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♻️ Suffolk County Council has confirmed that it has no plans to re-open any recycling centres in the county, due to ongoing financial pressures.
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🌳🦔 Communities and organisations in Suffolk are being encouraged to record and share their nature recovery projects through a new online hub designed to showcase and inspire environmental improvements for nature.
Read more: suffolk.gov.uk/council-and-d…
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A £12m million redevelopment of a waste facility in Great Blakenham, Suffolk, has been completed to help power a new era of recycling across the county and beyond.
suffolk.gov.uk/council-and-d…
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Community Staff Nurses would be saved under revised Healthy Child Service proposals published today.
You spoke. We listened.
Watch Cllr @june_mummery's update, then read the papers at: committeeminutes.suffolk.gov…
We're deeply disappointed by the approval of the Sea Link project.
Throughout the process, Suffolk communities, residents and local councils have raised legitimate concerns which have not been adequately addressed.
suffolk.gov.uk/council-and-d…
Halloween is the season of scares, but people across the Suffolk are being warned about one horror they may not have thought about: the cauldron of costumes, decorations and spooky accessories heading for the bin once November begins.
suffolk.gov.uk/council-and-d…
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Yesterday, councillors from Suffolk CC and @West_Suffolk tried the new Mildenhall Treasure Mixed Reality Exhibition at The Apex, funded through our Culture Project Fund, developed by Xibitr with Mildenhall Museum.
Watch Cllr @june_mummery explain why projects like this matter.
Are you a parent, carer or guardian of a child or young person with #SEND in #Suffolk?
Share your experiences of support, education, health services and more through the Annual Parent Carer Survey 2026.
Your feedback will help shape future services.
smartsurvey.co.uk/t/suffolkp…
📢 Suffolk parent carers: your voice matters.
If you care for a child or young person with #SEND or additional support needs, take part in the #Suffolk Annual Parent Carer Survey 2026 and help shape future services and support.
smartsurvey.co.uk/t/suffolkp…
⏰ Closes 11 Dec 2026.
🌿 Working with nature to reduce flooding in Debenham 💧
Two new schemes have been completed just upstream of Debenham to reduce flood risk during heavy rainfall events, such as those experienced during Storm Babet in 2023.
Read more: suffolk.gov.uk/council-and-d…
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Cllr Morgan Brobyn, Cabinet Member for Food, Waste and Rural Affairs, has the latest on Ipswich's new recycling centre.
The site is already looking quite different to last month's update... 👷 🚧 👷♀️
This World Mental Health Day, we're inviting you to experience the new Pipers Vale Wellbeing Trail at Orwell Country Park. It's a free, self-led walk designed to help you slow down, notice your surroundings and connect with nature.
📉 'Feel Good' in Suffolk as smoking rates fall below the national average
Smoking rates in Suffolk have fallen from 10.5% to 8.5% in the past year, putting the county below the national average.
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You can watching today's meeting of Suffolk County Council on YouTube:
youtube.com/watch?v=RTaWOCGn…
Meeting agenda and papers are available on our website. The meeting is due to start at 2pm
You can watch today's meeting of the Suffolk County Council Scrutiny Committee on YouTube.
The agenda and meeting papers are available on our website. The meeting starts at 10:00am
youtube.com/live/Gd627tm70Ug…
📕 New book explores how everyday pottery helps tell the story of East Anglia's past 🏺
More than two million pottery fragments build a picture of everyday life in East Anglia between the Anglo-Saxon and post-medieval periods.
Read more: suffolk.gov.uk/council-and-d…
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Cllr Morgan Brobyn attended this week's launch of the Suffolk Waste Partnership's new composting demonstration area, at the Food Museum in Stowmarket.
It's a project in partnership with Garden Organic, the Food Museum and the Suffolk Waste Partnership.
suffolk.gov.uk/council-and-d…