A good attendance at our AGM approved last year's accounts and re-elected those committee members who stood again - details in our last blog.  We still have a vacancy for someone who lives within the neighbourhood area to become a residents' rep, and for a local business rep.  If you are interested, please contact the secretary, Tony Miller, at [email protected].

The meeting heard details about developments on the Empire cinema site, new plans for 9-42 The Broadway (the old Arcadia site), and the campaign for an central Ealing performance arts centre.  Most importantly, the first published drafts of the Forum's policies for the neighbourhood plan for central Ealing can now be seen on the web site, in preparation for being presented to Ealing Council before a further public consultation. Comments and ideas are welcome!

The Forum’s Annual General Meeting will be held from 7 pm to 9 pm on Wednesday 24 June, at the Ealing campus of the Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College, The Green, W5 5EW.  All are welcome.

The main business of the meeting will be a presentation of the policies that have been prepared for the Neighbourhood Plan for central Ealing. (See details here.) This will be followed by discussion of the background for these policies, and an outline of what will happen next.

We will also cover the latest position on plans for 9 – 42 The Broadway, the cinema site public inquiry and progress on plans for plans for a performance arts centre.

Formal business will be short, but will include the Chairman’s and financial reports for last year.  The meeting will also elect the management committee for the forthcoming year. Details for the present committee, including where there are at present some vacancies, are shown below. If you would like to be nominated for election as a representative in one of the sections as appropriate, please contact Tony Miller, the secretary.

Forum committee members

The elected committee has 12 members, four elected from each of three constituencies in central Ealing, as follows:

Business reps:
Ann Hunter (Ealing BID Co)
Andrew Cazalet Treasurer ( Lido Tax Consulting)
Geoff Langston (Arizion) Not standing for re-election
[One vacancy]

Local community reps:
Robert Gurd (Ealing Civic Society)
John Hummerston (Ealing Arts + Leisure)
Tony Miller Secretary (CEPAC)
Rev Jennifer Smith (Ealing Green Methodist Church)

Local residents:
Gordon Chard
Robert Gordon Clark
George Brennan
Charles Rich Not standing for re-election

During the past year there have also been four co-opted members:
Ann Chapman
Cllr Paul Conlan
Thomas Roth-Berghofer
Nick Woolven (Chairman)


Tony Miller, Secretary
[email protected]