Southgate Ward news
Community projects could benefit from slice of council grant
Community projects in the Abbeygate ward of Bury St Edmunds could benefit from a slice of a councillor’s £2,500 fund. St Edmundsbury Borough Councillor Joanna Rayner is inviting representatives of community groups, charities and voluntary organisations in her ward, to...
The Apex to set up Youth Creative Board
The Apex is to create more opportunities for young people to get involved in the arts across West Suffolk, with the establishment of a new Youth Creative Board. Next Thursday (29) will see the first meeting of the board, at The Apex from 4.30pm. The board will be...
Acorns and iPads as councillor give grant
The deputy leader of St Edmundsbury Borough Council has donated part of her locality funding to a village pre-school in her area. The Rougham Acorns and Woodlands group is a charity run a pre school as well as a school holiday club, including before and after school...
Competition to Name Bury St Edmunds Leisure Centre’s New Flumes
Bury St Edmunds Leisure Centre awaits with anticipation, the arrival of its new flumes which will be open to the public in the Spring and youngsters are invited to enter a competition to name them. Work for the flumes has been carried out over the last few months as...
Southgate Community Centre – January
Your Southgate Community Centre is situated alongside Hardwick Shopping Precinct, the Macebearer pub and Hardwick Primary School. It was built by the Borough Council in the late 70’s and leased to the Southgate Community Association to which an annual grant was...
Southgate Community Panto 2015
ALADDIN A PANTO FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY Friday February 6th @ 7pm & Saturday February 7th @ 2pm and 7 pm Following well received and sell-out performances of Cinderella two years ago, Southgate Community Partnership proudly presents ALADDIN – a community...
Southgate Valentine’s Ball
Southgate Community Centre VALENTINE’S BALL Saturday 14 February 2015 7 pm – Midnight Book your place now for Southgate’s first Valentine’s Day Ball to be held in the Community Centre Main Hall. Tickets are £35 per head and will include a welcome drink, a three...
Southgate Church – January
Southgate Church is your local church. We are based in the Community Centre near the parade of shops, pub and school, and are pleased to be available to the whole of our community which numbers about 4500 people. Come and talk about those special occasions, like a...
Great spotted woodpeckers
Brought to you by Woodland Ways Two of the UK’s woodpecker species live on Moreton Hall. Green woodpeckers are occasionally seen on grassland pecking for invertebrates, and great spotted woodpeckers are occasionally seen in our woods. the third woodpecker species,...
Nowton Neighbourhood Residents Association – January
In May 2014 the Nowton Neighbourhood Residents Association (NNRA) was formed with the aim of improving the Southgate area in which we all live. In the short time the NNRA has been running we have seen improvements to grass cutting on the Nowton Estate, trees either...