To ensure minimum disruption over the Easter Bank Holiday period, waste collection within the Borough will continue as usual. If you need to check your bin collection day, please visit our website for more information.

Here are some easy tips to help you recycle this Easter:

• Foil wrappers: Scrunch them into a ball and recycle! If it springs back, it's laminated and belongs in your white sack.
• Plastic wrappers: These can't go in your recycling bin, but you can drop them off at your local supermarket.
• Eggshells & peelings: Pop them in the food caddy or your compost bin.
• Food waste: Use up those leftovers! Check out Love Food Hate Waste for delicious recipes.

Calling all stallholders and performers! There's still time to apply and be part of the Strawberry Fair.

Join us on Sunday 8 June, 12-6 PM at King George’s Playing Fields (CM13 2FD) as we commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day!

The day kicks off with a Freedom March led by 124 Essex Transport Squadron from Brentwood Town Hall to the fairground, followed by a day full of:

• Live music & walkabout acts
• Delicious food & drink
• Sports & wellbeing activities
• Stalls from local businesses & charities

Don't miss out on this opportunity! Head to our website to apply.

Applications close Friday 16 May.

If you are holding an event in the borough to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day - make sure you register your event on the VE Day 80 website to be included in their map of events across the country.

Register your event today

Brentwood Borough Council has refreshed its Economic Growth Strategy for 2025 – 2028. The draft strategy provides a strategic overview of the council’s key areas of focus across three economic growth pillars: 

• Start-ups: Entrepreneurial Spirit at the Core 
• Skills: Building a Workforce for a Modern Economy 
• Sustainability: At the Heart of Growth 

The strategy identifies the key priorities for the council over the next three years and an action plan outlining deliverables. The action plan will be subject to annual review. The current draft action plan covers April 2025 - March 2026. 

We are seeking the views of the local business community on the three growth pillars identified above and the accompanying action plan for 2025-26. 

Your insights will help shape the future direction of our local business community. The survey closes on Sunday 18 May 2025. 

You can read the Economic Growth Strategy, Action Plan and complete the consultation survey here.

Join us at the Community Connect vehicle for a friendly chat, local support and expert advice from our fantastic community partners, including Neighbourhood Watch, talking therapies, Active Essex, United in Kind, CVS (Voluntary Services), the Fire Service, and many more.

Pop by for information, guidance, or just to say hello!

10am - 1pm at the following dates & locations: 

• Wednesday 14 May – Ingatestone High Street
• Wednesday 4 June - Doddinghurst Shops
• Wednesday 2 July- Brentwood High Street
• Wednesday 6 August - Brentwood High Street
• Wednesday 20 August - Shenfield High Street

Did you know lung cancer symptoms can be easy to miss or mistake for something else? Lung cancer screening can spot issues early, often before you notice any symptoms, allowing for fast action to save more lives.

If you're aged between 55 and 74, living in Brentwood and smoke or have smoked in the past, find out more about the checks and visit the lung cancer website or call 0300 300 1557

Brentwood Borough Council has joined councils across Essex, alongside Essex County Council, to come together to tackle fly tipping in our county.

We all hate fly tipping littering our roads and countryside, and unfortunately, illegal waste operators target everyone from householders to big businesses, with offers of cheap waste disposal.

So next time you have something to get rid of, that can't be reused, remember to follow the S.C.R.A.P. code:

SUSPECT all waste carriers
CHECK their registration
REFUSE suspicious offers
ASK what will happen next
PAPERWORK is YOUR proof

Look out for the SCRAP Fly Tipping campaign on our social media.

 For more information visit loveessex.org/flytipping