23 July 2024
 Osterley Park is hosting the second annual Middlesex Pride 2024 on Saturday, 27 July, from 12-6pm. The event is a free, fun, family friendly day celebrating the LGBT+ community.
Attendees can expect music and performances, live speakers, some great workshops and events, food and drink, and much more. Various local LGBT+ groups and Council teams will be in attendance too, with stalls set up to provide support and information.
Please click below to reserve your free ticket and to find out more about the day.
 Mind Axis are currently designing The Teashop+, a new group-based mental wellbeing programme with a digital component, which will be launching in Hounslow this autumn. To ensure they are creating a programme for community members, they are running a series of workshops where they will co-design The Teashop+ with residents.
The workshops will take place in Holborn throughout the summer, and attendees will be paid for their time. The workshops are open to everyone, but Mind Axis would particularly like to hear from residents with lived experience of mental health issues and/or those close to someone who has experienced psychological distress.
For more information and to sign up, please click the button below.
 It’s time to take your child’s bike safety skills to the next level with Hounslow Council’s free Bikeability course.
The Council’s Active Travel Team is staging a Level 3 Bikeabilty Course for children aged 10 and over.
The two-day course is for children who have completed their Level 2 Bikeability Course.
During the course, your child will learn valuable skills such as how to use the best riding position for any situation, how to ride alongside other cyclists and how to ride on busier and more complicated roles.
The dates of the courses are:
- Monday and Tuesday, 29 and 30 July
- Thursday and Friday, 15 and 16 August
- Thursday and Friday, 29 and 30 August
The course times are 9.30am to 11.30am or 12pm to 2pm at Osterley Park and Feltham Park.
Hounslow libraries have teamed up with librarians across the capital to launch a new app that takes inspiration from the Couch to 5k fitness plan to get people reading more.
Developed by London Libraries - the London network of national library charity Libraries Connected - and aimed at Londoners who would like to read more, Read On is a digital gateway to a universe of books.
Read On has been launched just in time for the summer holidays in the hope the app can turn the traditional “beach read” into a year-round habit, with all the benefits that brings: research has shown that reading for pleasure can reduce feelings of stress and depression, increase self-esteem and improve our ability to cope with difficult situations. Adults who read for just 30 minutes a week are 20% more likely to report greater life satisfaction.
Residents can download the iOS and Android app directly and start working towards their reading goals straight away.
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 Construction company Kier has delivered a careers workshop to Marjory Kinnon in Bedfont, as part of its new education programme, ‘Kierriculum’.
The team from Kier attended Marjory Kinnon, one of the largest SEND schools in the country, to work with Year 11 students to challenge some of the stereotypes about people and careers available in in the construction industry.
The one-day session was delivered as part of the new Kierriculum programme, a new range of educational resources designed to address the skills’ shortage in the construction sector and encourage young people to consider a career in the industry.
Later this year, Marjory Kinnon students will have the opportunity to take part in a full six-week Kierriculum programme, where students will also get the opportunity to visit live construction sites.
 DFN Project SEARCH is a life changing opportunity helping young people with learning disabilities and/or autism move from education into full-time employment.
The partnership between London Borough of Hounslow, West Thames College and Kaleidoscope offers DFN Project SEARCH programmes at businesses including the Council, Thorpe Park, and the London Twickenham Stadium Hotel.
If you’re a parent/carer of a young person aged 17-24 with an open Education, Health and Care Plan and you think they may be suitable, click on our supported internship hub below to find out more and apply. You can also check out DFN Project SEARCH graduate Chris’s story about how his career is now flourishing: Snakes and Ladders DFN Project Search Article | London Borough of Hounslow
 Hounslow Council is seeking the views of residents on a proposed footway accessibility improvement scheme around The Ham in Brentford.
The footways on The Ham are narrow and in poor condition. There are also obstructions on the footways in the form of kerbs and street furniture.
The Council is proposing a range of measures to improve accessibility in the area, including resurfacing the footways, a new crossing point and relocating the street furniture.
Residents can view the plans and have their say on the proposals at an upcoming engagement event:
Thursday, 25 July at Digitial Dock, 205 High Street, Brentford, TW8 8AH, between 12pm and 4pm.
There will then be a residents’ feedback event at The Six Bells Pub, High Street, Brentford on Tuesday, 30 July.
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