A PHOTOGRAPHIC competition is being launched challenging snappers to capture on camera why Suffolk is a good place to live.The Suffolk Mental Health Partnership Trust is throwing down the gauntlet to members of the public, and its patients and staff.

A PHOTOGRAPHIC competition is being launched challenging snappers to capture on camera why Suffolk is a good place to live.

The Suffolk Mental Health Partnership Trust is throwing down the gauntlet to members of the public, and its patients and staff.

Paul Vinters, organising the competition, said: “We will be looking for photographs which say something about why Suffolk is a great place to live and work, and so technical expertise will not be the main deciding factor.

“We see mental well-being as being everybody's business and so this is a great way for people to look around and take a picture of something which makes them feel good about Suffolk.

“This could be the excitement of match day at Portman Road and the elation of a Blues victory or maybe, for some, fish and chips eaten on Aldeburgh beach.

“Perhaps the best part of the competition is that the winners will have their photographs displayed on the Trust's website so that everyone can appreciate their view of Suffolk.”

Former Evening Star photographer James Fletcher will help judge the entrants.

The competition will be launched on July 9 and run for 12 weeks.

Digital and printed snaps will be accepted and 12 winners will be chosen.

The competition aims to help raise awareness about the organisation's ambition to become a foundation trust - gaining more power and money for services in the area.

Full details about how to enter and the competition rules will be publicised on the trust's website at www.smhp.nhs.uk

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