SCA arranged our annual general meeting on Thursday 6th July at St Johns Parish Centre and had an excellent meeting. We had a packed hall who listened to a report of our work and finances for the year 2022/23. The chair of SCA, Harsev Bains,… Read More »AGM
Residents, activists and politicians attended a celebration event outside Ealing Hospital to applaud the NHS and it’s work. Nice speeches and a fun singalong conveyed the sentiment of all present. There was a consensus about the crucial significance of the hospital and NHS for our… Read More »NHS 75th Birthday Celebration
Southall Park hosted a Tree Festival today promoting the value of trees to our environment. The event involved Trees for Cities, London National Park City and the Ealing Wildlife Group. A warm and sunny day saw a good number of families and children attending early… Read More »Tree Festival
We had a great Holi and International Womens Day event at the Town Hall today. This is a combination that we have never tried before and we had a very entertaining and colourful event on a cold and wet day. All the participants enjoyed themselves… Read More »Holi and International Womens Day
SCA hosted two days of training for a group of residents from across Ealing interested in becoming community researchers. The training was arranged by Indy Sira from Voices of Colour and she worked in partnership with the Institute of Development Studies. The workshops took place… Read More »Community Researcher Training
Working with Ealing Council colleagues, we arranged a workshop on 28 February about the new arts and culture manifesto. This was a chance for some local residents to share their views and aspirations about arts in Southall.
The Voice of Women group arranged a very successful Punjabi Maa Boli event at Christchurch in Southall. As usual, their event was attended by a large group of women who enjoyed the social interaction.
SCA hosted a Health workshop on Tuesday 21st February at the Town Hall. It was arranged with the Institute for Development Studies and we had a good mix of colleagues from the health sector who contributed to the discussions about health equity. The day finished… Read More »Health workshop at Town Hall
Our last SCA Community Forum meeting took place on Thursday 23rd February and had guests speakers from Citizens UK and the Canal & River Trust. We had a good turnout of people who heard two excellent presentations from Diana FitzWilliam and Hilal Yazan. There were… Read More »SCA Community Forum
As part of our NFL American football project working with young people we have started sessions at Dormers Wells High School on Thursdays. The project is called ‘Touchdown Southall’ and is funded by the NFL Foundation UK. Kamaljeet from SCA and Joel Kenyon from the… Read More »NFL Flag at Dormers Wells