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GET READY FOR NEXT YEAR’S GARDENING DUTIES Gardeners are being urged to sign-up for Fenland District Council’s garden waste service. More than 22,500 residents across the district are now benefitting from the clean and costeffective way to dispose of their garden waste, with easy, fortnightly brown bin collections throughout the year.
VOLUNTEERS BRING PRIDE BACK TO PLOUGH GARDEN Whittlesey Street Pride volunteers have transformed Plough Garden in Plough Road which had seen better days with the rotten wood surrounds making it look a sorry state. A successful bid for funds from Whittlesey Town Council enabled it to be renovated with ecofriendly recycled plastic surrounds. After much backbreaking work, surplus earth was removed and the new surround built and secured around the area. It took in total five Whittlesey Street Pride volunteers six hours to transform it into that which is seen today. Everything was performed under strict COVID-19 conditions, hence there were only five people involved. Whittlesey Street Pride members, who have thanked Whittlesey Town Council and David Palmer, Dick Green, Chris Nicholas, Peter Davies, and Alan Hobbs, hope to resume litter picking and plan to publish dates, times, and locations soon.
New direct debit subscriptions for the 2021/22 service were due to go on sale on December 1st, 2020, with card and cash payment subscriptions going live on January 4th, 2021. Existing direct debit customers will have their subscriptions automatically renewed in February 2021, ready for the garden waste service to start in April 2021. The £40 annual fee first introduced in 2017/18 is set to increase to £45, which the council says remains one of the lowest priced authority garden waste services in the East of England. However, the discount offered to all new and existing customers paying for the fortnightly service by direct debit has been increased from ten to more than fifteen percent making the direct debit cost just £38 for the coming season. For more information on the garden waste service and to sign up, visit www.fenland. gov.uk/gardenwaste or call 01354 654321.
FREE NHS COUNSELLING SESSIONS Free NHS counselling is available now for issues including anxiety, depression, stress, bereavement, self-harm, relationship issues and many more. Weekly sessions will be held online via Zoom or via telephone. You can self-refer direct by calling 01733 767279. 30
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