Northolt is renowned for its vibrant community spirit, with local residents coming together to enjoy green spaces like Northala Fields and participate in activities such as the weekly Northolt Parkrun and inclusive initiatives from organisations like Get Hooked on Fishing. The Visions for Northolt approach further highlight this sense of community by engaging hundreds of people—including businesses, young people, and groups such as Urban Edible Gardens—to collaboratively shape the area’s future while celebrating Northolt’s unique cultural heritage.
Your Voice, Your Town is an approach to drive forward community-powered change on things that local people say matters in each of the borough’s seven towns. It brings residents, businesses, faith and community organisations, and councillors together to improve their area and make great things happen.
Find out more about Your Voice, Your Town
Over the summer 2026 local people were invited to apply to become a member of Northolt’s Town Team. Town Team members were selected from different geographies, ages, ethnicities, and affiliations to different groups to build a diverse and ambitious team that understand and can reach different parts of the communities. Members of the Town Team who had been part of the Town Team in 2025/26 could apply to stay involved and continue their journey of community powered change.
A selection of councillors are nominated by their political party to be part of each Town Team, based on the size of the Town, and local mix of representation. Other local councillors are kept up to date with activities and can be part of delivery activities.
As of July 2026 Northolt’s Town Team has 8 members – a diverse mix or people all passionate about Northolt and working together to make real change.
The Northolt Town Team met to decide how they wanted to work together. They established a set of ways of working that shape how they work as a team.
Being a Town Team member is a voluntary role and each member must sign up to a participation agreement
In 2025/26 – Northolt Town Team supported 5 ideas with £40,000 of funding, to enable a more clean and pleasant Northolt. We will be sharing stories and learning from these projects soon, but find out more about the projects backed in the last round of funding.
To plan their work for 2026/27, Northolt Town team have been reviewing progress to date, assessing what is going on locally, reviewing key research and insight including data from the council and other public services, as well as listening to feedback from residents and local organisations. Critically the Town Team also have a broad reach and range of lived experiences, and perspectives about the Town.
Working together, the Town Team have decided that over the next year they will focus on driving forward community powered change in four key areas:
Find out more about Northolt’s new Your Voice, Your Town Community Fund 2026-27.
“Northolt Town Team envisions a town where people feel good about living here, because we have the spaces and the people to support their well-being, make them feel looked after, protected and supported. To become a town we can all be proud of, we have to build unity, where people can connect and create networks, to help people feel part of something, which would encourage people to care for Northolt. ”
Grants have now been awarded to local projects, and you can find out more about them on Northolt’s community fund page.
Northolt Town Team Community Fund has £55,000 (from Ealing Council) available for projects that support young people (aged 4-18 years) learn, grow and thrive, by developing skills, supporting their educational success and gaining opportunities to shape their future.
Northolt has £40,000 of council funding to spend on projects that will help achieve the chosen priority which is: to create a clean and pleasant Northolt
Northolt’s Town Team has 8 members – a diverse mix or people all passionate about Northolt and working together to make real change.
Town Teams meet regularly to work on local priorities and help make positive changes in their community.
The Town Team meets regularly to make progress. These are invite only meetings for the Town Team. You can see when they’re meeting, plus other planned events and activities
Northolt Town Team Community Fund has £55,000 (from Ealing Council) available for projects that support young people (aged 4-18 years) learn, grow and thrive, by developing skills, supporting their educational success and gaining opportunities to shape their future.
Northolt has £40,000 of council funding to spend on projects that will help achieve the chosen priority which is: to create a clean and pleasant Northolt
Northolt’s Town Team has 8 members – a diverse mix or people all passionate about Northolt and working together to make real change.
Town Teams meet regularly to work on local priorities and help make positive changes in their community.
The Town Team meets regularly to make progress. These are invite only meetings for the Town Team. You can see when they’re meeting, plus other planned events and activities