Suffolk Community Foundation

The Pear Tree Fund,  https://peartreefund.org/ was set up to work alongside NHS provision by providing funds for extra nursing and holistic care as well as some specialist equipment for the terminally

A grant of £1,262 was awarded to provide elderly residents from Hartismere Care Home with weekly visits to Thornham Walks, including lunch, for 8 weeks.

A grant of £2,000 as awarded towards the WellSpring Singing project. The organisation provided 20 fortnightly singing sessions for older people living at Margery Girling House in Felixstowe. An average

A grant of £2,250 was awarded to provide farming activities for people living with dementia. “One lady said: “That was a day for me and my daughter.” The home manager

Members can exercise in confidence knowing that there is an experienced cardiac nurse on site at all times. There have been 504 consultations with the nurse during the period of

Outcome measures show that for those living with dementia 25% were visiting their GP less at the end of therapy and, for those caring for them, there was an 11%

A grant from The Pargiter Fund has enabled Suffolk Artlink to programme a further five Forget-Me-Not sessions on the Constable Suite at Ipswich Hospital. The project worked with patients living

Since this funding, they have continued providing the 11 Synergy Cafes throughout Suffolk with a full team of staff and the support of 25 valued volunteers. They have launched a

They held a ‘Living Well in Later Life’ event, organised by United Response, in April 2016 when the materials were available for use by attendees. There were 359 attendances at

Villagers and hall hirers have been impressed with the overall refurbishment of the hall and it has given local people a sense of pride in their hall. This has been