FRAGC volunteers helped create RAGC 40+ years ago and continue to help staff and those with learning disabilities at the centre. Please join us to stop the Council closing this irreplaceable facility.

The battle to save the Rural Activities Garden Centre (RAGC) has entered a critical new phase. After months of silence and missed statutory deadlines from Hillingdon Council, the Friends of RAGC (FRAGC) have launched a fundraising campaign so that they can bring legal proceedings against the Council for a Judicial Review. The move is described by campaigners as a "last resort" to force the Council to comply with the Localism Act, following the local authority's failure to process the nomination of the site as an Asset of Community Value (ACV) since August.

Hillingdon Council has failed to respond to a formal pre-action letter regarding the Rural Activities Garden Centre, marking the third missed deadline concerning the site's future. With the Council now in breach of the Localism Act, the likelihood of a Judicial Review is escalating. Leigh Day Solicitors, acting for the Friends of RAGC (FRAGC), served a pre-action protocol letter to the Council - funded by residents via a crowdfunding campaign - demanding the Council fulfill its legal obligation to decide on the nomination of the RAGC as an Asset of Community Value (ACV).

A Real Academia Galega de Ciencias (RAGC) e as facultades de Bioloxía, Ciencias, Física, Matemáticas e Química da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela convocaron o XII Concurso A Ciencia en Imaxe. Neste certame, dirixido á comunidade universitaria da USC, prémianse fotografías divulgativas de calquera contido relacionado coas ciencias. Os galardóns desta edición entregáronse este 14 de novembro na Aula Magna da facultade de Bioloxía durante o acto de celebración da festividade de San Alberte Magno, patrón das facultades de Ciencias.

YouTube video by Ryuko Studios Animation

A Real Academia Galega de Ciencias (RAGC) e a Fundación Barrié convocan os II Premios de Investigación Fundación Barrié-RAGC, galardóns, que cumpren a súa segunda edición e que teñen como obxectivo recoñecer a investigación do máis alto nivel que se desenvolve na nosa comunidade.

A Real Academia Galega de Ciencias (RAGC) e as facultades de Bioloxía, Ciencias, Física, Matemáticas e Química da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC) convocan o XII Concurso A Ciencia en imaxe, no marco das celebracións da festividade de San Alberte Magno, patrón das facultades de Ciencias. Este certame diríxese a toda a comunidade universitaria da Universidade de Santiago.

There is fresh hope that the Rural Activities Garden Centre could yet be saved - the Friends of RAGC are continuing their campaign and have announced their intention to issue Hillingdon Council a pre-action letter for Judicial Review to prevent the centre's closure. The Friends of RAGC argue that the council breached the Localism Act by failing to rule on its vital Asset of Community Value (ACV) status within the legal 8-week limit.

YouTube video by Nikolay Madoyan - Topic

Se ha reconocido la trayectoria de cinco investigadores gallegos, entre ellos estos dos catedráticos de la universidad viguesa

No acto do Día da Ciencia en Galicia entregáronse as Medallas de Investigación a cinco científicos e científicas galegos

A Real Academia Galega de Ciencias (RAGC) celebrou este mércores 8 de outubro en Santiago, no Salón Nobre do Colexio de Fonseca, o acto do Día da Ciencia en Galicia, no que se homenaxeou ao químico Fernando Calvet i Prats (Vilafranca del Penedès, Barcelona, 1903 - Barcelona, 1988) como Científico Galego 2025. Ademais, entregáronse as Medallas de Investigación a cinco destacadas/os científicas/os da nosa terra.

YouTube video by Real Academia Galega de Ciencias RAGC

Ruislip Residents' Association is firmly against the closure of the RAGC and believes it is essential for it to remain open. We continue to support the Friends of RAGC and urge the council to reconsider its position. Consultation on the future of the Rural Activities Garden Centre The RAGC has been closed to the public for some time, but for now work is going on as normal for the staff and volunteers.

Los galardonados recibirán sus distinciones el 8 de octubre durante la celebración del Día da Ciencia en Galicia | Cadena SER

El ceense Francisco J. Blanco, la marinense Laura Carballo, el guardés Juan María Pou, la coruñesa Nieves Rodríguez y la brionesa María del Carmen Veiga recibirán su distinción en el Día de la Ciencia en Galicia el próximo 8 de octubre en Santiago

Poñer en valor as traxectorias máis senlleiras e consolidadas en investigación, desenvoltas en Galicia, amais de fomentar a promoción da ciencia e a tecnoloxía galegas son os criterios nos que se basea a Real Academia Galega de Ciencias (RAGC) para conceder as súas Medallas de Investigación, que este ano van parar a mans de cinco científicos e científicas galegos en activo das universidades da Coruña e Vigo. A entrega dos galardóns terá lugar no acto académico de celebración do Día da Ciencia en Galicia, o vindeiro 8 de outubro en Santiago.

Os científicos recoñecidos son Francisco J. Blanco, Laura Carballo, Juan María Pou, Nieves Rodríguez e Mª Carmen Veiga

O arquitecto destacou que a tradición de terra e mar ao longo de xeracións pode dar exemplo sobre a importancia de protexer a contorna

As the Rural Activities Garden Centre in the London Borough of Hillingdon faces closure, this short film by Megan Williams looks at what the RAGC means to some of the people involved with it. The Rural Activities Garden Centre (RAGC) in Hillingdon is a unique and vital resource for our community.  More than just a place to buy plants, it provides a safe, welcoming, and enriching environment for adults with learning difficulties and autism. 

YouTube video by Team Coco

The full Council meeting will be live on YouTube at from 19:30.  The agenda is on the LBH website and the public questions, members' questions, and Motions are summarised below the video stream, below... You'll see that there are plenty about RAGC, garden waste subscriptions, and council finances.  It will be chaired by Cllr Corthorne as Mayor, his first full Council meeting as Mayor…