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Reporter Sophie Wyllie holding a Cash For Charities campaign coupon. Picture: Danielle Booden
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Charities have spoken about the desperate need to start fundraising again after a tough year of coronavirus lockdowns.
The call comes as over 100 worthy causes have put their names forward to get a share of £20,000 through this paper s Cash For Charities campaign.
A Cash For Charities coupon which are available in the Eastern Daily Press,, Norwich Evening News and their sister weekly titles until July 3.
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Readers of the EDP, Norwich Evening News and sister weekly titles can collect coupons on behalf of charities which have applied for the fund until July 3 each day, apart from in Saturday s EDP.
Meanwhile, Tom Barker, assistant director for Sustainable Communities at Mid Suffolk and Babergh, commented: “I am immensely grateful to the groups and organisations who have pulled together to look after Mid Suffolk’s most vulnerable residents or helped those hit hardest financially by Covid-19. Our council’s grant scheme has hopefully provided comfort to many while the virus and its aftermath remains.”
Funding was also approved for walking routes, leisure equipment and local sports clubs over the last 12 months.
This includes more than £50,000 in funding which has been collected from developers building new homes in the district, being put towards new play areas in Badwell Ash and Elmswell, while £36,500 was awarded to Mid Suffolk tennis clubs and a £2,000 discretionary grant was given to establish a new ParkRun at Chilton Fields in Stowmarket.
The Priscilla Bacon Hospice is among the causes which have signed up.
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Today is the first day you can collect tokens in our Cash for Charities campaign –to win a share of £20,000 for your favourite good cause in Norfolk, Waveney and north Suffolk.
It is estimated charities in Norfolk alone lost up to £120m because of the coronavirus pandemic, as most traditional fundraising activities ground to a halt.
And that means they have found it more difficult than ever to support the vulnerable people who often rely upon their work.
Wymondham Dementia Support Group has signed up for Cash for Charities
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6:30 AM April 26, 2021
Lots of organisations have signed up to the Cash for Charities campaign - including Inspire Suffolk, St John Ambulance, ActivLives, BACT Community Transport and many more
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Today is the first day you can collect tokens in our Cash for Charities campaign - to win a share of £20,000 for your favourite good cause in Suffolk and north Essex.
Many charities have struggled during the coronavirus crisis, as the pandemic has cut off their main sources of fundraising and income.
That, in turn, has had a major impact on services and those most in need in our community, with Age UK Suffolk even being forced to close last year.