Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils

Proud to have presented our Overview and Scrutiny 2023/24 Annual Reports, alongside our 2024/25 work plans and our new and improved scoping document, to both Full Council meetings at Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils this week. Since being appointed to Lead Officer for Overview and Scrutiny and being tasked with repurposing our Council’s scrutiny function, we have made so many positive changes as a committee. These annual reports demonstrate the breadth of work we have undertaken this year, in a move away from Scrutiny being a ‘check point’ for statutory items only, and the sheer scale of the recommendations we’ve created to bolster our Councils’ core aims and ensure that we are delivering the absolute best services for our residents. A massive thank you to the Chairs (Mary and James), Vice Chairs (John and Keith), and all the members of our Overview and Scrutiny Committees for a fantastic year, for bringing your expertise and visions to the conversations we have, and for all having the drive to make our scrutiny function one of the best in the country. There’s lots more hard work to be done this year and I know we’re all looking forward to getting underway. Read the annual reports here: 🟢 Babergh: https://lnkd.in/eDaHwUZ3 🔴 Mid Suffolk: https://lnkd.in/eWa2PcGA #localgovernment #scrutiny #babergh #midsuffolk

We took part in Stowmarket High School's careers week! Tony gave a talk on careers in construction to year 10, and we set the budding engineers a task. Can you guess whose tower won? We then followed on with a market stall where we discussed career pathways with students in all year groups. Thanks for having us! #BuildwithBMS #CareersinConstruction

Another Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils Community Action Day completed in Haughley last week, No. 6 of 9 so far this year! ✅️ This video explains how we are using tenant insight from our Tenant Satisfaction Measures to target dissatisfied neighbourhoods. By working together with our grounds and waste teams and our communities, to try and improve the appearance of our places. 😀🏡 Well done to all involved! Kerry Lecomber 🌟 who stars in the video explains all this much better than me so have a watch. 👀 Credit to Vicky Freer for the editing. 🎬 and Georgia Mecoy our other fantastic Tenant Engagement Coordinator and all our colleagues who get involved and make a real difference! 👏🏻

We have already helped over 140 Suffolk businesses, we can help you too!🌍 Groundwork East is offering FREE support to help businesses understand their carbon footprint and how they can reduce their energy costs and emissions and access grant funding. Suffolk’s local authorities are working together with Groundwork East to offer a range of fully-funded support including carbon footprint calculations, decarbonisation plans, and one-to-one energy advice. This service is available to any business or organisation located within Suffolk. To access this support, please contact [email protected] or visit https://bit.ly/4cSNhbx Groundwork East is a community and environment charity working across the East of England to change places and lives. We champion practical community action that benefits the natural world, transform unloved green spaces, get people outside enjoying nature and support businesses to reduce their environmental impact. Suffolk County Council West Suffolk Council Ipswich Borough Council East Suffolk Council Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils East Suffolk Means Business Suffolk Chamber of Commerce Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) #NetZero #Suffolk #SuffolkNetZero #BusinessAdvise #NetZeroBusiness

👷📍Two further businesses are set to join our Gateway 14 site in #Stowmarket after planning approval was granted for two buildings last week ✅ Assan Panel and Bauder Flat Roofs are both manufacturers of eco-friendly construction materials 📰 Full story in the comments Jaynic Gateway 14, Stowmarket

🎉 Congratulations to The Range on their warehouse opening at our Gateway 14, Stowmarket site - a state-of-the-art business, innovation and logistics park near junction 50 of the A14 🏢 The building, which we handed over to The Range in November last year, is one of a series of developments at Gateway 14, which is being developed by Gateway 14 Ltd - wholly owned by Mid Suffolk District Council - and its development partner Jaynic 👷♀️ The site will support the economy of #Stowmarket, with The Range building creating 1,600 jobs alone

Want to know what we do, why we do it and what it means to work for us? ✔️ 📹 Hear our staff talk about their role in supporting our communities to be thriving places where people want to live, work and visit - as well as the things we want to do better too ✅ From the local environment, economy, homes, grant funding, recycling, waste and more, our role and services stretch far and wide across Babergh and Mid Suffolk

As it turns out, for me, the election couldn’t have come at a better time. I didn’t have time to get running which actually allowed a long standing injury to get better! But I’m back at it now, and the knee is holding up! With the risk of an autumn election out of the way I managed to sign up for the Public Sector Challenge. If anyone is able to spare anything, all donations will be greatly received. https://lnkd.in/epcYMwNH Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Thanks to Lonsdale Direct Solutions through ElectionShop.co.uk for sorting me out with some Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils branded training tops. #publicsectorchallenge #localgovvernment