Spare a thought for the Ealing charity team cycling through the night on Saturday

 

When you’re getting ready for bed this coming Saturday night (8 June), spare a thought for 25 hardy cyclists pedalling through the night to raise funds for an Ealing-based development charity.

Uganda Development Services (UDS) is sending a team to take part in Nightrider, an annual overnight charity bike ride around the streets of London. The 100-kilometre route takes in the sights, including Piccadilly Circus, Tower Bridge and Canary Wharf. There are also a couple of challenging hills .. at Alexandra Palace to the north and Crystal Palace in the south.

UDS, based in The Lido, Mattock Lane, works to alleviate poverty in rural Uganda. It runs an education and training centre to provide local people with literacy and computer skills. It also offers farmers training in agricultural techniques, and supplies villagers with smokeless ovens and water tanks. Last year, with 17 riders, UDS managed to raise £20,000 towards its work. This year, with a team of 25, they’re aiming for £30,000.

If you’d like to give, you can sponsor one of the riders here: http://www.justgiving.com/HelenPNightrider2013

The good news is her employer matches your donations pound-for-pound.

If you’d like to cheer the team on, they’ll be setting off from Crystal Palace at 10.30pm on Saturday and returning around dawn on Sunday.

UDS is also taking part this year in Nightrider Paris, overnight 21-22 September, and still has some places available if you fancy a night-time ride around the City of Light to raise some money for a worthwhile cause.

Launch of Community Shop in West Ealing on Saturday 8th June 12-2pm – fashion show, story-telling, food and more

Do come along to launch of the 2nd Accession Community Shop, 134-136, West Ealing Broadway.

Recovery Hub

 (How the shop used to look)

Up near the junction with Eccleston Road this long-closed shop has been brought back to life as a community shop by a local social enterprise which works with marginalised long-term unemployed people. The shop is run by the social enterprise Accession and aims to give people the skills to help them gain employment. The shop will sell various quality donated goods, offer a picture framing service and more.

The launch is on Saturday 8th June from 12-2pm

The event will feature:

– fabulous fashion show
– local DJs
– customising clothes workshop
– children’s story telling
– yummy food & drink
– opportunity to browse the collections & shop

We hope to see you there to celebrate the opening of Accession’s second Community Shop!

Commission a portrait and support OPEN Ealing

West Ealing Arts

 

Support OPEN

OPEN Ealing is continually seeking to develop its arts programme in Ealing. It is only possible by the generous support and contribution from members and supporters of OPEN that we can continue to provide a range of quality activities for the community.

We are delighted to be able to offer you an opportunity to help a growing arts organisation become more self sustaining and to own a beautiful work of art to give as a gift, or commemorate a loved one. Jack Jones, OPEN’s Exhibitions Manager and life drawing tutor, has generously offered to paint portraits

Prices:

Small: 50xm x 40cm = £75

Medium: 80cm x 60cm = £125

Large: 100cm x 80cm = £175

Family Portrait 3+ sitters = £200

 Deposit of £40 is required when ordering a painting. 

More information at www.openealing.com or please contact info@openealing.com for any further questions

West Ealing dance school needs dancers for its summer show – including someone to mime an old man, costume provided!

The Pamela Howard School of Dance school in West Ealing is looking for someone to do a couple of mins of miming as an old man (Dr Copeilius) in our ballet Coppelia. Old man costume provided with wig!! It’s a bit of fun! The show is 15th July-20th July 2013.There are other dance parts available especially for teenage ballet boys.
The Show will be at the Watermans Theatre in Brentford, The School is always looking for men and boys to join the school, especially teens. As you  can imagine they are out numbered by the girls. Every year it is a struggle to find some males to help complete the cast and partner the girls.
To grab this opportunity please call Richard on 07506001406
Richard
 

Darkness brings OPENShop to life

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Watch out for the short film in the OPENShop window. Now installed in their new, if still temporary, home OPEN has a short film by the Honey Brothers playing in its front window once it gets dark. So, if you’re stuck in traffic in Drayton Green Road you now have something to look forward to!  Behind the shop front, OPEN is starting to put on all sorts of exciting arts activities and events.  Details on their website – www.openealing.com

 

Beyond Whispers: Music and poetry commemorating those who suffered in the military coup in Chile – Drayton Court Friday 7th June

Beyond Whispers;Words and Sounds to Remember
Commemorating 40 Years Since the Military Coup in Chile

A night of poetry and music honouring the courage and resilience of those who suffered in Chile, and celebrating collective strength in the face of adversity and exile .

Friday 7th JUNE at The Drayton Court

Doors open 7.30pm for 7.45pm start

Latin American and British performers and speakers until 10.15pm
Live samba band from 10.30pm, Djs (La Cumbancha and Movimientos) until 1.00am spinning Latin grooves – from Cumbia to Forro, Merengue to Son
Casagrande Art Collective, visiting from Chile

* Gabriel Palma, Senior Lecturer in Economics and Politics, Cambridge!University!

* Anthony Anaxagorou, talented poet and Neruda enthusiast

* Maria Eugenia BravoPCalderara, of the Memoria de las Mujeres Hispanoamericanas collective

* Jorge Morales, Chilean guitarist and singer

* Cristina Navarrete on her experience of exile to London and the solidarity movement

Hosted by Camila Fiori, also performing poetry and welcoming the Chile 40 Years Network as it prepares for its London launch

Tickets at: http://beyondwhispers.brownpapertickets.com
£6 (£5conc or £10 if you’d like to be a Super Supporter )

For ticket queries please contact: beyondwhisperslondon@gmail.com

For further information contact: Camila – camalulu@hotmail.com or Juliano – juliano27@hotmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/events/441600132596747/

With support from La Cumbancha, Chile 40 Years On, Alborada, and part of the Refugee Week Network, Counterpoints Arts

What’s happening on our high street? WEN public meeting and AGM on Tuesday 28th May 7.30pm at St John’s Church in Mattock Lane

Notice of 2013 Annual General Meeting of  West Ealing Neighbours – all welcome.

[Click here for pdf version ‘Notice of WEN’s AGM MAY 2013’]

Date: Tuesday 28th May

Venue: in the lounge at St John’s Church in Mattock Lane starting at 7.30pm

This is to give formal notice that the seventh Annual General Meeting of West Ealing Neighbours will be held on Tuesday 28th May at St John’s Church in Mattock Lane starting at 7.30pm.

The theme of this year’s meeting is What’s happening on our high street? It feels that West Ealing is on the edge of change. We have two major housing developments in the heart of West Ealing, Green Man Lane and Sherwood Close, which will bring in many hundreds of new residents. At the same time Crossrail is already having an effect on housing prices and is one of the reasons for the proposed new 60-bedroom Continue reading “What’s happening on our high street? WEN public meeting and AGM on Tuesday 28th May 7.30pm at St John’s Church in Mattock Lane”