Surviving Winter Grants 2025/26

We are delighted that our first round of funding has been awarded with 14 organisations receiving a share of £34,850.  The fund is reliant on donations and is currently fully committed.  We hope to be able to offer more grants as soon as funding becomes available.

As the cold weather sets in, more vulnerable older people will need support.  For more information, and how to donate, please click here.

Citizens Advice East Suffolk (East Suffolk) – Supporting clients to access financial and practical help and signposting them to community services that reduce isolation and loneliness.

REACH Community Projects (Haverhill and Newmarket) – Providing fuel vouchers, food parcels, debt advice, and support with benefit applications.

Rendlesham Community Centre Charity (Rendlesham)– Offering warm, safe, and welcoming spaces, including meals, for vulnerable older residents.

Access Community Trust (Lowestoft) – Distributing electric blankets, energy-efficient cooking appliances, and supermarket vouchers, alongside referrals to vital support services.

Bildeston Community Support (Hadleigh, Sudbury and Stowmarket areas) – Supplying food and winter-warm packs throughout the winter months.

Gatehouse Caring (Bury St Edmunds) – Providing a community warm space, warm winter clothing, winter wellbeing packs, and Christmas hampers for residents in the Bury St Edmunds area.

Hour Community (Framlingham) – Continuing and expanding the ‘Forget Me Not’ dementia-friendly lunch club, offering a warm weekly meeting space with entertainment and lunch.

Ipswich & District Citizens Advice – Delivering advice and support on energy bills, as well as outreach support services.

Rural Coffee Caravan (rural Suffolk) – Purchasing and distributing supermarket vouchers to older people in need.

St Mary and St Botolph, Whitton (Ipswich) – Contributing to food for the Top-Up Shop and supporting their Community Café/Warm Space.

Suffolk Family Carers (Suffolk) – Supporting the most vulnerable family carers currently engaged with Suffolk Family Carers and those they care for, to stay warm, safe, fed, and connected during the winter. The project focuses on essential needs such as heating, food, and access to services.

Café 66 Suffolk (Kesgrave) – Providing free lunches in a warm, welcoming space with hot drinks available.

All Saints Church (Newmarket) – Offering a warm space over winter for vulnerable and lonely individuals, along with help to address financial needs, and providing food and refreshments.

St John’s Church (Beck Row) – Funding weekly ‘Warm Room’ activities for elderly residents.