Millions secured to boost active travel in Northolt
What is it? Through Visions for Northolt, local people have highlighted the critical need to improve connectivity across Northolt. More than £7.2 million has been secured to deliver a number of extensive improvements in the Northolt area. The funding will be used to improve the Church / Mandeville Road (A312) and Kensington Road corridors for all road users, creating better connections to local and wider services and jobs. A number of measures will ease congestion, improve road safety and address air quality.
Get involved by signing-up to the Visions for Northolt email list or by emailing us at: visionsfornortholt@ealing.gov.uk
What is it? Through Visions for Northolt, local people spoke about the need to ensure that Northolt is clean, healthy and resilient.
Ealing Council has worked with local organisations to secure funding from the Mayor of London to develop a strategy to tackle inequality, create jobs and fight the climate crisis in Northolt. This will be a community-led approach to tackle the environmental challenges faced by Northolt between now and 2030, drawing on ideas from local people to reduce waste, pollution and carbon emissions, and create new jobs in the green economy.
Get involved by signing-up to the Visions for Northolt email list or by emailing us at: visionsfornortholt@ealing.gov.uk
What is it? Through the Visions for Northolt website, local people will also be sign-posted to wider opportunities to influence change in and around Northolt. A borough-wide conversation, called Shaping Ealing, is currently underway to help create a new Local Plan for Ealing. This plan will set out a framework for the future development of the borough and inform planning decisions over the next 15 years.
What is it? Safer Ealing Partnership has launched the borough-wide exercise which will collect the perceptions and experiences of women safety across Ealing. All women are welcomed to have their say and share their experiences within the borough. You can access the survey by clicking the below link. Help to make Ealing a safer place. Don’t miss your chance to be heard!
The Freshwater Foundation Northolt Outreach Project
What is it? The Freshwater Foundation, a local funder and service provider to small community groups and charities, is looking to help people in Northolt to start up such a group or help develop an existing one. We provide a comprehensive start-up guide (see the Resource link below), support people with advice and hands-on assistance through the early stages and can provide funds for suitable candidates. For more information about The Freshwater Foundation, go to http://freshwaterfoundation.org.uk/
WHO RUNS THIS? The Freshwater Foundation
For full resources mentioned in the guide or more information please contact us Email: info@freshwaterfoundation.org.uk or call: 020 8566 6310.
What is it? Environmental charity, Trees for Cities, is currently working with residents on the Racecourse Estate in Northolt to transform the outdoor environment and provide a range of green volunteering opportunities for all residents.
As part of the project so far, over 1,000 residents have been involved in planting hundreds of new trees, thousands of flowers, creating new seating areas and much more. The project runs until 2023 so please keep an eye out for local and online communications for future opportunities to get involved. Who is runs this? Trees for Cities
What is it? Dina Tsuro has recently been named as a local ‘Climate Leader’ by Ealing Council for the work she has been doing. She set up Building Bridges in 2005 in Brent, running innovative workshops on council estates. Then, when she and her family moved to Northolt, she combined forces with her husband who is a gardener wanted to give back to the community. Together, they started Urban Edible Gardens, which is about turning grey spaces green, and workshops around healthy food and nutrition.
What is it? The Race Equality Commission was set up in January 2021 to listen to people in Ealing and to come up with proposals to address the impact of inequality on their wellbeing and life chances. The commission is made up of 12 independent commissioners, from diverse backgrounds that broadly reflect the diversity of Ealing. The commissioners are interested in what residents believe can be done to reduce race inequality
What is it? Friends of Islip Manor Park aims to: Create a thriving, happy, healthy, compassionate and sustainable community. Create a central meeting hub in Islip Manor Park. Promote a plant-based lifestyle for all.
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