Foundation Links Up With Sizewell C
Thursday, 4th Jun 2026 17:47

The Ipswich Town Foundation has announced a new link-up with Sizewell C, which will see the under-construction power station become its official outreach partner for the next three years.

The arrangement will see the Foundation introduce its Premier League Primary Stars and Premier League Inspires programmes to Leiston Primary School and Alde Valley Academy respectively, and extend the programmes into more Ipswich schools.

In addition, the Foundation will run a number of free-to-access soccer schools in Leiston, establish turn-up-and-play football sessions for adults with mental health-related challenges in Leiston and Ipswich, deliver health and wellbeing sessions for the Sizewell C workforce, and expand its DIVERT outreach programme to another primary school in Ipswich.

“Firstly, a huge thank you to the team at Sizewell C,” Dan Palfrey, director of the Ipswich Town Foundation, said.

“Their investment in and belief in our work will have a hugely positive impact on young people and adults in Leiston and Ipswich over the next three years.

“We know how powerful football can be as a tool for engagement, allowing us to reach participants in a unique way and create meaningful outcomes through the power of Ipswich Town Football Club.

“We look forward to working alongside Sizewell C, Alde Valley Academy and Leiston Primary School over the next three years to drive positive outcomes for young people in Leiston.”

Nigel Cann, CEO of Sizewell C, added: “Football is such a powerful way of reaching people and delivering life-changing opportunities.

“The Ipswich Town Foundation has been doing an incredible job improving lives and aspirations in this county for several years – and I’m delighted that we can support them to do even more.

“By delivering educational programmes in our host town of Leiston, as well as extending their work in Ipswich, the Foundation could be transformational for lots of people here.

“It’s going to be a really important partnership and I can’t wait to see the impact it’s going to have in our region.”

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Wacko added 18:00 - Jun 4 Sportswashing?
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bluelad7 added 19:29 - Jun 4 Yet another positive on this great club of ours. Best wishes to all involved.
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Monkey_Blue added 21:13 - Jun 4 Wacko… How is it sports washing? There is nothing immoral about Nuclear power.
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bluesman added 22:32 - Jun 4 Mental health or radiation? Not sure about the optics of teaming up with an obsolete power station.
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Wacko added 23:03 - Jun 4 They are destroying the environment and putting massive strain on local infrastructure. They literally have a huge pot of money used to bribe people into accepting them
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Dissboyitfc added 06:58 - Jun 5 I get a feeling that some people post without reading the article!
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Wacko added 08:44 - Jun 5 I get a feeling that some people post without understanding what sportswahing is
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Monkey_Blue added 09:09 - Jun 5 Wacko.. nuclear energy is clean energy. I’m all for green energy. Of course we have to be careful with nuclear energy but this is a brand new plant with all the latest safe guards, not a neglected dilapidated one like Chernobyl.
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Wacko added 09:21 - Jun 5 Monkey_Blue in theory you're right, but the reality is different. The Suffolk coast is the wrong place for it in my opinion. Here are the reasons: https://stopsizewellc.org/why-
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idmcd added 10:23 - Jun 5

I take the middle view on this. Nuclear Energy is certainly not clean, nor green. The waste products will remain lethal for hundreds of years. We have no safe way of disposing of it, our only answer is to bury it deep underground and hope that nothing ever happens to release that poison into water supplies etc. And that doesn't even consider the possibility of one well aimed bomb hitting it, which would kill or maim most of East Anglia.

However, the decision has been made to start work, and as Wacko says they will sweeten the pill with handouts left, right & centre. Why shouldn't the Foundation (and other charities) benefit from this? We might as well, refusing the money wouldn't change anything.

We might as well get something back for the long term costs, dangers and damage that it will do. Accepting the money does not stop protests, nor even abandonment of the project, which could still happen if protests are strong enough. The charitable moneys will remain with the charities.

Wacko added 10:35 - Jun 5

idmcd - thanks for your very measured response. It's a fair point, though I actually never said Town shouldn't take the money - I was just highlighting a blatant act of sportswashing by Sizewell C. Clearly other people commenting / voting don't live anywhere near the area or have any clue about the negative impact it's having, so I'm glad for the opportunity to bring this to their attention.

Marcus added 11:58 - Jun 5 @Wacko - naa, it has a glowing reputation
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Ipswichbusiness added 12:29 - Jun 6

I live near Southwold, so Sizewell is just down the road.

I am in favour of nuclear power, but not this project.

Sizewell C is an EPR design by EDF. EPR stands for European Pressurized Reactor and EDF is a power company owned by the French Government. The nice thing about it is that it should be able to burn some (not all) of the reprocesssed waste left by previous generations of reactor. The bad is almost everything else. There are two EPRs in Europe, one in France and one in Finland. Both are vastly late and hugely over budget. There are a couple in China that were both large and over budget, but not as badly as the European ones. They opened, then cracking was found and they had to close again, but have now reopened. Then there is Hinckley C under construction. They claimed that it would be alright as they had learnt the lessons of the other ones. It is now late and over budget. When Sizewell C was proposed in was budgeted at £20 billion and, again, they said they they had learnt the lessons. It looks like the final price will be £38 billion and could go to £48 billion.

Personally, I would prefer to see a fleet of Small Modular Reactors, built by Rolls-Royce.