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Fed up of deciding what to cook every night? Want to save money on food shopping? Want to eat healthier? Want to save on food waste?

 

We’ve teamed up with https://orlo.uk/XaoAV to offer our residents FREE membership for 2026, helping them to save money on food, eat healthily and reduce food waste.

 

Interested? Visit https://orlo.uk/15o71 Select West Suffolk Council and enter your postcode. You won’t be asked for any bank or card details.

 

Once registered, you’ll receive a weekly meal plan, tailored to your needs and preferences. This can be personalised for low calorie meals, child friendly, low cost, vegetarian, gluten-free, quick and easy, menopause friendly and more.

 

You’ll also get a shopping list for the week ahead which automatically adjusts to the number of people you are cooking for.

 

It’s part of the wider work that we do to support residents’ health and wellbeing including with our leisure centre partners @abbeycroft and through Feel Good Suffolk which provides free support to people wanting help to stop smoking, get more active or manage their weight. Find out more at https://orlo.uk/6CmBI

 

My Community Free Membership – Five Dinners Meal Planner

 

 

 

03/02/2026

 

Suffolk Highways are planning to carry out improvement works

 

What will we be doing?

 

Carriageway resurfacing

Where will we be doing it?

 

A143 Bury Road, Great Barton

 

What are the times and dates of the works?

 

Between 8pm and 5am from Monday 16 February until Friday 27 February, excluding weekends

 

What traffic management will be in place?

While we are working, a road closure will be in place for the safety of highway users and our operatives

 

What is the diversion route?

A143, A134, A11, A1066, A1088, A143 and vice versa

 

 

 

 

2026-02-16-NA-Plan-A143 The Street.pdf

 

 

 Christmas Tree Festival - Around the World Theme at The Church of Holy Innocents, Great Barton

Over this Christmas Period the decorated tree's will be on display for the village to see. 

 

2025 around the world2

 

Keep the Heat, Suffolk’s Community Thermal Imaging Project.
If you are interested in taking part, either having a free survey on your home or being one of our volunteers to undertake the surveys with the help of the clerk then please get in touch. 

We are looking to run the surveys between the 11th and 16th December. 

  

 If you are interested in a Thermal Survey for the future - please get in touch with the Clerk! 

 

 

Urgent Care Dental Service

Urgent care dental appointments are available across Suffolk within 1 to 7 days by contacting NHS 111. Adults and children experiencing dental pain, infection and other urgent issues can access NHS care seven days a week, including in the evenings. Go online at 111.nhs.uk or call 111 for an appointment.

 

 

Better Recycling

Find out more about how your bins will change from 2026
Green thumbs up with text "Better Recycling Is Coming To Suffolk"

From 2026, every council in England will start to collect a core set of materials. This means that more materials will be collected at the kerbside in your household bins, which aims to create a more environmentally conscious society where more items can be recycled and reused. Watch the video below to find out more or scroll down the page for further information.

 https://youtu.be/cDO5KSfDQuQ

 

What does this mean for you?

From 2026, you will have up to 5 bins to ensure that you are able to dispose of your waste correctly. As well as the materials we already collect, we’ll also start collecting the following from households directly:

  • glass bottles and jars
  • cartons
  • food waste (on a weekly basis)
  • plastic film (from 2027)
Paper and card bin (green lid):                                     
  • Paper
  • Card
Containers bin (blue):
  • Glass bottles and jars
  • Metal food and drinks cans
  • Cartons
  • Plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays
Food waste caddies (grey):

*Smaller caddy to be placed in kitchen, larger caddy to be placed outside with other bins.

  • Plate scrapings
  • Fish including bones
  • Tea bags and coffee grounds
  • Meat including bones
  • Fruit and veg
  • Bread
  • Dairy
Garden waste bin (brown):

*Subscription only.

  • Small branches
  • Dead plants and flowers
  • Leaves
  • Grass trimmings
General rubbish bin (black):
  • Soiled fast food containers
  • Nappies
  • Bagged animal waste
  • Bagged vacuum contents
  • Other non-recyclable waste

 

For more information please see Better Recycling - Suffolk Recycling

 

 

 Bags2School Collection

Thank you to the residents who donated preloved clothing to the PTFA Bags2school collection in September.  We had a great response and the PTFA were able to raise valuable funds for the school.

The next collection is in January  

b2k3

 

 

A neurodivergent community activist has won a national award

https://www.suffolknews.co.uk/bury-st-edmunds/news/neurodivergent-community-activist-wins-national-award-after-9427231/

tess K

 

 

 

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