Perivale is a vibrant community offering picturesque spaces like the Grand Union Canal for outdoor activities and hosting cherished events such as the annual Apple Day at Horsenden Hill, organised by the Friends of Horsenden Farm. The area is enriched by volunteer groups like MindFood, which provide wellness and English language support, and community hubs including Perivale Hive library, which holds craft fairs, cinema nights, clubs, and yoga. The Perivale Community Centre offers diverse activities from archery to dance, while the Impact Theatre empowers adults with learning disabilities through creative performances, fostering both communication and self-confidence.
Your Voice, Your Town is an approach to drive forward community-powered change on things that local people say matters in each of the borough’s seven towns. It brings residents, businesses, faith and community organisations, and councillors together to improve their area and make great things happen.
Find out more about Your Voice, Your Town
Over the summer 2026 local people were invited to apply to become a member of Perivale’s Town Team. Members of the Town Team who had been part of the Town Team in 2025/26 could apply to stay involved and continue their journey of community powered change.
A selection of councillors are nominated by their political party to be part of each Town Team, based on the size of the Town, and local mix of representation. Other local councillors are kept up to date with activities and can be part of delivery activities.
As of August 2026 Perivale’s Town Team has 8 members – a diverse mix or people all passionate about Perivale and working together to make real change.
How do Perivale Town Team work together
Perivale Town Team met to decide how they wanted to work together. They established a set of ways of working that shape how they work as a team.
Being a Town Team member is a voluntary role and each member must sign up to a participation agreement
To plan their work for 2026/27, Perivale Town team have been reviewing progress to date, assessing what is going on locally, reviewing key research and insight including data from the council and other public services, as well as listening to feedback from residents and local organisations. Critically the Town Team also have a broad reach and range of lived experiences, and perspectives about the Town.
The Your Voice Your Town Perivale Town Team is inviting applications for community-led projects that help local people secure employment through activities which help to build skills, business connections and offer new employment pathways.
Find out more about Perivale’s new Your Voice, Your Town Community Fund 2026-27
“Collaborating to strengthen Perivale’s communities by supporting initiatives that build connections and create inclusive spaces everyone can enjoy and take pride in. ”
Making an impact: Perivale’s Town Priority and Community Fund 2025-26
Through an engagement process in 2024 and 2025, local residents, businesses, faith and community organisation shared their insights about the brilliant things already happening in Perivale and their ideas to make things even better. As part of this process people voted making Perivale a ‘clean and pleasant area’ the top priority.
Perivale Town Team created a local community fund to support ideas that met this priority and allocated £11,500 to fund great ideas. Grants for local projects were awarded in March 2026, and projects have been busy delivering action since.
Perivale Town Team supported 5 ideas with £11,500 of funding, to enable a more clean and pleasant Perivale. We will be sharing stories and learning from these projects soon, but find out more about the projects backed at Perivale’s 25-26 community fund
The remaining unallocated funds were used by Perivale Town Team to host two community action days, they included the following activities:
For 2026-27 the Perivale Your Voice, Your Town community grant will focus on supporting local people secure employment through activities which help to build skills, business connections and offer new employment pathways.
Perivale had £20,000 of council funding to spend on projects to help achieve the chosen priority which was: to create a clean and pleasant Perivale.
Perivale’s Town Team has 8 members – a diverse mix or people all passionate about Perivale and working together to make real change.
Town Teams meet regularly to work on local priorities and help make positive changes in their community.
The Town Team meets regularly to make progress. These are invite only meetings for the Town Team. You can see when they’re meeting, plus other planned events and activities
For 2026-27 the Perivale Your Voice, Your Town community grant will focus on supporting local people secure employment through activities which help to build skills, business connections and offer new employment pathways.
Perivale had £20,000 of council funding to spend on projects to help achieve the chosen priority which was: to create a clean and pleasant Perivale.
Perivale’s Town Team has 8 members – a diverse mix or people all passionate about Perivale and working together to make real change.
Town Teams meet regularly to work on local priorities and help make positive changes in their community.
The Town Team meets regularly to make progress. These are invite only meetings for the Town Team. You can see when they’re meeting, plus other planned events and activities