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Help
This is your Community Help Page. It's a great opportunity to find information to assist you, your family or loved ones.The information is designed to help all of the community. The information is on a third party page and is correct at time of publication, we hope you find this helpful. We welcome all feedback to ensure improvement.
Links
Easy links direct to services you need
Suffolk Police
Call 999 for an Emergency For local non emergency email via the Suffolk Police website
Suffolk County Council
Suffolk County Council is the administrative authority for the county of Suffolk, England. It is run by 75 elected county councillors representing 63 divisions.Contact your
Mid Suffolk District Council
Mid Suffolk District Council works closely together with Babergh District Council to deliver services.
Contact District Councillor Lucy Elkin
03001234000
Eye Town Council
Market Stalls, Allotments, Cemetery, Cross Street Toilets, Skate Park, Street lights and Street cleaning. Contact the Eye Town Clerk to ask questions at council meetings or book an appointment.
Telephone 07713196251
Suffolk Highways
Suffolk Highways reporting for potholes, drains, footpaths and road surface.
it poses an immediate danger to public safety - call 0345 606 6171.
Citizens Advice Mid Suffolk
Citizens Advice Mid Suffolk are accessible in the Eye Library each Friday no appointment needed. Urgent link
Hartismere Hospital & Community
Waveney MP wants help from government for Hartismere Hospital in Eye in NHS overhaul
By Kevin Hurst - kevin.hurst@iliffepublishing.co.uk
Published: 16:00, 19 September 2024
An MP has championed a local health centre – and called for its services to be extended as part of an overhaul of the NHS.
Speaking during a Westminster debate on healthcare, Waveney Valley MP Adrian Ramsay used the example of Hartismere Hospital in Eye, claiming it did not provide the services that many people need.
It follows a meeting with the hospital’s League of Friends to discuss how the site could potentially provide more services, preventing people from having to travel to Norwich, Bury St Edwards or Ipswich for medical treatment.
Adrian Ramsay MP for Waveney Valley feels Hartismere Hospital could have more services if it was invested in.
Mr Ramsay, co-leader of the Green Party, said: “I raised the case for Hartismere Hospital as it is a facility which is really valued by locals, but could provide a greater range of services, given the right investment.
“Improving access to vital healthcare for residents in our market towns and villages is a central priority for me and I will continue to push the new government to deliver the funding our NHS needs to ensure everyone is able to access care.”
Hartismere Hospital closed to in-patients in 2006, but a campaign by local people kept it open as a health centre, providing services including podiatry, mental health, diagnostics, rehabilitation and retinal screening.
But campaigners say that, with upgrades to its facilities, such as installing an X-ray machine, the return of a community consultant and a GP walk-in surgery, it could provide more treatment to people on both sides of the county border.
Mr Ramsay described the hospital as a wonderful asset and said he would continue to talk to trustees, patients and clinicians “to press for the plans to become a reality”.
Eye Community Fridge
Reduce food waste use the Eye Community Fridge situated in the lobby of the Eye Library, it is accessible at all opening times.Easy to use just follow the easy rules.Take what you need, no questions asked.When you have an excess of food place food in the fridge.
This is the perfect way for the community of Eye to help one another while reducing food waste, over production of eggs and allotment surplus are welcome as well as food donations .
Community Fridge Network
A community fridge is a space that brings people together to share food, meet up, learn new skills and prevent fresh food from going to waste. They’re open to all and anyone can share or take food, including surplus from supermarkets, local food businesses, producers, households and gardens. Fridges are run by community groups in shared spaces such as schools, community centres and shops. There are over 450 fridges across the UK (and counting).
The Community Fridge Network is coordinated by Hubbub and brings together all UK based groups running a community fridge. It enables them to share knowledge, skills, ask questions and provide support to each other. Through the network we also offer free, comprehensive guidance on how to set up a fridge as well as tools covering everything you need, from posters to health and safety templates and more.
Stirring the pot for positive change
Community fridges are a tried and tested way of reducing the environmental impact of food waste, which is a huge issue. A third of all food produced globally is wasted. If food waste were a country, it would be the third biggest emitter of greenhouse gases globally. Across the growing network, each fridge can redistribute between 1 – 4 tonnes of surplus food per month, the collective impact of the network is huge. However, they do so much more, all across the UK fridges have become the centre of the community. As well as stopping good food from going to waste, people can also take part in other activities, learning new skills such as how to grow or cook food, or simply drop in for a chat. In the context of rocketing food prices and widespread loneliness many community fridges have also become a lifeline and valuable meeting place at the heart of their community.
The Coronation Food Project
Apply for funding
Applications for the first Coronation Food Project grants round are now closed. Further information to follow.
Coordinated by The King Charles III Charitable Fund, the Coronation Food Project seeks to bridge the gap between food waste and food need across all four nations of the United Kingdom, helping people and helping the planet.
Communities Together East Anglia
Activities in Eye. Fully Funded, weekly social and activity groups for people living in Eye and the surrounding area.Please call 01449707030 for booking information
1st Thursday 2 - 4 pm
Eye Community Centre
2nd Thursday 10am - 12pm
3rd Thursday 10am - 12pm
4th Thursday 10am -12pm
All morning sessions are held at the Michael Burke Wellbeing Centre, Castleton Road, Eye, IP23 7BH
A warm welcome is awaiting you each week.
More Than Meets the Eye
Suffolk Giving Fund and private funds
Current Grants Available
Anyone can find their life in crisis and facing a critical situation where they need help quickly to prevent an even more serious downturn in their circumstances.
Financial pressures caused by the cost of living crisis have pushed many more people into difficult circumstances.
Charities and community groups played an essential role in supporting vulnerable people to stay at home safely during the coronavirus pandemic, and to create resilience in communities to avoid additional pressure on the NHS and other public services.
Ongoing issues and challenges such as bereavement, unemployment, sudden ill health, addiction, domestic abuse, debt, homelessness and displacement were all compounded by the pandemic, and now, by the cost of living crisis.
Suffolk is seeing levels of need rise significantly and in recent months, the Foundation has been quick to provide critical financial household support for existing charities, community and faith groups and social enterprises to pass on to their clients.