UP FRONT
New homes, suite homes
A new state-of-the-art sales and marketing suite with a show home
will open mid-July at Alton Court – phase two of Hanwell’s Copley
Close regeneration, comprising of 33 new homes for shared
ownership and private sale. The regeneration of Copley will provide
a mix of new and refurbished homes for existing tenants, plus
homes for private sale, shared ownership and discounted market
rent. The suite will also be used to market future developments by
Broadway Living, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ealing Council. It will
be found at Copley Close, W7 1DD, just off Ruislip Road East.
Green Living
g
– and bird
spotting
A giveaway of free compost took place at Walpole Park in Ealing last
month as part of a Green Living event to show residents how to reduce
their environmental impact and live more sustainably. It included seed
and plant swaps, green crafts, recycling and composting information. You
can read more at ealingnewsextra.co.uk/features/green-living
Meanwhile, the park’s regular bird survey will be taking place on Saturday,
17 June. It starts at 8am at the Rickyard café building and everyone is
welcome – experts will be on hand to help you spot and count the local birds.
Do you have Eco Talent?
T council is looking
The
f young people aged
for
16-25 to take part in an
environmental volunteering
programme. Those taking
part in the six-month
Eco Talent scheme can
work to improve the
local environment, gain
qualifi cations, make new
friends and contacts and
build their CV. Eco Talent is recruiting again later this summer. Visit
ealingnewsextra.co.uk/feature/eco for details.
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around ealing
June 2017
Fuel poverty
A number of local people have been lifted
out of ‘fuel poverty’ thanks to a scheme
which fi tted central heating in 30 homes
over the winter –saving them money and
warming their homes.
Local fuel poverty charity Energy Solutions
and Ealing Council joined forces to provide
a limited offer to install central heating in
households in Ealing. To qualify they had
to be currently living without it and to be
in receipt of certain benefi ts or be offi cially
classed as living in fuel poverty (being
unable to pay for suffi cient heating and
energy for their needs).
The scheme, which was funded through
the Department Of Energy and Climate
Change’s Central Heating Fund, has ended
now. In total, 30 homes benefi ted and the
scheme has proved a big success. The total
annual energy savings has been calculated
as being worth £17,578.
It was good for the environment, too.
The total annual CO2 savings has been
estimated at an extraordinary 91 tonnes –
that is the equivalent of the weight of three
Smart cars per property.
Best of all, however, is that fuel poverty
calculations have so far been carried out for
nine of the 30 properties – and six of these
nine were offi cially lifted out of fuel poverty.