Bury St Edmunds Rickshaw

Bury St Edmunds Rickshaw

Bury St Edmunds Rickshaw  A new service set up during the pandemic, this unique organisation led by an energetic team of over 50 volunteers offer free, chatty rickshaw or cargo bike rides to local people who need help getting out and about around the town of Bury St...
Swell Music CIC

Swell Music CIC

Swell Music CIC Swell Music CIC is a small not for profit organisation offering singing for wellbeing activities in rural and deprived parts of Suffolk. Recent funding has allowed Swell Music to develop new Singing for Wellbeing activities in Halesworth in particular,...
Halesworth Community Larder

Halesworth Community Larder

Halesworth Community Larder The Community Larder was created as a response to the first lockdown and is a partnership project with Halesworth Volunteer Centre and St Mary’s Church and Blyth Valley Team Ministry. They became aware of increased numbers of people using...
IP17 Good Neighbour Scheme

IP17 Good Neighbour Scheme

IP17 Good Neighbour Scheme Please donate to the Suffolk Coronavirus Community Fund IP17 Good Neighbour Scheme (IP17 GNS) was set up in just five weeks by a dedicated team in order to support the 5,000 residents in Saxmundham and Kelsale-cum-Carlton through the...
Sudbury and District Citizens Advice

Sudbury and District Citizens Advice

Sudbury and District Citizens Advice Please make a donation to the Suffolk Coronavirus Community Fund Citizens Advice has always been a place where people can come to and speak with someone face to face about problems they have, and to seek guidance on services that...
Unscene Suffolk – Case Study

Unscene Suffolk – Case Study

Unscene Suffolk – Case Study Please donate to the Suffolk Coronavirus Community Fund A community theatre company – this organisation works closely with adults with visual impairment, providing opportunities to produce and participate in performances which are...
Rural Coffee Caravan – Case Study

Rural Coffee Caravan – Case Study

Rural Coffee Caravan – Case Study Please donate to the Suffolk Coronavirus Community Fund This organisation works to reach every rural corner of the County, bringing face to face contact for those isolated.  However, as the pandemic hit and Lockdown 1 took hold...
The Reader – Case Study

The Reader – Case Study

The Reader – Case Study Please donate to the Suffolk Coronavirus Community Fund Through 1,000 volunteers and cross-sector partners, The Reader brings together more than 4,000 people a month to share and discuss great novels and poems for ‘Shared Reading’. By...
Music In Our Bones – Case Study

Music In Our Bones – Case Study

Please donate to the Suffolk Coronavirus Community Fund As soon as the country went into lockdown back in March, each of the eight singing groups (located in varying locations across the county) had to put a sudden stop to their weekly singing meet ups. The team at...
St Mary’s Church, Kersey – Case Study

St Mary’s Church, Kersey – Case Study

St Mary’s Church, Kersey – Case Study Please donate to the Suffolk Coronavirus Community Fund St Mary’s Church works with those living with dementia, stroke survivors, the bereaved and children with complex learning difficulties and/or autism spectrum. ...
Empanda – Case Study

Empanda – Case Study

Empanda – Case Study Please donate to the Suffolk Coronavirus Community Fund Empanda aims to provide a range of person centred, outcome focused care and support services for vulnerable people, including supported housing, respite and day care services, all...
Selig (Suffolk) Trust – Case Study

Selig (Suffolk) Trust – Case Study

Selig (Suffolk) Trust – Case Study Please donate to the Suffolk Coronavirus Community Fund A Christian charity working with local churches and the local community to provide services for people who are homeless.   Public Health England have advised that it is no...
Suffolk Sight – Case Study

Suffolk Sight – Case Study

Suffolk Sight – Case Study Please donate to the Suffolk Coronavirus Community Fund Suffolk Sight was formed on 1st April 2020 as the result of a merger between West Suffolk Sight and East Suffolk Association for the Blind. A small charity providing services and...
Rushmere Good Neighbour Scheme – Case Study

Rushmere Good Neighbour Scheme – Case Study

Rushmere Good Neighbour Scheme – Case Study Please donate to the Suffolk Coronavirus Community Fund  Rushmere Good Neighbour Scheme is a recently established organisation that aims to improve the lives of people living in the Northgate Ward in Ipswich and the...
Hope After Suicide Loss – Case Study

Hope After Suicide Loss – Case Study

Hope After Suicide Loss Snowdrops – Symbol of Hope Hope after Suicide Loss (HOPE) is a vital Suffolk based group that exists in order to meet the complex and very precise needs of suicide bereavement. They offer talking therapy with no time limits imposed, to...
Suffolk Refugee Support Group – Case Study

Suffolk Refugee Support Group – Case Study

Suffolk Refugee Support Group It has been a challenging year for the people this organisation supports, as it has been for so many. Some of the issues their clients already faced – isolation, anxiety, disadvantage, deprivation and lack of access to services – have...
BME Suffolk Support Group – Case Study

BME Suffolk Support Group – Case Study

BME Suffolk Support Group – Case Study BME Suffolk Support Group (BMESSG) is a non-profitable organisation providing practical support for Black and Minority Ethnic families and individuals in Northwest Ipswich and the surrounding area, by supporting them to...
Link Lunch Club – Case Study

Link Lunch Club – Case Study

Link Lunch Club – Case Study Since lockdown, this fantastic organisation has not been able to hold their weekly Link Lunch Club at St. Luke’s Church Centre for around 55 elderly and vulnerable local Beccles and Worlingham residents. With the relevant permission...

Papworth Trust – Case Study

Papworth Trust – Case Study Please donate to the Suffolk Coronavirus Community Fund Papworth Trust is a leading disability charity, offering a range of high quality services from care, to housing and employment opportunities. Before the pandemic, their...
Leiston Citizens Advice Bureau – Case Study

Leiston Citizens Advice Bureau – Case Study

Please donate to the Suffolk Coronavirus Community Fund Leiston Citizens Advice offer free, independent, impartial and confidential advice on a range of issues including benefits, housing, debt, employment and family relationships. It is an independent charity, whilst...
Green Light Trust – Case Study

Green Light Trust – Case Study

Green Light Trust – Case Study Please donate to the Suffolk Coronavirus Community Fund Green Light Trust provide health, welfare and learning opportunities for people in the natural environment. The focus is on young people disadvantaged by disability, social...
Steel Bones – Case Study

Steel Bones – Case Study

Steel Bones – Case Study Please donate to the Suffolk Coronavirus Community Fund Steel Bones (SB) help amputee families thrive, helped by a proactive supportive peer community. They hosts regular social events for amputee families, engage in school workshops and...
Living Paintings Trust – Case Study

Living Paintings Trust – Case Study

Living Paintings Trust – Case Study Please donate to the Suffolk Coronavirus Community Fund Living Paintings Trust are a national charity who design, create and publish tactile and audio books for blind and partially sighted people.   During this time, Living...
Coddenham COVID-19 Response Group – Case Study

Coddenham COVID-19 Response Group – Case Study

Coddenham COVID-19 Response Group – Case Study Please donate to the Suffolk Coronavirus Community Fund When COVID struck a year ago, the leading volunteer and charity organisations of the village of Coddenham in Suffolk, quickly rallied around....
BSC Multicultural Services – Case Study

BSC Multicultural Services – Case Study

BSC Multicultural Services – Case Study Please donate to the Suffolk Coronavirus Community Fund BSC Multicultural Services are a group that looks to support people of BME communities in Suffolk and engage them in social, cultural, educational and recreational...
Battisford Parish Council – Case Study

Battisford Parish Council – Case Study

Battisford Parish Council – Case Study Please donate to the Suffolk Coronavirus Community Fund Battisford Parish Council is a rural Parish Council serving the village of Battisford and its 300 homes.   They have hugely welcomed the funding in order to support...
Lofty Heights CIC – Case Study

Lofty Heights CIC – Case Study

Lofty Heights CIC – Case Study Please donate to the Suffolk Coronavirus Community Fund Lofty Heights are a non-profit organisation providing specialist decluttering, deep cleaning and garden services working closely with the NHS, local authorities, and...
Wardens Trust – Case Study

Wardens Trust – Case Study

Wardens Trust – Case Study Please donate to the Suffolk Coronavirus Community Fund Wardens Trust is normally situated in a large Hall on the Suffolk coast, near Leiston and Sizewell. They offer services and facilities to children and adults with mental and/or...
Hour Community – Case Study

Hour Community – Case Study

Hour Community – Case Study Please donate to the Suffolk Coronavirus Community Fund For 9 years Hour Community has been providing support to the older and vulnerable people living in Framlingham and the surrounding villages, by way of Community transport to...
Age UK Suffolk – Case Study

Age UK Suffolk – Case Study

Age UK Suffolk – Case Study Please donate to the Suffolk Coronavirus Community Fund Age UK Suffolk‘s recent funding will enable their team to fully adapt their service provision to ensure that older people who are most vulnerable and at risk can continue to be...