Events – RSPCA

15 Jan

Supermarket Collection Dates 2020

We are always in need of volunteers to help us with our collections – all we ask is 2 hours of your time and friendly dogs are very welcome! We know that there are a lot of animal loves in Suffolk and we hope some of you will be able to help us raise money for animals in need through our collections.

We have the following collections coming up until the end of June 2020 where we need your help or perhaps you will see us in store, come and say hello and donate a little?

Co-Op in Barham on 31st January
Tesco at Copdock Interchange on 16th February
Co-Op in Framlingham on 27th March
Morrisons in Felixstowe on 18th and 19th April
Co-Op in Needham Market on 24th April
Co-Op in Woodbridge on 8th May
Co-Op in Debenham on 29th May
Co-Op in Rickinghall on 6th June
Co-Op in Felixstowe on 20th June
Co-Op in Combs Ford on 26th June

If you would like to help us or to find out more about helping with supermarket collections, please contact:

Ian Hendry on 01449 767747 (after 6pm) or ian.hendry@rspca-ipswich.org.uk

Collection dates for the remainder of 2020 will be added shortly…

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15 Jan

Super supermarkets – thank you

Thank you to our local Co-op, ASDA, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, and Tesco supermarkets, along with the SPAR in Felixstowe, for their support during 2019. By allowing us to hold supermarket collections in their stores, we raised a staggering £5,078.84 of much needed funds for our Branch.

This is a vital source of income, and we will be holding further supermarket collections in 2020. Details can be found on our website or at the back of our newsletter, coming out at the end of January.

We couldn’t do this without the unstinting help of volunteers who collect on the day. If you would like to help at any of our supermarket collections, please contact Ian Hendry on 01449 767747 (after 6pm) or via ian.hendry@rspca-ipswich.org.uk.

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12 Nov

Christmas cheer at Holbrook

Our Christmas Fair on Saturday (9 November) raised a magnificent £987.65 to help with our animal welfare work.

Many thanks to all our wonderful volunteers who made the event possible, including Sue and her crew who ran the refreshments and made some awesome cakes and sausage rolls. Thanks also to Jean, Geoffrey, John and Yvonne, Lorna, Jan, Mary and Stephen for their help on the day. Our thanks also to everyone who donated raffle and tombola prizes and who helped publicise the event.

There was a festive range of craft and food stalls, including organic dog treats, Tropic toiletries, delicious homemade jams, gluten and dairy-free cakes and pastries plus Christmas gifts including bags and bunting, fairy jars and crystal angels.

Many thanks to all the stallholders and to everyone who came to support the Branch and our animals.

We are always looking out for more people to help at events and collections, so if you’ve been thinking of volunteering, please take a look at the volunteers section.

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RSPCA Christmas Fair 2018: RSPCA goodies for sale

30 Oct

Festive Christmas Fair

Start getting in the Christmas spirit with the RSPCA’s fabulous Christmas Fair on Saturday 9th November at Holbrook Village Hall, The Street, Holbrook, IP9 2PZ (10am to 2pm). Entry is free.

In addition to our great RSPCA stalls such as raffle, tombola, bric-a-brac and new goods including Christmas cards and calendars, we have a fascinating range of brilliant craft and food stalls. These include organic dog treats, Tropic toiletries, delicious homemade jams and chutneys, gluten and dairy-free cakes and pastries plus Christmas gifts including bags and bunting, fairy jars and crystal angels. There will also be hot and cold refreshments.

Help support our local animal welfare work as well as beginning the run-up to the festive season. To download a poster, please click here.

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29 Oct

Helping Animals in Need through Supermarket Collections in December

We have the following collections coming up until the end of the year where we need your help. Perhaps you will see us, come and say hello and donate a little?

Tesco at Stowmarket on 7th December
Co-Op at Wickham Market on 20th December

If you would like to help us or to find out more about helping with supermarket collections, please contact:

Ian Hendry on 01449 767747 (after 6pm) or ian.hendry@rspca-ipswich.org.uk

New collection dates for 2020 will follow shortly…

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29 Oct

Quiz Night Results!

Our Quiz Night on 26 October at St Michael’s Church Centre, Martlesham Heath was a great success, raising a record-breaking £889.50 for our animal welfare work.

17 teams (85 people) enjoyed a fun quiz and delicious baked potatoes! The winning team was “Hello Sailor” who beat the competition with 85 points out of 110!

Sincere thanks go to everyone who came along and supported the event, all those who helped on the night and those who donated raffle prizes.

Please keep an eye out on our website and Facebook page for the dates of our quiz nights in 2020.

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25 Sep

Shop online and raise money for animals

On the 5th August 2019, the way you can donate to us when you shop with Amazon changed. If you search for Amazon on www.easyfundraising.org.uk or the easyfundraising App, you will be directed to AmazonSmile. You can still raise FREE donations for RSPCA Suffolk East & Ipswich Branch when you buy things from Amazon – you’ll just need to create a free account at smile.amazon.co.uk.

AmazonSmile is a website operated by Amazon that lets you enjoy the same wide selection of products as their main site. But if you shop on smile.amazon.co.uk, Amazon will donate 0.5% of the net purchase price (excluding VAT, returns and shipping fees) to us – the charity of your choice.

Easy Fundraising is still around, just not for Amazon purchases. You can continue to use easyfundraising to shop with 4,000 other retailers. You can support the Branch when you shop online by signing up at

http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/rspcasuffolkeastipswich

Rest assured, it doesn’t cost a penny extra to shop this way and you may even get yourself a few discounts.

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03 Sep

Thank You

Thank you to everyone who came to our Open Day on Sunday and to all the volunteers and staff who worked so hard to make the event happen. We raised a magnificent £2317.39.

It was a lovely sunny day, and not too hot for the dogs, so the fun dog show was as popular as ever. The BBQ and refreshments were busy, and the other stalls, including hoop-la, bric-a-brac, doggy treats and some lovely crafts, had a steady stream of customers.

There were definitely fewer people this year and money seemed to be more limited, impacting on the raffle, tombola and RSPCA logo goods, which all took less than usual.

But the total was still excellent and we’re grateful for all the kind people who helped – from setting up the gazebos to baking cakes, covering a stall to marshalling traffic. And an especial thank you to the staff and volunteers who stepped up to fill in at the last minute.

Our next events are our Quiz on October 26 and our Christmas Fair on November 9 at Holbrook. See our events section for more details.

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04 Jul

Open Day & Fun Dog show returns

After being rained off last year, our annual open day and fun dog show returns to the Martlesham Animal Centre on Sunday 1^st September (fingers crossed!)

Our traditional stalls, including raffle, tombola, RSPCA branded goods and bric-a-brac, will be there, along with a tasty BBQ and the ever-popular tea tent, with delicious cakes and savouries. Stalls already booked include animal themed cards, jewellery and novelties, gourmet dog treats, carved wooden decorations, children’s pocket money toys and glitter tattoos.

This is one of our main fundraising events, so please do come along and help us raise the money we need to go on helping animals in the local area.

The event opens at 11:30am. Dog Show registration is from 12 noon with judging from 1pm.

If you would like to download a poster, please click here.

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04 Jul

Rain didn’t stop play – new event raises over £350 for animals

Despite the weather – and Fathers’ Day – being against us, our first ever One Fun Day still managed to raise £377.78

Held in Earl Stonham Village Hall and on the local cricket pitch, our One Fun Day was part of a series of RSPCA events happening nationwide on the same day to raise awareness of our work and money for local animals in need.

Thank you to everyone who helped.

To Jean, Kathy and Lynn for running the refreshment and Jean, Kathy, Sue and Denice for their baking and other lovely eatables, and Stephen for his soup.

The Dog Show was ably judged by Geoffrey and Carrie – the Society’s Interim Field Ops Director – and well supported by Daniel and Melayna running the registration stall. Skinner’s Pet Food at Stradbrooke kindly donated dog food vouchers to first, second and third prize winners as well as to Best in Show.

John, Yvonne, Kate, Caroline and Julie and Jill braved the intermittent rain and constant, frolicksome wind, to run outdoor stalls, including one showing the quality items available from our Stowmarket shop, and John and Yvonne’s ever-popular books, DVDs and jigsaws stall.

One key element was getting everything, from gazebos to bunting, from Martlesham to the lovely Village Hall at Earl Stonham. Huge thanks to Daniel, Melayna, Caroline and Stephen for logistics and transportation.

Also thanks to Ren & her partner for help on the day and the HQ Campaigns stall – which looked fabulous – and Zoe and Neil for helping unpack at the MAC afterwards.

More thanks go to the non-RSPCA stallholders who brought a great range of goods, and themselves made kind donations to us on the day.

It was also the first outing of our new, commercial strength, gazebo, which was immovable in the wind and proved itself – to the heart-felt relief of all of us – 100% rainproof!

This was a lovely event, in an area of the Branch where we’ve no track record of activities, so we hope this will be the first in a long line of successful events that raise lots of money for animals in need.

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