Greater Anglia has been announced as sponsors for St Elizabeth Hospice’s latest art trail – Hop to it! Suffolk 2025.
Hop to it! Suffolk follows the success of previous hospice art trails – Pigs Gone Wild, Elmer’s Big Parade Suffolk and the Big Hoot Ipswich 2022, with Hop to it! Suffolk being the third trail Greater Anglia has supported.
Through their sponsorship of Hop to it! Suffolk 2025, there will be a large hare sculpture located at both Ipswich and Lowestoft train stations. While, there will also be ten smaller ‘leveret’ sculptures located at Ipswich, Felixstowe, Woodbridge, Beccles and Lowestoft train stations, as part of the art trail’s learning and community programme – Hopscotch.
Jonathan Denby, Head of Corporate Affairs for Greater Anglia said: “We’re delighted to be supporting the Hop to it! Suffolk 2025 art trail in support of St Elizabeth Hospice. With 2025’s theme being hares, which has obvious connections with the Greater Anglia ‘hare’, familiar in our advertising, marketing and promotional activities, and the expansion of the trail to locations along the East Suffolk Lines, there’s a real synergy to our partnership.
“We’re sure the event will boost travel and tourism in the area, as well as providing great days out for people across the county. In addition, we’re proud to be supporting the Hopscotch learning programme for schools and community groups, spreading the benefits of the initiative even further.”
Created in partnership with Wild in Art, the art project will see 38 ornately decorated hare sculptures, featuring a range of designs. The trail, will once again, be hosted in Ipswich as well as, for the first time, in neighbouring satellite locations – Beccles, Felixstowe, Lowestoft and Woodbridge – which will each have two large and four small sculptures in their towns.
The Hopscotch learning programme invites local schools and community groups to join the trail and fundraise by decorating a blank stargazer sculpture. Participants will receive a learning pack with lesson plans, templates, activities, and fundraising ideas. Thanks to Greater Anglia’s sponsorship, ten free Hopscotch spots are available for groups that might otherwise be unable to participate.
Liz Baldwin, Corporate and Sponsorship Fundraising Manager at St Elizabeth Hospice, said: “We’re thrilled to have Greater Anglia sponsoring our latest art trail, ‘Hop to it! Suffolk 2025, and we hope people enjoy exploring the trail, across the region, using Greater Anglia’s rail network.
“Greater Anglia’s longstanding support of the hospice and our art trails has been invaluable. This year, we’re particularly excited about their backing of our Hopscotch learning program, which allows us to offer ten free spots to local schools and community groups. Visit our website to secure your place!”
All funds raised by Hop to it! Suffolk 2025 will go towards supporting the work of St Elizabeth Hospice. An independent Suffolk charity which every year delivers support to over 4,000 people throughout East & Mid Suffolk, Great Yarmouth and Waveney living with a progressive or life-limiting illness.
Annually, these services cost around £12 million to facilitate, with 70% of funds needed being raised through local community support.
Learn more about Hopscotch, and entering the ballot for one of the free leveret sculptures, by visiting – www.stelizabethhospice.org.uk/hoptoitsuffolk/hopscotch/
Find out more details about Hop to It! Suffolk 2025 and how you can support the trail by visiting www.stelizabethhospice.org.uk/hoptoitsuffolk/.