​The CEPAC campaign
A community arts centre for Ealing

Ealing Performance & Arts Centre is a charity which exists to promote a wide range of artistic and cultural activities in the community. As CEPAC, we have been fighting since 2010 for an arts facility in central Ealing. In November 2018, we submitted a bid to convert the Victoria Hall, which adjoins Ealing Town Hall and belongs to a charitable trust, into a community-based performance & arts centre.
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Our work to reach this important milestone has been through several key stages. We have:
  • conducted professional demand studies  
  • ​prepared a detailed business plan
  • ​looked at a variety of sites
  • had discussions with landowners, developers and the Council
  • won public approval for the idea through the Neighbourhood Plan referendum.​
  • ​More details are on our page Our Campaign. 
PictureCEPAC's ideas for Ealing's Victoria Hall
Our plan
CEPAC's proposal is for the Council-managed Trust which owns the Victoria Hall to be transferred to new independent Trustees, who would refurbish it for community use. We have drawn up a detailed scheme for the space to be separated from the Council's plan to sell the Town Hall. 

A detailed feasibility study shows that our spatial plan fits well into the area covered by the Victoria Hall trust (see plans right).

The Victoria Hall was built by private donations, and it has been confirmed that the Trust which owns it is charitable.  The Charity Commission has been asked to decide whether the Council can change the existing Trust Deed and sell the Hall to a private developer, or whether it should remain held by an independent Trustee . As we wait for their ruling we are continuing to develop our plans for the site. 
How you can help
  • Support our campaign by donating at
    ​         https://www.justgiving.com/cepac
  • Alternatively, you can use our gift aid form by downloading it here.This can add 25% to your donation through tax relief.
  • Join our email list to keep in touch with the developments in our campaign by clicking on http://eepurl.com/vHwIP.
  • Spread the word and encourage others to back us too.

​Thank you!
Help us stop the Victoria Hall from being sold
Ealing Council wants to sell this historic building, which was built by public subscription for the people of Ealing and is owned by a charitable Trust, to a hotel developer.
 
Seven Ealing community groups, including CEPAC, have combined as the Friends of the Victoria Hall, a charitable group, to save the Hall and its related areas for the community as a performing arts, exhibition and meeting space.

A scheme has now been published by the Charity Commission which would allow this sale, subject to a public consultation. You can help stop this!

Please take three simple steps:
1. Object to the Commission scheme.
Here's why you should object.
And this is how.

2. Sign the petition at 38degrees.org.uk.

​3. Join the Friends using the form here. 

We only have until 6 January to respond, so please do it NOW.

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