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The Council ’ s Emergency Response to Covid 19
Despite the challenges presented by the pandemic we can be extremely proud as a council and an Ealing community for how we all pulled together to help our most vulnerable residents and businesses . At the outset we launched our ‘ Ealing Together ’ initiative , which inspired over 1,000 local volunteers to be registered and helped the council deliver 14,000 food parcels to shielded and most vulnerable residents . Between April and September 2020 , we also allocated nearly £ 78M in grants to 5,672 small and medium businesses to give them the best chance of surviving the initial lockdown . To fight inequality , we have also established a race equalities commission that will develop actions to tackle a range of areas including income , housing , and health .
Very few , if any , of the emergency measures listed could have been successfully delivered without the support and collaboration of multiple partners . These partners include the voluntary sector , individuals and groups from our residential and business communities , neighbouring councils via the West London Alliance , the GLA , via the Local Strategic Partnership several anchor institutions from education and public health sectors and local partners such as Ealing Transition . This partnership approach has allowed better sharing of intelligence and data and helped us deliver a quicker and more holistic emergency response . Accordingly , this plan for good jobs will seek to harness and further strengthen the opportunity for partnership working to lead the best possible economic recovery and renewal . Its success ultimately depends upon this way of working .
Promoting a green recovery
Supporting our hardest hit residents
Protecting , nurturing , and expanding businesses
Investing in our most left behind towns and communities
Delivered 14 new School Streets to enable safer walking on reopening and reduce traffic
£ 1.5M Covid-19 Emergency Fund for our hardest hit communities and the voluntary sector in supporting those affected
Set up an Ealing Covid-19 Business Impact Survey , with over 1,000 responses used to inform recovery initiatives and measures
Set up an Ealing High Streets Taskforce to assist with safe reopening of our high streets and town centres
Delivered a citizen review panel who interrogated and made valuable recommendations for the Climate and Ecological Emergency Strategy ( adopted in January 2021 )
Delivered nearly 14,000 food parcels to shielded and most vulnerable residents
Awarded 5,672 grants totalling £ 77.6M to help small and medium businesses recover from the impact of the first lockdown
Secured £ 1.17M grant funding from the government and TfL to deliver a raft of transport and public realm measures
Led the West London retrofit partnership to deliver the Green Homes Grant from government to tackle fuel poverty .
Ealing adult learning delivered online courses with 2,932 enrolments in 2020 / 21 and brokerage of 502 jobs delivered by Ealing Council ’ s Employment , learning and skills team and partners in 2020 / 21
Set up a dedicated business helpline in partnership with West London Business and neighbouring councils , which fielded 234 incoming enquiries and made 1,525 targeted outgoing calls
Delivered over 60 projects including temporary cycle lanes and pavement widening across all town centres
Successfully bid for £ 6.7M to retrofit homes and council buildings to reduce energy consumption and produce renewable energy , contributing to carbon emission reductions and improved air quality
Set up the ‘ Ealing Together ’ initiative to assist the most vulnerable with over 1,000 local volunteers registered
Delivered a series of business support webinars and started a business support newsletter issued to over 15,000 businesses weekly
Established Ealing ’ s Race Equality Commission with a focus on how Ealing ’ s built environment is impacting and perpetuating inequality
Ealing ’ s Plan for Good Jobs Towards an inclusive economy

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