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London in Bloom results

The London in Bloom results have been issued this week, congratulations go to all the volunteers at Eastcote House Gardens for their hard work and dedication during a very difficult two years, a brilliant set of awards. Eastcote House Gardens is definitely the top park in London, the Walled Garden being a category winner.

The entry submitted by London Borough of Hillingdon for Eastcote Village also achieved a Gold award.

Many local groups joined with Eastcote Conservation Panel and the Friends of Eastcote House Gardens and took part in this tour, all helped with this wonderful achievement. Thanks to Eastcote Residents Association, St. Thomas More Church, Eastcote Branch of the Royal British Legion, Ruislip, Northwood and Eastcote Local History Society, South Ruislip Residents Association.

River Pinn Corridor through Long Meadow, Cheney Field, and Forge Green Part of the Celandine Route

Full results: London in Bloom Results 2021.
(Categories entered by Friends of Eastcote House Gardens)

Environmental Challenge (desk top entry)
Silver
Large Conservation Area: Long Meadow.
Silver Gilt
Eastcote House Gardens
Gold
Walled Garden
Gold and Joint Category Winner
Our Community [Volunteer Group award]
Gold
It’s Your Neighbourhood [Voluntary Group Award]
Level 5 Outstanding [equivalent to Gold]
Discretionary Award. Lesley Crowcroft
Outstanding Achievement Award
(Awards achieved by the London Borough of Hillingdon in which FEHG and Eastcote Conservation Panel contributed.[Gold was also gained for Harmondsworth Village])
Large London Village Eastcote Village
Gold.
Large City London Borough of Hillingdon
Gold and Category Winner.

HS2 works update

Main site activities in the West Ruislip area – https://www.hs2.org.uk/work-items/main-site-activities-in-the-west-ruislip-area/

Main site activities in the Breakspear Road area – https://www.hs2.org.uk/work-items/main-site-activities-in-the-breakspear-road-area/

Main site activities in the Harvil Road & Copthall area – https://www.hs2.org.uk/work-items/main-site-activities-in-the-harvil-road-area/

Main site activities in the Colne Valley Viaduct area – https://www.hs2.org.uk/work-items/main-site-activities-in-the-colne-valley-viaduct-area/

Footway Resurfacing

Part of this year’s planned footway resurfacing programme, work starts on Azalea Walk the week commencing 11 October 2021.

Safer Neighbourhood Team monthly newsletter

Please click here to view the Eastcote & East Ruislip Ward Safer Neighbourhood Team Monthly Newsletter for October 2021

HS2 works update

Main site activities in the Breakspear Road area – https://www.hs2.org.uk/work-items/main-site-activities-in-the-breakspear-road-area/

Main site activities in the West Ruislip area – https://www.hs2.org.uk/work-items/main-site-activities-in-the-west-ruislip-area/

Main site activities in the Harvil Road & Copthall area – https://www.hs2.org.uk/work-items/main-site-activities-in-the-harvil-road-area/

Main site activities in the Colne Valley Viaduct area – https://www.hs2.org.uk/work-items/main-site-activities-in-the-colne-valley-viaduct-area/

Bogus car damage claims

Two incidents have been drawn to our attention of a claim for damages being made against the driver of a vehicle, whereby a third party has falsely alleged that a wing mirror has been damaged, and a claim then made against the innocent party.

The most recent incidents were in the Eastcote area, but this type of scam could occur anywhere across our Borough, and this message is being circulated Borough-wide to raise awareness.

One way in which this scam can unfold is that you pass a parked vehicle and hear a loud bang against your own vehicle, which is in fact caused by someone striking it with an object as you pass them. They then follow you and flash their lights, and you stop and engage with them.

An advanced version of this scam has the driver of the other vehicle moving to the passenger side of your vehicle and pushing your mirror in towards the passenger door, usually as you are getting out.

In all variants they will show you their own broken driver’s side mirror, to convince you that you are at fault.

Advice to follow in this situation:

You will nearly always know whether your mirror has definitely struck someone else’s, but a key method of proving what actually happened is to use a dashcam which will show the scammer’s vehicle with a broken offside mirror before you actually pass it.

Remember to make sure that your dashcam is working and has a full view of the road straight ahead, to capture parked vehicles.

These matters need to be reported to the Police please – this can be done online, and you should do this as soon as possible after the event to protect your own position by creating a written record of the event, date and time to refer back to.

It’s important to get the make, model and colour of the other vehicle involved, and the registration number, together with a full description of the person making the false claim.

Please also inform us at Hillingdon Neighbourhood Watch

If you need to reply regarding this message, tap on this email address: hillingdonnhw@gmail.com

Regards,
Dave Ludlow
Community Coordinator

Covid-19 vaccination: 12 to 15 year olds

Summary of information and resources as at 16 September 2021

This document has been produced by NHS England (London) and provides a summary of information published by the national health, care and education bodies as at 16 September 2021. It is intended for use by the NHS, Local Authorities, elected representatives, schools and the public.

This autumn, all children aged 12 to 15 years are being offered the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccination, following advice from the UK’s four Chief Medical Officers (CMOs) to the Government.
Very few healthy children and young people with Covid-19 go on to have severe disease, but offering vaccination to 12 to 15 year olds should help to reduce the risk of complications, reduce time out of education, and reduce the spread of Covid-19 within schools.
Children will be offered the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which is the vaccine approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for children and young people over 12 years of age. This follows a thorough review of the safety, quality and effectiveness of the vaccine in this age group.
The NHS is now preparing to deliver a vaccination programme in schools, similar to the way that other school-aged vaccinations such as HPV and flu are managed. Most areas will start to send invitations for Covid-19 vaccination from 20 September 2021 and school vaccination teams will start vaccinating soon after that. Consent will be sought from parents, guardians and carers before vaccination starts. Alternative arrangements will be made for children who are home schooled, in secure services or specialist mental health settings.
At present, one dose of the vaccine will be offered to most children in this age group, and the timing of a second dose will be confirmed later. Children in this age group who are clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV), or live with someone who is immunosuppressed, will be offered two doses and will be contacted by their GP to arrange this.

Links to information for healthcare workers, schools, parents, carers and young people

COVID-19 vaccination information on NHS.UK General information for the public on the Covid-19 vaccination, including how to get the vaccination, eligibility, side effects and safety.

Children’s Covid-19 vaccination leaflets Including the ‘What to expect after your Covid-19 vaccination’ leaflet for children aged 12+.

Easy-read children’s Covid-19 vaccination leaflet Easy-read guides providing information on Covid-19 vaccination.

Information and FAQs for schools, parents, guardians, carers and young people on 12-15 vaccination Including frequently asked questions about issues such as consent and side effects.

Review of the safety, quality and effectiveness of the vaccine in 12 to 15 year olds Information from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) on how the vaccine was authorised.

Detailed information about consent for young people, including Gillick competence The ‘Green Book’ has the latest information on vaccines and vaccination procedures and issues relating to it.

Covid-19 public guidance National guidance on how to reduce the spread of Covid-19.

The full information pack and FAQs are here: National materials 12-15 vaccination 16 Sept v2

HS2 updates

The latest HS2 updates:

Breakspear Road area – https://www.hs2.org.uk/work-items/main-site-activities-in-the-breakspear-road-area/

West Ruislip area – https://www.hs2.org.uk/work-items/main-site-activities-in-the-west-ruislip-area/

Harvil Road & Copthall area – https://www.hs2.org.uk/work-items/main-site-activities-in-the-harvil-road-area/

Colne Valley Viaduct area – https://www.hs2.org.uk/work-items/main-site-activities-in-the-colne-valley-viaduct-area/

Hillingdon Waste Food Collection

You may be aware, if you’ve looked in the right places, that the Council have been running “Recycling Roadshows” recently, although Eastcote doesn’t seem to have figured. I was going to provide a link to their website with the latest ones, but I now see the last one advertised is today (as I write), so I’ve missed the boat – sorry.

Thanks however to Cllr Becky Haggar, who attended one a couple of weeks ago at the Duck Pond Market and sent us some information about it.

High on the list was LBH’s recently-introduced change to the food waste recycling scheme. Food waste is now collected separately from garden waste – had you spotted the new vehicles? – and then undergoes an anaerobic digestion process to produce bio-methane gases for electricity generation.

An eye-catching fact passed on by Cllr Haggar is a reference from resource efficiency experts WRAP, that if everyone in London recycled one banana skin today, we could turn that into enough energy to charge 16,616,738 mobile phones.

Apparently, on average, food waste makes up 40% of black bag waste by weight. I’m not sure whether that’s for Hillingdon or nationwide, but the figure is far too high. All that waste is the eventual source of methane, a greenhouse gas that is many times more potent than carbon dioxide (apparently 25 times or 86 times, depending on the timeframe – that’s far too complicated for me, but you see the point) so it’s really a VERY GOOD IDEA to recycle food waste, and it’s really NOT THAT DIFFICULT.

The way the collection system works hasn’t changed, and it’s all here:
https://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/food-waste .

The textile collection system has also changed, but you’ll have to wait for that one – I’ve probably already written too much for one news item!