Council achievements

We are committed to fostering thriving, healthy households

Adults

• Our Adult Social Care services were rated one of the best performing in London and nationally.
• We helped protect older residents from the impact of government winter fuel allowance cuts.
• Working with healthcare partners, we were the first in London to pioneer new technology to improve patient discharge processes from hospital.
• Queens Walk Resource Centre celebrated its 10th anniversary.

Children and young people

• We launched a new youth offer.
• Our Holidays Activities and Food programme benefited more than 7,000 children.
• A new video was launched to showcase our pioneering family hubs.
• We built 2 new residential children's homes and have a further 6 in the pipeline.
• Hillingdon was the top London local authority on Primary School National Offer Day, with 95.68% of parents given their first choice.
• We launched a new payment and benefits package for council foster carers.
• We opened a specialist resource provision and our first assessment centre for 2 to 5-year-olds with SEND, and opened a new learning space for children with autism spectrum condition.
• We offered more than 1,300 SEND places in our special and mainstream schools.
• A series of school videos were created to showcase our special schools.
• A SEND youth forum was launched to help shape SEND services.

Leisure and health

• Residents continue to benefit from our leisure centres, tennis courts, outdoor gyms, led walks and exercise sessions.
• More than 200 residents living with dementia, and their carers, accessed free sessions of golf, boccia, tennis, chair exercise and football to help their health and wellbeing.
• We launched a suicide awareness campaign to encourage residents to sign up to training offered by the Zero Suicide Alliance.