Events

British author and editor Justine Picardie is set to deliver a special daytime lecture ahead of the release of her new book, Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture. Justine is the author of six books, including her critically acclaimed memoir, If the Spirit Moves You: Life and Love After Death, and the international…

This August, Ormiston Families is thrilled to be bringing you an exclusive evening with one of the nation’s most renowned cartoonists. Matt Pritchett MBE, famed for his charming and hilarious Telegraph cartoons under the pen name ‘Matt’, will be our guest speaker on an evening of drinks, food and fundraising in a quintessential Suffolk vineyard.…

Join us this Summer by hosting A Brighter BBQ between Friday 23rd July and Tuesday 31st August 2021. Sign up to host, and invite family, friends, neighbours, colleagues, or the local community to enjoy a BBQ across these 40 days in celebration of our 40th anniversary. This event is supported by Stokes Sauces and the…

Ormiston Families provides the tools, the empathy, and the connections which enable individuals to grow in confidence, to choose their own door, and to walk through it with hope for a brighter future. Serving families across the East of England since its first families centre opened in Ipswich in 1981, Ormiston Families delivers a powerful…

In celebration of Ormiston Families’ 40th anniversary, we are inviting you to take part in our A Brighter 40 challenge. We hope we can encourage you to learn/develop a new skill or bring about positive change for yourself; all we ask is that you gain sponsorship or donations. “My role as Director of Income Generation…

Ormiston Families Walk With a Fork Suffolk **Early Bird tickets available now until 31st May** **General admission tickets £20 + booking fee from 1st June** On Sunday 5th September 2021, Ormiston Families is delighted to bring you the return of our Walk With A Fork event around the splendid location of Helmingham Hall – with…

To celebrate our 40th anniversary in 2021, Ormiston Families will be entering “A Brighter Team” of 40 people into The Whole Hog, we hope you can join us! A 5-mile muddy challenge course with 30 obstacles at Wantisden Valley, Suffolk, you can expect to be crawling (under cargo nets), climbing (up steep banks and walls),…