Lowestoft Town Council
Ahead of planned play area refurbishments, the play area at Bentley Drive has been closed. Please keep an eye on Lowestoft Town Council's website and social media for future updates on the plans and when work will begin.
The swings at Pakefield Green have also been removed ahead of a future refurbishments.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Lowestoft Town Council.
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This week is #RecyclingWeek2022 and the theme is #LetsGetReal.
Recycling is one of the simplest things we can all do to help our environment by cutting down on waste, but knowing what you can and cannot recycle is just as important.
This week we'll be highlighting some of the things to be aware of so that we can all be better recyclers, and we'll be sharing what happens to your recycling after you have put it in the blue bin.
More information on recycling can be found on our recycling page.
Lowestoft Town Council have agreed to progress works on the Gainsborough Drive Pond, working with GT Rochester Plant Ltd.
To help answer any questions you might have on what works will be taking place, when they will happen and for how long, Lowestoft Town Council have created this helpful information leaflet.
If you would like to find out more details, or ask any questions, a Zoom call has been arranged for Wednesday 12th October at 2pm. If you would like to join this meeting, please contact us at admin@lowestofttowncouncil.gov.uk to receive the meeting link.
Alternatively, you are welcome to email us or phone us with any queries you have.
Photo of Gainsborough Drive Pond taken in September 2022
Work on a new play area at Sparrows Nest is set to begin this week. The new play area will expand and replace the existing play area with an 'Alice in Wonderland' theme running through the park.
The new equipment will include two separate multi-play units, swings, spinner 3-way seesaw and "funrun".
Please keep an eye on our social media and website for the latest updates.
The plans for the new 'Alice in Wonderland' play area at Sparrows Nest
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Thursday 13th October, 6pm
Gunton Estate Residents' Meeting Hall,
Hollingsworth Road, Lowestoft
Lowestoft Town Council is working with Gunton Estate Residents’ Meeting Hall users to create a new management committee. The Hall is currently home to a range of community activities such as bingo, dancing, youth group meetings and it is also available to be hired for private functions.
All of this is only possible with a team of volunteers behind the scenes committed to making the hall the best place it can be for local people. If you are interested in being involved in maintaining and improving this hall as a thriving and friendly centre for the local community of Gunton please come along to our meeting on Thursday 13th October at 6pm.
For more details please contact Lowestoft Town Council on 0330 053 6019 or email admin@lowestofttowncouncil.gov.uk
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Lowestoft Town Council are proud to be launching a writing competition for Black History Month 2022. The competition is open to all young people who live in or attend school in Lowestoft with different age categories.
Competition Categories:
Prizes:
Prizes for each category include signed merchandise from Lowestoft's own Olympic Medalist Anthony Ogogo and book tokens. A new annual trophy will also be awarded to the winning School. Prizes will be presented at 5pm on Friday 28th October at Lowestoft Library.
Application Deadline:
Entries by email to admin@lowestofttowncouncil.gov.uk. Closing deadline for submissions: 5pm on Friday 14th October All valid entries will be displayed in Lowestoft Library.
Terms & Conditions:
1. The competition is open to all children who either a) attend a school within the Lowestoft area or, b) live within the Lowestoft Town Council parish area.
2. The judging panel will be formed from a selection of Town Councillor and representatives of external bodies.
3. The judges' decision will be final.
4. The Town Council reserves the right not to consider any applications felt inappropriate or which do not meet the criteria set out above.
Read more on Visit the Town Hall virtually - and find out about the regeneration project!
A new creative project showcasing Lowestoft's historic Town Hall and industrial heritage is seeking memories and stories from members of the public.
The project, commissioned by the Town Hall Project - a Lowestoft Town Council initiative supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Towns Fund, Architectural Heritage Fund, Historic England and East Suffolk Council - will aim to create a new poem and short film from the contributions. The poem will be created by Dean Parkin and produced by Poetry People co-director Naomi Jaffa.
To collect the memories and stories, a Lowestoft Stories Tricycle has been commissioned, produced by local company Scenic Projects Ltd to look like a fishing smack.
Keep a look out for the bike as it attends a number of events over the coming months.
A full press release article can be found on the Lowestoft Journal website.
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Lowestoft is going green as The Great Big Green Weekender comes to Sparrow’s Nest on Saturday 24th September.
This free event, organised by Lowestoft Town Council, forms part of the national “Great Big Green Week” and aims to highlight local green initiatives.
Throughout the day there will be live performances given by local groups, including Lowestoft Signing Choir, Marina Ukulele Group, Marina Choir Rocks, Tom Tonks, Michelle Miles and Venue of Performing Arts.
A number of information and interactive stalls will fill the park as members of the public are encouraged to engage with the climate. Interactive stalls will include a Met Office stall on clouds, a “build-your-own wind turbine” activity with East Coast College, and up-cycled jewellery making with Re-utilise. Suffolk Wildlife Trust will also have an interactive stall whilst free water saving kits from Essex and Suffolk Water and food measuring kits from Food Savvy Suffolk will be available to pick up. Information stalls on Beekeeping from the Waveney Beekeepers, Kittiwakes from Groundswork East and Lowestoft’s Uncle Sid’s Zero Waste Store will also be on site. Get Suffolk Reading will also be running a family trail around the park with prizes of free books whilst the Most Easterly Community Group will be holding their “Recycling Hub” stall where people can bring their recycling and learn more about reducing waste.
Local plant-based and sustainable food vendors, including “Fork Off It’s Vegan” and “Iced Vegan” will be selling a wide range of food produce throughout the day, alongside the parks existing restaurant and café.
The event will include a keynote speech delivered by environmental public speaker, journalist and author of “The Joyful Environmentalist”, Isabel Losada. Her book “The Joyful Environmentalist” won The Independent’s Sustainability Book of the Year 2022 and Isabel will be available after her talk to sign copies of her book.
Speaking about the event Cllr Paul Page, Chair of Lowestoft Town Council’s Climate Emergency and Ecological Committee said, “Climate Change is the biggest issue facing the world and Lowestoft Town Council are working towards being Net-Zero by 2030. When the Town Council made our Climate Declaration in 2019, we committed to this goal and to raising awareness of climate change within Lowestoft. We’re already seeing the effects of climate change but I have hope that, with everyone working together and making the appropriate changes, we can begin to make a difference.
“It can seem like individual actions don't mean much. I really believe that altering aspects of our daily lives does make a difference and we can do more to live sustainably. Our individual choices begin to have a collective impact on our habits - such as how we travel, what we eat, how we use our energy, the types of products we buy, and even who we bank with, and much more. These are things we can all do and 'The Great Big Green Weekend' is a chance for us to find out about how local organisations are raising awareness and working hard to help tackle the climate emergency. I hope we can send a strong message to business, industry and government, at all levels, that we require robust environmental policies adopted on a local, national and international scale.
“It may seem that anything each of us does is a mere drop in the ocean - but it is millions of individual drops which make up that ocean.
“The Great Big Weekender is a chance for us to find out about the exciting ways that local organisations are raising awareness and tackling the climate emergency. There will be something for everyone with live performances alongside the interactive information stalls.”
The Great Big Green Weekender runs on Saturday 24th September from 10am-4pm at Sparrows Nest and is a free event.
A full entertainment programme has been published on our website
