Hop to it! Suffolk 2025 Raises Over £420,000
St Elizabeth Hospice is reflecting on a summer of success after revealing that its Hop to it! Suffolk 2025 art trail raised more than £420,000.
Hop to it! Suffolk 2025 filled the county with colour and creativity, culminating in a fundraising auction that raised over £250,000 for the independent charity on the night.
Running from 21 June to 29 August, the hospice’s fourth art trail featured more than 130 hare sculptures displayed across Suffolk.
For the first time, the trail extended beyond Ipswich to satellite locations in Beccles, Felixstowe, Lowestoft and Woodbridge, made possible with support from presenting partners East Suffolk Council, Ipswich Borough Council and Suffolk County Council.
In total, the funds raised by Hop to it! Suffolk 2025 stands at over £420,000 (with funds still coming in, this figure is correct at time of publishing), a record-breaking amount, surpassing the money raised by previous art trails hosted by the hospice, alongside creative partners Wild in Art – Pigs Gone Wild 2016, Elmer’s Big Parade Suffolk 2019 and the Big Hoot Ipswich 2022.
Celia Joseph, Community & Projects Fundraising Manager at St Elizabeth Hospice, said: “Hop to it! Suffolk 2025 was our biggest and most successful art trail yet.
“We cannot thank everyone enough for their support in helping us to achieve this result which will go to provide care for local people living with life-limiting and progressive illness.
“Hop to it! Suffolk was a wonderful celebration of community, creativity and collaboration, which brought enjoyment to so many people across the region while raising funds and awareness for St Elizabeth Hospice’s vital services.
“We are very grateful to our presenting partners, sponsors, volunteers and the many local businesses, schools and community groups who made the trail possible and helped us have an ‘hare-mazing’ summer!”
All funds raised by Hop to it! Suffolk 2025 will go towards St Elizabeth Hospice. An independent Suffolk charity, every year the hospice 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.
