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The Suffolk Coastal good health
guide
Information about a whole range of services, activities and advice
you can take advantage of to help you look after your health and
wellbeing.
In this section ...
Helping Suffolk stay safe in bad
weather
Tips for keeping safe in wintry conditions.
Chairman's 'local heros'
challenge
Suffolk Coastal’s Chairman, Cllr Stephen Burroughes, has called on
residents to help identify ‘local heroes’ who have achieved
something for the community in spite of their physical
disabilities, illness or injury.
Are you feeling the effects of the credit
crunch?
Round-up of the free information and support that is on offer to
help local residents deal with the some of the worst effects of the
credit crunch.
Housing and Council Tax
Benefit
Information about the benefits available
to help you pay your rent or Council Tax and how to claim them.
Citizens Advice Bureaux
Information about the Citizens Advice Bureaux that serve the
Suffolk Coastal district with contact details, opening times and
online location maps.
Housing and housing
advice
Information, help and advice on housing issues for tenants,
landlords and people threatened with homelessness. You can also
find out about housing grants, our Helping Hand home improvement
service and how we enforce housing standards in the private rented
sector.
Useful
links
Links to local and central government websites, transport and
travel information, local television and radio stations, town,
parish and village websites, sports websites and information for
young people.
Swine flu
Latest
Government health advice and information about the current swine
flu situation in the UK.
Environmental
health
Information about environmental health and
how to report litter, flytipping, abandoned vehicles and nuisance
caused by dogs, noise, smells and smoke.
Bus and travel passes
Suffolk Coastal offers a range of travel concessions for people
aged 60 or over and for people with disabilities including free bus
passes, subsidised railcards and travel vouchers.
Coastal Card
How to apply for the leisure discount card that gives reduced rates
at Suffolk Coastal's four leisure centres.
Grants and funding for community
organisations
Information about the grants
available from Suffolk Coastal, sources of grants and funding for
community projects from other organisations and the free funding
and development surgeries offered by the Suffolk Coastal Resource
Network.
Information for migrant
workers
Information in English, Polish, Portuguese and Russian about rights
to live and work in the UK, welfare, benefits, housing, and public
services.
Smokefree Suffolk Coastal
Guidance on the smokefree regulations, how to report a breach and
where to get help with giving up smoking.
Energy efficiency
Find out
about our schemes for cavity wall and loft insulation,
domestic solar water heating, energy efficiency grants and get
help and advice from the Energy Saving Trust.
Stopping unwanted direct mail, phone calls,
faxes and email
Information about the services
you can sign-up to to stop junk mail, sales calls, faxes and
email.
Free community
websites
How to sign up for a free onesuffolk
website for your community, group, club or
society.