Putting our residents first in South Improving your local area Town improvements • A water fountain was installed at • A range of improvements were made Deane Park. along Victoria Road and Long Drive • Bollards were installed at Brackenhill shopping parade, including new paving, with Better Neighbourhood funding cycle parking, trees and benches. to prevent unauthorised parking which Chrysalis had been causing damage to the green. • A pathway was installed at Stafford Road • 6 new litter bins have been installed in Open Space to improve access around South Ruislip. the site. • 1,861 South Ruislip residents have used • A new outdoor gym was installed at the council’s free bulky waste collection Deane Park. Improvements were also service. To find out more visit made to existing paths at the park, www..gov.uk/bulkywaste. including a path to the ball court. • The council is installing ‘No Idling’ GREEN FLAG SUCCESS Roads and footpaths signage outside all schools and hotspots Stafford Road Open Space gained across the borough to help improve its first Green Flag in 2019 • Angus Drive, Rabournmead Drive, local air quality. The Fairway and Wingfield Way were resurfaced. Queens Walk, Rydal Way and • South Ruislip has 22 Street Champions. Supporting the local community The Fairway footpaths were also resurfaced. To find out more or sign up visit • South Ruislip Library will be refurbished in www.hillingdon.gov.uk/streetchampions. Your local councillors gave ward • A parking management scheme was 2020 to provide an improved experience funding to: extended in a number of roads in Keeping you safe for customers, including new seating, • 3rd South Ruislip Brownies and 2nd South Ruislip. carpets and lighting, and more space for • The council has invested £2.75 million reading, activities and to use computers. South Ruislip Rainbows to purchase Keeping green in upgrading the borough’s CCTV. materials to enhance the Brownie/ • The library offers a range of groups and Rainbow programme, including merit • The Polish Air Force Memorial All cameras are being upgraded in South Ruislip. sessions for all ages, including Storytime, badges. Remembrance Garden retained its Green crochet, living library talks, family board Flag in 2018 and 2019. • Traffic calming measures were installed games and various reading groups. • The Remembrance Day Service along Edwards Avenue in response to a community event towards the hire of • The Polish Air Force Memorial • The annual Polish Air Force Memorial a PA system and technician. Remembrance Garden won gold in the petition from local residents. Ceremony was held, a ceremony to • The Fairway Allotment Committee ‘park of the year’ category in the 2019 • A zebra crossing and traffic calming mark the 70th anniversary of the Polish London in Bloom competition. for the replacement parts for a measures were created in Queens Walk Air Force Memorial was also held, and watering system for the site. • 101 new trees have been planted in South to improve safety for pupils travelling to a Polish Heritage Trail, which includes a • Ruislip & District Amateur Boxing Ruislip, including one at Stonefield Park to and from Queensmead Academy and stop at the memorial, was also launched. Deanesfield Primary School. Club towards a full-sized boxing ring mark the 550th birth anniversary of Guru • Two interpretation boards were for the new Field End Centre. Nanak. We also gave away 5,000 free tree • also installed at the Polish Air Force 90 per cent of premises in the ward that • South Ruislip Residents Association saplings to residents, schools, community had a food inspection rated 4 (good) or Memorial Remembrance Garden groups and businesses in 2019. to commemorate the Polish navy’s towards the South Ruislip shopping 5 (very good). centre refurbishments for planters • contribution during World War Two. Brook (at Stafford Road Open Housing and flowers. Space) was officially reopened following a • Christmas lights were installed on street • joint river restoration project to reconnect • The council has built a mixture of 33 Residents of The Fairway, Angus Drive lamp columns in Long Drive, Station and The Fairway Allotment Group former meanders, create 2 backwaters shared ownership and rented homes at Approach and Victoria Road. to go towards a new community and plant wetland plants along the banks Acol Crescent. • noticeboard for The Fairway. to provide new habitats for wildlife. South Ruislip Adult Learning Centre • 13 properties have been adapted to provides a range of courses, including • A new roof was installed at the enable disabled residents to continue to childcare, floristry, IT, dance exercise, yoga, equipment store at Fairway Allotments. live independently in their homes. drawing, painting and modern languages.

Supporting young people and families • The School Improvement Service works with council maintained schools, the Regional Schools Commissioner for Academy Schools, and Ofsted, to deliver high quality standards in education. Primary School was rated Good by Ofsted in June 2019. • The Field End Centre, a new sports facility, provides a home for Bessingby Park Rangers Football Club and SKATE JAM Ruislip & District Amateur Boxing Club. It has a range A new skate park was built at Field THE FIELD END CENTRE of facilities, including a main sports hall, training area, End Recreation Ground following a The council invested £1.43 million changing and showering facilities, and a kitchen and request from a local skate group in the new sports facility seating area overlooking Field End Recreation Ground. • The playground at Brackenbridge Drive was refurbished, Supporting older residents Health and wellbeing providing children and families with new play equipment. • Council tax was frozen for a thirteenth year for over- • 4 Dr Bike sessions were held at South Ruislip Library to • South Ruislip Young People’s centre offers a range of 65s for 2019/20. help residents with basic bike repairs. activities to support young people in a youth club • Over-65s can also benefit from free swimming and • A new dementia coffee morning at South Ruislip setting. Targeted personal development programmes swimming lessons, free allotments, tea dances, a winter Library started in April 2019, running every other are also offered to referred young people at the centre. heater loan scheme, priority parking with Brown Monday from 2pm. Badges and dining clubs. 68 South Ruislip residents • The council’s annual FIESTA programme offered young • Weekly multi-sport sessions for children and young received a free burglar alarm. people a range of activities to participate in during the people with disabilities take place at Queensmead summer holidays, including sessions at South Ruislip Young • 1,334 over-75s in the borough have received the Sports Centre. The sports centre offers fitness activities People’s Centre, and fencing and trampolining activity TeleCareLine service free of charge, including 65 in for all ages, including a 2-floor gym, exercise studio, sessions at Queensmead Sports Centre. South Ruislip. sports hall and tennis courts.