This Christmas, Be a Star and donate to our appeal to support patients and families who may be spending their last Christmas together.
From top prize auctions, festive fundraising events, shopping & more, discover how you can support your local hospice this Christmas…
“For our family, Christmas had always been about love, laughter and being together. Mum adored Christmas. She loved decorating her home, spoiling her grandchildren and creating special moments for all of us.
“For us, it wasn’t about making Christmas perfect. It was about being together. It was about Mum seeing the faces of her grandchildren, hearing the carols and enjoying the Christmas she had helped create. Because of St Elizabeth Hospice, Mum was there to see it all.
“I will always be grateful for what the hospice gave our family. They gave Mum care, comfort and dignity. But they also gave us something incredibly precious: time together and treasured memories.”
Whether someone is being cared for at the hospice or supported in their own home, St Elizabeth Hospice will continue to be there when it matters most.
Could provide a home-cooked Christmas dinner for a patient and someone they love, helping another family share Christmas Day together.
Could fund an hour of nursing care, helping a patient feel comfortable and supported so they can focus on being with the people they love.
Could provide specialist advice through our 24/7 OneCall service, helping three families access expert support when they need it this Christmas.
Give a one-off gift to support hospice care in your community this Christmas, or consider giving a regular gift all year round.
A festive, family-friendly, feel-good silent disco experience on a running track
Join hundreds of brave dippers running into the North Sea at Felixstowe seafront on Christmas Day, in aid of the hospice.
If you donate to our Be a Star Appeal between 1 – 7 December, your donation will be matched at no extra cost to you!
We hope you will join us for our Christmas remembrance service. This will be a special chance to come together during the festive season for a moment of reflection.
Together with East Anglia’s Children’s Hospice (EACH) and JustHelping,we are, once again, offering our annual Christmas tree collection and recycling initiative.
This December, our shops are getting in the festive spirit, with extra shopping hours, seasonal events & even the opportunity to meet Santa!
Lots of our events require volunteers to help them run successfully. From Santa Dash, Light Up a Life and Christmas Day Dip, find out the latest vacancies by clicking this card…
Eligible donations made by individual supporters during Match giving Week are matched pound for pound from a dedicated fund.
This means when you donate, the hospice will get double the amount, at no additional cost to yourself. If you donate £25 during Match Giving Week, the hospice will get £50!
Sign up to our annual tradition and join hundreds of other dippers, in festive outfits, as they plunge themselves into the icy cold North Sea at Felixstowe to raise vital funds, through sponsorship, for St Elizabeth Hospice. Your fundraising will help us to deliver free care to over 4,000 patients and their families a year throughout East & Mid Suffolk, Great Yarmouth and Waveney.
Photo credit: Stephen Squirrell
This is a festive event with a twist – pop on your silent disco headphones, pick your distance, select your favourite tunes and complete as many laps as you like at your own pace. Whether you want to run, jog, walk or dance your laps, this is all about having fun as a family.
Once you’ve completed your chosen number of laps, head into the centre of the track and keep the disco going with friends, family and fellow fundraisers.
This Christmas, we warmly invite you to join us for Light Up a Life – a time to come together and celebrate the lives of those we love and remember.
This year, we have a range of different ways you can remember your loved one at this special time of year.
We also invite you to dedicate and donate to our Tree of Love online, which will mean your star will be included at our in-person services.
We understand that the loss of a loved one can be felt more deeply during Christmas.
This year, we have two services for Light Up a Life. One at Ipswich Minster and another at the hospice itself.
We also have three services in the Great Yarmouth & Waveney area that will be taking collections to support our services.
Find out more via the buttons below.
Book in your slot for us to collect & recycle your Christmas tree, with a donation to your local hospice.
We will be collecting trees from the following postcodes:
NR29, NR30, NR31, NR32, NR33, NR34 & NR35
IP1, IP2, IP3, IP4, IP5, IP6, IP7, IP8, IP9, IP10, IP11, IP12, IP13, IP14, IP15, IP16, IP17, IP18 & CO11
Book in your collection from Saturday 15 November 2026.
Registration closes Sunday 3 January 2027.
Wear your festive jumper and help raise funds for the hospice this Christmas!
Sign up with your workplace, school, friends or family – every penny raised will support families in your local community.
If you sign up to take part we’ll be able to provide materials to help you fundraise!
Shine bright for your local hospice this Christmas!
Generous supporters decorate their houses in beautiful festive lights in aid of the hospice across Suffolk.
Take a look at the local displays ,that are supporting us, this year.
Please get in contact if you’d like your display to raise funds to support us!
An easy way to fundraise for St Elizabeth Hospice this Christmas is to shop and eat with us.
You can visit in store to get some festive bargains, indulge at Moments Coffee Shop, explore Christmas cards online or delve into our unique finds on eBay…
