2008 Beijing Javelin bronze medallist Goldie Sayers was in Ipswich on Friday 14 October to help raise vital funding to help talented young sportsmen and women from Suffolk achieve their sporting dreams. Sayers, from Newmarket, had an illustrious sporting career that saw her compete for Team GB in three Olympic …
Sunday saw the return of Suffolk Dog Day, the county’s top event for canines and their humans. After a two-year break, the event was bigger and better than ever before attracting over 5,000 visitors. Described as the Pawfect day out, there was plenty to do including fun dog classes, …
Pound Gates is proud to co-headline sponsor Suffolk Dog Day 2022. Suffolk’s canine event of the year is back by popular demand and will take place at Helmingham Hall on Sunday 31 July. The day is designed to celebrate our furry friends in all their guises, and is a great …
Pound Gates recently awarded a grant of £2,000 to Ipswich Sports Club for the Disabled, raised through our Acorn Fund, a partnership between Pound Gates and Suffolk Community Foundation. Ipswich Sports Club for the Disabled, run entirely by volunteers, provides facilities for sport and social activities for people with disabilities …
League, FA Cup, League Cup and European Cup Winners Cup winner and England football international Paul Merson has helped the Ipswich Sporting Lunch Club to restart after a two year break due to the pandemic. The club, which was launched in 2015 to raise vital funds to enable SportsAid to …
2021 has been a busy year of fundraising at Pound Gates for The Soma Leo Foundation. In the short video below we round up both the events and initiatives undertaken in the UK, and what’s been happening at the school in Nyiera, Kenya throughout the year. If you’d like to …
The Acorn Fund was created by Pound Gates in partnership with Suffolk Community Foundation, to provide financial support to local causes. Since its inception in October 2013 we have distributed £42,000 to 31 great causes, impacting the lives of over £4,000 people. Since the start of the pandemic, we have …
Pound Gates has once again received a very generous charity grant of £2,500 from Ecclesiastical Insurance as part of its ‘Closer to You’ programme. For the 5th year running Pound Gates has donated the grant to its Acorn Fund, a partnership with Suffolk Community Foundation. The grant will go towards …
In January the staff at Pound Gates, along with their colleagues at Sevatas and Contior, pledged to take 11 million steps in Step Up 4 Soma Leo, The Pound Gates Lockdown Steps Challenge. The Challenge was designed to help our staff look after their physical and mental wellbeing during Lockdown …
The staff at Pound Gates have pledged to take 11 million steps in January in Step Up 4 Soma Leo, The Pound Gates Lockdown Steps Challenge. With a new lockdown in place, we recognise the importance of helping our staff to look after their physical and mental wellbeing, and so …
