Today is the first day you can collect tokens in our Cash for Charities campaign - to win a share of £20,000 for your favourite good cause in Suffolk and north Essex.
Many charities have struggled during the coronavirus crisis, as the pandemic has cut off their main sources of fundraising and income.
That, in turn, has had a major impact on services and those most in need in our community, with Age UK Suffolk even being forced to close last year.
As a result, we have been urging charities to register for Cash for Charities to receive money to help them in one of the most challenging times in their history.
Nearly 100 have signed up, meaning that all you need to do is collect tokens printed in the East Anglian Daily Times and Ipswich Star on behalf of your favourite - so it can receive a share of the money.
EADT and Star editor Brad Jones said: "The last year has reminded us - if we needed reminding - that without local charities, life would be an awful lot harder for so many people in our county.
"It has been inspiring to see organisations adapt over the last year to continue providing vital support to people in our local communities.
"But with fundraising severely curtailed, they need your support too - and Cash For Charities is a great way for our readers to back the good causes closest to them.
"Please get involved with this initiative and help support your favourite charity."
Tokens will be printed in the EADT and Star until Saturday, July 3.
These will be collected and counted, with the money shared proportionally depending on how many tokens have been collected for each charity.
There is no minimum token amount required to enter, as everyone will win - but the more tokens you collect, the more money the charity will receive.
Which charities have signed up?
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The Woolverstone Project |
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St Gregory's Church Sudbury (Bells) |
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Oasis English Language School |
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Disability Advice Service (East Suffolk) |
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The Long Shop Museum |
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East Coast Sail Trust |
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Warren Association Trust |
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Southwold Sailors Reading Room |
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Ipswich Opportunity Group |
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Lower Somersham Village Hall |
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Sudbury Newstalk |
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Stonham Aspal Village Hall |
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Parham Airfield Museum |
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Mistley and Manningtree Welcome Home Trust |
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ActivLives |
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The Salvation Army Woodbridge |
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Suffolk Accident Rescue Service |
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Winston’s Wheels |
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Feed Waveney Community |
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PFC Cedarwood |
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Hospital Radio Ipswich |
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Allsorts Support Services CIC |
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The Somerville Foundation |
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Still Good Food |
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SERV Suffolk & Cambridgeshire |
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1st Bungay (School) Sea Scout Group |
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1st Mendlesham scout group |
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Aspect Living Foundation meals on wheels |
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1st Fressingfield Scout Group |
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BME Suffolk Support Group |
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Friends of Gusford |
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Riding for the Disabled (Woodbridge & District Group) |
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Drinkstone War Memorial Institute |
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6th Old Felixstowe Scout Group |
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Friends of the Ferns |
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Oulton Broad Water Sports Centre |
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Kyson Primary School PTFA |
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Lowestoft Museum |
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The ACE Project |
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The Friends of St Mary's Bacton |
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Mid Suffolk Voluntary Organisations Forum - Red Gables |
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Company of Four |
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Pakefield Singers |
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Papworth Trust |
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Inspire Suffolk |
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The Ipswich Hospital Band |
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Ipswich Housing Action Group |
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Ipswich and East Suffolk Samaritans |
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Family First |
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Suffolk Oxygen Therapy Centre |
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Woodbridge Tide Mill Charitable trust |
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1st Brantham Scout & Guide Group |
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BSEVC - Later Life Community |
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St Elizabeth Hospice |
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Rattlesden Preschool |
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RNLI, Clacton-on-Sea |
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The Shelley Centre For Therapeutic Riding For The Disabled |
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Sound On, Ipswich and District Talking Newspaper |
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Battisford Pre-School |
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Broke Hall School Home and School Association |
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Stowmarket ASD Saturday Clubs |
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1st Southwold and Reydon Scout Group |
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Aldeburgh Museum Charitable Trust |
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Seckford Foundation |
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St John Ambulance |
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Beccles Men's Shed |
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Suffolk Guild of Ringers |
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Suffolk Oxygen Therapy Centre |
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Halesworth Volunteer Centre |
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Eye Opportunity Group |
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469 Lowestoft Air Cadets |
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Waveney Enterprises Craft Workshop |
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East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices |
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The Friends of St Andrews Church Wickham Skeith |
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Felixstowe and district Mencap society |
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bact community transport |
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Home-Start in Suffolk |
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Tuddenham Village Hall |
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Walsham Le Willows Sports Club CIO |
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Friends of St Mary's School, Woodbridge |
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5th Woodbridge Sea Scouts |
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Bentwaters Cold War Museum |
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The Mix Stowmarket |
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Oaks Meadow Project |
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The Shed |
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