Be winter ready
Warnings, alerts and news updates
- BBC Radio Suffolk Tweets
- GOV.UK - Flood alerts and warnings
- Flooding information and advice
- Met Office - Cold weather alert (1 November to 31 March)
- Met Office - Seasonal advice - tips and advice on how to stay safe, warm and healthy at home or outdoors.
- Met Office - UK weather warnings
- Suffolk County Council - Check which roads are gritted in Suffolk
- Suffolk County Council - Suffolk school closures
- Be prepared - What to do in an emergency or major incident
Steps you can take to ‘Be winter ready’
- Know your free electricity and gas emergency numbers: In a power cut phone 105 or, for a gas emergency, phone 0800 111999
- prepare your home: Keep a torch handy and get your appliances serviced by a Gas Safe registered engineer to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning. Prepare for any power cuts
- register as a vulnerable customer: Vulnerable households can get extra support by signing up to the Priority Services Register. Find out more at: Ofgem - Get help from your supplier - Priority Services Register
- keep your eyes open: Keep an eye on the weather forecast and, if you have a power cut or a gas emergency, check on your neighbours. Visit UK Power Networks for the latest updates
- allow extra time to travel if the weather is bad: BBC - Driving safely and being prepared in Snow
- Met Office - Seasonal advice - tips and advice on how to stay safe, warm and healthy at home or outdoors.
- stay well this winter by following advice from NHS - How to stay well in winter
- being energy efficient can save you money and help the environment - visit our Energy saving advice page to find out more.
Want to get fit or try something new?
Take up a new sport at one of our Leisure centres
Exercise more - from walking the dog, spotting the wildlife in one of our parks or open spaces to taking part in the ParcRun on Saturday mornings at Nowton park! Find out more about events at: What's On West Suffolk
West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village and Country Park will be offering archery from April onwards.
Try Yoga, postnatal Yoga or Tai Chi, or join in the dancing on Strictly Saturdays at The Apex. There are also harmonica lessons once a month if people want to learn something new, along with the occasional sketch lounge for people wanting to draw.
Become a volunteer at Moyse's Hall Museum or volunteer at West Stow Anglo-Saxon village or join one of our parks Friends groups.
Sign up to What's On West Suffolk email list to be sent details of what's coming up.
