We support local causes as much as possible and enjoy raising money for charities and community groups. Read more about our efforts in our news articles below:
News
Chapel Properties is nominated for The local Authority Building Control Building Excellence Awards
Chapel Properties are delighted to have been nominated by The local Authority Building Control Building Excellence Awards for 2 categories;-
‘Best Construction Company’ & ‘Best Extension’ categories.
This reflects our continued hard work & the high standard that our team aspires & delivers.
Woodbridge 10K
The 38th annual 10k road race around Woodbridge took place on Sunday the 19th May.
The sun shone after a little rain which meant the weather conditions for running were slightly better than previous years! Huge crowds created an amazing atmosphere to cheer the runners on.
Congratulations to Aaron for beating David ….again! Great rivalry exists between the two of them when most are just happy to finish.
Well done to everyone, but we have to say Bill (769) came an impressive 100th in a time of 53:05mins which was the fastest time in our whole team!
The Woodbridge 10K is coming soon
Sunday the 19/05/19 we have entered another team of 10 at £750.
Some of them have been putting in some training, others haven’t!!!
Come & cheer us on, it’s a great day organised by the Woodbridge Shufflers and all for some worthy Charities.
Mayor’s Charity Ball
Mayor’s Charity Ball was held on the 29th of March 2019.
Organised by The Woodbridge Town Council in aid of the ‘Woodbridge Soldiers Fund’ and the ‘Woodbridge Rotary Club’ (who too support local charities.)
It was a fun evening and £3,500 was raised.
Our raffle prize raised £160 which we were very proud of.
Chapel Properties in the Whole Hog!
We have entered a team of 5 into the Whole Hog Race at Wantisden Hall on the 14/10/18
A gruelling 5 mile race in muddy conditions including 25 obstacles, all for a good cause though, ‘each’ Children’s Hospice.
Cancelled – ‘It’s a knockout challenge,’ Aqua Park Assault Course at Alton Waters.
The Aqua assault Course was cancelled due to the blue/green algae, much to the teams dismay!!!
We are now entering a team of 5 into the Whole Hog Race at Wantisden Hall on the 14/10/18
A gruelling 5 mile race in muddy conditions including 25 obstacles, all for a good cause though, ‘each’ Children’s Hospice.
We support the Whisstocks Longshed
We are proud sponsors of helping to fit-out the Whisstocks Longshed on the Woodbridge Waterfront, providing £2,000 donation
Mark is a local born & bred craftsman who completed a City & Guilds qualification in Carpentry &Joinery at Ingram Smiths.
His father has a history of boatbuilding too taking a boat building course in the 1960’s at Whisstocks, so Mark & his 88 year old dad take great delight in being part of the Woodbridge Riverside Trust who have developed this community space for boat building.
Mark Crisp, dobbed ‘The Property Expert’ writes a bi- monthly article for the local ‘Vanilla’ magazine;
Vanilla Magazine
- Article; Aug./Sept. 2017… Bring the family together with open planning living.
- Article; Oct/Nov. 2017 … Give your house kerb appeal.
- Article; Feb./March 2018… Self-build is just a dream away.
- Article April/May 2018…Don’t move extend.
- Article June/July 2018… Time for a make-over.
EADT. Suffolk Magazine May 2017
Featured an article by Tony Hall about our converted Ebenezer Chapel, 1853, he had head hunted it as his passion & previous experience of Chapel conversions lead him to fall in love with it!
We were immensely proud of our achievement & couldn’t bear to sell, so it is now run as our holiday let.
We sponsor under 12 Woodbridge Football Team
Mark, Ruth & their family are great Ipswich Town supporters & were delighted to be sponsoring the under 12 Woodbridge Football Team raising £750.00.
The under 12’s had an amazing season winning the Division 1 league & are now entering into the Eastern Junior AllianceLeague whereby they will be travelling the length & breadth of the South East to play a higher level of football……..lets hope they do better than Ipswich & we will be attending as many games as possible.
We support the Rainbow Fun Run
We are always happy to help local causes when possible & so when The Friends of St. Mary’s School Woodbridge organised a ‘Rainbow FunRun’, we donated £250 to raise money for a new library.
The children had an amazing time & got covered in paint in the process!
Congratulations to them.
Chapel Properties sponsored & entered a team of 8 to run the Woodbridge 10k 2018
On 20th May 2018 Chapel Properties sponsored & entered a team of 8 to run the Woodbridge 10k for the 3rd year running raising £750.
The sun shone & the crowds turned out to cheer the runners on, a great day was had by all.
To add fuel to the competitiveness amongst our team of runners we are stating that Aaron Sharp won, followed closely by David Kershaw, well done lads. There is already much talk about next year’s race!
