Following the success of Felixstowe Rotary Club’s last charity boxing dinner, they’ve decided to do it all again in 2022. In what will be Rotary’s seventh boxing evening, this year’s event will take place on Friday 20th May at The Brackenbury Sports Centre, Felixstowe. Richard Bugg, of Felixstowe Rotary, says: “With eight to ten bouts…
A charity is celebrating a major milestone in its latest building project to create 15 almshouses for the over 55s and a new office for its own operations. Girton Town Charity (GTC) in Cambridgeshire joined with Suffolk contractor Barnes Construction, Mole Architects and Northmores Project Managers to mark a key stage in the building programme…
It’s great to see two local organisations spreading some Christmas cheer in their support of others. Following Felixstowe Port Users’ Association decision to cancel its Christmas Charity Ball due to the upsurge in Covid cases, many members who were planning to attend generously donated their booking fee for the association to pass on to a…
An annual golf day hosted by Ipswich-based structural engineering business Superstructures has raised £2,400 for the Talitha Koum charity based in Witnesham. The charity, which opened its purpose-built accommodation at the Hope Centre three years ago, provides supported housing for women who, because of life events, trauma and other challenges, need support and opportunities to…
Business leaders and entrepreneurs from across Suffolk are being invited to join the countdown to Christmas, at an informal networking event hosted by charity Ormiston Families. On Wednesday 1st December, the ‘Brighter Business Networking’ afternoon of cake, coffee and conversation, will be staged at Paddy & Scott’s Ambition House, on Neptune Quay in Ipswich. The…
Two fitness trainers are taking on an epic endurance challenge this weekend – despite one of them still recovering from a fractured leg. Former Paratrooper Luke Read and his colleague Michael Jennings, from the Airborne Fit gym near Ipswich, were determined to do their annual challenge for Movember, to support men’s mental health, in spite of Michael’s injury. The 26-year-old suffered a stress fracture after completing two marathons in three weeks last month but was…
A Suffolk charity based in Stowmarket, has had a boost of nearly £10,000 in funding, helping it to upscale its provision for transport and later life support in the wake of Covid. BSEVC, which first launched as Bury St Edmunds Voluntary Centre in 1991, has received a total of £9,643, via the Suffolk Community Restart…
A team of fundraisers from Denny Bros Ltd are planning to walk, run or cycle 100 miles in aid of the East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH). The team from the Bury St Edmunds company has signed up to the charity’s EACH Mile Counts which will see participants complete the 100 miles during November. Account manager,…