Suffolk Mind opens up entries to largest ever Colour Rush event

Suffolk Mind has opened up its annual Colour Rush event to more runners than ever this year, doubling capacity to allow for 1,000 runners to experience a flash flood of colour on both its 3km and 1.5km routes.

It is hoped this year’s event on October 4 will raise more than £25,000 – enough to either fund our Helpline for six months, run a year’s worth of our popular GreenCare allotment services or offer more than 500 counselling sessions.

Vicky Matthews, the charity’s Fundraising Manager, said: “Our annual Colour Rush puts the fun in fundraising – so we are delighted to welcome it back bigger and better than ever before.

“The event really is a sight to behold, with hundreds of runners being doused in every colour of the rainbow at the dedicated colour stations along the route.

“It’s a real family day out, raising vital funds to help us on our mission of making Suffolk the best place in the world for talking about and taking care of mental health.”

This year’s Colour Rush will once again be held at Trinity Park in Ipswich, with runners aged four and above welcome to take part.

Runners taking on the challenge last year raised £12,800, with those taking part this October encouraged to raise at least £10 each via their dedicated Suffolk Mind fundraising pages.

This year’s event has been made possible thanks to the generous support of sponsors CMG Technologies, Baker Transport, Knights Lowe, GBS Builders, East Suffolk Council, Ellisons Solicitors, NFU Mutual Ipswich and Goldstar.

Representatives from each of the sponsors will run their own colour station, dousing runners with the paint powder on their way to the finish line.

Local businesses Brownie and the Bean and Suffolk Coffee Pod will be providing refreshments on the day, while GB Bootcamp Ipswich will be hosting a pre-event warm up.