Charity cycle event Ride for Helen Suffolk returns to Trinity Park, Ipswich!

Ride for Helen Suffolk is back for 2022 on Sunday 26th June in aid of Helen Rollason Cancer Charity! Sign up now to take advantage of their early bird prices. Their annual charity cycle ride offers cyclists the chance to sign up for either 65 or 35 mile routes through...

Ipswich community café renames breakfast to honour the work of charity hero

A community café in Ipswich has renamed its Big Breakfast in honour of a man who has been instrumental in the success of the charity behind it. Emmaus Suffolk, a charity that supports people who are experiencing social isolation, loneliness and long-term unemployment...

Hospice Patients’ Social Crafts Group is a ‘Real Lifeline’ 

A group of patients at St Elizabeth Hospice are calling on more people to join their weekly social group, Creative Health which they have described as a ‘real lifeline’ during the recent difficult years brought by Covid-19. Held every Monday, between 10am-2pm at...

Ipswich man to embark on 925-mile feat from John O’Groats to Land’s End in memory of best friend Joe

An Ipswich man is embarking on a 925-mile challenge to run and cycle from John O’Groats to Land’s End this spring in memory of his best friend who died suddenly last year.  Ali Clements, 28, from Ipswich, Suffolk, will embark on the feat in May, and has set...

Suffolk County Council to ask communities what they want from their libraries in the future

Suffolk County Council’s current contract with Suffolk Libraries, the independent charity that runs the library service, is due to end in July 2024 with a new contract set to come into effect from August 2024.  The council must therefore look to the future, ahead...