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My chosen charity for the year is the Food Museum based in Stowmarket. Our fundraising will support a high-quality programme providing a range of activities promoting health, nutrition, wellbeing and social support. Currently, the museum has provided free cooking activities for children on Free School Meals, integration and community building events for refugees, and a community referral programme working with the National Health Service.

Additionally, the Food Museum has received recognition as an industry leader in environmental responsibility; they have planted over a mile of hedgerow and manage the woodland and river to encourage wildlife on a site located in the heart of Stowmarket.

Our first fundraiser took place on Saturday, 20th July. A group of Councillors and friends completed a six-mile stretch of the long-distance walking route called the Mid Suffolk Footpath. The walk began in Eye and concluded in Thwaite, at the local watering hole and vegetarian pub, The Walnut Tree.

The event also drew attention to the Mid Suffolk Footpath, one of a small number of designated long-distance walking routes in Mid Suffolk, and the physical and mental health benefits of walking in the open countryside. The route spans Stowmarket to Hoxne and sections are well-served by the 113 Ipswich to Diss bus.