Moving to a new area is not always easy but Egor and Elena took a creative approach to get to know their neighbours better. They found a space not far from their home in Northolt which would be perfect for small parties and barbeques – it just needed a bit of TLC and some imagination.
Cluttered with beer cans, dumped furniture and home to a rat infestation it was not an easy task but they knocked on their neighbours’ doors and got some help. Together the neighbours cleared the rubbish and got rid of the diseased trees replacing them with beautiful flowerbeds and donated garden furniture. Egor made use of his carpentry skills and built a gazebo and a shed and slowly the once unloved space came to life.
Since completing the project, the new group of friends have been busy using the space and keeping the area litter free. Lynn, who also helped with the clear-up, said: “Before this lovely couple moved in, most of us elderly residents kept to ourselves. But this project has helped us create new friendships. The garden has become a special place for all of us, a little green haven for us to be together and enjoy each other’s company.”
For over 25 years, volunteers have been teaching the classes and offering a warm welcome to all. We are always on the lookout for teachers and helpers who have one weekday morning a week free, and a welcoming personality.
Come and listen and dance to music from the 1960s onwards (bring your own vinyl music as well)
Ealing Anchor Foundation is a charity providing information, support and advice to parents and carers of children aged 0-5 years, who are differently abled and living in the London Borough of Ealing.
Home-Start Ealing recruits and trains volunteers from around the borough of Ealing. We then carefully match the volunteer with a family in need of support. Volunteers are from all walks of life, each and every one a parent or even grandparent, all with a little free time available each week to help provide emotional and practical help to local families.
This is a gentle Family Ride down to Turnham Green, to join the picnic for Earth Day.
A fun day out for the family, celebrating cultures from around the world with food stalls, fashion shows, dances, inflatables and entertainment.
Our roller-skating clubs are great recreational activities, that allow everyone to develop fundamental roller skating movement skills and keep physically active. We encourage all our students to apply their motor skills and develop their agility, balance, coordination and speed.
Catalyst are working in partnership with Ealing Council, Southall Transition, Hanwell and Norwood Green Orchard Trail, Greenfields Childrens Centre and the Canals and Rivers Trust to transform the open space know locally as ‘Bixley Triangle’ at the south of Bixley Field in Norwood Green.
Our objective is to transform Aleka House, a double storey dilapidated building on the Havelock Estate, Southall and change it into a thriving community hub.