Heston and Cranford Area Forum

What is an Area Forum?

Your local Area Forum is a friendly, fun community event. It’s free to attend and everyone can come along and join in.  

At your Area Forum you can get together with other local people, meet your local councillors, and help make a difference in your community. 

There are seven Area Forums across Hounslow. Meaning everyone in the borough can come along to a local forum near them. 

The forums meet four times a year, come along to yours and: 

• Meet new people and enjoy free food, refreshments and perhaps some music and dance. Area Forums are popular and fun!  

• Find out what’s going on in your area. You can join people in your community and help with a local project. 

• Talk to your community leaders. Together with local people, community groups and us, you can help to make a difference.  

What to expect?

When you arrive at an Area Forum our friendly staff will welcome you and help you to get the best out of the event. They will also help with any personal questions you may have.  

From 6.30-7.30pm, you can head into the ‘marketplace’, where many different community groups and council services have information stalls. Find out about the services and the support on offer and get help with everything from housing and health, to finding out what’s going on locally. 

You can then: 

• pause for some free tea or coffee and something to eat. People often catch up with friends and meet new people from their local area.   

• hear from local community groups and council services about projects that they’re working on and find out if you can join in and help. 

• some forums also provide entertainment, so you might see some music or dancing from a local group.  

The main session runs from 7.30-9.30pm, where the Area Forum Chair leads a discussion on chosen topics. Council service leads, local partners and community groups often give presentations. They might also share updates or run interactive sessions. These might look at concerns and ideas specific to the local area. People may also discuss new ideas, sign up to help with an action and listen to progress reports on ongoing projects.

Find the full list of Council services, partners and local organisations attending the Forum below:

Council services:

·       Adult and Community Education

·       Community Safety

·       Community Solutions

·       Digital Inclusion

·       Engagement and Events

·       Health Outreach Team

·       Hounslow Highways

·       Housing

·       Net Zero

·       Parks

·       Traffic, Transport and Parking

·       Ward Improvement

Community groups and partners:

·       Brentford Football Club Community Sports Trust

·       Creative Spaces London

·       Golden Opportunities Skills and Development

·       Heston in the Community

·       Heston Repair Café

·       Hope Church Hounslow

·       Let’s Go Outside and Learn

·       Sunshine of Hounslow