by Anna Norman Butler | Jul 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
Suffolk Community Foundation is inviting eligible charitable and not-for-profit groups in East Suffolk to bid for a share of up to £23m following the opening of the Sizewell C Community Fund. Around £2m will be made available each year for the next 10 years. The money...
by Anna Norman Butler | Jun 21, 2024 | Featured, News
Professor Martin Carver has become the 15th person to be awarded the Suffolk Medal. The investiture took place today, Friday 21st June, at the launch event for the Suffolk Day celebrations in Haverhill’s Market Square. Over 80 dignitaries and local people attended the...
by Anna Norman Butler | Jun 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
Schools, businesses, families and residents are being invited to help celebrate the icons, attractions, landscapes and institutions which make the county so special during Suffolk Day 2024. The launch event is taking place on Haverhill’s Market Square on Friday 21...
by Anna Norman Butler | May 13, 2024 | Featured, News
A new fund will ensure that local communities most impacted by the construction of Sizewell C can apply for grants, schemes, measures and projects which promote the economic, social, or environmental well-being of those communities and enhance their quality of life....
by Anna Norman Butler | Apr 10, 2024 | Featured, News
The Ellisons Foundation Fund will award grants annually to charities and voluntary organisations operating in Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds, where the firm’s Suffolk offices are situated. Ellisons have agreed a similar fund with Essex Community Foundation where they...
by Anna Norman Butler | Apr 2, 2024 | Featured, News, Uncategorized
Mark Pendlington DL, former High Sheriff of Suffolk, concluded his tenure last week with a remarkable achievement, raising over £75,000 through legacy fundraising projects. The culmination of the outstanding efforts of his events and fundraising team was marked by two...
by Anna Norman Butler | Mar 18, 2024 | Featured, News
Suffolk Community Foundation (SCF) has been working with Marriott Motor Group for a number of years. Marriott Motor Group has a strong sense of giving back to the local community and wanted to have control over how and where their fundraising efforts were being...
by Anna Norman Butler | Mar 14, 2024 | Featured, News
Over 300 guests including charities and community groups, public sector and business leaders attended Suffolk Community Foundation’s Annual Review event at Trinity Park on Tuesday 12 March which included the presentation of the High Sheriff Awards to four outstanding...
by Anna Norman Butler | Mar 14, 2024 | Featured, News
Suffolk’s High Sheriff, Mark Pendlington DL, proudly announces the High Sheriff of Suffolk’s Legacy Auction in Association with Birketts LLP, an extraordinary fundraising auction online from 14th – 24th March 2024. Money raised hopes to make a significant...
by Anna Norman Butler | Mar 5, 2024 | Featured, News
Melanie Craig, Chief Executive, Suffolk Community Foundation, is delighted to announce the appointment of Hannah Bloom as the new Director of Philanthropy and Engagement. Hannah has worked in fundraising and marketing roles for twenty years, mainly for charities local...
by Anna Norman Butler | Feb 6, 2024 | Featured, News
A former lecturer and foster carer with a passion for architecture and history has been awarded the Suffolk Medal in recognition of the outstanding contribution he has made to Ipswich’s people and heritage. John Norman became only the 14th person to receive the medal...
by Anna Norman Butler | Jan 25, 2024 | Health & Wellbeing, News, Uncategorized
Suffolk Community Foundation is delighted to announce the launch of a new charitable fund with Beckett Investment Management Group Ltd. The Beckett Health and Wellbeing Fund will award annual grants to charities and community groups in Suffolk. Describing the...
