The fundraising Christmas card collection and delivery service carried out by scouts across Ipswich is under way.
Any card can be sent anywhere within Ipswich for 25p. Cards can be left at drop-off points across the town until December 10 – and they will be delivered between December 11 and Christmas Eve.
The delivery areas are the Ipswich IP1-IP5 areas as well as Kesgrave, Rushmere, Martlesham Heath, Grundisburgh, Gt and Lt Bealings, Playford, Pinewood, Claydon, Gt Blakenham and Barham.
This service has been provided for 28 years and is now run by nine scout groups for which it is a major annual fundraising event.
Pease write the full address with postcode and any special instructions on the envelope clearly.
For more details, visit www.scoutspostipswich.org.uk.
Collection points are also listed below:
Asda, Goddard Rd
Asda, Stoke Park
Co-op Surbiton Road
Blondies Hairdressers, Bramford Ln
Co-op Ulster Ave
Coes Newsagent, The Walk
Craft Ability, St Lawrence St (formally BCM)
Morrisons, Sproughton Road
Penalty Two, Chantry Estate
Richardsons Hardware, Garrick Way
St Elizabeth Shop, Hawthorn Drive
Whitton Sports Centre
The Beacon, Beaconsfield Rd.
Victoria Nursery, Westerfield Rd
Penny Lane computers Dales Rd
Jonathan Waters estate agents Norwich rd
Bluebird lodge, Ravenswood
Co-op - Hawthorne Drive
Co-op Rosehill Centre - Felixstowe Road
Foxhall News – Wellesley Road
Cockram’s Convenience Store, Felixstowe Rd
Scout Hq – Newton Rd – Mon, Thur & Fri nights
The Cutting Corner Hairdressers, St.John’s Rd
Rosehill Play Group – St.Bartholomews Church Hall, Newton Road
The View Café, Hill View Business Park, Claydon
Epsilon House Reception, Ransomes Europark
PMG Schoolwear, 40 Westgate St.
Rosehill Library – Tomline Rd
51 Beverley Road
18 Fairfield Road
19 Arundel Way
39 Humber Doucy Lane
43 Roundwood Road
4th Ipswich Scout HQ, Hogarth Road,
Age UK, Upper Brook Street
Cards for Good Causes, Tourist Inf Centre
Day Lewis Pharmacy, Ravenswood
Gainsborough Sports Centre, Braziers Wood Road
Janine’s Hair Fashions,12 Selkirk Rd
Julie Dawn, Nacton Rd
Kay’s fruit and veg shop, 368 Nacton Road
Kay’s fruit and veg shop, Meredith Rd
Oxfam Charity Shop 53 Buttermarket
Somersham Community Shop, Princes Gardens
Sophisticuts Hair Salon, 321 Woodbridge Rd
Bramford Village News, Bramford
The Community Shop Sproughton
Gainsborough Library, Clapgate Lane
Hollybank, Church Lane, Westerfield/ Westerfield Village Hall
The Railway Inn, Westerfield Road, Westerfield
The Swan Inn, Westerfield Road, Westerfield
The Barley Mow, Mow Hill, Witnesham
SBS Computers, Upper Street, Witnesham
Swiss Farm, Farm Shop, Hemingstone Road, Ashbocking
10 St Peters Close, Henley
Christchurch Veterinary Referrals, Tuddenham Road Business Centre
Christchurch Veterinary Surgery, Christchurch Street
The Fountain, The Street, Tuddenham, Ipswich
Laurel Farm Garden Centre, Henley Road
Fynn Valley Golf Club, Witnesham, Ipswich,
Kerseys Solicitors, 32 Lloyds Avenue, Ipswich
Diagnostic Imaging Unit, Ipswich Hospital, Heath Road, Ipswich
British Heart Foundation, Carr Street
Broke Hall News, Penshurst Road
Martins Bakery Woodbridge Road East
Jonathan Waters Estate Agents, Foxhall Rd
Nacton Road Fish Shop, Nacton Road
One Stop, Bixley Farm
Barnards, Woodbridge Rd
Spar, Freehold Road
Premier Stores, Foxhall Rd/Henslow Rd
Tesco Express, Foxhall Rd
Felixstowe Rd Launderette
George Debman Butchers – Cliff Lane
Woolverstone Day Unit. at the Ipswich Hospital
Pathology dept. at the Ipswich Hospital
Ipswich Building Society in Tower Ramparts
Ipswich Building Society, Ravenswood
South Wards Reception Desk Ipswich Hospital
Tesco Express, Norwich Road
Sainsburys, Warren Heath
Sainsburys Hadleigh Rd
Sainsburys Local, Woodbridge Rd
John Lewis & Waitrose, Futura Park Ips
Juliette Hair Salon, Nacton Road
Spring Rd Pharmacy
Sainsbury’s Upper Brook Street
2nd Stop Charity Shop near Tesco
House Of Hair, Edmonton Road
Kesgrave Butchers, Penzance Road
Kesgrave Library, Kays Close
Krop & Co, Beech Road, Rushmere
Orwell Vets, Hartree Way
Barham Church
Scout & Guide HQ, Barham, Evenings Only
Fresh Fills Bakery, Claydon
Melmerby House, Gt Blakenham
Choices, Manor Farm, Barham
The Crown Public House, Claydon
Bea’s Boutique, Barham
The View café, Hill View Business Park, Claydon
1st Martlesham Scout Hut - The Drift, Valiant Rd
Black Tiles post office, Martlesham
Duncan’s Butchers, Martlesham
Grundisburgh Doctors Surgery
Mrs Williams Store, The Green, Grundisburgh
Grange Farm Shop, Woodbridge Rd Hasketon
Woodbridge Library, New Street, Woodbridge
3 Post Mill Cresent, Grundisburgh
Wotsits, Thoroughfare Woodbridge
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