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We will temporarily pause garden waste collections for 12 weeks this winter, from Monday, 1 December 2025 to Friday, 20 February 2026. Collections will resume on Monday, 23 February 2026.

Tracie Collins, our Head of Family Help, has received national recognition of her outstanding contribution to the social work profession.

The Council is making £100,000 of funding available for its Children’s Centre Crisis Fund, an initiative designed to support families facing unexpected financial difficulties.

Data from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has shown an increase in the number of families in Central Bedfordshire who are taking advantage of the government’s Tax-Free Childcare scheme.

We have presented 11 early years settings with awards after they achieved our ‘Healthy Child, Healthy Workforce’ standard.

We have announced new dates for our free Parenting Puzzle Programme, designed to support parents and carers of pre-school aged (three to five-year-old) children.

Leighton Buzzard Children’s Centre has provided school uniforms for nearly 200 children at its fourth annual school uniform event.

To mark World Bee Day 2024 (Monday 20 May), we have installed a number of bug hotels across our estates to support local wildlife and increase biodiversity.

We have been selected as an ‘early adopter’ of the government’s National Wraparound Childcare Programme, ahead of the national launch in September 2024.

Staff from our children’s centres have won an award at the Youth Sport Trust awards.