Art Trail Hops into Beccles & Lowestoft for the Summer!

The hares of St Elizabeth Hospice’s latest fundraising art trail – Hop to it! Suffolk 2025 – have hopped into Beccles and Lowestoft as part of the Suffolk-wide art trail raising funds and awareness for St Elizabeth Hospice.

Running from 21^st June to 29^th August, Hop to it! Suffolk 2025 is the fourth art trail hosted by the independent Suffolk charity.

As well as being held in Ipswich, Hop to it! Suffolk 2025 is the first hospice art trail to extend to satellite locations across the county, including Beccles, Felixstowe, Lowestoft and Woodbridge – thanks to the support from presenting partners East Suffolk Council and Suffolk County Council.

Created in partnership with Wild in Art, the project sees 33 large, ornately decorated hare sculptures take over Ipswich for the summer, each featuring unique designs. Meanwhile, there are a mix of 22 large and small hares located throughout Beccles and Lowestoft for the community to enjoy.

Celia Joseph, Community & Projects Fundraising Manager at St Elizabeth Hospice, said: “Wow, we are hopping with joy and are so pleased to officially launch Hop to it! Suffolk 2025.

“Our beautifully decorated hares have found their homes for the summer and we are sure the local community will have a hare-tastic time discovering the hares and visiting our hosting towns of Ipswich, Woodbridge, Felixstowe, Beccles and Lowestoft,

“Thank you to all our amazing sponsors, supporters and volunteers who have made Hop to it! Suffolk 2025 possible!”

Coinciding with Suffolk Day on 21^st June, Hop to it! Suffolk 2025 is set to be the hospice’s biggest art trail yet.

Sculptures can be found at East Point Pavilion, Lowestoft Train Station, Beccles Train Station and Beccles Town Centre – to name but a few.

Full details on sculpture locations can be found by purchasing a trail map from Hop HQ in Ipswich and from St Elizabeth Hospice shops (see website for full details) or by downloading the Hop to it! Suffolk 2025 app from Google Play or the Apple App Store.

All funds raised by Hop to it! Suffolk 2025, and accompanying fundraising activities, 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.