News & Updates | Rural Coffee Caravan Suffolk

Rural Coffee Caravan CEO to retire after more than 20 years addressing loneliness in Suffolk

March 11, 2026

Ann Osborn, our Chief Executive Officer of The Rural Coffee Caravan (RCC), will retire at the end of May after more than two decades supporting some of Suffolk’s…

RCC CEO Ann Osborn Awarded British Empire Medal for Services to the Community

April 29, 2025

Rural Coffee Caravan CEO Ann Osborn has been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) in recognition of her services to the community, honouring more than…

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Attendance Allowance

November 28, 2024

Support could be a phone call away It’s estimated that over 5 million people of pension-age could be missing out on Attendance Allowance support, adding up to billions…

Official Opening of The Rural Coffee Caravan Office in Walsham le Willows

September 2, 2024

On Friday 30th August The Rural Coffee Caravan held a friendly and informal event celebrating the official opening of its very first office! Our guest…

Sally’s Community Quilt

March 22, 2024

On Wednesday 20th March we held a very special Coffee Caravan style Afternoon Tea in Sapiston to celebrate Sally (the founder of the Rural Coffee Caravan)…

The Rural Coffee Caravan wins European Social Services Award for Service Delivery

February 28, 2024

In November 2023 The RCC’s Ann and Mike travelled to Croatia to represent The Rural Coffee Caravan at the European Social Services Awards (ESSA). ESSA…

RCC CEO Ann Osborn Awarded Honorary Doctorate by the University of Suffolk

October 20, 2023

Rural Coffee Caravan CEO Ann Osborn has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Suffolk, in recognition of her outstanding contribution to tackling…

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20th Anniversary Fundraising Update

August 31, 2023

2023 marks The Rural Coffee Caravan’s 20th year. During those twenty years, we have grown from one little caravan and one part time project manager…

screengrab of Amanda Gorman reading her poem 'The Miracle of Morning'

The Miracle of Morning – by Amanda Gorman

January 27, 2021

If you were as captivated as we were by American Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman’s poem The Hill We Climb, recited at the Biden inauguration,…

images from YouTube video of People Need People poem by Benjamin Zephaniah, with illustrations by Phil Hankinson

Benjamin Zephaniah – What Do People Need?

July 9, 2020

We love this poem by Benjamin Zephaniah which associates perfectly with our ethos of making and sustaining connection: “People will always need people.” People need…

A different kind of c-a-f-e

February 26, 2020

We are pleased to announce that our latest network is LIVE! c-a-f-e, which stands for ‘coffee and friends events’, has been created in response to…

Loneliness is Everyone’s Business

December 13, 2019

Yesterday, we were delighted to present three more Suffolk stores with their More Than A Shop certificates and window stickers! Each of these village shops is…