London Borough of Hillingdon

To address the rising demand for housing support, we've refreshed our Social Housing Allocation Policy, making it clearer, with greater priority given to our most vulnerable residents and those who have lived in the borough for 10 years or more.🏡 Cllr Steve Tuckwell, Cabinet Member for Planning, Housing and Growth, outlines why it's vital for residents with housing concerns to work with the council and its partners to find an affordable home to prevent anyone from becoming homeless. Find out more👉 https://lnkd.in/exWzdnQw

UK Authority recently interviewed our chief operating officer Matthew Wallbridge who explains how innovative process design is driving efficiency and effectiveness within the council's operations. Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/eaRwRV52 #ProcessDesign #PublicSector #Innovation #HillingdonCouncil #UKAuthority #Efficiency #ServiceDelivery #ContinuousImprovement

We’re encouraging residents to put forward people or organisations which go the extra mile to help others for a Hillingdon Community Award.❤️   Our popular scheme celebrates the unsung heroes that support our communities and is now in its fourth year.🌟     The deadline for nominations is midnight on Monday 17 February, with the winners announced in March.   Find out more and make a nomination👇

We’ve published further details of our support for older residents this winter after we stepped in to help protect them from the government’s winter fuel allowance cuts.❄🏘   This will impact thousands of pensioners in the borough and, in response, the Leader of the Council, Cllr Ian Edwards, first unveiled the support plans in September.   The council is using some of the £2 million Household Support Fund it has been allocated, under the latest extension of the scheme, to work with Age UK to assist pensioners in the borough who may be entitled to Pension Credit to submit a claim.   A Pensioners' Support Fund has also been established to help those who are not eligible for the winter fuel allowance, born before 23 September 1958, and experiencing financial hardship, where they can apply for utility bill support to help heat their homes this winter. Read more ⬇️

Our Legal Services team has successfully passed its annual assessment to maintain its accredited LEXCEL status 📣🎉   LEXCEL is an internationally recognised legal practice quality mark, administered by The Law Society for client care, compliance, and practice management, which the team has held since 2001.   The independent assessment took place in early October, and included a process of in-person interviews with members of staff, as well as in-depth reviews of how legal cases and digital and printed information are managed by the service.   The assessment report commended the team in three areas of good practice, including how it manages the council’s subject access requests, Data Privacy Impact Assessments and Freedom of Information requests.

In July we completed the purchase of 113 new homes at Hyde Park Hayes 3 to help tackle the demand for affordable housing locally🏡 Since then, residents have started moving into their new homes 🔑 To find out more we spoke to Cllr Jonathan Bianco, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Corporate Services and Property and Jas, one of the building’s new residents. #NewandImprovedHomes

Exciting news! We have completed the sale of the vacant Barra Hall building in Hayes to HRUC (Harrow, Richmond & Uxbridge Colleges). It will see more than 70 education places for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) created and ensure the historic building remains at the heart of the local community. Find out more 👇

We’ve seen unprecedented interest in our fostering offer since the launch of our campaign to recruit more foster carers with an unrivalled payment and benefits package. The offer is the most competitive of its kind in London and is already having a positive impact.   Our Corporate Director of Children’s Services, Julie Kelly, spoke to the Municipal Journal (MJ). For more information on fostering with us, visit https://lnkd.in/eVD2w-jF

We recently completed the construction of 34 modern social homes for residents on the former Maple and Poplar day care and care home site in Hayes.🏡 Delivered in partnership with Neilcott Construction Limited it offers a mix of one-to-three-bedroom homes, solar panels to reduce energy costs, shared garden spaces and a large car park fitted with electric vehicle charging points.🔌🚗 Find out more👇

We're delighted to welcome julian lewis as our new Town Architect, appointed as part of the Greater London Authority pilot scheme to boost design quality across the capital.    We will be working with Julian on our two strategic regeneration areas, Uxbridge and Hayes, to explore improvements to the public realm and wider connectivity.    Find out more about the opportunities in Hillingdon 👉https://lnkd.in/eCVxJz8n