A borough-wide approach to encouraging social action and enabling Civil Society
Civil Society is important. It brings people together, creates a sense of meaning and belonging, campaigns to solve problems and reduces social inequality by providing essential services - especially to people who are vulnerable or marginalised.
This strategy is our commitment to support Civil Society in Hounslow and to develop closer partnerships with the hundreds of charities, voluntary and community groups who play an essential role in supporting our residents across the borough.
We are proud that this strategy has been developed in partnership with Hounslow’s VCSE sector and through engagement with a wide range of different communities, businesses and groups of residents.
This emphasises our conviction that we achieve more for the borough, for Hounslow businesses and for local people, by working together than we do by working in isolation.
“This strategy is an ambitious commitment to Civil Society and working with partners in the public and private sector, to enable and support the actions of individuals and groups. It is a continuation of our previous Thriving Communities Strategies but pushes harder for whole system support for the actions of individuals and groups that make communities healthy, safe, greener, cohesive, equitable and inclusive.”
Cllr Shantanu Rajawat (Leader of Hounslow Council), Cllr Ajmer Grewal (Cabinet Member for Residents Support, Communities and Equalities) and Cllr Shivraj Grewal (Cabinet Member for Infrastructure, Recycling and Transformation)
