This Association represents the people living in Ruislip, a town with a long history. Ruislip was mentioned in the Domesday Book, and in its old church of St Martin of Tours and Manor Farm site it still has links with its Norman past. It is now in the London Borough of Hillingdon.
We hope that members and visitors will find this website useful. We will welcome your comments, please use the “Contact Us” page to get in touch with us.*
1940 – RUISLIP CAB OPENED Ruislip Citizens Advice Bureau was founded on 18 January 1940 by a group of nine local people, with the first site in Station Approach. 200 CABs had already opened across the country from September 1939 to meet the needs of the civilian population during World War II, and branches in […]
An Attempt to Shed Some Light for Residents You may have heard that Hillingdon Council is in financial difficulty, with a cabinet member stating on national media that “we’ve run out of money”. Council finances are a complex issue, so together with HARA (the Hillingdon Alliance of Residents’ Associations) and all of the other residents’ […]
Councils can’t actually go bankrupt, but their equivalent is declaring ‘Section 114’. We understand that once that happens, how the council spends money changes – and the council’s Monitoring Officer and the Chief Finance Officer become responsible for signing off all spending. We have asked them what plans they have: the Monitoring Officer has said […]
Since July’s Cabinet meeting and as recently as this week’s Cabinet meeting, Hillingdon Council has regularly confirmed it is in discussions with the central government to secure “Exceptional Financial Support” (EFS). But what does this mean? In simple terms, EFS is a government bailout for a council that can no longer meet its financial commitments. Councils […]
The council’s finances are in a worse state than the headline numbers suggest. The true total hit to reserves this year is £31.6 million, which will leave the council with a -£24.9 million negative reserve balance because a £14.1m ‘historical error’ left them with only £6.7 million in reserves to begin with. Whichever of these […]
Historically, Ruislip is in the hundred of Elthorne, in the county of Middlesex, but for modern administrative purposes it is part of the London Borough of Hillingdon. Answers to many questions about services in and around Ruislip can be found on Hillingdon’s website:
Areas surrounding Ruislip are covered by other Residents’ Associations, so here are links to them:
