Category Archives: Resources

Colne Valley Park – greenbelt protection

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Protect your Greenbelt with Colne Valley Park      
Are you interested in the future of the Colne Valley Regional Park and its Green Belt? Then we have two forward thinking events coming up for you. For more details and to book your tickets check our events  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/colne-valley-regional-park-19844437444    page or see details below.    The Colne Valley Regional Park is holding a free interactive event focussing on how to respond to large planning applications, and the development threats facing our local Green Belt.

Are you…. Shocked at the large developments constantly proposed in the Colne Valley Regional Park? Feeling powerless to get your view across? Wishing you understood more about the planning process? Wondering what Green Belt protection means? We invite local residents, community groups and parish councils to come to our forward-thinking workshop and find out about how to respond to large planning applications and Local Authority Plans the development threats facing your local Green Belt a draft Planning Toolkit to help you Our planning workshop will be held on Thursday 9th March 17:15 – 19:15 in Iver Village Hall. Please see here   https://www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/engaging-with-planning-across-the-colne-valley-regional-park/?fbclid=IwAR1Qne8BkRsH1UzoysDWq2xuOzVeYGBvG9fWq9JzEEt-qy_uXJ0eCGiboU0 for further details and to reserve your place  

Conference: Improving how the Green Belt functions on London’s Fringe – Policy and practice, using the Colne Valley Regional Park as a case study.
Are you interested in the future of the Green Belt, how it should function on the edge of London and where should planning policy be going?  We are hosting a  forward thinking conference for Local Authorities, Politicians, National Organisations & Local Branches, Colne Valley Regional Park Member Orgs and other local organisations.
The conference will be held on 18th April 2023 in the fantastic conference facility at Brunel University, Uxbridge and is being made possible by the generous support of Brunel University and the Heritage Lottery Fund. Please click here    https://www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/events/improving-how-the-green-belt-functions-on-londons-fringe-conference/ for further details and to book your tickets.  
 

Personal Safety Awareness – female-only

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For those of you not on OWL:

The Metropolitan Police would like to make you aware of three FREE female-only Personal Safety Awareness sessions that have been arranged for females within the London Borough of Hillingdon, details of which are below:
Wednesday 08/03/2023 (2 separate sessions)

  • Time: 10:00-11:00hrs and 13:00-14:00hrs
    (part of International Women’s Day)
  • Venue: BECK THEATRE – GRANGE ROAD, HAYES, UB3 2UE
  • What: FREE Personal Safety Awareness session consisting of a basic self defence class (with an external male instructor) and local police officers available post class for attendees to raise any concerns about safety in the local area and for officers to provide crime prevention advice and support
  • For: Any female who is a resident of the London Borough of Hillingdon
  • How to book: (scroll to foot of page)

https://becktheatre.org.uk/Online/tickets-international-womens-day-hayes-2023

Monday 20/03/2023 (1 session)

  • Time: 10:00-11:30hrs
  • Venue: FASSNIDGE COMMUNITY HALL – 2 HAREFIELD ROAD, UXBRIDGE, UB8 1GW
  • What: FREE Personal Safety Awareness session consisting of a basic self defence class (with an external male instructor) and local police officers available post class for attendees to raise any concerns about safety in the local area and for officers to provide crime prevention advice and support
  • For: Females 50+ years old who are resident within the London Borough of Hillingdon
  • How to book: Telephone: 01895 236518 / Email: rr.selfdefenceandpt@gmail.com

IMPORTANT! As with any course, places will be limited, so if you book a place please do make every effort to attend – and if you can’t make it then please contact the venue/instructor so that your place can be reallocated.
(NOTE that any questions should be directed to the links above please and not to Hillingdon NHW)

Police Turnaround Plan – have your say

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For anyone not on OWL:

Many of you will be aware of the 2023-2025 Metropolitan Police Turnaround Plan published recently by the Commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley.

London residents are now invited to take part in an online survey to give feedback on this document.

Once you have read the main document, the survey only takes around 5 minutes to complete, and includes boxes to add constructive comments.

You can access the document and the survey here:

https://www.met.police.uk/notices/met/the-turnaround-plan-more-trust-less-crime-and-high-standards/