March 2020 Committee meeting was conducted by email
April 2020 Committee meeting will be a virtual meeting on Zoom
May 2020 Committee meeting will be a virtual meeting at which the paperwork for the AGM will be produced and circulated to road stewards. This paperwork will then be ratified at the Open Forum Meeting in November.
Please email the chairman if you wish to attend
Given the current inclement weather, the following links can be used to report rough sleepers, so that they can have access to help:
https://www.streetlink.org.uk/
and
http://www.nosecondnightout.org.uk/
A DELIGHTFUL NEW EXHIBITION AT THE HEATH ROBINSON MUSEUM UNTIL 24 NOVEMBER
A delightful exhibition of watercolours painted by the internationally known artist Heath Robinson has opened at the Heath Robinson Museum.
Heath Robinson trained as an artist at the Royal Academy Schools and always saw himself as an artist. He earned his living as an illustrator and cartoonist – he is still better known for his drawings of complicated machines for performing simple tasks – but he would spend much of the limited spare time he had either drawing or painting in watercolours. His children remembered him on holiday at the seaside, dressed in suit, collar and tie, setting up his easel on the beach or in a country lane to paint the scene before him.
When painting for pleasure he was able to indulge his love of landscape and seascape or simply experiment with light, colour and movement, adopting a much freer style, executing sensitive impressionistic watercolour sketches. Even so, although these pictures are mostly different from his commercial work, they are immediately recognisable as his.
These paintings were not exhibited during the artist’s lifetime, and this is the first exhibition devoted to them.
ABOUT THE MUSEUM
The Heath Robinson Museum, is a serious museum with a smile on its face. A permanent gallery allows visitors to explore Heath Robinson’s life and artistic development through the gallery timeline, original artworks and interactive exhibits. A further gallery holds special exhibitions which change every three months showcasing selections from the museum collection and other renowned artists and illustrators. An activity studio hosts workshops and has drop-in activities for children.
The museum, address Pinner Memorial Park, West End Lane, Pinner, HA5 1AE, is open Thursday – Sunday from 11am to 4pm and Bank Holiday Mondays. Entry to the galleries during the current exhibition is free for children up to the age of 18 and up to 25 for young people with a student card. Children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult. Access to the Activity Studio only will remain at £2 for children and free for accompanying adults.
The Museum, which has recently been accredited by the Arts Council, is run by The West House & Heath Robinson Museum Trust, a charity.
For further information visit www.heathrobinsonmuseum.org
Heath Robinson Museum, Pinner Memorial Park, West End Lane, Pinner HA5 1AE
www.facebook.com/HeathRobinsonMuseum
twitter.com/hrobinsonmuseum
The West House and Heath Robinson Museum Trust.
Registered Charity Number 1086567
Cynthia Wells (Chairman) – phone: 020 8866 8699 or email: Cynthia@heathrobinsonmuseum.org
The Local Studies Department at Uxbridge Library has changed its opening hours from 12 August.
It is now open:
Wednesday 1pm – 5pm
Saturday 10am – 12noon and 1pm – 5pm.
On Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday it is open by appointment only (giving three days’ notice). To make an appointment phone 01895 250702 or email archives@hillingdon.gov.uk.
The Big Give website in December 2018 raised a total of £9809. Click here to see the thank you letter.
Please contact us with any articles or other information for our next (printed) newsletter.
Please note that the deadline for submissions is 25 March
Thank you to everyone who attended this consultation – it was great to see so many people there.
A copy of the information posters that were on display can be seen here.
If you picked up a feedback form and have not yet returned it you can email Steve Carey SteveC@curtinandco.com
ERA is supporting this local Eastcote Charity. Can we help them raise £2,380 this week?
CAAS is working with the Big Give, the UK’s largest match giving organisation, to provide our school holiday Games Room/Film Club (14-18 year olds) and to start a brand new monthly Creative Club (9-13 year olds) for young people with a diagnosis of autism or ADHD.
From midday on the 27 November to midday on the 4 December all donations will be doubled.
Donations must be made online via The Big Give website between these dates only. (the link is also here: https://secure.thebiggive.org.uk/projects/view/30904/ ) Continue reading “theBigGive ChristmasChallenge2018”
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A big thank you to everyone who attended this year’s Open Forum and contributed to making it a great success.
The speaker, Brian Walters, Deputy Chair Hillingdon Neighbourhood Watch introduced us to OWL which has recently been implemented Borough-wide. OWL will allow both the Police and Neighbourhood Watch Coordinators to quickly alert you, via a message to your email or mobile phone, to crimes in your immediate area enabling the Police and the public to work together in closer partnership. If you would like to know more or want to sign up go to www.owl.co.uk
