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Suffolk Community Foundation manages 136 grant making funds and, last year, awarded £3.8 million in funding (excluding the Sizewell C Community Fund).  Grant size ranges from £500 to £40,000 or above, sometimes over multiple years. The average amount awarded was £4,546.

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The High Sheriff of Suffolk’s Collaboration by Invitation Lunches

The High Sheriff of Suffolk’s Collaboration by Invitation Lunches

by scf-local-nicki | Jun 30, 2023 | Featured, News, Poverty

Immediately after all the festivities of the Suffolk Day launch in Ipswich, we were so grateful to Suffolk’s High Sheriff, Mark Pendlington DL and Professor Helen Langton, Vice Chancellor of University of Suffolk, for partnering with us to deliver one of a series of...

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