Get involved with your local charities by volunteering, fundraising and participating in some of their activities in Essex and Suffolk, listed below. Charity events this spring
March
St Elizabeth Hospice www.stelizabethhospice.org.uk Big Hospice Sewing Bee, Ipswich Tuesday 1 - Saturday 19 March Ipswich Arts School www.cimuseums.org.uk Art/Science/Life exhibition Tuesday 1 March – Sunday 29 May Essex Book Festival www.essexbookfestival.org.uk Tuesday 1 March – Thursday 31 March Trianon Music Group www.tmg.org.uk Community concert, Ipswich Saturday 5 March Ipswich Institute www.ipswichinstitute.org.uk Public lecture Thursday 10 March Essex Air Ambulance www.essexairambulance.uk.com Strictly Air Ambulance, Colchester Friday 11 March The Soldiers’ Charity eastanglia@soldierscharity.org Bollywood evening, Dedham Friday 11 March
St Helena Hospice www.sthelenahospice.co.uk Dance-a-thon, Colchester Saturday 12 March
Best feet forward: At the Heli Hounds Dog Day (above) and (left) who’s got the stamina for the St Helena Hospice Dance-a-thon
The Tom Bowdidge Foundation www.tombowdidgefoundation.org and The Robin Cancer Trust www.therobincancertrust.org Colchester Half Marathon Sunday 13 March
Mayor of Ipswich Charity Ball www.ipswich.gov.uk Saturday 19 March
St Patrick’s Day Celebrations www.colchester.gov.uk Colchester Moot Hall Thursday 17 March
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