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Disablement charity urges firms to offer work experience to disabled youngsters

Uxbridge Gazette — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT

A CHARITY is urging more firms to offer work placements to disabled young people after a successful pilot scheme at the Hyde Park Hayes office complex.

Gardener's Question Time is coming to Ickenham

Uxbridge Gazette — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT

THE BBC’s Gardeners’ Question Time will be recorded in the borough at the beginning of April.

Can you lend a hand to help clean up our waterways?

Uxbridge Gazette — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT

ENVIRONMENTAL group Thames21 needs volunteers to help with a waterway clean-up.

Healthy eating cookery roadshow begins a tour of Hayes

Uxbridge Gazette — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT

WOULD you like to become a kitchen king or a cuisine queen?

Wanted: Conservation volunteers at Denham Quarry

Uxbridge Gazette — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT

HAREFIELD: Members of the public will be restoring the picnic area in Colne Valley Park to its former glory on Saturday.

College revamp hits the right note with students

Uxbridge Gazette — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT

HAYES Community Campus is tucked away in a cul-de-sac just off Coldharbour Lane, fairly well away from the town centre – and perhaps it is for that reason that many people simply do not know it exists.

Join the gardening gang at Uxbridge Community Centre

Uxbridge Gazette — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT

THE Uxbridge community centre in The Greenway is launching a fortnightly gardening club to give the centre’s garden a makeover.

Cameron pips high quality field to win our great photo competition for youngsters

Uxbridge Gazette — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT

CAMERON BURTON from Ruislip has been judged the winner of the 12-16 age group in the Gazette’s photo competition ‘Through Younger Eyes’, which ran at the tail end of 2012.

Tree planting marks 80th anniversary of Uxbridge Rotary

Uxbridge Gazette — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT

THE Rotary Club of Uxbridge celebrated its 80th anniversary – and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee – by planting a Cedar of Lebanon tree in Court Park, Hillingdon.

Lifting the veil on the practice of being a freemason

Uxbridge Gazette — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT

I REALLY did not know what to expect when I was invited to an open meeting of the Little Britain Lodge at the Uxbridge Masonic Centre. I knew little more than the traditional view of the organisation and was half expecting to be greeted by men with a ‘special’ handshake and their trouser legs rolled up.

Cash boost for Harlington Hospice summer fair plans

Uxbridge Gazette — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT

HARLINGTON Hospice is to receive a £2,500 boost to help improve its annual summer fair thanks to the Heathrow Communities Together fund.

Community radio station gets £1,000 boost to help with recruiting young presenters

Uxbridge Gazette — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT

hayes: Community radio station Hayes FM has been awarded a grant of £1,000 by the Heathrow Communities Together fund to enable it to recruit and train more young volunteers.

Caring course could open up a new career for over 50s

Uxbridge Gazette — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT

UXBRIDGE College and Age UK Hillingdon are teaming for a second year to run a seven-day training course aimed at teaching the basic skills needed for a career in health and social care.

Com Cafe aims to get people in the festive mood

Uxbridge Gazette — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT

THE Com Cafe on the Glebe Estate in West Drayton is arranging a number of festive events for families in the run-up to Christmas.

Hillingdon St John members presented with service medals

Uxbridge Gazette — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT

NINE volunteer members of St John Ambulance in Hillingdon, were honoured in a ceremony at the Grand Priory Church of St John in Clerkenwell last month.

Santa's giving the reindeer a rest and arriving by boat

Uxbridge Gazette — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT

SANTA has decided to give his reindeer some time off this year and will be arriving in Yiewsley on Saturday by boat along the Grand Union Canal.

Charity explores idea of Plus Bus service between villages

Uxbridge Gazette — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT

A CHARITY is investigating the possibility of introducing a bus service between the Heathrow villages of Sipson and Harmondsworth next year.

Have your say on health and care service reorganisation

Uxbridge Gazette — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT

PEOPLE in the borough have the chance to give their views on proposed amendments to local health services at a conference being organised by Age UK Hillingdon.

Age UK stages Christmas Market in Uxbridge

Uxbridge Gazette — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT

UXBRIDGE: Age UK Hillingdon is holding a Christmas market on Saturday, December 8.

Unlocking the hidden gems of Hayes

Uxbridge Gazette — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT

THERE are many causes for optimism for Hayes’s future, with developments such as Crossrail and the regeneration of the area around the old EMI factory. But, while these may still be a way off, there are many existing parts of the town that deserve a higher profile.