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DECEMBER17 EDITORIAL I t is a time for giving, so help yourself to a voucher on pages 16-17 for a free session at one of the borough’s leisure centres. You can also be generous too, by offering some deserved praise and nominating someone for the next Ealing Sports Awards (p18). 10 Meanwhile, I hope you will feel inspired by the autumn winner of our series of photo competitions called Seasons of Ealing (see the front cover and page four). We received some brilliant pictures. Keep it up because entries will be accepted to the next, winter-themed competition from 1 December. Show us what you have got. 16 Around Ealing will be out next in early February. Have a merry Christmas, or Chanukah, and also a happy new year. 25 CONTENTS 4  UP FRONT: Photo finish 16  GET MOVING: Gift ‘fit’ for Christmas 5  LEADER’S NOTES: Julian Bell 18  SPORTS AWARDS: Nominate your star 6  FUTURE EALING: Northolt champions 19  SHARED LIVES: Could you help? 7  UP FRONT: Zoo competition and more 21  ‘A PRIVILEGE’: Being a foster carer 8  EMERGENCY: Sign to save hospitals 22  WISE WORDS: Libraries for life ealingnewsextra.co.uk @EalingNewsExtra facebook.com/EalingLondon PUBLISHER Ealing Council, Communications, Perceval House, 14‑16 Uxbridge Road, Ealing W5 2HL, Tel: 020 8825 5000 EDITOR Richard Nadal, [email protected] ADVERTISING [email protected] Distribution: 138,000 copies. Ealing Council does not accept responsibility for goods or services offered by advertisers. Opinion expressed in this magazine is not necessarily that of the council. Please use your blue recycling bin when you dispose of this and other magazines. December 2017 ealingnewse xtra.co.uk | 10  HOME COMFORTS: Boosting housing 25  JOB ESCALATOR: Up-skill your career 13  HOMES AHOY: Ship container housing 27  COUNCILLORS: 14  C AREER START: Apprentices campaign 30  BEFORE YOU GO: Borough of Culture /EalingLondo n | @EalingNewsE xtra Hospitals campaig n: Public oppositio n p8 Free Christm as gift: Get Moving voucher p16 Local sporting heroes: Nominate for awards p18 Photo fi nish This is your competi tion winner p4 photo 21 Richard Nadal EDITOR ACTON EALING GREENFORD HANWELL NORTHOLT PERIVALE SOUTHA Dec-Jan18_v7.ind d 1 LL Around Ealing 12/11/2017 22:10 around ealing    December 2017 3