Toolkits & Guides
Some useful 'how-to' toolkits to help you plan your project
Guide
How to Set Up a Park Group
Are you interested in setting up a project to green or improve your local park or open space? We have created a handy guide to take you through all the steps for creating, planning and funding projects.
Guide
How to Set Up a local WhatsApp group
Create a WhatsApp group to help share local information with neighbours in your street, neighbourhood or neighbourhood
Toolkit
How to Set Up a Residents Association
Setting up a residents’ association can make a real difference to your community. It can give you the opportunity to address issues of community concern and be the ‘voice’ for the residents within your local area.
Toolkit
How to Plan a Play Street
PlayStreets provide a great chance to bring a real sense of community spirit to the whole street, creating a space for children to play, turning temporarily closed roads into a safe, imaginative place for kids to get out and enjoy.
Guide
How to Plan for a Successful Project
The key to turning your idea into a successful project is in the planning.
Toolkit
How to Plan a Community Clean Up
Whether you want to get rid of fly-tipped rubbish, bring a neglected patch of grassland back to life or clean up fallen leaves in your street, we have got a handy list of tips to help y...
Toolkit
How to Plan a Street Party
Street parties have been held across the UK for nearly a hundred years.
Toolkit
How to organise a neighbourhood Christmas tree
The following information has been developed to guide you through the process of installing a Christmas tree in your community.
Guide
How to look after your local heritage
The borough of Ealing is full of history, and has many sites that are on the local heritage list.
Top tips
Top 10 Tips on Reducing Food Waste
Thinking about how much food we throw away, households in the UK throw out as much as 7.
Top tips
Top 10 Tips on Reusing Household Goods
Reusing is great for the environment and great for your pocket too. Here are some great tips on reusing your everyday household goods.
Top tips
Top 5 Tips To Getting To Know Your Neighbours
When someone new moves into the neighbourhood, it’s a perfect opportunity to make a friend. Did you know only one in three of us bother to introduce ourselves to our neighbours when we move because we're 'too busy.'