GoGoSafari is the latest art sculpture trail coming to Norwich and parts of Norfolk this summmer and will see lions, elephants, rhinos, giraffes and gorillas stampede their way into the county. It is delivered by regional charity Break, in partnership with Wild in Art and Zoological Society of East Anglia, alongside Norwich BID and Chantry Place. It's the seventh trail the charity has delivered and follows on from the charity’s other successful trails: 

• GoGoGorillas in 2013 
• GoGoDragons in 2015 
• GoGoHares in 2018 
• GoGoDiscover in 2021/22 
• As well as Cows about Cambridge in 2021, and Cambridge Standing Tall in 2024.  

There will be 51 of our Big Five and 65 Mini Gs, a smaller version of the giraffe sculpture, which will form a trail around the city centre and into Norfolk this summer.

The Big Five are decorated by both professional and amateur artists and each sculpture is sponsored by a local business. The smaller Mini Gs form the Learning & Community Programme trail, where schools and community groups will be getting creative to decorate their own sculpture. These will form their very own urban safari in venues across the city centre. 

The trail will start on 23rd June 2025 and will run for ten weeks until 30th August.

You can keep up to date with all GoGoSafari news by signing up to our newsletter here, to get all the news straight to your inbox.  

While there’s no entry fee to join the safari, we do suggest, if you’re able, you donate £1 or more to Break when you pick up your trail map, or scan a QR code which will be situated on each of the sculptures when in situ. 

Once the trail is live you’ll be able to pick up a trail map, download the map from this website or use the GoGoSafari app, which will be available from the Apple store or Google Play Store. Our website will be update soon with all the different options. 

Maps will be available at the Safari Hub at The Forum. As we get nearer to the trail launching, we will have more information on how you can take on the trail and find all the scultptures! 

The Safari Hub will be located in The Forum throughout the ten week trail. Open 10am-4pm the hub is a one-stop-shop for everything GoGoSafari, including trail maps, exclusive merchandise and an exciting schedule of pop-up events and activities designed to keep the adventure going. More information will be available when the trail launches.

There’s a variety of reasons why a location is chosen. We think about how well people will be able to access the site, whether it’s well-lit and safe, how your photos will look as well as finding areas of the city and county you might not ordinarily visit.  

We’re likely to use some of the same sites as previous trails but if you’ve got a really great idea then please let us know by emailing fundraising@break-charity.org or using the contact form on our website. 

With services supporting young people with disabilities, we know just how important it is for  everyone to be able to access and enjoy the trail. We try to make the locations as accessible as possible and are always happy to answer any questions from eager trail-goers who are worried about how best to access a specific site via our social media channels. 

Trails of this size require a lot planning, funding and logistical organisation that command a long lead in time. As we are a regional charity we also deliver sculpture trails in other areas such as Cambridge, and we are also mindful of other large events that may be taking place across the region. 

Being ambitious to achieve carbon targets is a topic of huge importance to Break, the people we support and the community of individuals and business who will take part in this sculpture trail.  

We’ll be doing all we can to make this trail as environmentally friendly as possible: 

• We will be conscious about the materials we are printing and use a regional printer who are carbon balanced 
• We are re-using plinths from previous trails 
• We will consider what materials we can reuse and recycle from our previous sculpture trails 
• We expect, and will encourage designs to be submitted that address the environment to further raise this important topic  during the trail 
• We’ll be encouraging trailgoers to use their pedals, feet or public transport to get them to and around the trail next year 
• Please see other ways Wild in Art are mitigating their environmental impact Mitigating our environmental impact | Wild in Art 

The trail is only made possible by a fantastic community of businesses, schools and community groups. We’re on the lookout for over 50 sponsors to bring the Big 5 to Norwich and Norfolk and 100 schools or community groups to purchase a Learning & Community Programme package, to decorate and eventually keep the Mini Gs after they’ve wowed visitors and residents on the trail in summer 2025.  

Not only will this roarsome tribe make the trail a reality, they’ll also support the work of Break as we continue our lifelong offer to young people from care, so they know that they’ve got their own tribe who will always be walking alongside them.  

If you know of an organisation who might be interested in getting involved then, encourage them to visit this website to read more and get in touch. 

There will be merchandise and we are currently working on this. All merchandise will be available at the Safari Hub which will be located in The Forum.

You can contact the fundraising team on our social media channels or by emailing fundraising@break-charity.org. 

All sculptures have now been sponsored. However if you are interested in being involved in GoGoSafari we would love to discuss this with you. Please email the team at fundraising@break-charity.org.   

Unfortunately our Learning & Community Programme which invites schools and community groups to decorate their very own smaller scultpure, which this year is a giraffe, or Mini G, is now closed.

This year 65 schools and community groups have been involved and have decorated their very own Mini Gs. These will form their own urban safari in venues across the city centre. 

If you think your school or group would like to be involved in the next trail, please email fundraising@break-charity.org.

Yes! We’re always looking for enthusiastic and friendly volunteers to help bring our vibrant sculpture trail to life. There's lots of roles available, and we can work around your availablity. Being a volunteer is a fantastic way of seeing the trail and you’ll play a key role in making sure the trail is a hit with trailgoers, while also supporting a fantastic cause! Find out more here. 

There will be plenty of events to take part in to keep the adventure going, but for now if you’re interested in what events we run as a charity, check out these pages. 

There will be 51 of our Big Five, made up of lions, rhinos, elephants, giraffes and gorillas. There will also be 65 smaller giraffe sculptures, the Mini Gs, designed by schools and community groups as part of the GoGoSafari Learning & Community Programme.  

Our Big Five sculptures have been sponsored by local businesses and decorated by artists. These can be seen outside and in venues across Norwich and in parts of Norfolk. 

The smaller giraffe sculptures, the Mini Gs, are part of the Learning & Community Programme. These mini sculptures have been decorated by local schools and community groups and will form their own urban safari inside venues across the city centre. 

Wild in Art sculptures are designed as a canvas for art and are made of lightweight, fire-resistant fibreglass 

All of our Big Five will be decorated by artists. Expect everything from beautiful landscapes to graffiti, mosaic to pop art and everything in between. 

The smaller Mini Gs will be decorated by a school or community group. 

Break is a charity working across East Anglia to pave the way for a brighter future for children and young people who have experienced the care system.  

We have a unique promise to all the children and young people in our care: a lifelong offer of support. This means we will walk alongside young people for however long they need us, being their tribe until they are ready for independence. And our support means we’re not just here to find a way through the bad days, but here to celebrate the good ones too.  

Experiencing care can be lonely. People come and go, and it’s not unusual to experience multiple houses which rarely become homes. It often feels out of control. Break’s aim is to pull young people in close, allowing them to feel like they’re part of something special: a family that means you’re never alone. 

Click here to see what money raised from our previous trail in Norwich, GoGoDiscover, helped to fund.

Visit our donation pages here to make a donation towards our work.  

We’ve got lots of ideas to keep the fun in fundraising during the trail next year. For now, take a look at some of the events in the diary for 2024 here.