Fundraising complete for Lowestoft's Britten as a Boy statue

Today, on Benjamin Britten’s birthday, I am delighted to announce that we have reached our fundraising target for Lowestoft’s statue of Britten as a Boy. A bake sale took place this morning at The Kirkley Centre, close to Britten’s birthplace, attended by councillors and the local community. A fitting place to round-off four years’ hard work, back where we started the campaign.

NEXT STEPS

East Suffolk Council are preparing their exciting plans to develop the statue site which we look forward to sharing with you very soon. Our sculptor, Ian Rank-Broadley expects to have finished the statue by the end of May. It will then make its journey from the foundry in Gloucestershire to Lowestoft for installation and the grand unveiling next year. 

We will keep you posted all the way.

Any additional funds raised will be used to develop the statue site with attractive landscaping, information boards and provide towards the statue’s upkeep, when needed. Further donations will also enable us to keep this Britten as a Boy website running as a source of information and free educational resources about the young composer’s childhood in Lowestoft.