Ipswich Town Football Club Sponsor Hop to it Suffolk! 2025

Ipswich Town Football Club have announced they will be sponsoring one of the sculptures in St Elizabeth Hospice’s upcoming art trail – Hop to it! Suffolk 2025.

The news was officially revealed with the first trail sculpture – Skye – joining hospice staff alongside Town legend Matt Holland at The Blues’ home of Portman Road.

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 Ipswich Town Football Club has supported.

Legendary Town midfielder, and current board member, Matt Holland said: “The Club is delighted to be supporting St Elizabeth Hospice’s art trail next year.

“We know from previous years how much joy the trails bring to families across Suffolk, while also raising vital funds for a hospice which has been such an important part of the community for many years.”

Created in partnership with Wild in Art, the art project will see over 35 ornately decorated hare sculptures in Ipswich, 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 have over six sculptures per location consisting of both large and small hares.

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.

Liz Baldwin, Corporate and Sponsorship Fundraising Manager at St Elizabeth Hospice, said: “We are thrilled to have Ipswich Town Football Club supporting Hop to it! Suffolk 2025, and it was so lovely to meet Matt Holland at Portman Road to announce this partnership.

“The football club is synonymous with both Ipswich and the wider region. So having the Tractor Boys involved will add excitement to next summer’s art trail, which is set to bring colour and creativity to the local community, as people explore the trail and enjoy the statues in more locations than ever before.”

Find out more details about Hop to It! Suffolk 2025 and how you can support the trail by visiting www.stelizabethhospice.org.uk/hoptoitsuffolk/.