The Sunflower Challenge

You can help Suffolk Scouts in our fund raising initiative to support the work of AgeUK Suffolk. We want you to grow and have sponsored a Sunflower based on its height. You can ask friends and relatives to sponsor your Challenge in any way they like e.g. maximum height reached or growth in centimetres per week or both etc.

We have about 6,000 Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers which equates to a lot of sunflowers and turning Suffolk golden yellow! We look forwards to lots of posts on Facebook of sunflowers and please send your photos in. Once the sunflower has been grown, the flower can be donated to an elderly person to brighten up their life.

Funds raised will go towards new services that Age UK Suffolk have been running like the Emergency Shopping Service and Good Day Calls services.

Sunflower seeds can be got FREE of charge from selected East of England Co-op stores (those with garden centres) at the following locations:

Holbrook                            The Street, Holbrook, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP9 2PZ

Hadleigh                             72 High Street, Hadleigh, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP7 5EF

Wickham Market               14-18 High Street, Wickham Market, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP13 0HE

Framlingham                     Market Hill, Framlingham, Suffolk, IP13 9AN

Aldeburgh                           8 Saxmundham Road, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, IP15 5JD

Leiston                                Sizewell Road, Leiston, Suffolk, IP16 4AE

Capel St Mary                   The Street, Capel St Mary, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP9 2EB

Combs Ford                       Combs Lane, Combs Ford, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 2DA

Elmswell                             Ashfield Road, Elmswell, Suffolk, IP30 9HG

 - Just provide evidence that you are a member e.g. badge, uniform, scarf. Many thanks to the East of England Co-op.

You can download our Sunflower Diary that includes some tips & clues on the link below and there's also a poster.

Don’t forget to upload your pictures of your sunflower onto Age UK Suffolk’s Suffolk Scouts Sunflower Challenge Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/groups/244870376588402/).

Collecting sponsorship while isolating/social distancing: we understand that collecting sponsorship money is going to be difficult at the moment so we suggest that you ask your supporters to make a donation directly on the Age UK Suffolk Suffolk Scouts Sunflower Challenge donation page  (https://ageuksuffolk.echoleft.com/fundraising/suffolk-scouts-sunflower-challenge