News from December 2009

Wednesday, 30 Dec 2009

Fresh Fish Shop Opening is Good News for Hayes in New Year

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This month a fresh fish shop has opened Hayes Town Centre. This is really good news for the continuing revival of town centre for the New Year. There hasn’t been a fresh fish shop in the town centre for many, many years. The new shop greatly improves the opportunities for local shoppers. The new shop is the venture of local resident Mr Mohammed Titouh. There is a real gap in the market for local fresh fish, particularly with the promotion of fish as part of a healthy diet, and this shop provides a wide range of the fresh fish and seafoods that are in local demand. The shop is located in the town centre near to both the Hesa Health Centre and St Anselm’s church. It will make a major contribution to reviving our town centre. A few years ago I set up the Hayes Town Centre Partnership to bring together all those agencies, businesses and local groups who could assist in regenerating our town centre. Since then there have been quite a few improvements but there is alot more that needs to be done. One of my New Year’s resolutions will be to continue to do all I can to bring our town centre back to life. In 2010 we will be organising through Hayes FM the Hayes Town Centre community arts programme, which will aim to attract people into the town centre not just for shopping during the day but also for a wide range of entertainment in the evening. 

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Wednesday, 23 Dec 2009

Community Groups at Hayes Christmas Festival

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Many community groups and local churches joined the Hayes Christmas Festival setting up their stalls and singing carols, including Hayes Town Chapel, Hillingdon’s Rural Activities Centre, Breathe Easy, the Hayes Elim Church and Hayes Methodist Church. The Hayes Methodist Church sets up its stall every Saturday in the town centre.

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Fair Trade Stall at Hayes Christmas Festival

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Local community groups came along to the Hayes Christmas Festival and set up stalls to promote their organisations and raise funds for their causes. The local Fair Trade group came along. Fair trade is taking off in Hayes and the aim is to make Hayes a Fair Trade town. Ann explains in this film how Fair Trade is is being promoted locally. 

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West Drayton Training Band at the Hayes Christmas Festival

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The young people, who form the training section of the West Drayton Brass band, came along to paly at the Hayes Christmas Festival as well. The training band provides young people with an introduction to music and the opportunity to gain experience in performing. They go on to become members of the Yiewsley and West Drayton Brass Band.

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Tuesday, 22 Dec 2009

More from the Hayes Christmas Festival

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The next school choir singing was Yeading Junior School.

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Christmas Festival in Hayes Town Centre

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This year we have revived the Christmas Festival in Hayes Town Centre. Organised by Hayes FM the festival included church and school choirs singing carols from the bandstand, community stalls and Father Christmas coming into the town centre on a traditional double decker red bus. The event was a really enjoyable success and part of the the process of regenerating the town centre and attracting more and more peope back into the area. I filmed a range of the choirs and activities. The first choir was Brookside School ffrom Yeading.

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