Advice and information

Disability Advice Service (East Suffolk)

The Disability Advice Service (East Suffolk) works to improve the quality of life of disabled people by promoting the uptake of welfare benefits and providing free, impartial advice and information about the help and support available to them.

The Felixstowe Port Community Fund awarded a grant of £1,000 towards the annual running costs of services provided to Felixstowe residents.

Health and Wellbeing

BikeActive

A grant of £1,050 was awarded by the Felixstowe Port Community Fund as a contribution towards the annual running costs of BikeActive.

This group works to improve the health and wellbeing of adults with a wide range of both lifelong and acquired disabilities.

Workshop for arthritis sufferers

Arthritis Care

Arthritis Care helps people control their arthritis and lead productive and as near normal lives as possible.

The Felixstowe Port Community Fund awarded a grant of £2,000 as a contribution towards a self-management workshop to give 18 Felixstowe residents the skills and techniques to manage their chronic pain.

Outreach service

Felixstowe Citizens Advice Bureau

Free, impartial, comprehensive, confidential and professional information, advice and advocacy services are provided to residents of Felixstowe and the surrounding districts by Felixstowe Citizens Advice Bureau.

The Felixstowe Port Community Fund awarded a grant of £2,000 towards the annual running costs of the CAB’s outreach service for clients who are unable to visit the bureau, often because of poor public transport from rural areas.

New weekly playgroup

Autism Suffolk

A grant of £3,132 was awarded by the Felixstowe Port Community Fund to set up and run a weekly playgroup in Felixstowe for children with autistic spectrum disorder.

The grant was awarded to Autism Suffolk, which provides services, support and representation to families and carers across Suffolk who have children aged five to 13 with autistic spectrum disorder.