Putting our residents first in Improving your local area Roads council-related issues. To find out more • Melbourne Close, Swakeleys Road, or sign up visit www..gov.uk/ Ickenham Tavistock Road, Ashbury Drive, Campden streetchampions. Road, Malvern Close and Willowtree Keeping you safe Close were resurfaced. Copthall Road East • The council has invested £2.75 million is programmed after utilities works have in upgrading the borough’s CCTV. All been completed. cameras are being upgraded in Ickenham. • The parking management schemes in the Hoylake Crescent area and adjacent • CCTV enforcement cameras were to The Pump were extended. introduced to take action against drivers turning illegally into The Drive and Keeping green Highfield Drive from Harvil Road, to ensure • Swakeleys Park retained its Green Flag in that the area is safer for other road users. 2018 and 2019. • Limited time waiting restrictions were • A range of floral displays bloomed introduced throughout Thornhill Road to in Swakeleys Road and High Road, prevent all-day non-residential parking. including hanging baskets. • Fencing improvements were carried out • 50 new trees have been planted in with Better Neighbourhood funding at Ickenham, including one at Swakeleys Park The Buntings. to mark the 550th birth anniversary of • Roc Cottage restaurant had its premises Guru Nanak. We also gave away 5,000 licence revoked. free tree saplings to residents, schools, NEW FACILITIES community groups and businesses in 2019. • 79 per cent of premises in the ward that has been expanded • The council’s Woodlarks and Waders had a food inspection rated 4 (good) or group holds regular volunteering events 5 (very good). Supporting the local community along the to create a better • Children at The Breakspear School have habitat for wildlife and plants. received pedestrian safety training and • Ickenham Library will be refurbished in • The celebrated children from The Breakspear School 2020 to provide an improved experience its 50th anniversary and has hosted • Council teams, volunteers and pupils from Oak Wood and Vyners schools and Glebe Primary School took part in for customers, including new seating, a variety of musical and theatrical the council’s Bikeability training. carpets and lighting, and more space for productions. transformed the garden at Ickenham reading, activities and to use computers. Library as part of a sow and grow initiative. Housing • Christmas lights were installed on street • The library offers a range of groups and lamp columns in Swakeleys Road, High • 6 new litter bins have been installed in • Inspections are regularly carried out to sessions for all ages, including Storytime, Road and Long Lane. There were also Ickenham. investigate disrepair in privately rented reading groups, Scrabble, chess, crafts tree lights in High Road. • 1,302 Ickenham residents have used properties and to combat landlords and community gardening. Special the council’s free bulky waste collection providing potentially hazardous living events have included an RAF talk, comic Your local councillors gave ward service. To find out more visit conditions. strip and drama workshops, and various funding to: www.hillingdon.gov.uk/bulkywaste. • Emergency LED lighting has been author events. Library employees also • Ickenham Festival Committee towards • The council is installing ‘No Idling’ signage upgraded in a number of council- make regular visits to local schools and a festive lighting display. outside all schools and hotspots across the owned buildings. playgroups. borough to help improve local air quality. • 5 properties have been adapted to • Ickenham has 30 Street Champions, who enable disabled residents can continue volunteer for the council, reporting local to live independently in their homes. Supporting young people and families • Vyners School has been expanded rated Good by Ofsted in November to create a new teaching block of 12 2018. The Breakspear Primary School was classrooms, dining room, library and rated Good by Ofsted in February 2019. special educational needs suite. A new Vyners School was rated Outstanding by main school entrance has also been Ofsted in June 2019. created, as well as a new multi-use games area and all-weather sports pitch. • The council’s annual FIESTA programme offered young people a range of • The School Improvement Service works activities to participate in during the with council maintained schools, the summer holidays. Regional Schools Commissioner for Academy Schools and Ofsted to deliver • 360 Youth Theatre, based at the high quality standards in education. Compass Theatre, gives young people Glebe Primary School was rated Good the opportunity to take part in drama by Ofsted in May 2018. The Douay and singing workshops. CHRYSALIS Martyrs Catholic Secondary School was An outdoor gym opened at Swakeleys Park Supporting older residents Health and wellbeing • Council tax was frozen for a thirteenth year for over- • 14 guided bike rides started from Bikewise cycle shop. 65s for 2019/20. • A monthly free Ickenham healthy walk is held • Over-65s can also benefit from free swimming and throughout the year, on a Tuesday at 11am, starting at swimming lessons, free allotments, tea dances, a winter Ickenham Library. For more information visit heater loan scheme, priority parking with Brown www.hillingdon.gov.uk/explore. Badges and dining clubs. 81 Ickenham residents • Free outdoor gym instructor-led sessions were held at received a free burglar alarm. Swakeleys Park. • 1,334 over-75s in the borough have received the • Golf Course offers an opportunity for TeleCareLine service free of charge, including 75 residents of all ages to play golf, with reduced rates for in Ickenham. HillingdonFirst card holders. • A patio will be installed in the communal gardens at • Dementia friendly film screenings were introduced The Buntings with Better Neighbourhood funding. at the Compass Theatre for residents living with • Ickenham Library offers weekly chair-based exercise dementia and carers. sessions for over-65s as part of our MOVES initiative. • The Breakspear School received a Healthy Schools The Leader’s Initiative for Older People gave Silver award. funding to: • The council’s commissioned smoking cessation, • The Buntings for a Christmas party. substance misuse and sexual and reproductive health VYNERS SCHOOL services are providing support to residents. For more Cllr David Simmonds fits some window details visit www.hillingdon.gov.uk/health. locks at the new development