Your Life Doncaster: Things we think you should know this week

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Hello there,
Welcome to* this week's edition* of the Your Life Doncaster newsletter, where we round up all of the latest Doncaster news and information from the last week that matters to you.
*This week's top stories:*
* Budget 2024/25
* Six-figure cash injection boosts flood defences of Bentley
* Olympic visits in Doncaster
* A new website to help people live independently at home
* This weekend: Day of Reflection
* Green bin collections return
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2024/25 Budget
The Capital and Revenue Budgets 2024/25 were approved in Monday's Full Council meeting – further details, including information about how your Council Tax is spent can be found online.
It is anticipated that Doncaster will continue to be one of the lowest Council Tax rates in the country (9th lowest in 2023/24).
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Budget 2024/25
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Six-figure cash injection boosts flood defences of Bentley
City of Doncaster Council has been successful in its bid to *secure £600,000 worth of government funding to reduce the risk of flooding* in Bentley.
Natural processes such as planting trees and wetlands within the immediate area of Bentley Mill Stream and the watercourse corridor will help ‘slow the flow’ of the rain and surface water. Coupled with improving the connectivity to the flood plain, it is expected to primarily improve the flood resilience of the downstream Bentley community whilst also providing biodiversity net gain.
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River Don
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Olympic Visits in Doncaster
On Wednesday, along with our* Active Travel Commissioner Ed Clancy,* Doncaster welcomed *Olympian Chris Boardman *and the Active Travel England team.
The visit was to showcase how we are delivering on our own Active Travel programme, giving our communities more and better choices about how to travel and move.
Find out more about Active Travel in Doncaster:
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Active Travel visit
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*A new website to help people live independently at home*
A new website has been launched in Doncaster that shows people gadgets and solutions that can make life easier for them.
Called AskSARA, the easy-to-use website helps improve people’s access to a range of ‘self-help’ smart technology and associated services in Doncaster – from automatic pill dispensers to reminder clocks and personal alarms.
The aim in providing the AskSara online tool is that it is bespoke to you. It enables you to know what help you need and what tools can help keep you independent at home.
*If you think you need advice in making daily living easier then check out the website and get started!*
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AskSARA [
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We want to hear from you!
Our Adult Social Care Transitions Team are asking people who have been involved with their service to complete a survey.
The team will then use the results to look at how things are working and what can be improved for young people as they move to adulthood.
*Tell us about your experience:*
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This Sunday: Day of Reflection
On Sunday 3 March, City of Doncaster Council will join people across the country in a *Day of Reflection to remember those who died during the Coronavirus pandemic.*
A minute's silence will take place at midday and the Mansion House will be lit up in yellow on Sunday evening in memory of those we lost.
Day of Reflection
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Green bin collections have restarted
Green bins are for garden (“green”) waste and will be collected at the same time as your other recyclable materials in the blue bin and green box.
If you have a surplus of garden waste, you can:
* Pay £42 per year for an additional green bin. This is roughly £2 per collection
* Take your waste to your nearest Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC)
* Compost it. This is even more environmentally friendly than recycling as no energy is required for transport or the recycling process
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Green bins
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