We’re at the Felixstowe Carnival on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 July 2026 – so do pop by to say hello if you’ll be there! The Carnival village is behind the leisure centre, just by the pier and there will be music, stalls, food and fun all weekend long.

We have some fab games to play, a tombola, lots of lovely pet products and gifts to buy and you can see details of all the animals in our care looking for new home.

Of course, all monies raised will go to help vulnerable local animals, so every penny you can spare will be gratefully received 😍

Credit: Hoff Media UK
Credit: Hoff Media UK
Credit: Hoff Media UK

Run the TCS London Marathon with RSPCA Suffolk Central

Picture that famous finishing straight. Buckingham Palace behind you. Thousands of fans roaring you on. The final few metres. And then… you’ve done it. We know you’ve got it in you. And best of all, you’ll be helping to support local animals in need through your fundraising efforts.

We are excited to announce that we have secured a few, very limited, charity spaces for the 2027 London Marathon on Saturday 24 April and applications to run on our team are open NOW!

If you’d like to run on behalf of RSPCA Suffolk Central – all we ask in return is that commit to fundraise at least £2,000 on our behalf ahead of the event, excluding your £100 registration fee and Gift Aid (we’re sure that will be much easier than running a marathon!) But don’t worry, our fundraising team will be on hand to help with your fundraising efforts.

And that’s not all, if you raise over £50 we’ll supply a free running vest!

If you are interested in taking part, please submit your application form online here. Please ensure you fill in as much detail as possible to support your application.

We will be evaluating applications in July/August and be in touch if you make the shortlist for you to meet or have a call with the fundraising team.

Event details

Saturday 24 April 2027

Full details of this iconic event can be viewed online here.

Please email fundraising@rspca-suffolkcentral.org.uk if you have any questions. 

We’re over the moon to tell you that our Family Fun Day in May raised an amazing £2,800 despite the super-hot weather, you still turned out to support our branch and we couldn’t be more grateful!

The day would not have been possible without the kind support of the Suffolk Soul Singers who provided the fantastic live music, HMP Warren Hill and B&Q Ipswich for donating their time and materials to produce bug houses for kiddies to paint, everyone who baked fantastic goodies for our refreshment stand, Riverhills Healthclub & Spa and Play2Day who donated prizes for our raffle/draw and all our volunteers who worked a long day to make this event such a success.

Every penny will support our efforts in rescuing and rehabilitating animals across Suffolk and we couldn’t be more grateful 

As part of our drive to deliver much needed Welfare Services across Suffolk, we’re thrilled to announce that we have partnered with Whitworth Vets, Swayne & Partners and Vets4Pets Ipswich to launch six new Welfare Clinics in Bury St Edmunds, Felixstowe, Haverhill, Ipswich, Long Melford and Newmarket.

Our Welfare Clinics offer access to low-cost vet care and medication to families in need, with them receiving a vet consultation for just £30. To qualify, families need to have a household income of £26,437 or under per year.

The expansion of our Welfare Clinic programme means that more families have easier access to low-cost vets near them, with longer opening days/hours.

These clinics provide a vital service to local families and help keep pets in their loving homes, happy and healthy. You can find out more about all our clinics across Suffolk here.

Friday 12 June saw our inaugural Ryder Pup charity golf day – and Team Essex emerged victorious! It was a tie with 4.5 points each, decided by the biggest winning margins on the holes – with Essex edging ahead 14 v 12.

But what a great day – we had fabulous weather, great food, a wonderful group of players, who really got in the spirit of the day – donating an incredible £1,400 on the day through our auction, raffle and extra donations – thank you all!

Huge thanks also go to our kind sponsors GBS Contracts and MSC UK, as well as the team from Offset Films who were on hand to capture the day on video for us. Thanks also go to everyone who kindly donated prizes for the day including The Stoke By Nayland Resort, The Crown at Stoke by Nayand, The Warren Estate, P&R Locksmiths, C’mon Golfwear and the Skylark Vineyard.

We were recently invited to attend a Poetry night at the Half Moon Pub in Felixstowe, to speak to a group of talented poets that meets regularly to perform or recite poetry.

Our fundraiser, Lorna, gave a short talk about the work our branch does in the Felixstowe area, including our new Welfare Clinic at Whitworth Vets that provides subsidised vet care and medication for families on low-income, our pop-up pet food banks and other financial assistance.

The organisers had tasked the group with reading poems about animals and there were some amazing readings – some that made us cry and some that made us laugh.

The group have kindly agreed to let us reproduce a few for you:

I Paused Unsure by Sean Timms

Yesterday
I was cold and wet life on the street 
exhausted and panting
defeated 
I couldn’t walk 
my paws were so sore 
outside this somewhat familiar building 
I paused 
Unsure 

From angry demeanours comes a different face 
seems kind 
so does the different voice 
a better place awaits you 
Trust me

I know that I don’t really have a choice 
because I’m cold wet and tired from this life on the street 
Go with you or stay 

Today
I awoke to different smells 
rescued 
from a life of abandon misery and abusive yells 
RSPCA 
Not sure what that means 

There you are 
Smile you say 
I recognise your voice 
Your face
your photograph will be on poster wall and computer screens 

Excited 
Visitors are at the shelter 
here I am 
wait 
Please don’t go 
now I’m sad again why do you have to leave 

Happiness 
No More sorrow 
the visitors from yesterday are taking me home tomorrow 
today will be my last day alone 
Adopted 
I will finally have a forever home 

I still don’t know what 
RSPCA means 

But I think it means a better tomorrow 

Colin the Triceratops by Howard

My Triceratops is most unwell
He’s green around the gills
His feet are pink and his ears are ablue
I’m up to my knees in dinosaur poo
and I really can’t stand the smell

I found him ‘neath a chestnut tree
When he was just a calf
I called him Colin and took him home
My neighbours they did laugh

He’s last in line you know
No more once he is gone
Dinosaurs don’t make great pets
But we’ve always got along

My dinosaur is most unwell
So I took him to a vet
“I’m sorry, Colin can’t come here;
He’ll eat the other pets.”

So I took him to my local zoo
To see if they could help
They gave him cherries and monster munch
He roared out loud as he ate his lunch
The spent an hour in the loo

My Triceratops is now fit and well
But it’s time for a new home
I called the RSPCA
And I really don’t know how
They found Colin a farm to stay
And he’s made friends with a cow.

If you would like our team to give a talk for your school, group or at an event, please get in touch here.

This year we thought we’d try something a little different to help the animals in our care find love. So with this in mind, the lovely Maisy will be be offering ‘speed dates’ to potential new families!

Date: Tuesday 17 February 2026
Time slots available: 11.30am, 12noon, 2pm, 2.30pm

If you’d like a 15-minute ‘date’ with Maisy to get to know her, before you consider applying to adopt her, you can register your interest online here.

All we ask is that you meet the adoption criteria for Maisy, so we can ensure that the dates get filled with the most suitable matches – every girl deserves the best chance for love…

To find out more about Maisy, with all the details of her needs, please visit https://rspca-suffolkcentral.org.uk/dogs/maisy/

Spaces are extremely limited, so book your space today!

About Maisy

🐾 MAISY, 7
📍 Suffolk

Brindle queen 👑 | Cuddle connoisseur | Walk lover | Certified good girl with big feels 💛

Loyal, affectionate and endlessly smiley — I’ll greet you like you’re my favourite person every single day. I’m happiest right by your side, preferably on a comfy sofa or out exploring together.

‘Swipe right’ if you:
• have dog experience
• can offer me a private, fully secure garden with 5ft fencing
• want a one-dog household (I like being your main character)
• don’t mind helping me keep up my gentle weight-loss glow-up

Families with kids aged 8+ welcome — I bring the love, you bring the patience.

My love language: chest scratches, sniffy walks, and being told I’m beautiful.

I am looking for my forever human… could that be you? 💕

Staffordshire Bull Terriers (‘Staffies’) are an often over-looked or misunderstood breed, who can spend more time in our care before finding their forever home than some other dogs. However, with the right training Staffies can make wonderful pets, and like Maisy, are well-behaved, affectionate and playful. If you’d like to learn more about Staffies please visit the RSPCA website here.

What a great night! Huge thanks to everyone who came to our Charity Quiz night at The Woolpack in Ipswich last night.

It was a tightly contested quiz, but the winners were Forza TCL – who nabbed some bottles of fizz to celebrate 🍾 A full list of the results are below.

We also raised an incredible £743.48 – all of which will go to help animals in need across Suffolk 🐾💕

Huge thanks to the Woolpack team for generously hosting and @coes_stores, @dial_lane_books and @EastOfEnglandCoop for your generous prize donations and Rebecca, Brian, Katie and Marilyn who volunteered their time to help with quiz-mastering, event set up, ticket sales and running the raffle!

Final results:

Team Name Total score
Forza TCL 92
Relegation fodder 87
Abolut Horse 84
Dazed and Confused 84
The Tudders 81
Quiz 2 Far 78
Foxy Tractors 78
No Ice please 74
We brought a dog 71
Bleak Expectations Revisited 69
Aurora 59

Our next quiz night will be in Martlesham on Saturday 11 April and tickets will be on sale soon! You can find details of this, and all upcoming events here.

If you’re interested in volunteering at any of our other events, please visit our volunteering page on our website here to find out more.

Our new range of birthday cards is hitting our charity shops in early February! All our stores in Felixstowe, Ipswich, Stowmarket and Bury St Edmunds will be selling the fun range of dog and cat cards for £2 each!

This completes our new stationery range which includes mini notebooks, bookmarks and fridge magnets. Priced from just £1.50, these items are fantastic gifts for any animal lover.

The animals featured are inspired by actual animals that we have cared for, and their details are on the back of each birthday card.

We hope you love these as much as we do – and all profits from the sale of these products will be used to support our work helping animals in need across Suffolk.

Details of our shop locations and opening hours can be viewed on our website: https://rspca-suffolkcentral.org.uk/our-shops/

We wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who kindly donated a gift to the animals in our care this Christmas through our Festive Gift Appeal. You were so kind, every animal got a gift and we were able to put out stockings for our residents on Christmas eve. 

Not only did families, individuals and local groups hand-deliver parcels to our Martlesham Animal Centre, local businesses got involved too.

We can’t say thank you to everyone personally (blame GDPR) but please believe your kindness meant the world to us all.