Charity 2020/21/22

Jane on February 23, 2021

Last Updated on November 22, 2023

Jane, Matt & Clare have been really busy over the last 10 years and as part of Billie Box’s business policy they have been supporting various charities in the local area and further afield.

2020-22 has seen a huge number of Covid cases, which has been a worrying time for many Worldwide households.

2022 Russia went to war with Ukraine. Oh my goodness what an awful time for the Ukrainian people. So with this thought Jane, Matt and Clare decided to donate to the Disasters Emergency Committee. Let’s hope that this donation goes a little to helping.

2022 Billie Box continues to support Youth Sailing at Felixstowe Ferry. Let’s hope the youngsters can get out and enjoy all the River Deben and the sea nearby.

2021 Matt decided to cycle from Lands End to John O’Groats in aid of the St. Elizabeth Hospice, Ipswich. Billie Box sponsored him. Such a great challenge, well done Matt for doing it. We know it was a tough one!

With Covid-19 causing such mayhem, Jane, Matt & Clare realised that many people have been struggling as well as the Charities.

So at the start of the Pandemic, Jane was writing postcards of encouragement to the elderly on a weekly basis via Age UK Suffolk. Sadly, Age UK suffolk shut their doors in 2020, which meant the postcards would not be forwarded to the people that needed them. Jane then decided to support a Care home in Felixstowe by writing to their residents, giving them, hopefully, a little smile on a monthly basis.  This month Jane and Matt thought that a gift of a colouring book and pencils might be fun, so with the help of Woodbridge Emporium, Jane delivered them.

In 2020 Jane and Matt had seen that many low income families were really struggling to make ends meet. Billie Box’s friend Darrell Smith of Archway Carpets is an ambassador for Home Start Suffolk. A charity that supports local families with food deliveries, mental health and general support. So throughout 2020 Jane was shopping for food and delivering to Darrell for distribution.

Jo Revitt of Papworth Trust is another friend of Billie Box’s. Papworth Trust help and support their disabled clients with a range of high quality services such as housing, workshops and getting jobs. Jane and Matt have supported this charity on and off throughout the years. This particular support is to raise funds for a garden studio to be used as part of the Day centre.

Jane and Matt realised that 2021 was going to be an even more difficult time for those that are waiting for operations and treatment for illnesses that are not Covid-19. So this month Billie Box donated to the Blossom Appeal (breast cancer) run by the local Colchester & Ipswich Hospital Charity

These charities are just a few, but Billie Box has also supported the following:

For as long as Billie Box can, they will support local charity.