Performance highlights 2007
January
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Figures announced this month revealed free pink sacks helped rocket green waste recycling by 600 per cent between December 2005 and December 2006
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We received official confirmation that our sixth formers had scored the third best results in London for A' Level results and GSCE pupils had improved three points on the national average
February
- Cardboard recycling hits more than 100 tonnes since its New Year launch
- We announced that street sweeping was to get a £1.5 million cash injection
- The Mayor leads a service to mark Holocaust Memorial Day
March
- Repairs and Adaptations won a Charter Mark for excellent customer service
- Gary Rhodes was among top chefs opening Ealing's new school kitchen and restaurant
- Fostering Services were ranked as excellent by the Commission of Social Care Inspectorate
- It's 200 years since slavery was abolished in Britain - and the Council acknowledged it with the unveiling of a plaque in Walpole Park
April
- Environmental Health Officers clamp down on food importers selling non-EC food, such as quail eggs, without proper labelling
May
- Corporate Assessment Inspection result announced and
concludes Ealing Council has a 'positive culture with
enthusiastic staff with a can-do attitude.'
We achieve a three out of a maximum of four as a Council 'performing well'. - Trading Standards commended by the Anti-Counterfeiting Group for all its work, including the biggest haul of illegal Bollywood DVDs in the UK
- Joint Area Review praises Children's Services in its inspection
June
- Success at the Municipal Journal awards as we scoop 'Most Effective Top Team Leadership' Award
- We reach the Government's level three Equality Standard, demonstrating our commitment to equal employment practices
- Around Ealing wins Best Designed Council Publication of the Year at the Good Communication Awards
July
- Ealing Council goes smoke-free on 1 July along with all cafes, bars and other public spaces
- Greenford Town Centre gets a £2.3 million injection of cash to revitalise it
- Ealing Summer Festival was enjoyed by record crowds - more than 128,000
August
- The Mela, London's largest Asian cultural festival, attracted record crowds
- Darra Singh welcomed the first five apprentices to our first ever Apprenticeship scheme
- London Triathlon result - the councli's team comes 32nd out of 421 teams
- Female council staff raise thousands of pounds for breast cancer research in memory of Julie Punter who worked in Legal Services
- A rebuilt Reynolds Sports Centre in Acton opens to the public
September
- New Housing Resource Centre opens in Perceval House
- The council's first literary festival is held for authors and bookworms
- Trading Standards Officers cracked down on dodgy dealers selling dangerous toy mobile phones
0ctober
- Perivale Athletics Track is named a 'Centre of Excellence' by Sport England
- Ealing is ranked top borough in London for reducing overall crime with 2,000 less crimes than the year before
- The Keep Britain Tidy Campaign group now ranks Eight out of ten Ealing streets as grime and litter free
- The Council's very first 'Welcome to Ealing' guide is published for residents
November
- Ealing Council is named as 'Council of the Year' for Children's Services.
- Stay Safe Campaign helps ensure safer fireworks, Eid and Diwali celebrations
- New refuse and recycling collections are launched on the 19 with boroughwide marketing campaign
- Greenford Children's nursery gets top Ofsted inspection marks
- Council's Registrars launched child-naming and vow reaffirmation services