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27/03/2026

Earth Hour starts at 8:30pm on Saturday 28th March 🌍

Spend 60-minutes doing something positive for the planet, whether it's planting seeds in your garden, switching off the electrics to reduce energy consumption, walking to the shops instead of driving to reduce emissions, feeding the birds and the squirrels or cooking up your leftovers to reduce food waste, take your pick!

Visit www.earthhour.org for more ideas about how to get involved this year!

19/03/2026

International Day of Forests 🌳

Saturday 21st March is a reminder to take care of our environment and protect our forests, also known as Earth's lungs!

We can protect our forests by reducing pollution for cleaner air and consuming less animal products, as agriculture contributes heavily to deforestation, habitat loss and a lack of biodiversity.

Did you know that walking a 1.5-mile journey (approx. 30-mins) instead of driving saves around 3 trees, that's 6 trees for a round trip and if you did this 5 days a week for your regular commute that's 30 trees a week! It all starts to add up...

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Find out more about the International Day of Forests and you can mark the day here:

Home | International Day of Forests 21 March | FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations The United Nations General Assembly proclai...

12/03/2026

The Big Walk and Wheel 2026 🚶🏼👩‍🦽🚴

Walk, Wheel, Cycle Trust (formerly Sustrans) are hosting the annual Big Walk and Wheel event from Monday 16th to Friday 27th March 2026

The event inspires school pupils to make active journeys to school, improve air quality in their neighbourhood and discover how these changes benefit their world 🌍

Big Walk and Wheel is open to all primary and secondary schools in the UK, including SEN/ASN/ALN schools. It is free to take part and there are daily prizes to be won!

On each day of the challenge, schools compete to see who can get the highest percentage of their pupils walking, using a wheelchair, scooting or cycling to school. Your school’s best five days will determine your final position, but you can log journeys on all ten days if you wish.

Find out more and register your school here:

Big Walk and Wheel inspires pupils to make active journeys to school, improve air quality in their neighbourhood and discover how these changes benefit their world.

23/02/2026

Brightwell Lakes Travel Welcome Packs are on route to the Sales Team ready to welcome new residents to the growing community.

These packs are built different. Incorporating details about the history of the land they now call home, details of what's to come as the site develops, welcome incentives and details about their travel options of course, ass well as useful resources to find out more information.

Thank you to Taylor Wimpey for their continued support in helping residents to make more sustainable travel choices 🏡

16/02/2026

Peacock Grove 🦚 Travel Information Packs on route to the Sales Office ready to welcome new homeowners to the town of Littleport this year!

Barratt Homes
David Wilson Homes

12/02/2026

Woodland Heath 🌲 Travel Information Packs are on their way to their new homes.

We update our packs every now and then to ensure residents are receiving up to date travel information when they move in. For Woodland Heath, that means shouting about the improved konectbus City5 service which now has two bus stops directly serving the site, with more frequent buses and new evening services, helping people step away from relying on their cars.

We also took this opportunity to update the local amenities map, as there are a lot more Beryl bays in the local area! 🛴

Other updates include the latest EV stats from Zapmap, revised Greater Anglia train timetables, details of the new Mobilityways app and the potential savings of car sharing, promotion of our Travel Plan Coordinator services, tailored travel incentives and much more.

As always, thank you to Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes for your ongoing support as we continue to deliver Travel Plan measures for Woodland Heath 🌲

03/02/2026

Our first Modeshift STARS accreditation of the year! ⭐

Brightwell Lakes has achieved 'Good Travel Plan' status this morning, a really positive step towards growing a sustainable community in what is to be a 2,000 home development 🏡

Thanks go to Taylor Wimpey, Suffolk County Council and of course the residents of Brightwell Lakes who continue to make sustainable travel choices.

23/01/2026

👣 Walking is free 👣

We all know that walking is a free form of transport, but sometimes we forget just how beneficial it can be for our pockets and our planet.

Walking those short car journeys means no fuel costs or parking charges, less pollution in your local area and reduced vehicle maintenance needs. 🚗

Walking your journey instead of getting the bus means no fares, no delays or detours. 🚌

Walking part or all of your journey means little to no cost, and you're getting your daily steps in to maintain a healthy balanced lifestyle, and January is the perfect time to start new routines to be the best version of yourself!

Join your local walking group to get out and about in your local area: ramblers.org.uk

19/01/2026

Energy Savers Week 💡

This week (19th - 25th January) is Energy Savers Week, a time to focus on reducing energy consumption and saving money.

In your home, try to focus on efficient heating, reduced water usage and using appliances sensibly. Find useful info and resources at energysavingtrust.org.uk/campaign/energysaversweek 🏠

Outside the home, you could reduce your energy consumption by car sharing, just one other person in the car cuts your carbon emissions and costs by 50% as you'll be sharing the load. You can find people to share with on the Liftshare network, visit the link below or download the Mobilityways app to get going 🚕

liftshare.com/uk

08/01/2026

January is Walk Your Dog Month 🐾

A fur-iendly reminder to maintain your dogs routine walkies throughout winter, not only for your companions health and wellbeing, but yours too!

A brisk 30-minute walk 5 days a week (or around 22-mins 7 days a week) ensures you're meeting the minimum NHS recommended exercise goal of 150 minutes a week, and helps fight the winter blues by improving brain function, especially helpful if you spend your days starting at screens!

Walkies also provide your professional sniffer with mental enrichment, ensuring they are happy and healthy 🐕

19/12/2025

Our elves have been busy delivering the 2025 Travel Newsletters 🎅

Just in time for the festive season, over 3,600 homes are reminded to claim their free welcome voucher and Personal Travel Plans to help them make more sustainable travel choices as we look ahead to the new year, a time for trying new things and changing up routines.

Smarter Travel would like to wish everyone a happy holidays and prosperous new year, we'll see you all in 2026!

15/12/2025

Suffolk on Board has information from your local bus operators for service updates during the festive period.

Information is available at: https://www.suffolkonboard.com/buses-christmas-and-new-year-2025/

Some routes may not operate or may run a reduced timetable over the holiday period. Please plan ahead and check for any changes that may affect your journey.