Community involvement

In Hounslow there are many ways to become more active in your community. Wherever you live and whatever your skills and experience we can help you to get involved, so that you can get more involved in community life in your neighbourhood and make a difference to where you live

Becoming more active in your local community can bring many benefits:

Improve your local neighbourhood
Set up you own community group to tackle local problems
Meet new people in your neighbourhood
Improve your skills and self-confidence

Our Community Engagement team is here to give you all of the advice, guidance and support that you will need. This includes practical support and advice to organise events and activities on your estates and in the local community.
You can contact us by email

Setting up your own community group

There are many reasons why people living in one area may want to get together and form a community group;

To arrange outings and social events
To keep people in your area informed about local issues that affect them.
To campaign for something locally
To organise projects to improve your neighbourhood

We have created a very simple guide that will take you, step by step, through the process for setting up a group of your own.

Hounslow Play Streets

Play Streets are roads which are dedicated to play at certain times of the year. They allow you to close your residential road to allow local children to play safely outside without worrying about cars or buses passing through.
More information about Play Streets

Heston West Big Local

Big Local is a lottery funded project that has made a £1million investment in the Heston West area of Hounslow.

The aims of Heston Big Local are:
To enable the local community to make decisions on improving the area over the next ten years
To make a real difference to people's lives

If you would like to find out more about the national Big Local programme please visit their website