Announcements from other organisations

Courses and activities

HIAM Sports & Social Club, Putney Hill Rd. Prickwillow, Ely, Cambs. CB7 4UU.

Contact details on Website: https://www.hiam.org.uk/?page=ballroom

Lovely dance floor. Great acoustics. Licensed bar. Level access. Raffle. Free Wifi. Ample free parking.

Doors open at 7pm for evening dances. (1 pm for Tea dances)

Sunday Tea dances : 2 til 5 pm Members £6.50. Non-members £8.00 incl. tea/coffee/biscuits.

Saturday night dances : 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Members £7.50. Non-members £9.00.

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50/50 BALLROOM & SEQUENCE DANCES at Hiam 2024

All dances listed below are ‘pay at the door”.

Sunday 6th October TEA DANCE: David Last
Saturday 19th October: Annie
Saturday 26th October: Richard Keeling

Sunday 3rd November TEA DANCE: Gary Cole
Saturday 16th November: David Last
Saturday 23rd November: Chris Powell

Sunday 1st December TEA DANCE:  Paul Hadley
Saturday 21st December: David Last

Plus: Thursday tea dances with CDs hosted by Amanda & Richard, 2-4:30 p.m. £4 including tea/coffee/biscuits.


Upcoming Events at David Parr House

TALKS:

  1. The Craftivist Collective Handbook with Sarah P Corbett
    • Date & Time: Wednesday 9th October, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
  2. Lettercutting: The Legacy of Apprenticeship with Roxanne Kindersley
    • Date & Time: Wednesday 13th November, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
  3. Women Pioneers of the Arts and Crafts Movement with Karen Livingstone
    • Date & Time: Wednesday 27th November, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

WORKSHOPS:

  1. The Art of Blackwork Embroidery with Beatrice Mayfield
    • Date & Time: Saturday 28th September, 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM
  2. Rag Rug Workshop with Rachael Matthews
    • Date & Time: Saturday 5th October, 10:30 AM – 4:00 PM
  3. The Art of Letterpress with Donna Thompson
    • Date & Time: Saturday 12th October, 10:30 AM – 2:00 PM
  4. The Art of Arabic Calligraphy with Samar Farooq
    • Date & Time: Saturday 2nd November, 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM
  5. An Introduction to Bargello with Cecilia Charlton
    • Date & Time: Saturday 9th November, 10:30 AM – 1:30 PM
  6. The Art of Illuminated Lettering with Sarah Davis
    • Date & Time: Saturday 16th November, 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM

Friends of Blue Smile invite you to an evening with SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHORS Sarah Vaughan and Jo Browning Wroe.

Wednesday 9th October at 7.30pm St John the Evangelist Church rooms, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 8RN

Tickets: £16 which will include a glass of wine and nibbles, doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start.
Available from Mary-Louisa Glynn:07801748455 or
randmglynn@btinternet.com


A free taster session of an hour long Chair Yoga class, led by Tejodhi

Dates: Tuesday 8th Oct 2024 – 2.30pm to 3.30pm

Tejodhi is offering a six week course from 15th October and this free class is an ideal way to try out what she has to offer.

Book here.

Location: Cambridge Buddhist Centre

“‘It comes to us all’: Death and Dying” lecture series at the Intellectual Forum, Jesus College

We are all guaranteed one thing in life: that, eventually, we will die.

In a series of six free, public panels and lectures at the Intellectual Forum at Jesus College, Cambridge this autumn, we will explore this fundamental human experience from cultural, spiritual, legal, and technological perspectives.

We will consider questions such as:

  • Can we combat inequalities in death and dying?
  • How are developments in technology changing our experience of death?
  • What is a ‘good death’?

All events will take place at 5.30pm at Jesus College, Cambridge on evenings between 17 October and 20 November. Five of the six events will also be livestreamed via Zoom. Booking is required, but all tickets are free of charge and all are welcome. Find out more: https://www.jesus.cam.ac.uk/events/death-and-dying-lecture-series


Cambridge Camera Club Exhibition 2024

Cambridge Camera Club’s FREE annual exhibition will be held on 30 Sept – 5 Oct at St Andrew’s Baptist Church, 43 St Andrew’s St, Cambridge CB2 3AR.

The exhibition runs from 1-5pm on Monday and 10am-5pm on Tuesday to Saturday.

Wheel chair accessible.

The prints will be available to purchase.

https://www.cambcc.org.uk/Publichome


Walking Rugby

Would you like to join a small group to play walking rugby at Cambridge Rugby Club, Grantchester Road, on Wednesday evenings at 6pm. Under lights in the winter. This is all about fun and exercise and no recent rugby experience required. Tackling is by touch only!

If you are interested please email: paul.seviour@btopenworld.com


Eco-Festival
Saturday 12 October

12 noon – 3pm

at St John’s Church, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 8RN

Get inspired to Reduce, Re-use, Repair and Recycle at the St John’s Eco-Festival. Browse stalls from local environmental organisations and sustainable product makers, with information, inspiration and things to buy. There will be refreshments on sale and bike repairs too. Stalls include:

Garden club, natural soaps & fragrances, bike repairs, willow weaving, pottery demonstration, book swap, Fairtrade, bee keeping, environmental charities, RSPB, A Rocha UK, fruit and veg on sale, lunches and lots more.Free entry. Donations invited

www.stjohntheevangelistcambridge.org


Hints and Revelations: Radius Festival of Drama, 

12 October 2024, St Mark’s Church Newnham, Barton Road, CB3 9JZ.

The day includes a directing master class with two professional actors exploring Shakespeare’s The Tempest, a performance of A hint of the unknown God by Rex Walford, which dramatises poetry by John Betjeman, and Q&A.

The event starts at 12 and ends at 5.30pm, and if booked before 23rd September, lunch will be included in your ticket.

Radius explores faith, belief, social, ethical questions and what it is to be human, through drama. If you are interested in the arts, culture and the big questions of today, we’d be delighted to meet you. We welcome new members but you don’t have to be a member to attend events – we’d love to see you – please do book!

All information about the day, Radius, and to book, is here


Medieval Sokemen Living History Group present a series of Living History events at Longthorpe Tower

Presented by the Medieval Sokemen re-enactment group, the events weave together as a journey through the 14th and 15th centuries, giving you the opportunity to explore the Tower’s rich history and experience life as it was lived many years ago.

2 & 3 November: A 15th Century Christmas: Delve into the past with our costumed history enthusiasts as they bring to life the traditions from a medieval Christmas. Discover how the festive season was celebrated 600 years ago, with yuletide feasts, medieval games and an opportunity to take part in a traditional Mummer’s play!

To find out more and book your tickets, please visit https://www.nenepark.org.uk/news/longthorpe-tower-living-history-events. Events can be booked individually, or as a package of four, saving you 10%.

Requests for volunteers and general information

Diabetes research study

Do you know anyone living with diabetes? Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge are recruiting for a PhD study looking at the use of a blood flow restriction technique in healthy and diabetic feet. The aim is to improve the health of people living with diabetic foot, which can be a life changing condition. If you are living with diabetes with either healthy feet or diabetic feet, please consider taking part in this 4-week research study. Find out more information here: https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/angliaruskin/ipcdiabetes or email Chloe French at ccaf100@pgr.aru.ac.uk by mid-November.


Have your say on future of Sustainable Energy in Cambridge

Cambridge Ahead and the Global Sustainability Institute at Anglia Ruskin University have partnered on the ‘Energy and Sustainability’ element of Cambridge Ahead’s project The Infrastructure Gap: Unlocking Cambridge’s Full Potential’. The project proposes that the growth seen in the Cambridge city region has not been matched by investment in the infrastructure to support it to happen sustainably and inclusively, and is interested in the perspectives of members of the public, regardless of prior expertise.

We’d love to hear from you, and you can find the form here.

More information and the full call for evidence can be found here.

For more questions, please contact:

Emma Pritchard, Policy and Research Officer, Cambridge Ahead
Emma@cambridgeahead.co.uk

Alex Rossiter, Senior Policy Manager, Cambridge Ahead
Alex@cambridgeahead.co.uk

Current as of August 


Volunteering Opportunities at The Museum of Cambridge

Front of House Volunteer: Welcome visitors to the Museum, share your own passion for history with local people, and national and international tourists, and make a significant impact to Cambridge’s local social history Museum.

Tour Guide Volunteer: New to the Museum this year we are looking for volunteers to help us lead, weekly tours of the historic quarter of Cambridge and within the Museum. Tours currently run on Monday’s with the possibility of expanding to more dates as the season continues!

Family Events Volunteers: Our summer calendar of family events is filling up with hands-on workshops and crafts. Join as a volunteer to help with natural dyeing, journal making and other fun family activities through the summer.

Collections Volunteer: This summer and autumn we are exploring the Museum’s framed collections. Get stuck into cataloguing, cleaning and caring for the Museum art, picture and print collections. This short term project will contribute to our catalogue of knowledge and preserve our collections for generations to come!

To get involved with any of the above roles, please visit: MyImpactPage – Museum of Cambridge (betterimpact.com) to create an account and apply today!

Current as of June 2024


Wimpole volunteering

Volunteer recruitment event at Wimpole 21st and 22nd September 2024

Have you ever thought about volunteering in a beautiful country mansion? Maybe you are a family with children and you would like to try volunteering together? Or perhaps you have limited free time but would like to try something different during your holidays? Whatever the case, we have something to suit you.

We are looking new volunteers for the House at Wimpole and would love to invite you to our recruitment events on

  • Saturday 21st September 12 to 3pm
  • Sunday 22nd September 12pm to 3pm

We are recruiting for the following roles

  • House Experience Volunteer (all year round)
  • Christmas Experience Volunteer (22nd November 2024 to 1st January 2025)
  • Family House Experience Volunteer (one-off opportunity or can be repeated throughout the year).

There is no need to book, just turn up at the main entrance of the House any time between 12 noon and 3.30pm and ask for the recruitment event.

For further information about volunteering in the House at Wimpole visit the website myvolunteering – National Trust

Current as of August 2024


General Information


Information for walkers: Rights of Way and obstructions

The Rights of Way officer for South Cambridgeshire is anxious to support users of footpaths and wants to encourage members of the public to report obstructions. You can do this via the Report It page on the Council website here: https://highwaysreporting.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/

It is helpful to upload a photo if possible. The Officer’s name is Oliver and his telephone number is 07393 142 442. His email address is oliver.ayto@cambridgeshire.gov.uk.


City Hearing Aid Maintenance sessions
Don’t let your hearing stop you from joining in the adventures of life! Come along to one of 4 CDA Drop-In Hearing Aid sessions where we maintain NHS supply hearing aids, replace tubing and domes, clean moulds and supply hearing aid batteries. We can also signpost to other services.  Please see below for dates etc. See you there!

The Meadows Community Centre: 4th Thurs of the month, 10 – 11.30am
St. Andrews St Baptist Church: 4th Wed of the month, 10am – 12 noon
Cambridge United, Cledara Abbey Stadium: 3rd Thurs of the month, 1.30 – 3.30
St. Philips Church: 3rd Wed Quarterly May / Aug / Nov / Feb, 10.30 -12 noon

Current as of May 2024


Healthy You

Healthy You is a free service for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough residents who are looking to make changes to their lifestyle. Designed to spot early signs of stroke, kidney disease, heart disease, type 2 diabetes or dementia. An NHS Health Check helps find ways to lower this risk. FREE to everyone aged between 40 and 74 and takes just 20 to 30 minutes.

To book your FREE NHS Health check appointment text: HEALTHYU to 60777 or call: 0333 005 0093, or visit www.healthyyou.org.uk