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Suffolk Community Foundation and @sizewellc are delighted to announce that @greenlighttrust has been awarded £14,755 in the latest round of funding.

Helena Harris, Head of Operations said: “We are really pleased to receive funding from the Sizewell C Community Fund and are excited about our new partnership with Wardens Trust. This funding will enable us to deliver nature-based activities for local people within a beautiful space at Wardens Trust.

People will be able to come together in a calm and inspiring environment, engage in well-being and wood-crafting activities and have lunch around a campfire, which will be specially built. They will also be able to learn more about Wardens Trust and volunteering opportunities should they wish to do so.”

The Sizewell C Community Fund will provide up to £23m to local charities, community groups and organisations which are delivering projects that benefit communities located closest to, and most impacted by, Sizewell C development activity site.

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Nicki visited Hope for Tomorrow Mobile Cancer Unit in Sudbury recently.

@hopefortomorrowcharity is a charity that supports cancer patients by providing mobile cancer care units to NHS Trusts across England. Founded in 2003 by Christine Mills in memory of her husband, the charity aims to reduce the stress of long-distance travel for treatment. The mobile units bring chemotherapy closer to patients, visiting community locations like health centres and supermarkets. This helps reduce travel time, costs, and waiting, while offering care in a more comfortable setting. With 13 units operating in 9 counties, the charity supported nearly 30,000 treatments in 2022/23.

The charity received funding from our Suffolk Giving Fund, a private fund and the Miller Fund last year. The unit visits Sudbury and Newmarket every week. Nicki was very impressed with the set up and the collaboration between the NHS (which pays for staff and treatment costs) and the charity which pays for the vehicle and all the running costs.

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Here are James and Sarah from our Sizewell C Community Fund team at @firstlightlowestoft. They had a fantastic day on the beach and in Kensington Gardens, spreading the word about the fund by speaking to charities and voluntary organisations.

The Sizewell C Community Fund will provide up to £23m to local charities, community groups and organisations which are delivering projects that benefit communities located closest to, and most impacted by, Sizewell C development activity sites in East Suffolk.

Find out more at www.sizewellcfund.org.uk

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Thank you @lowestofttowncouncil for hosting the principal celebrations for this year`s Suffolk Day. What a glorious morning it was! The proclamation was beautifully read by students from East Point Academy, The Benjamin Britten Academy and @ormistondenes and we all enjoyed music from the Suffolk Chamber Orchestra.

The Suffolk Medal was also given out to five worthy recipients by our Lord Lieutenant, Clare, Countess of Euston. Citations were read by Suffolk High Sheriff Gulshan Kayembe DL.

If you are a resident of Suffolk, you can nominate someone for a Suffolk Medal. Please visit www.thesuffolkmedal.org.uk for more information.

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Last Thursday we had the pleasure of visiting Castan Woods for our team away day. It was the perfect spot to catch up with colleagues and discuss our strategy and operational planning. Thank you so much to @greenlighttrust for hosting us, we really enjoyed learning more about the work you do in such beautiful surroundings.

Suffolk Community Foundation and @sizewellc are pleased to announce that @leistonswimmingclub has been awarded £88,030 by the Sizewell C Community Fund.

Buddy Lamb, volunteer and committee member said:

"We’re incredibly thankful to have been awarded this funding. It will allow us to grow and enhance the club, which in turn will enable us to expand the programs and
opportunities we can provide for people in Leiston and the surrounding communities.

“The funding will be used to provide dedicated equipment for all of our members, relieving the burden on families, offering extra pool time to enable more opportunities to swim, all the way to being able to offer a new Masters program for adults and providing dedicated support to all of our volunteers. We believe this will help more individuals and families get involved in the sport— supporting both their mental and physical wellbeing.”

“As a club run entirely by volunteers, we were initially nervous about applying, since we had no prior experience and no dedicated staff to handle the application process.
But the support we received from the team at Suffolk Community Foundation was outstanding and made everything so much more manageable.”

The Sizewell C Community Fund will provide up to £23m to local charities, community groups and organisations which are delivering projects that benefit local communities in East Suffolk. Find out more at www.sizewellcfund.org.uk

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