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Applying for a secondary or primary school place, schools in Suffolk and term dates, special educational needs, childcare, fostering and adoption and children's health.

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Job vacancies and teaching careers, Trading Standards guidance for businesses, business licences, economic development and supplying Suffolk County Council.

Council and democracy

Find out about county councillors, council tax, how to comment on a consultation, committees and meetings, council directorates, salaries and open data.

Adult social care and health

Social care services and help for adults to live independently, how to pay for care, protecting vulnerable people and information for social care providers.

Roads and transport

Roadworks, potholes, dropped kerbs, parking, Blue Badges, gritting, flooding, Suffolk Highways and reporting a problem on a road or pavement.

Planning, waste and environment

Planning application advice and guidance, waste recycling centres and rubbish tips, listed buildings and green conservation areas.

Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service

Firefighter recruitment, fire safety for homes and safer home visit, businesses and landlords, our Service Plan, map of fire stations and live incident mapping.

Community and safety

Trading Standards advice for consumers, Emergency Planning, crime and public safety and staying safe online, moving to Suffolk and funding opportunities.

Births, deaths and ceremonies

Inquests and the Coroner Service, registering births and deaths, applying for copies of certificates and arranging ceremonies and citizenship.

Culture, heritage and leisure

Learn about Suffolk Record Office, libraries, archaeology, Most Active County, Suffolk Arts Service, museums and galleries.

Featured content

Improve your wellbeing and help others with Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service

Make new friends, be part of the local community and keep people safe by volunteering with the Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service.

Suffolk Fostering and Adoption service to take part in Elmer’s Big Parade Suffolk

Suffolk Fostering and Adoption has today been unveiled as a sponsor for Suffolk’s biggest ever mass participation public art event.

Find a rubbish tip or recycling centre

Opening times and details of Household Waste Recycling Centres in Suffolk.

Latest news

Support for new parents struggling with their baby’s crying

Published 13 December 2018

Suffolk County Council’s Public Health team has launched a campaign to help new parents and carers to cope with their baby’s crying.

Improvements to be made to St Peter’s Wharf on Ipswich Waterfront

Published 12 December 2018

Works to improve St Peter’s Wharf in Ipswich are due to start in the new year.

Ipswich trader ordered to repay £14,600 made from illegal tobacco sales

Published 7 December 2018

An Ipswich trader, has been told today (7 December 2018) at Ipswich Crown Court that he must repay the profits he made from those sales.

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Information on community facilities in Suffolk

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Suffolk Jobs Direct

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Suffolk Learning

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Suffolk on Board

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The Source

Help and advice for young people.

Green Suffolk

Get inspired, help create Suffolk as the Greenest County.

Discover Suffolk

Read information and ideas for spending leisure time in Suffolk.

Suffolk Fostering and Adoption

Find out about fostering and adoption in Suffolk.

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