Save The Rural Activities Garden Centre!

Updated: 16th December 2025
Friends of RAGC has just launched a fundraising campaign to support a judicial review against the Council over its unlawful failure to decide on nominations submitted for the Rural Activities Centre to be designated as an Asset of Community Value.
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Residents with learning disabilities and their families from all over Hillingdon have been shocked to hear that the council has decided to close the award-winning Rural Activities Garden Centre (RAGC) on West Drayton Road in Yiewsley. 

For over 40 years, the RAGC has provided much needed opportunities for gardening work experience and social connection for vulnerable young people across Hillingdon, particularly those with autism and/or learning disabilities or mental health problems. Read more

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RAGC is an irreplaceable and unique social care asset much-loved by its users, their families and residents who visit it. We hope the council will start proper consultation about its closure decision soon, leading to the closure decision being withdrawn.