Updated: 24th February 2026
Hillingdon Council arranged a series of meetings and originally invited residents to one on Friday 27th February.
They have now rescinded this invitation and it is NOT open to residents. Please do not attend. We are sorry for the confusion and mixed messaging. We appreciate that it deprives residents of the opportunity to show their support and will be pressing the Council to arrange an alternative.
Please join us at this meeting with the Council on Friday 27th February starting at 10.30 am at the RAGC. Invite your friends and neighbours – all Hillingdon residents are welcome!
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.
Read more about our campaign…
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hope the council will start proper consultation about its closure decision soon, leading to the closure decision being withdrawn.
