EA+L DIARY OF EVENTS:
WHAT TO DO

 

The Ealing Arts and Leisure Diary of Events appears in print bi-monthly, and also on this web site. There are sections for Art & Crafts, Culture & Learning, Dance & Movement, Drama & Poetry, Leisure and Music.

 

The Diary is for members of EA+L. If you would like to join, please contact the Membership Secretary (membership@ealingarts.org.uk or 020 8998 4465). There is no charge to members for up to 6 lines in the printed Diary; extra lines cost £2 each. You will need to allow at least a line each for Date, Member name, Title (optional), Event Details and Venue; we do need to use a reasonably consistent format to keep the Diary readable, but we’ll do our best not to waste space. The charging is purely to cover printing costs. Invoices are sent out every three issues, i.e., twice a year.

 

If you use a single form for your listing, we’ll make a single diary entry for you, which will keep the cost down but may make your dates harder to find. Entries on separate forms will be listed separately. For example, if you always meet on Mondays you’re probably best having one listing under “Mondays”, with perhaps a line for each meeting under “Event details”, but you’d probably want concerts listed as separate events under their individual dates.

 

Both members and non-members can take out a display advertisement in the printed version: here are the details and prices.

 

A copy of the printed Diary is sent to the registered contact for each society, and this comes with a printed entry form for the following issue. It makes life much easier for the editor, and saves copying mistakes, if you send your entry electronically if possible.

 

The easiest way to get your entry into the Diary is to use the form on this site. You can use it for events up to a year ahead – but please don’t send it off until you’re sure your information is accurate. The web site file is used as the basis of the printed Diary.

 

Your diary listing will expire at the end of the next printed diary’s period unless you ask for it to be repeated. We can’t keep listings indefinitely for regular events, as no-one would remember to cancel them when their group folded, but you can, for instance, put “every Monday until January 2013”, as long as you’re sure the details will remain correct, up to a year ahead.

 

You can email your entry to diary@ealingarts.org.uk if you prefer, but using the web form should be simpler, and help you give the right information in the right order.

 

The web editor should acknowledge your electronic entry as it goes onto the web site, which gives you a chance to check it. Emails can go astray, so please send again if yours hasn’t appeared on the web, and you think it may not have got through. Even better: ring Richard on 020 8567 4075, as he doesn’t check EA+L emails every day.

 

Distribution of the printed Diary is handled by Hazel Talbot. Please contact her if you think the wrong person in your society is getting your copy, or if you have an idea for a new outlet.

 

And finally, please remember that all the work is done by volunteers. Treat us gently!