One Month Until Hospice Art Trails Hops into Suffolk

There is just under a month until St Elizabeth Hospice’s latest fundraising art trail – Hop to it! Suffolk 2025 – hops into Suffolk for the summer.

Taking place between 21 June and 29 August, Hop to it! Suffolk 2025 follows the success of previous hospice art trails – Pigs Gone Wild, Elmer’s Big Parade Suffolk, and The Big Hoot Ipswich 2022.

This much-anticipated event will once again be hosted in Ipswich. For the first time, it will also extend to satellite locations across the county, including Beccles, Felixstowe, Lowestoft and Woodbridge – with support from presenting partners East Suffolk Council and Suffolk County Council.

Created in partnership with Wild in Art, the project will see 33 large, ornately decorated hare sculptures take over Ipswich for the summer, each featuring unique designs.

Meanwhile, there will be a mix of 52 large and small hares located throughout the satellite locations, for the community to enjoy.

Celia Joseph, Community & Partnerships Fundraising Manager at St Elizabeth Hospice, said: “Excitement is building at the hospice, as we cannot wait for Hop to it! Suffolk to hit the streets of Suffolk this summer.

“It is set to be a summer of colour and creativity as our hares hop to towns across Suffolk – as part of the region’s biggest, free art event!

“Many thanks to our partners, sponsors, volunteers, and talented artists who have worked so hard to create such a brilliant trail for us all to enjoy this summer and we look forward to welcoming the local community to the trail next month.”

Coinciding with Suffolk Day on 21 June, Hop to it! Suffolk 2025 is set to be the hospice’s biggest art trail yet. Further details will be released in the coming months regarding the date for the all-important auction, where the sculptures will be auctioned off to raise vital funds for St Elizabeth Hospice.

There is also an opportunity to take part in Hop on it! a fundraising cycle ride – of either 50 or 70 mile routes – being held by the hospice.

This will take place on 29 June and will see riders pass many of the art trail’s sculptures as they complete their challenges.

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.