Lucy Elkin

Lucy Elkin

DISTRICT COUNCILLOR FOR EYE OCCOLD AND REDLINGFIELD

LUCY ELKIN

First elected in the local election in May 2023, representing Eye Ward (Eye, Occold and Redlingfield.)

  • Lucy is currently a member of the District Council’s Planning Committee and the Working Group on Biodiversity.
  • Her experience is in project management in the charity sector. After gaining an MSc in International Development, she worked with a refugee women’s organisation in Thailand, and then with two national UK charities - The Tropical Health and Education Trust, and the Scarman Trust. More recently she has worked on projects helping people in Suffolk and Norfolk to return to work, particularly those with long-term health conditions and disabilities.
  • Lucy has sat on the management committees of a small international charity working with refugees, and a local Suffolk pre-school.
  • Locally she has been a keen advocate of encouraging children’s participation in nature-based activities, running a gardening club at her local Primary School. She is currently helping to set up a new group to monitor and improve water quality in the River Dove.
  • Lucy lives in Occold with her family.

Areas Lucy represents

Mid Suffolk District Council

Eye, Occold and Redlingfield

GET IN TOUCH

Home address: 
The Firs
Mill Road
Occold
Suffolk
IP23 7PN

Bus. mobile:  07928512590

Bus. email:  lucy.elkin@midsuffolk.gov.uk

 

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News

Councillors call for sharper focus to reduce sewage pollution

By news | 8 December 2022

Mid Suffolk’s Green and Liberal Democrat councillors have welcomed unanimous support for their motion calling for more information and a strong focus on how planning approvals affect sewage discharges into the district’s rivers. Group leader Andy Mellen said, “The public will be reassured to know that councillors and planning staff recognise and share the widespread […]

Green Peer has fears for farming and wildlife

By news | 19 October 2022

Baroness Natalie Bennett, Green Party member of the House of Lords, has been in Suffolk in support of the Mid Suffolk Green Party campaign for next year’s local elections. During the day she met members and councillors with a particular interest in agriculture and wildlife. The key focus for discussion was the future of the […]

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