WHAT COULD I DO? HOW MUCH TIME WOULD IT TAKE?
There are many ways in which you can become more involved in the Association’s work. Possible roles are :
Road Steward
They deliver our Town Crier magazine two times a year and feed back local concerns to the Executive Committee. The time this takes depends on how many homes are covered – some Road Stewards cover 20 or so homes near to where they live, some cover more, but the work usually takes only a few hours per year. Road Stewards are absolutely central to the success of our Association. We currently have a number of vacancies:
Area Steward
Two times a year they deliver Town Criers to Road Stewards in their own area. They also have an intermediary role in the collection of subscriptions, and act as a conduit for information on local issues. This takes a few hours per year. We have some vacancies in our network of these much valued members.
Sports Adviser
We need an adviser to keep us up to date about local sporting activities in our area, particularly to keep the Executive Committee informed about any issues that arise, and to ensure that our website information provides correct information for our members. This role could be subdivided so that different advisers are responsible for updating us about activities for various age groups.
Executive Member
These Members are elected each year at the Annual General Meeting. Additional members are co-opted to the Executive Committee to fill vacancies, to extend the work that is undertaken on behalf of the Association, and to assist holders of particular responsibilities. The level of involvement depends on the particular responsibilities undertaken, varying from a few hours a year to many hours each week. Executive Members are expected to attend monthly evening meetings lasting two hours, currently on the first Wednesday of each month.
Technical Adviser
We monitor all local activities. If members have experience in any of the fields we cover, we would be pleased to call on them for advice, when needed. We hope to extend our range of advisers.
We need volunteers to help us to cover aspects of life and living in Ruislip Manor and Ruislip, including:
Assistant Planning Officer
Sue Browne follows developments around Ruislip and Ruislip Manor, especially in the Conservation Areas. Increasingly she has recently been tracking Hillingdon Council’s planning policy, and investigating the details uncovered by Historic England’s responses to consultations on developments at sites of historic interest.
She is looking for assistance with any planning matters – from reading through planning applications to speaking with organisations like Historic England, researching policy, and looking at possible effects of potential developments like the proposed Lidl at The Orchard.
Community Activities
Events & Activities Diary
We maintain the noticeboard at the bottom of Ruislip High Street and would like to develop a list of “What to do in Ruislip” which lists not only one-off events and recurring things like the Duck Pond Market, but clubs, associations, open-days, theatre events etc.
We would like someone to be able to help to buildup the list of events, and to be a central point of contact that local organisations can send updates to. Depending on your experience with maintaining webpages, you could update the website yourself or we can help with that.
Drone Photography
When researching and writing articles about sites like the Barn Hotel, the St Martin’s Approach development, Ruislip Woods National Nature Reserve, or the Lido it would be great to be able to use some drone photography. If you have access to a drone and would like to take photos of the local area, we’d love to hear from you.
Manor Retail Area
Ruislip Retail Area
If you visit either of the two high streets of Ruislip High Street and/or Ruislip Manor’s parade of shops along Victoria Road and can help to monitor, interact and connect with them, or perhaps you have a shop along either high street, we would like to hear from you.
Social Media
Could you help to post Ruislip Residents’ Association news to social media? Our website shares new posts to Facebook and Bluesky, but if you can help us to connect with online communities more effectively, we would like to hear from you.
If you think you could help with any of these areas, or if you could help with delivering the Town Crier, please contact Pat our Secretary on secretary2@ruislipresidents.org.uk, Daniel our Chief Road Steward on steward@ruislipresidents.org.uk or complete our Contact Form.
VOLUNTEERING
If you wish to volunteer, or to know more about any of these roles, please let us know. You will be welcome to meet an Executive Member to discuss details – and may be able to attend relevant meetings as an observer – before making any commitment.
We would be delighted to hear from you.*
