Stop the doomscrolling, positive vibes only. Here's everything good that's going on in our town.
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Young people in Kesgrave will get a new £100,000 bike pump track at Millennium Sports Ground, with construction set to start in March. The facility is being funded by local business leader Guy Nicholls.
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A social enterprise that uses mini chess to tackle loneliness and social isolation needs help finding an Ipswich venue for a community event on 22 January, just under two weeks away.
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KLH Architects staff jumped out of planes, cycled through the Netherlands and climbed Welsh peaks in a year of fundraising that delivered a record £35,330 for Inspire, an Ipswich charity supporting young people's mental health.
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A University of Suffolk conservation project in Peru has won a prestigious international ecotourism award for pioneering work that gives students hands-on experience using AI to protect endangered primates in the Amazon rainforest.
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Staff and service users at Anglia Care Trust prepared 100 full Christmas dinners for rough sleepers and people in temporary accommodation across Ipswich, tripling the charity's original plan after receiving substantial donations.
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A Martlesham gym manager who spent years in Ipswich Hospital's paediatric ward as a child has delivered over 200 toys, ensuring every young patient receives their own gift on Christmas Day.
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Over 150 people attended Riverhills Health Club & Day Spa's annual Christmas event, raising £837 through a charity raffle for the RSPCA and Thomas Wolsey Ormiston Academy.
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The RSPCA Suffolk Central branch in Martlesham will redirect over £7,500 a year from its energy bills to animal welfare after installing almost 80 solar panels across its rooftops.
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Low-income Suffolk residents living in poorly insulated homes could be eligible for free solar panels, heat pumps and insulation worth thousands of pounds – but must apply within the next three months.
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Mark Hubert leans against a wardrobe in his immaculately kept shop with the kind of honesty that only appears after a year of doing something much harder than you expected. "If I base my business on footfall," he says, "I would have closed six months ago."
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A conservation project in the Peruvian Amazon run in partnership with the University of Suffolk has been shortlisted for a prestigious global ecotourism award.
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Perched on a stool, Steve Grimwood is engaged in lively conversation with a regular when I step into Ipswich's oldest retail business. I'm instructed to "take good care" of him before the customer disappears through the revamped rear entrance that has recently benefitted from a £10,000 upgrade.