ‘hotspots’ across the
borough. This includes New Broadway
and Mattock Lane in Ealing, as well
as Uxbridge Road and Copley Close
in Hanwell. The council worked in
partnership with the police to select
locations through analysis of statistics and
intelligence about areas at high risk of
criminal activity and anti-social behaviour.
The improvements are expected to be
completed in November. Find the full list
of locations at www.ealing.gov.uk
speedread
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around ealing
Summer 2014
Our new
mayors
The new mayor of Ealing for 2014-15
is Councillor Tej Bagha (pictured right)
after being elected by fellow councillors.
He will hold office for a full year and
succeeds outgoing mayor, Councillor
Kamaljit Dhindsa. The new mayor will
be assisted in his duties by newly-appointed deputy mayor Councillor
Harbhajan Kaur Dheer. See the next edition of Around Ealing for more
information or visit www.ealing.gov.uk
Meanwhile, Tejas Dattani (left), 15, has
been elected as Ealing’s sixth youth
mayor. He will serve for 2014/15 and is
a student at Featherstone High School,
Southall. His deputy will be James
Panton, 19, who attends Acton College.
Tejas competed against nine other
candidates during a two-week campaign
which culminated in a vote by young
people aged 15-19. Visit
www.youngealing.co.uk
Collection days change
There will not be any waste and recycling collections on the
bank holiday of Monday, 25 August, and collections that week
will take place one day later than normal:
Usual collection day
Monday, 25 August
Tuesday, 26 August
Wednesday, 27 August
Thursday, 28 August
Friday, 29 August
New collection day
Tuesday, 26 August
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Wednesday, 27 August
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Thursday, 28 August
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Friday, 29 August
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Saturday, 30 August
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Collections will return to normal on Monday,
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1 September. Please make sure you
leave your containers at the front
boundary of your property before
7am of your revised collection day.