Supporting our neighbours and protecting the Heritage Coast

The most recent LionLink newsletter out this week indicates that Walberswick is the preferred landfall site, and that Southwold and Reydon should not be affected by the various new energy infrastructure projects (for the time being at least).

Despite this, the planned public meeting on this Friday will still proceed as Reydon Parish Council believes that it still has a responsibility to work with neighbouring communities to help to protect them from imminent harm, and to protect the Suffolk Heritage Coast, National Landscape and East Suffolk community interest; its concerns as a parish council extend beyond its parish boundaries.

The public meeting will be in Reydon Village Hall on Friday, 21st February at 6.30 pm.

Come and find out more. Ask your questions. Have your say. All welcome.

The agenda can be downloaded here.

Are you a baker, an artist, a photographer, a crafter, a sewer, a knitter, a gardener or a flower arranger? Then why not enter the Reydon Show?

The show celebrates your talents big and small plus prize certificates and various trophies to be won. The show takes place on the first Saturday of August each year, so save the date for 2025 – Saturday, 2nd August. Entries have to be in on the Friday night or the Saturday morning and the exhibition opens at 2pm.

We also have a range of children’s categories open to kids under 12, so if your child is a keen Lego builder, gardener or arts and crafter they can enter too – and kids enter free!

So, plan your preserves, ready your radishes and corral your carnations ready for August. Programme of categories will be available at Bridgefoot Stores, Reydon nearer the date.

Photographic categories this year are:

• Seed Heads.
• A Black-and-White Photo (any subject).
• Rainy Day.
• Animals at Work.

The Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), Tim Passmore is seeking the views on his new Police and Crime Plan.

The plan sets the direction of policing in Suffolk for 2025–29.  Please go to SUFFOLK POLICE & CRIME PLAN 2025/29 to access the survey which will close at 9am on Monday, 20th January 2025.

The PCC is also seeking your thoughts on his proposal for the policing budget and the amount of council tax you pay towards policing in the next financial year. He is proposing an increase of 5.1% which is the equivalent of £14 a year for a Band D property. Please go to the survey to make your views known: Council Tax Precept Survey 2025–26.  This survey closes at 9am on Thursday, 30th January.

Anyone in Suffolk can receive a 50% discount off their purchase of 200mm or 370mm wide insulation rolls (up to £200) with free delivery, from High Loft, the UK’s leading eco loft insulation brand. 

Go to www.bit.ly/suffolkloft and fill in the short form to receive your personalised link to order, or call High Loft’s insulation experts on 01706 248203. The offer is open to anyone in Suffolk and will close once the allocated funding has been spent.

According to The Energy Saving Trust, an uninsulated home loses a quarter of its heat through its roof. For the second year in a row, help to afford eco-friendly loft insulation is now available.

The Suffolk Climate Change Partnership (Suffolk County Council, Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils, East Suffolk Council, Ipswich Borough Council and West Suffolk Council) has teamed up with High Loft to help Suffolk residents make their homes warmer and save money on their energy bills.  

High Loft also offers Klarna as a payment option, allowing you to spread the cost of your insulation purchase.

To find out more visit www.greensuffolk.org/at-home/funding.

Adnams has partnered with Bio Capital to rebuild the Anaerobic Digestion (AD) facility in Reydon and invites you to our second local consultation. To be held at Reydon Village Hall, located on Lowestoft Road (by the junction at Covert Road – IP18 6RF).

Monday, 27th January

6.30–8.30pm

Presentation to start 7pm, with a Q&A session following. First 30 minutes is a drop-in session.

Tuesday, 28th January

4–6pm and 7–8.30pm

Drop-in session 4–6pm, followed by a second session starting with a presentation at 7pm, and followed by a Q&A session.

More information can be found in the leaflet being distributed locally, and available as a pdf here.

Officer urges Suffolk residents to be aware of fraudulent calls

A Suffolk police officer is urging Suffolk residents to be cautious and aware of fraudulent calls reporting suspicious activity on their bank accounts.

Between 2 and 4 January, Suffolk Constabulary received at least two reports of residents in the county receiving calls, supposedly from a Suffolk police officer, reporting fraudulent activity on their bank accounts.

The victims were given officers’ names and collar numbers and are asked to contact police to verify these details.

Detective Sergeant Jamie Adams, of Suffolk Constabulary’s Fraud Assessment Unit said: ‘Police would never call you and ask you to withdraw money to be collected by an officer nor would they ask you to transfer money into a different bank account.

‘If you have any concerns about the legitimacy of the call please contact Suffolk police to verify the details of the officer provided in the call.

‘If you have elderly or vulnerable neighbours, friends or family, I would ask you to inform them of this guidance and to check with someone they trust if contacted in a similar manner.’

For more details about checking police officers’ identities, please visit: www.suffolk.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/fa/how-to-check-an-officers-identity/

If an officer needs to speak to you on the phone, they’ll identify themselves clearly.

A police officer should never:

• ask you for your bank details or PIN
• ask you to transfer funds to another account
• ask you to hand over cash or bank cards to a courier
• ask you to pay a fine or a fee to them or a third party over the phone or online
• ask you for access to your computer, passwords or log on details over the phone or online
• ask you to register personal details in an attachment or website online
• ask you to ‘assist’ in an investigation by doing any of the above
• state that you are committing a crime by not complying
• communicate in an abusive, threatening or coercive manner.

Crime prevention advice can be found here.

Please note that information about the Southwold Christmas Lights as given in the Dates For Your Diary section on page 2 of the latest, Autumn edition of The Reydon Robin is not fully correct.

Southwold Christmas Lights will be switched on at 5pm on Saturday, 30th November, not 6pm as printed.

It is also organised by Light Up Southwold, not Light up Southwold with Blyth Valley Rotary as it appears in The Robin.

Our apologies.

Help the East Suffolk Community Safety Partnership understand your views of safety in East Suffolk, with our new community safety survey!

We’d like to know how safe you feel, whether you know how to report community safety concerns and what could be done to help address any concerns you may have.

Let us know your views by completing our online Community Safety Survey. Click here to access it.