Tim Holder from the Suffolk Community Foundation launching a previous Surviving Winter campaign Picture: GREGG BROWN
A campaign that has warmed hearts and saved lives across Suffolk this winter has been hailed as the best ever after raising just under £300,000 to help tackle fuel poverty.
Suffolk Community Foundation’s Surviving Winter Appeal has raised £298,450 to help older and vulnerable people in the county stay warm this winter. That figure is more than double the amount raised in previous years, and means Suffolk tops the leader board of county appeals across the UK.
Leading the appeal, Tim Holder, Head of Public Affairs at Suffolk Community Foundation said: “We are feeling so proud for Suffolk. Not only are we breaking our own county records with the money raised this year, we also find ourselves proving our ‘Caring County’ status once again, by leading nationwide with our record-breaking efforts here in Suffolk.