Branch Event

Come and enjoy a creative crafting day at our newest charity shop and café in Bury St Edmunds, with loads of things to do and make for adults and children of all ages!

Challenge yourself to make a bug hotel or bird feeder, a t-shirt dog toy, or a snuffle mat to help keep dogs entertained and mentally active. There’s even a snuffle mat kit to take home and make for your own dog. On the day and in the run up to One Fun Day, we’ll be handing out colouring sheets and will display the best pictures in our shop.

Our shop and café, which serves delicious hot and cold drinks and tasty cakes, buns and pastries, will be open and there will be a great raffle too.

Join us once again for our family-orientated fun day with a host of interactive stalls and refreshments!

This fun day out for the whole family (including well-behaved dogs) includes activities such as inflatable fun, games, raffle and tombola, live music, food stalls and local small business stands.

You will also be able to look around the Centre and meet some of our current residents (but no dogs in the Centre please).

£1 minimum donation at the gate.

We hope to see you there!

Please note: Pre-booked disabled parking only. Main parking available at the Martlesham Community Centre.

We are looking for 200 people to come together for a fun, but challenging yoga session including downward facing dog (or puppy) yoga poses and a deep relaxation crystal singing bowl sound bath therapy to raise funds for RSPCA Suffolk Central and our much needed Dog Sensory Garden at our Martlesham Animal Centre.

After checking in, make your way to the Grand Hall, where the event will last just over three hours including a gentle warm up, the yoga challenge and post-yoga relaxation at the end for you to enjoy a well-earned rest.

After a short comfort break you’ll then be treated to a sound bath to promote deep relaxation and encourage your body to heal and be calm. Lay back under a blanket and just relax – all while raising funds for animal welfare!

The yoga will be led by Kate Sheppard of Yoga Felixstowe and Katharine Lawrence of Ashtanga Yoga Ipswich – both experienced yoga teachers, who have crafted a varied and engaging session that will include a variety of sequences designed to provide an engaging session for all experience levels! The Crystal Singing Bowl Sound Bath Therapy will be run via Emma Atkinson of Fitology Studio.

Attendees can arrive from 10am, with a session start time of 10.30am.

Date: Sunday 23 June 2024
Timings: 10am-1.30pm
Location: Corn Exchange, King Street, Ipswich, IP1 1EG

Ticket cost: £20 **pre-booking essential**

Find out more or sign up here!

If you are up for an extra challenge we invite you to try to raise an additional £200 to help celebrate our anniversary year!

Can't make the event day? Find out how you could take on a challenge of doing 200 Downward Dogs in your own time at home, work or school and help fundraise to support animal welfare across Suffolk.

A fantastic fun filled day celebrating 200 years of the RSPCA’s mission to change animals’ lives for the better – for every kind. Includes a fun dog show, refreshments and pizza van, raffle, games, crafts and animal related stalls.

Focused around a fun dog show – including a Dads ‘n’ Dogs class to celebrate Fathers’ Day – stalls include craft projects like make your own snuffle mat, guess the scent with a free prize draw, and a Wishing Tree to capture our hopes for the future of animals in our world. You can find out more about the Branch’s fundraising and education work including animal welfare talks to groups, how to volunteer with us and ways to support us such as donating to our shops or getting involved in other fundraising events like our Down Dog 200 yoga challenge and the Ipswich Half Marathon.

FREE entry and car parking on site.

Dog show registration from 12 noon, with judging from 1pm.

Welcome quizzers! We've booked the date for our next Branch quiz and we're welcoming teams of up to 6 people with some testing questions and a hot supper of jacket potato with a selection of fillings.

Tables are going quickly and we only have a couple left!

Doors will open at 7 pm for a 7.30 pm start.

Hot and soft drinks will be available, and you are welcome to bring your own snacks and drinks; including alcohol.

There will be a raffle and prizes for the winning and losing teams.   If you can donate a raffle prize, it would be much appreciated.

For more information and to book please contact Kate on 01449 614057 or email kate.grimwood@rspca-suffolkcentral.org.uk.

Please join us for festive fun at our annual Christmas Fair at Holbrook Village Hall, Saturday 18th November, 10am – 2pm. Free Entry

Shop for that special gift at a selection of quality craft stalls, including photography, Christmas wreaths, felted decorations, animal themed accessories, pyrography, sweetie bouquets, jewellery, wooden bird boxes, soaps, and preserves. In addition to RSPCA stalls such as the raffle and tombola, we’ll be offering RSPCA logo Christmas cards, calendars and diaries. Our traditional bric-a-brac stalls will be there with a variety of first-rate pre-loved items. Animals Asia will be having their ever-popular raffle and we’ll be serving hot and cold refreshments.

If you are able to display a poster, please download a copy here, and if you can promote the event on your social media, that would be great.

All proceeds go to helping animals in need in our local area.

For more information, please contact Mary Taylor at mary.taylor@rspca-suffolkcentral.org.uk

In addition to our friendly fun dog show, we will be having an RSPCA tombola, raffle and games, RSPCA branded goods, pet accessories and bric-a-brac stalls. Craft stalls include animal themed novelties, soaps, and chutneys and jams. Ben & Arlo’s Pet Bakery will be offering handmade natural dog and cat treats. Hedgehog rescue and Animals Asia will also be there. We’ll be offering refreshments and a BBQ.

To download a poster, click here.

Dog Show

Registration from 12 noon. Judging from 1pm

1pm: Crossbreed with Character

1:15pm: Happiest Hound

1:30pm: Young at Heart (dogs 8+ years)

1:45pm: Second Chance (any rescue dog)

2pm: Fabulous Female

2:15pm: Marvellous Male

2:30pm: Kids & K9s (young handlers up to 14 years old)

2:45pm: Best in Show

All times are approximate and subject to change

£2.50 per class or 3 classes for £6 (per dog)

First, second and third place prizes and Best in Show prize are sponsored by Skinner’s Pet Food at Stradbrooke.

Entrance fee £1 for adults & 50p for children under 12

(No unaccompanied children under 14)

Parking at Community Centre. Disabled parking only at Animal Centre