Clean sweep to help West Suffolk thrive

A series of action days and events to help keep West Suffolk streets clean, safe and support civic pride in the local area is due to be launched in November.

The work will be carried out in time for Christmas to help support local areas and high streets. And the good news is that it will be continued through the following year.

West Suffolk Council is working with local town and parish councils, Business Improvement Districts and community groups to identify and target areas that need enhancing.

This will support the other regular works being carried out on a daily basis by the council and local organisations to help keep their local neighbourhoods clean and attractive.

The work will be a range of activities from cleaning, removing graffiti, landscaping and weeding, litter picking to painting – depending on what is identified locally to benefit communities most.

The focus will be on the town centres, between November and early December to promote and support them and the business community through to the Christmas period.

The six town centres are Brandon, Bury St Edmunds, Clare, Haverhill, Mildenhall and Newmarket. However, works will be broadened out to other areas than just town centres to support community needs.

Cliff Waterman, West Suffolk Council’s leader, said: “West Suffolk is a wonderful place to live, work and visit and this work will help support the great community and civic pride that exists in our area.

“There is an army of people working everyday to make West Suffolk look its best and support our communities.

“They are using what I call their ‘superpower’ – the ability to give something back to their community.

“Your local councils are working every day to address issues but so are a number of community volunteers delivering a range of initiatives from litter picking to planting flowers for the In Bloom competition – and everything in between.

“These action days will work alongside and build on this great work to support our communities.

“We have been talking to and listening to local councils and organisations to target areas with a clean sweep ready for Christmas.

“But the work will not stop there. We will continue to have targeted days in our communities as well as making sure we still deliver high quality essential services for our residents.”