ERA attended a Community Resilience Workshop held in March this year hosted by LB Hillingdon, in partnership with H4All and the Hillingdon Federation of Community Associations. Presentations were made by the London Fire Brigade and the Environment Agency.
The aim is to develop a Community Resilience Directory to support the local authority and emergency responders in identifying community assets and individuals who can assist during emergencies. If you or an organisation you are involved in have resources, for example storage space, useful equipment , space to house/feed displaced persons, please complete the Community Resilience Mapping Survey using the link:
Whilst the survey is open until the 30th September 2025 it would be helpful if you would complete it sooner rather than later. Please pass this information onto as many other organisations that you think may be able to help as you can.
The police have received recent reports of individuals going door-to-door in the Ruislip and Eastcote areas, offering to carry out work on houses. These services may be overpriced and of poor quality.
Hillingdon Council are proposing a change to garden waste collection service to make it more sustainable. The proposed change would see the introduction of a £70 charge for 2025/26 for the collection of a household’s garden waste. The charge would support the running costs of the service and ensure it’s paid for by those using it – rather than the cost being shared by all taxpayers, including those without gardens.
If you are a patient at the Devonshire Lodge GP Practice their Patient Participation Group is looking for new members. If you would like to find out more or have an interest in joining the group please clink the link: