Halesworth Volunteers

09/11/2026

Our AGM is on Monday 16th November at 6pm in the Patrick Stead Day Care Centre. Light refreshments will be served after the meeting. Come along and learn more about HV and how we support our local community. Everyone welcome.

02/11/2026

Thanks to everyone who joined us for our 90's themed quiz last month. It was a fun night with Chris and Ricky, testing us on our 90's knowledge - Thank you both! Thank you to The Angel, Halesworth for kindly hosting our monthly fundraising quiz, in The Stables. Our next quiz is Wednesday 18th November at 8pm, this will be the last quiz of the year and we will be getting festive a little early!
Can you guess who we were ?? 🤣👩‍🎤🎤 Thanks to Kay for the fab outfits!

02/11/2026

Our Chinny's social is tomorrow, Tuesday 3rd November, 12.00-2.00pm. Everyone welcome.

31/10/2026

Another fantastic clip by Johnny Thompson, demonstrating the incredible work of Bike Active North Suffolk - BANS based in Halesworth. BANS are in need of volunteers for various roles. Check out www.handsupforhalesworth.co.uk to find out more 😊

Come for a cycle with BANS! Learn about the work this fantastic cha...

25/10/2026

We are absolutely thrilled to share with you that we raised the staggering amount of £4,503.11 at our Charity Golf Day last week. 💜💚

🙏It's time for lots of thank you's ....... Firstly thank you very much to Ben Townsend and the team at Halesworth Golf Club for hosting the event for us and ensuring that everyone had a brilliant day. Special thanks to the Ben Jewell, Head Golf Professional for the 'Beat the Pro' competition.

A big thank you to Jeremy Jenkins, Rob Sherington and Charlotte & Neil Coby for all the work they put into organising the day, taking care of everything golf and making it all happen.

Thank you to Robin, who was a top draw ticket seller.

Grateful thanks to our main sponsors:
Townsend Electrical
Community News
Spectra Packaging Solutions
Bateman Groundworks
Wilderness Reserve
LAM Groundworks
Hetty's Little Copy Shop
TNT Recruitment
Concrete Floor Fix

Grateful thanks to:
Allens Butchers Halesworth
Melons Greengrocer
The Magnolia Tree
Poppy's Cabin
PK Electrical

Thank you to our wonderful volunteers on the day, John Giles, Helen Dewsbery, Steve Blackburn & Amanda Grimley and to everyone who donated and brought draw tickets.

Finally, massive thanks to every single golfer who supported us and came along and played our Betterball Stableford Event, braving the cold and wet start to the day, and very early start I have to say too! You were all so generous and there was such a great atmosphere throughout the day, thank you. 🏌⛳🙏

Here are the results:
1st place - Dwayne Barber & Richard Doddington with 48 points
2nd place - Paul Sherwood & Neil Jordan with 45 points
3rd place - Chris Calver & Paddy Cole with 44 points
Nearest Pin 2 - Tom Howard
Nearest Pin 4 - Allan Bond
Nearest Pin 11 - Chris Mitchell
Nearest Pin 16 - Ben Sprake
Nearest Pin 2-14th - Will Bird
Longest Drive 18th - Dan Price
Beat the Pro - Chris Mitchell
Putting Competition - James Coby (with a hole in one!)
Well done everyone 👏

Thank you to everyone involved in making our Charity Golf Day such a tremendous success. Here are a few photos from the day. 🏌⛳💜💚

25/10/2026

19/10/2026

We are really pleased to share with you our Halesworth Community Larder clip, filmed by Johnny Thompson for Hands up for Halesworth

The Community Larder is a partnership project with Halesworth Volunteers and St Mary’s Church, based in St Mary’s Church Hall. The Community Larder is a friendly and welcoming place to visit and choose food for a top up shop for a small charge of £3. The Larder also provides a social area for people to share a cup of tea and chat while using the Larder, as well as food themed events, cooking demos, recipe cards, lunches and helping people to learn new skills and to cook healthy, nutritious meals, that are affordable, using produce picked up from the Larder.

Our team of friendly, welcoming volunteers, like John, make it all possible. If you would like to get involved or find out more about volunteering at the Larder please visit our website www.halesworthvolunteers.org

If you would like to find out more about volunteering opportunities locally visit www.handsupforhalesworth.co.uk

15/10/2026

We are really looking forward to our Fundraising Charity Golf Day tomorrow at Halesworth Golf Club. This is a one off event in celebration of our 40th Anniversary. For 40 years Halesworth Volunteers have been supporting the local community and making lives better. Enabling people to lead happy, healthy and independent lives, thanks to the commitment and dedication of our incredible volunteers. Providing vital services to older and vulnerable members of the community - our Community Care Service, Isolation Busters and Community Larder.

Thank you so much to all our Golf Day sponsors:

Townsend Electrical
Spectra Packaging Solutions
Community News
Bateman Groundworks
Wilderness Reserve
LAM Groundworks
Hetty's Little Copy Shop
TNT Recruitment
Concrete Floor Fix
Allens Butchers Halesworth
Melons Greengrocers
The Magnolia Tree Halesworth
Poppy's Cabin
PK Electrical

We very much appreciate the support of local businesses and the community, this enables us to continue the work we do in Halesworth and the surrounding villages. Thank you to all the golfers who have signed up to play tomorrow. We also have some fun competitions, beat the pro, nearest the pin and a putting competition. As well as our amazing prize draw and auction - with vouchers up for grabs at Rookery Park, Aldeburgh Golf Club, Bungay & Waveney Valley Golf Club, Diss Golf Club, Southwold Golf Club, Caister Golf Club and Gorleston Golf Club, and some surprise items - thank you to all who have donated.

If you are unable to make it tomorrow, but would like tickets for our prize draw, with over 30 prizes on offer, just let us know - £5 a strip or 3 strips for £10!

We will be posting more updates and photos tomorrow. 💚💜⛳🏌️‍♂️🏌️‍♀️

13/10/2026

A massive thank you to Brenda and the team at The Racehorse Community Pub Westhall who hosted an 80's musical bingo and disco fundraising evening for us last week. We had a lot of fun, with leg warmers and head bands out in force and a special guest appearance from Kevin Rowland of Dexys Midnight Runners! Thank you to Johnny for the superb 80's style buffet, prawn vol-au-vents, spam sandwiches, cheese & pineapples and other 80's treats were enjoyed by all. We had fun reminiscing to our favourite 80's tunes with musical bingo, thanks to George and we finished the evening with a bop to John's brilliant 80's disco. Also, thank you to John for driving the Hoppa bus for us. Thank you so much to everyone who came along and supported us, a grand total of £688 was raised for Halesworth Volunteers. 💜💚🙏

13/10/2026

Run Henham are looking for volunteers! If you are not running, but have a family member or friend who is, this is a brilliant way to get involved! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🎖️

🏃‍♀️💙 Fancy getting involved with Run Henham? 💙🏃‍♂️

Do you have loved ones taking part in Run Henham on Sunday 15th November? Why not come along and be part of the fun by volunteering! 🎉

We have a variety of roles available, including:
👋 Checking in runners
📣 Marshalling the course
💧 Helping at the water station
🏅 Handing out medals at the finish line

Little helpers are welcome too, as long as they’re accompanied by a parent! 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

Whether you can spare a little time or the whole event, your support would make a huge difference and help make the day special for everyone taking part. 💙

👉 Sign up to volunteer here:
https://forms.gle/8DR7uDEEkZNZQX9Y8

Thank you for supporting Run Henham! 🙌