Meet the Team

One of the founder members of the Green Ipswich group which in 2022 won funding of £540,00 from the Government’s Town’s Fund. He is a founding director of the Greener Ipswich CIC.

Richard Bloomfield has a Joint Honours degree in History & Politics. He works as an online ecommerce growth specialist for Marketing Labs, the UK’s most experienced Digital Marketing agency, and holds various Google Ads certifications. He has advised and worked with over 40 companies in sectors as diverse as industrial supplies, market research, fashion, print production, restaurant supplies and dentistry.
Between 2001 and 2009 he was the website Manager for the Woodland Trust (the UK’s Largest Woodland Conservation Charity) and had a similar role for 2 years at the British Heart Foundation. Before that he worked in The City as both a stockbroker and equity-linked trader for two large Japanese Financial institutions.

Richard is a founding member of the Gainsborough Walking Football Club (now in Kesgrave) and when not playing football he can often be found walking his dog in Holywells Park. He is an active member of the Friends of Holywells Park Group and manages their website content. He also helps with the Ipswich Men’s Shed, which is a community workshops where men can create, converse and connect.