The_Ealinger No53 30Jan2017 by Contactus magazines

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Foggy days in the park MONTPELIER PARK W5 > It’s been a long hard lonely winter; here at last comes the sun, upping temperatures into the double-figures and giving us an early boost through to the spring. There wasn’t very much by way of snow in Ealing in January, but there were a few misty and foggy mornings. Welcome to our new-look magazine for Ealing – sharing what ‘The_Ealinger’ has been up to this month...

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What The_Ealinger did in January

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EALING W5 > Here’s a week-by-week overview of what one local person, ‘The_Ealinger’ (we’re just a typical Ealing resident and worker), was up to this past month.

Week 1: Before The_Ealinger had even battened down the hatches on January 1 (we are not the earliest to bed), reports started coming through of a huge fire at the award-winning Aeronaut pub in Acton. Heartbreaking it was, considering how much work the owners and staff had put into changing the image of the pub from what it had been in the 1990s, to a multi-entertainment family hub on the High Street. Ealing Christmas officially ended when we saw the lights coming down on Eccleston Road, West Ealing (the scene was featured on our Christmas cover). The_Ealinger stopped to chat with Stan and Marie Eltham as they were packing away the light-up Santa and his magic helper figures for yet another year. “We started [these outdoor Christmas lights] 20 years ago, to delight our Aeronaut new year fire: within days, scaffolding had gone up around the building – a good sign! Top: a charred ticket to the New Year’s Eve party

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p u nd grandchildren,” explained Marie. “This is the second year we’re doing it to raise money for charity. “Our youngest grandchild is now nine weeks old. It’s nice to see the reaction of the children when they see the lights.” Speaking of the grandchildren, it was back to school in the first week of January; for us at The_Ealinger going through the switch to a monthly rotation, it was interesting for the first time in a year not having a magazine to put out every seven days. Week 2: Many business-owners waited until the second week or so to get back to the grindstone, but not the networking community, who came out in numbers to kickstart the year with a bit of evening networking with Anita Wong’s Ealing Connect group on 9 January. We had good news emerging from the new West Ealing Workspace – and a new name! The coworking-hub-to-be would officially be called Ealing Works, fitting the theme of working and coworking in the borough. The_Ealinger sat in as the hub designers/architects, Bethan Kay and Meghan Charnley from Projects Office, presented their 10-point Manifesto to guide the refurbishment of the hub. We especially like point number four on the Manifesto: “This is an exciting Continues on page 4

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Above: Marie Eltham shows off her family’s 2016 award for raising over £250 for the British Airways Flying Start charity, collected from visitors’ donations.

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place to make locals proud and tempt newcomers in.”

Meghan Charnley of Projects Office presents their 10-point Manifesto for the design of the Ealing Works coworking hub.

Ealing children before and after covering five laps around Montpelier Park W5, in the process raising over £1000 for the Save the Children UK fund for children living through war and suffering in Aleppo, Syria.

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Week 3: By the third week of the year, Christmas was but a gentle memory, and anyone announcing that they were only just returning to work was given ‘the stare’. The_Ealinger’s little red diary (more people than you realise still use a paper diary ok) was full of meetings and events and networking and training, including a full brain-frying day of learning the ins and outs of WordPress for websites with Bommie Media. On Tuesday 17th, we were delighted to join in a fundraising Walk for Syria in Montpelier Park, organised by Naglaa Mrabti and a team of parents from nearby schools. Children and parents together walked or jogged several laps around the park, and at the end were rewarded with steaming cups of hot chocolate – with marshmallows melting in it ooh. Naglaa happily reported the next day that a sum of over £1000 was raised by the after-school event, and would be donated to the Save the Children fund for Syria. Week 4: Probably the hlighlight of week number four was the first Ealing Tweetup of 2017, organised by local PR guru Michael Greer and warmly hosted

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By the third week of the year, Christmas was but a gentle memory

among the taxidermic animal heads at the Ealing Park Tavern in South Ealing – see photos on page 15. It was also time to say goodbye to the Christmas season according to the Gregorian calendar (which runs roughly two weeks after the Julian calendar), as followed by the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox church on Newton Avenue, Acton, where The_Ealinger looks in from time to time. The occasion was even more special because Archbishop Daniel was in attendance. As the month drew Squeezed in a to a close and the day’s WordPress local self-employed and website training freelance people totted up their earnings and other calculations and presented them to the tax-man, the temperatures crept above 10 degrees, and the sun shone a little longer. And before we knew it we were turning the page into February. @The_Ealinger At right: photos from Vladicar Daniel’s visit to the Ukrainian Church service in Acton, where the Sunday School children put on a special performance. Right, bottom: singing for a “united Ukraine”.

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Bits of Ealing Below: If you weren’t one of the lucky 7000 or so households to get a copy of the Contactus Ealing Nov-Dec 2016 local business magazine through your letterbox, there are still a few floating about in Ealing – look in Ealing Central Library, or even on your way in to Charlotte’s W5. Or come networking at Contactus meetups (see page 13) where we’ll be handing them out. Below right: What a nifty idea –a kiosk at @EalingShopping that you can hire to promote your business or charity. Send us a pic if you end up using it.

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INSTA PICK This photo of a dim figure in the fog on Ealing Common (it matches our cover image y’see) is our pick of the week on Instagram of photos tagged with the ‘magic word’ #ealing. Photo posted by @petercrothers

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Pauline Gilbertson

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FESTIVAL MANAGER, EALING MUSIC & FILM FESTIVAL

n this issue we feature Pauline Gilbertson, who is festival manager for the Ealing Music and Film Festival. (Say the word “festival” and The_Ealinger is all ears!) The EMFF is in its fifth year, and is set for 8 - 12 February at various locations around Ealing. Pauline is a former director of the English Chamber Orchestra. She is now a freelance music consultant.

I love the fact that they are so well used by a wide variety of people doing all sorts of different activities – family outings, jogging, cycling, dog walking, tai chi, community gardening and bee keeping, bird and bat watching, moth monitoring, pond dipping. Free fun and fresh air right on our doorstep for all age groups!

Do you live in Ealing? > Yes.

How much do you recycle? Everything I possibly can!

Which bit? a. Acton b. Ealing > This bit. c. Perivale d. Northolt e. Southall f. Hanwell g. Greenford

How would you rate yourself? How Ealing are you? > Very Ealing. (I’ve lived in the borough for 37 years – but I still ‘bleed’ Northumberland.)

And do you work in Ealing? > Yes, I work from home. What’s the most Ealing thing you do? > I walk a lot in my local parks, often with our dog, visiting Walpole, Lammas, Pitshanger, Hanger Hill, Montpelier etc. For me Ealing’s parks define the borough; they are its heart, soul and of course lungs!

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How do you usually get around Ealing? > I walk.

The fifth Ealing Music & Film (Valentine) Festival celebrates our music and film heritage, with tours, movie screenings, and live performances including jazz and classical music. This year there is a continuing focus on Ealing’s cultural heart. Find out more and book tickets online at:

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For me Ealing’s parks define the borough

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ealingmusicandfilmfestival.org @emff_valentine @ealingmusicandfilmfestival EMFF 2015: Tim Garland playing with the Sirkis/Bialas International Quartet – an English/Polish jazz evening

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Sport to start the year right > Indoor or outdoor, on astroturf or grass (mud), sporting activity continues throughout the borough during the winter. Actonians Ladies cricketers – formerly known as Old Actonians Ladies – have planned a few indoor pre-season games at the Twyford Sports Centre in Acton (see advert on page 12) where it’s nice and sheltered. On New Year’s Day morning, the traditional Pitshanger FC ‘Dads & Sons’ football game saw the Sons win on “penalties”.

Above: Actonians Ladies cricketers At right: Inter-generational game at Pitshanger FC Below: London Broncos Rugby League Club start the year winning, watched by chairman David Hughes and coach Andrew Henderson.

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ARTification in Acton NORTH ACTON W3 > The_Ealinger’s freelance contributor, Joanna Dudzinska, is also a volunteer at the new ARTification project (formerly Acton Arts Forum), working with director Rachel Pepper. The project describes itself as: “Continuing development of better communications, marketing and promotion of the arts.” Joanna’s photos show some of the creative output at a workshop on 21 January at the Bollo Brook Youth Centre on Osborne Road in Acton. Local artists supporting the ARTification project include Yousif Naser, muralist stik, craftivist Carrie Reichardt, and sculptor Carl Gabriel. @artificationuk

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How to deliver flyers in Ealing

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If you run your own business in Ealing, or you’re a member of a local club, or volunteer somewhere, at some point you could end up hand-delivering flyers to promote what you or your club are doing. Here are our top five tips gained after delivering over 50,000 bits of our own flyers and magazines:

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1 > ‘No Junk Mail’ means no junk mail. Don’t risk it. 2 > Accept that only 1% of your deliveries may lead to a sale. 3 > Go easy turning corners, or your knees will hate you. 4 > You don’t have to deliver to every single house! 5 > Try outsourcing some of it. @ContactusEaling

Sugar & Spice Flea Market Sat 25 Feb 2017 12noon-5pm The Grange Pub Ealing W5 3XH

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@SugarSpiceFlea @sugarandspiceflea *free parking & free entry*

Women’s indoor cricket sessions Join in some fun sessions with Actonians Ladies, Ealing’s only established women’s cricket club (competing in League cricket since 2011). Beginners always welcome. Remaining dates (min. age 16): Sun 26 Feb, 2.30-4pm Sun 19 Mar, 2.30-4pm Venue: Twyford Sports Centre, Twyford Crescent, Acton W3 9PP Email: oldactoniansladies@gmail.com Twitter: @OldAsLadies

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Where businesses meet > Small business owners in Ealing tend to make the most of opportunities to meet and mix with other entrepreneurs, and this is where business networking events truly serve the local population. Without a shop-front to attract passers-by, or a chain-store-sized marketing budget, home-based or internet-based smallbiz owners depend on these face-to-face interactions for referrals, contacts, and the occasional new client. Here are photos from a few of these meetups during January. (See our Ealing Business Diary on page 15).

Ealing Acton Business Club: chaired by Councillor Joy Morrissey, this breakfast group meets only every three months. At left: the Go View London table; Above: Cllr Morrissey welcomes speaker Will Carleysmith of Brompton Bikes.

Ealing Connect: Emma Newman (far right) talks about her Sugar & Spice Flea Market (see advert, p12) during one of the recent Ealing Connect fortnightly meetups.

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Festival of Biz: The_Ealinger crossed the borough line into Hounslow last week, and came face-to-face with this speed networking seating setup.

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Networking: February > As The_Ealinger magazine is now on a monthly schedule, it makes sense that our Ealing Business Diary goes out once a month too. We’ve tried to include as many of the business networking events happening in the borough as we can (like the businesswomen-only The Athena Network, pictured, which meets at the Duke of Kent pub on the third Tuesday of the month), but with so many events on, we will admit it’s not an all-inclusive listing. tinyurl.com/EalingBusinessDiary

EALING BUSINESS DIARY 30 JAN TO 28 FEB > Tue 31 Jan, 1pm-2pm - free. Pre-Ealing Business Expo January Meetup – at Ealing Works, West Ealing, W13 9BE. @ContactusEaling

> Tue 7 Feb, 7-8.30pm - free. Ealing Business Partnership – at Ealing Town Hall, W5 2BY @EalingCouncil

> Tue 31 Jan, 8pm-9pm - online. Ealing Hour: guest-hosted this week by Rhian Aubrey Martin. @EalingHour #EalingHour

> Thu 9 Feb, 5pm-7pm - £15+. Park Royal Business Group Park Royal Social – at The CoClub, North Acton, W3 6UG @ParkRoyalBG

> Wed 1 Feb, 10am-12pm - £15. Ealing Connect: a morning of networking – at Charlotte’s W5, Dickens Yard, Ealing Broadway. @EalingConnect

> Tue 14 Feb, 8pm-9pm - online. Ealing Hour: hosted this week by Carlene Bender (@ContactusEaling). @EalingHour #EalingHour

> Tue 7 Feb, 8pm-9pm - online. Ealing Hour: hosted this week by Hilary Nicholl (@Barnabites). @EalingHour #EalingHour > Tue 7 Feb, 6.30pm-8pm - free. Ealing Business Forum – venue to be confirmed. @EalingBForum

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> Thu 16 Feb, 10-11.30am - free. Link 4 Growth’s Link 4 Coffee – at Limeyard Cafe, W5 5DB. @L4GNWLondon > Tue 21 Feb, 8pm-9pm - online. Ealing Hour: hosted this week by Nicola Gaughan (@iconiccreative). @EalingHour #EalingHour

> Tue 21 Feb, 12pm-2pm membership/visitors. The Athena Network: Ealing branch lunch meeting – at Duke of Kent, W13 8DL @AthenaWLondon > Wed 22 Feb, 6.30-8pm - free. “What can your clients do for you?” talk by Hayley Smith – at the Cowork Hub, NW10 6NB. @hellocoworkhub > Tue 28 Feb, 1pm-2pm - free. Pre-Ealing Business Expo February Meetup - at Ealing Works, West Ealing W13 9BE @EalingBizExpo > Tue 28 Feb, 8pm-9pm - online. Ealing Hour: hosted this week by Peter Prickett (@PeterPrickett). @EalingHour #EalingHour > Ongoing and everyday - online. networking in our Contactus groups on Facebook.

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Expo Q&A: join in Tuesday BROADWAY W13 > Plenty to update you on about the West Ealing Workspace hub – now officially known as ‘Ealing Works’. Join our pre-Ealing Business Expo January Meetup tomorrow, Tuesday 31 Jan, 1-2pm on the second floor of St James’s House, W13 9BE (in the Catalyst building, i.e. upstairs KFC – entrance on St James Avenue) – see photo at right. Ealing Business Expo boss, Carlene Bender, will be answering questions about the Expo in the 10-minute biz slot. Click below to register via Eventbrite. Future meetup dates (there is a chance we’ll end up meeting elsewhere as the months go by, so always check before attending): Tue 28 Feb, Sat 18 Mar (speed networking), Thu 30 Mar, Fri 28 Apr, Tue 30 May, Fri 30 Jun (all 1-2pm). @EalingBizExpo @EalingWorkspace

NEW DATE & VENUE FOR THE EXPO: 9 & 10 JUNE – EALING TOWN HALL

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South Ealing tweetup EALING PARK TAVERN W5 > London’s biggest tweetup started the year off right, with over 40 people turning up to the Ealing Park Tavern on South Ealing Road for a chat, a tipple and some yummy canapes. “It was buzzing,” said #EalingTweetup organiser Michael Greer – follow him on @MGreer_PR to find out as soon as the next tweetup date is set.

Chris Wood, guitarist with local band Chasing Deer, checks his phone during the tweetup

Mattia brings out the Ealing Park Tavern spring rolls Michael Greer organises the roving #EalingTweetup roughly every six to eight weeks

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CHANGE OF VENUE! The Expo will now be held at the

EALING TOWN HALL

There’s a CHANGE OF DATE too, to:

9 & 10 JUNE 2017

Exhibition stands on sale: one day £225 two days £370 sponsorship package £980 To book, email: info@contactusealing.co.uk