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Suffolk Dog Day returns to Trinity Park
St Elizabeth Hospice's Suffolk Dog Day will take place at Trinity Park on Sunday, 13 September, with tickets now on sale for the annual celebration of all things canine.
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How one Ipswich family is turning loss into something beautiful
When Ian Spilling died in June, his wife's colleagues at Bluebird Lodge rallied around her, and together they are now building something that will outlast their grief.
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Nominations open for King's Award honouring Suffolk volunteers
Suffolk residents are being encouraged to nominate local volunteer groups for The King's Award for Voluntary Service, the UK's top honour for voluntary organisations.
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Ipswich man to shave 20 years of hair for cousin's cancer fight
Aston French will cut off hair he has grown since school and shave his head at John Olivers on Great Colman Street, in solidarity with his cousin Claire, who is being treated for leukaemia.
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Crash survivor who broke his spine takes on charity trek for the crew who saved him
Four years after a motorbike collision left him with a broken spine, Pedro Santos, 45, is trekking 2.4 miles in Cambridge this month to raise money for the East Anglian Air Ambulance crew who flew him to hospital.
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Sir Lenny Henry and comedy stars to headline Ipswich hospice fundraiser
Sir Lenny Henry and Chris McCausland are joining this year's Happy Christmas Ipswich, a fundraiser show that has raised around £700,000 for East Anglia's Children's Hospices since 2019.
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Endometriosis campaigners to hold first fundraising event at Belstead Arms
Girls Anatomy, an Ipswich support organisation founded by two women living with chronic health conditions, will host its first event at Belstead Arms on Sunday, 30 August, featuring guest speakers, a sunflower painting session and a charity raffle.
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Suffolk heritage craftspeople urged to apply for £2,500 grants
Suffolk-based practitioners in traditional building crafts have until Friday, 16 October, to apply for funding towards equipment, training or business support.
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Ipswich to walk again for Hope to Connect this September
Five months after breaking a Guinness World Record at Trinity Park, Hope to Connect is calling on Ipswich to walk once more – this time at Holywells Park – for everyone touched by cancer.
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Reverend's 3,000-mile ‘virtual pilgrimage’ inspired by family's own sight struggles
A Suffolk reverend is walking the equivalent distance from Ipswich to Jerusalem after his wife and toddler, both born with a visual impairment, inspired him to support a charity providing eye care in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem.
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Women's self-defence to pickleball: Ipswich secures £1m to get residents active
Women's self-defence classes, pickleball sessions for Chantry Academy students and football for children with special educational needs are among the projects set to continue after Ipswich secured a further £1m from Sport England.
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Gym manager takes on 12 hour walk for Dunwich Heath
Asha Plavny-McKeon, a gym manager, says the damage to Dunwich Heath "really hit home" – this Thursday, 20 August, she will walk continuously on a treadmill for 12 hours, raising money to support Dunwich Heath's recovery.