Quiz raises £1,500 for charity
Last night, local businesses pitted their wits against each other in the annual Soma Leo Quiz Night, and raised £1,500 for the charity. For the full story please click here.
Golf day raises £4,000 for the charity
The annual Soma Leo Foundation Charity Golf Day took place at Ufford Park, Woodbridge on Wednesday 3 July. 58 players took to the course, on what was a beautiful sunny day. The event, now in its sixth year, was co-sponsored by Pound Gates, Concertus, Becketts and Sackers and this year …
Local businesses row to Canada (sort of) in charity Row-a-Fun, raising over £13,000
Local businesses took part in an Oarsome workplace challenge during May to raise funds for The Soma Leo Foundation, an Ipswich-based charity. The Soma Leo Row-a-Fun ran throughout May, and nine teams from six companies in Ipswich and Colchester rowed-it-out to see who could travel the farthest distance (on rowing …
Local businesses get Oarsome for charity Row-a-Fun
Ipswich-based charity, The Soma Leo Foundation, has brought together local businesses to take part in a fun workplace challenge: The Soma Leo Row-a-Fun. The Challenge, which begins on 1 May 2019, will see teams of 10 people from businesses in Ipswich and Colchester take to rowing machines, for the whole …
Quiz night raises £1,200 for charity
Last night, businesses from across Suffolk, gathered at Revolution Bar in Ipswich to pit their wits against each other and raise money for The Soma Leo Foundation at its annual Quiz Night. Click here to read the full story and photos.
Pupils from The Soma Leo Academy travel to welcome President Barack Obama to Kenya
30 children from The Soma Leo Academy were selected to join an event in honour of President Barack Obama’s visit to Kogelo in Kenya in July 2018. The invitation to attend the event was borne out of a partnership between The Soma Leo Foundation and The Mama Sara Obama Foundation, …
Golf Day 2018
The Soma Leo Foundation Golf Day took place at Ufford Park Golf Club on 4 July. The sun was shining and it was a beautiful day for golf and fundraising. Thanks to the generosity of everyone who took part, we raised a staggering £5,000 on the day. This will fund …
Pound Gates Staff complete the Orwell Challenge
On Sunday two members of staff from Pound Gates Chartered Insurance Brokers, Debbie Standring, Client Executive and Craig Albon, Claims Technician successfully completed The Orwell Challenge (all 25 miles of it!) and in the process raised £655 for The Soma Leo Foundation. A fantastic result, well done to both of …
Concertus’ Christmas Fundraising
This December, Concertus, the design and property consultants based in Ipswich, ran a fundraising campaign to raise money for two charities, The Soma Leo Foundation and Inspire Suffolk. The campaign, ’12 Days of Christmas’, consisted of a raffle over 12 days and their staff won some great prizes, donated by …
The Soma Leo Foundation Quiz Night 2017
On November 15th we held our third annual quiz night at its new venue, Suffolk New College. With 38 teams from the local business community, we had a great turn-out of 190 people. We managed to raise over £2,600 which will go towards the running costs of £10,000 per annum …