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Strictly Charity is back!

13 February 2019

Strictly Charity with Ipswich School of Dancing is here for 2019! We’re looking for people to volunteer to take on the challenge of learning to dance and fundraise for us for our Strictly Charity 2019 fundraiser! Once again, we’re teaming up with Ipswich School of Dancing for our popular dancing...

Young people facing fears on residential trips

11 February 2019

Our Prince’s Trust Team programme is one of our most successful education programmes for local young people across Suffolk. The programme takes place over 12 weeks and is life-changing allowing our participants to gain confidence and skills and overcome challenges they face. In the second week of the programme, our...

Valuable construction work experience with local employers

7 February 2019

The young people on our Step Up into Construction programme in Lowestoft have been gaining some invaluable experience with local construction company Adams Contracts Building and Maintenance. The students were given the opportunity to work to work alongside the local employer putting their learning into practice. Our Step Up into...

Success at Ipswich Town bucket collection

4 February 2019

Our staff and volunteers braved the icy cold conditions this weekend to host a bucket collection for Inspire Suffolk at the Ipswich Town vs. Sheffield Wednesday match at Portman Road! A very big thank you to everyone who gave up their time to support us! It was an icy day, so...

New year, new film!

18 January 2019

Today, we are launching our new film shining the light on three of the thousands of inspirational local young people who have benefitted directly through our support. The film focusses on the challenges Annabelle, Marylou and Vinny faced including mental health issues, dyslexia and drug addiction and how they overcame...

Make a positive start to the year with one of our programmes

7 January 2019

Team programme starting 21st January 2019 What is Team programme? The Prince’s Trust Team programme is for young people aged 16-25 who aren’t currently in education, employment or training. If you’re not sure what your next steps are then Team programme could be the perfect course for you! Team programme...

Local young people from Sudbury graduate from Team programme and inspire with their journey’s

19 December 2018

We’re shining a light on the great work our Sudbury Team programme (hyperlink) have been doing in the community and boosting their skills ready for their next steps over the past 12 weeks. The young people on our Prince’s Trust Team programme’s across the county have been graduating from our...

Young people help make way for new animals for their Community Project!

28 November 2018

After coming back from an action-packed residential, the young people from our Stowmarket Prince’s Trust Team programme began to plan for their community project. The group are supporting the Museum of East Anglian Life helping out with their new heritage farm scheme, which supports education about rural heritage, food and...

Barnes Construction site visit for our Step Up students

22 November 2018

The young people on our Step Up into Construction programme have been gaining some invaluable experience with local construction company Barnes Construction. This week they have been given the opportunity to visit their Festool site at Bury St Edmunds. (more…)

Support our 2018 Christmas fundraising campaign

20 November 2018

The festive period is well and truly upon us! With 2018 coming to an end, we are asking our supporters to give a gift to us and spend some time fundraising to help us to support the young people in our county to overcome personal challenges onto a positive next...