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PE lesson on the fields at Willia
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Most Ealing Council services will be
operating normally on 23-24 December
and 2-3 January. However, only essential
and critical service cover will be in place
between 25-29 December and on 1 January.
Limited services will run on 30 and 31
December. Check www.ealing.gov.uk
for more information on services and
www.ealing.gov.uk/libraries for library hours.
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Your usual collection day for recycling
and refuse will change over the
Christmas and new year period. See
the advert on the back page of this magazine
for details or visit www.ealing.gov.uk
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Real Christmas trees will be collected
free of charge on the same day as
your refuse and recycling collections
between 4–29 January. Tree trunks must
not exceed 20cm in diameter and any
taller than 6ft will need to be cut in two.
Alternatively, you can take them to be
recycled at some of our parks this January.
See the back page of this magazine for
details or visit www.ealing.gov.uk/recycling
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The council’s re-use and recycling
centres will be closed on Christmas
Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.
Normal winter opening hours (8am–4pm)
apply on all other days over the festive
period. These centres are located at
Stirling Road, Acton, and Greenford Road,
Greenford. Visit www.ealing.gov.uk/
recycling for more information.
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Burglars are usually opportunists
and winter nights tempt them with
longer hours of darkness, people
out at festive get-togethers, and the lure of
Christmas presents. So, do not make it easy
for them: Make sure presents cannot be
seen through windows, put lights on timers
and tear up and recycle packaging for
pricey gifts. Visit www.ealing.gov.uk/staysafe
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around ealing
Winter 2015/16
Perkin’ up sports
Work is starting on a £1.4million project that will transform the range
of sports and activities on offer in Greenford.
Plans have been approved to build a pavilion and an artificial grass
pitch marked with three five-a-side pitches at William Perkin Church
of England High School, to complement the sports facilities already at
the school, which opened in 2013.
The facilities will be open for community use, for local clubs and
groups, as well as by the school’s pupils. The work should be
completed in summer 2016.
Ealing Council has joined forces on the scheme with the school, the
Premier League, the Football Foundation, and Twyford Church of
England Academies Trust.
What is your view?
In February it will be announced which small community
projects in East Acton will get money from a new fund.
East Acton Champions is a small-scale funding scheme to
encourage people or businesses in the ward to come forward
with little ways to make it a better place to live. A pot of £10,000
will be divided among the winning projects, which will each
be given between £500 and £2,000 towards the cost of their
project. Applications made in October and November dealt with
environmental issues, local people’s health, social activities or
crime. Winners will be announced by the end of February, and
then the projects must be carried through by March 2017.
Meanwhile, a West Ealing Champions funding scheme is accepting
applications until 8 December. Visit www.ealing.gov.uk/regeneration