Issue 143 • Friday 25 June 2021 Emailed to over 1,500 local homes
Let’s fill Cambridge with trees!
Cambridge City Council has partnered with Trees for Streets to make it easier for residents to fund tree planting in streets and parks across the city. Both the Cambridge Street Tree Sponsorship Scheme and Parks Celebration Trees Scheme offer everyone a fantastic opportunity to play a part in greening our beautiful city further. Sponsor a tree, and you can choose to look after it yourself, or have the council team do it. Find out more about the next steps here.
Fibre Network installation reaches Queen Edith’s
City Fibre has been undertaking a £20m ‘Fibre-to-the Premises’ installation that will reach nearly every home and business in Cambridge, enabling Gigabit-speed internet connectivity. Their efforts have now reached our area, so expect to see extensive pavement works and new ‘street furniture’ going in. When they’re working in your area, you’ll receive a notice letter in a green envelope. The company tells us that they are “rarely outside anyone’s property for more than a couple of days.” Anyone with any queries can ring the helpline number 0800 0836160.
Latest Coronavirus news
Coronavirus restrictions remain in place, including for people who have been vaccinated. You can meet indoors in a group of up to 6 people, or a group of any size from 2 households; or outside in a group of up to 30 people. More details at the government website here.
Anyone aged 18 and over can now book a vaccination, with plenty of appointments available at the Cherry Hinton vaccination centre.
Local data analyst Phil Rodgers reckons that in Cambridge, we have 75% of residents on at least one dose, and 44% with two, so if you’ve had the vaccinations you’re able to get, do encourage others to do so.
From next Monday (28 June) for 10 weeks, there will be 90 ‘cow sculptures’ all uniquely decorated by artists, across the city. The only one in our part of the city will be ‘At The Moovies’, by Jenna Wass, which you can find at Cambridge Leisure. However, follow the trail to spot them over the summer and have fun rediscovering the city and learning about the artwork. More information and a map of the cows’ locations can be found here.
Open Studios is back
The annual Open Studios will be back again this July – with many new artists taking part as well as long-standing members. Starting next weekend (3/4 July), studios will normally be open between 11am and 6pm on both Saturday and Sunday. It looks like there are as many as 20 studios open in Queen Edith’s, from Cowper Road to Kinnaird Way and from Hills Road to Queen Edith’s Way. The complete guide, and maps, can be found here.
Summer schools for Young Actors
The Young Actors Company has ‘screen’ and ‘stage’ summer schools for both junior (school year 3–6) and senior (year 7+) budding actors, creating a film or a stage production in five days of 10am to 5pm sessions. Improve and build on acting skills, be creative, make friends and build confidence, and learn valuable skills both in front and behind the camera. The summer schools take place at the end of July and the end of August, at Netherhall School, and you can book places here, now.
Scam advice from the experts
This Tuesday (29 June) Get Safe Online is holding an online session with advice and tips on the most commonplace scams. Simply make a note to watch online here at 11am – there is no need to register. Topics will include impersonation scams, investment scams and purchase and delivery scams. More details here.
Low cost jewellery and gifts
Local designer Caitlin Blakesley has added a range of pretty new items to her Caitlin’s Den shop on Etsy – “perfect for grandchildren, nieces or just friends”, she tells us.
Treasure Seasons project boxes return
Local creator Julia Leong has just released the summer ‘Treasure Seasons family craft box’, after the sell-out success of the spring version. Aimed at eco-conscious families with children of different ages, Julia hopes the boxes “will help families to find joy in the little things and spend quality time together celebrating the every day.” The summer box contains resources and instructions for 12 carefully planned family projects and comes with a professionally printed 50-page magazine. You can order the summer box here.
Domestic and Commercial Electricians
The DS Electrical team, this week’s featured Queen Edith’s magazine supporters, have been working as electricians in Cambridge for over 20 years and have built a strong reputation for the highest quality workmanship. They work with both domestic and commercial clients and are able to undertake electrical projects from small jobs to building rewiring projects. More information here.
A chance to walk mindfully
There’s a Mindful Walk organised for Nightingale Recreation Ground in a couple of weeks’ time (Wednesday 14 July). Walking mindfully means walking at a slow pace so that our attention can be on our senses and the environment. No previous experience of mindfulness is needed. The session will be delivered by a Qualified Mindfulness Practitioner and is arranged by Cambridge City Council. It’s free to attend but advanced booking is essential. More details here.
Free takeaway breakfast for healthcare staff
This is a lovely offer: the TLC Cherry Hinton care home is running a ‘Blue Light Tuesday’ next week (29 June) providing a free to-go breakfast from 7am–9.30am for all healthcare and emergency service workers. There’s also a free sweet treat and drink available between 5pm and 7pm. Just pop by at 369 Cherry Hinton Road.
Traidcraft and Plants for sale at St John’s
This Sunday (27 June) there will be a socially-distanced Traidcraft stall from 9.30am to 12.30pm in the garden of St John’s Church on Hills Road. There’ll be fair trade and eco-friendly goods including tea, coffee, breakfast cereal, jam, marmalade, chocolate, sweets, sugar and household cleaners. A 10% discount will be offered on items purchased for the Queen Edith’s Community Food Hub (there’s a box for these donations). Payment by cash, cheque or bank transfer. At the same time there will be plants for sale, raising money for church funds.
This Week at The Light Cinema
Our multi-screen cinema’s films this week include A Quiet Place Part II; Cruella; Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds; Fast & Furious 9; In The Heights; Michael Ball & Alfie Boe – Back Together; Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway; Raya and the Last Dragon; Supernova; The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It; The Father; The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard; and Tom & Jerry: The Movie
Events at Cambridge Junction this week include The Multitude, “a 15-minute playable modern myth for two humans that features interactive projections of their own bodies. No previous experience is necessary, or even possible.” Grab a partner and enjoy the adventure in this visually stunning, large-scale, interactive installation by Jamie Gledhill. Also appearing this week are comedian Suzi Ruffelland the Bodywork Company’s 3rd Year Level 6 Diploma students performing their graduation showcase.
The Queen Edith’s Community Food Hub, which offers free fresh and packaged food supplies and household goods for anyone experiencing hardship, is open again this Saturday, from 10.30am to 12.30, at St James Church in Wulfstan Way. Food donations may once again be brought to the church on Friday afternoons from 3pm to 4pm.
One.network is the website which shows current and forthcoming road works. You can see the map here.
Happy To Help scheme
The Queen Edith’s Community Forum’s ‘Happy To Help’ scheme has now closed, but the Patients Participation Group at the Queen Edith Medical Practice is providing prescription collections for local residents who find themselves unable to leave home – telephone 07968 538783 or email ppg@queen-ediths.info.
How to contact our local councillors
The Queen Edith’s Community Forum has produced a guide to our local councillors to ensure you contact the right one depending on your problem and the street where you live. Find it here.
Queen Edith’s city councillor Sam Davies writes a weekly email discussing what she’s been doing and what issues have come up in the area. You can add yourself to the circulation of Sam’s free email here. If our other councillors produce anything similar we will highlight it here.
Queen Edith’s News is produced by the Queen Edith’s magazine team, part of the Queen Edith’s Community Forum, chaired by Sam Davies. Contact Sam by email at hello@queen-ediths.info
Email us at hello@queen-ediths.info if you have any news you’d like to see included, or any updates to the information above.
Issue 142 • Friday 18 June 2021 Emailed to over 1,500 local homes
Major roadworks to run all summer
Apologies for being the bearers of bad tidings, but our local councillors tell us that residents on some streets in the south of Queen Edith’s have been contacted today by Cadent (the gas contractors) about major roadworks. These will affect Babraham Road, Wort’s Causeway and the surrounding area, starting on 5 July and running through to September. The letter is sadly short on detail and councillors are trying to get more precise information. One immediate clarification is that, contrary to the impression created in the letter, Wort’s Causeway will ‘only’ be closed at its junction with Hills Road (not both ends). During a three week period, there will be a (lengthy) diversion via Cherry Hinton Road/Babraham Road or Limekiln Road/Queen Edith’s Way. More information when we have it.
Robin Hood junction work nears completion
The roadworks at the Robin Hood junction are coming to an end. The permanent traffic signals were scheduled to be switched on and working today. Work will follow on testing the signals to ensure the timings are as effective as possible. There is some red surfacing outstanding, and the junction will continue to be lit with temporary lighting until all the new street lighting is delivered. Daniel Downes, Lead Engineer – Signals and Systems at the County Council, tells us that some of the outstanding work will be completed next week during off peak hours only.
City Council area committee meeting next week
The first council South Area Committee Meeting since the recent elections will be held online next Monday (21 June) in the evening. It’ll be a chance to hear from our new councillors, as well as the re-elected ones, and there’s a full report on environmental services in the area. The report talks about what the council team has been doing in recent weeks, including dealing with verge parking, dog control, abandoned vehicles, fly-tipping and more. As ever, there’ll be a chance for any member of the public to ask questions – either in writing, or in person online. Everything you might want to know can be found here.
Latest Coronavirus news
Coronavirus restrictions remain in place, including for people who have been vaccinated. You can meet indoors in a group of up to 6 people, or a group of any size from 2 households; or outside in a group of up to 30 people. More details at the government website here.
Anyone aged 21 and over can now book a vaccination, with plenty of appointments available at the Cherry Hinton vaccination centre.
The ZOE COVID Symptom Study has a new interactive map on its website detailing the percentages of people vaccinated in each area of the country. Tim Spector from the study discusses how well vaccines are working on the dominant Delta variant in this video here.
Local volunteers are among the first to get a third ‘booster’ dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, as part of a new UK trial. There’s a news story here.
Are busways and car parks the future?
The Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP) is at an advanced stage of planning to build three busways and five car parks at a cost of £419 million, including the busway across the countryside to a car park the other side of Babraham. Campaign group Smarter Cambridge Transport believes the time for this plan has passed, and wants residents to let councillors on the GCP board know they agree. Find out more here.
‘Happy To Help’ Service comes to an end
The Queen Edith’s Community Forum’s “Happy To Help” volunteer schemewas set up alongside the first ‘lockdown’ in 2020. In that time over 250 people in our area have volunteered on several hundred calls for emergency help from other members of our local community, including shopping, collecting prescriptions, and checking in on neighbours. The organising team has now decided to bring “Happy To Help” to a close, as we have not received many requests for help in recent weeks, and we’d like to let our wonderful team of call administrators enjoy their summer! On behalf of all Queen Edith’s neighbours who have been supported by the scheme, we would like to say a heartfelt thanks to our volunteers for any help you’ve given (or just offered!) in the past year. It has been a wonderful community effort.
Help design navigation around the Biomedical Campus
The growth of the Biomedical Campus is forcing a reassessment of how staff, visitors and others, including local residents, travel to and around the site. A new ‘wayfinding approach’ needs to be developed which is simple, effective and intuitive and you can have your say on this through a new survey, which can be found here.
Nursery vacancies for two-year-olds
Queen Emma Nursery currently has availability for 2 year olds this September! The nursery can accept children who are entitled to 2 year old funding, as well as those eligible for 15 and 30 hours funding as your child turns 3 years of age. The nursery includes breakfast club, after school club and holiday club. For further information, see the nursery website here.
St Johns walking group restarts
The St Johns walking group is back from next week, and will meet monthly. Walks are led by David Waterhouse, Cathy Davies or James Shakespeare, and begin at St Johns car park at 10.00am. They are usually about 5 miles long. The first walk will be a Barrington/Shepreth circuit on Thursday 24 June. If you’d like to join in, or would just like more information, please email Cathy Davies.
Our local fitness centre
The recently refitted fitness suite at Netherhall Sports Centre on Queen Edith’s Way is the most convenient local gym for most Queen Edith’s residents, and it’s also excellent value, at just £20/month for adults. There’s more information here, or just pop down for a chat.
‘Idle Hour’ sold out
Anna Brownsted’s Idle Hour– featured in the last Queen Edith’s magazine – has changed location to Cambridge Leisure and will now be going ahead at 8.30pm on 24 June. However, all tickets were snapped up very quickly! To join the waiting list please email tickets@junction.co.uk
This Week at The Light Cinema
Our multi-screen cinema’s films this week include A Quiet Place Part II; Cruella; In The Earth; Nomadland; The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It; The Father; The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard; In The Heights; Monster Hunter; Peter Rabbit II; Nobody; Raya and the Last Dragon; Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds; The Witches, Godzilla vs Kong; Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train; and from next Thursday, the long awaited Fast & Furious 9.Film times and other details can be found here.
Solo piano at Cambridge Junction
Belinda O’Hooley, the exceptionally gifted pianist, singer, songwriter and composer is performing at Cambridge Junction next week, 21 June. ‘Inversions’ includes piano pieces inspired by the songs and tunes her father inherited from a long line of male musicians in the hills of the West coast of rural Ireland. More information and tickets here.
Food Hub returns
The Queen Edith’s Community Food Hub, which offers free fresh and packaged food supplies and household goods for anyone experiencing hardship is open again this Saturday, from 10.30am to 12.30. Food donations may once again be brought to the church on Friday afternoons from 3pm to 4pm.
One.network is the website which shows current and forthcoming road works. You can see the map here.
Happy To Help scheme
The Queen Edith’s Community Forum’s ‘Happy To Help’ scheme is closing (see above) but the Patients Participation Group at the Queen Edith Medical Practice is providing prescription collections for local residents who find themselves unable to leave home – telephone 07968 538783 or email ppg@queen-ediths.info.
How to contact our local councillors
The Queen Edith’s Community Forum has produced a guide to our local councillors to ensure you contact the right one depending on your problem and the street where you live. Find it here.
City councillor Sam Davies writes a weekly email discussing what she’s been doing and what issues have come up in the area. You can add yourself to the circulation of Sam’s free email here. If our other councillors produce anything similar we will highlight it here.
Queen Edith’s News is produced by the Queen Edith’s magazine team, part of the Queen Edith’s Community Forum, chaired by Sam Davies. Contact Sam by email at hello@queen-ediths.info
Email us at hello@queen-ediths.info if you have any news you’d like to see included, or any updates to the information above.
Issue 141 • Friday 11 June 2021 Emailed to over 1,500 local homes
Vaccination Volunteering ends with smiles
After more than 30 vaccination days spread over 21 weeks, the hugely successful NHS COVID-19 vaccination programme at Cornford House Surgery came to a close this week, having provided well over 20,000 vaccinations. In one of the largest volunteering exercises ever seen in the area, over 150 local residents helped at the sessions, rain or shine, during the period. They provided the staff required to welcome and sign in visitors, organise the car parking and assist in the observation tent when required. More than 200 people had initially offered their time for the service. It’s estimated that between them, the volunteers provided well over 2,500 hours of unpaid work. You can see more pictures from the last day here.
New ward opens at Addenbrooke’s
A newly built 20-bed ward has opened at Addenbrooke’s, as part of a large-scale development to increase the hospital’s capacity. Ward T2 is one of five wards being built in the coming year which will add an extra 116 beds to the hospital. The first patients to be looked after in T2 are all medically fit for discharge but need some form of community support. This will free up space in other parts of the hospital for those needing higher levels of care, for instance after surgery. Full story here.
Latest Coronavirus news
The Government’s Coronavirus website tells us that the Delta COVID-19 variant (first discovered in India) is spreading in England, so we need to remain careful.
In Cambridge, more than 6000 people over 50 have still not taken up the offer of a COVID-19 vaccine. And anyone over the age of 25 can now get their jab! If that’s you, or someone you know, it’s important to book a vaccination as soon as possible – do not wait to be contacted. You can book online here or call 119. It helps to know your NHS number when booking, but it’s not essential. Appointments can be made in the city centre or at Cherry Hinton.
Music in the Parks
Cambridge Live will be running free music events in many of the city’s parks and recreation grounds this summer, including Nightingale Rec on 19 September and Cherry Hinton Hall Park on 8 August. They promise “an array of diverse music from local jazz and folk to the summery strains of brass bands”. More details here.
After School Play Sessions at Gunhild Close
Cambridge City Council’s ChYPPS team are organising after school activities throughout June and July, including outdoor play sessions at Gunhild Close Play Area on Thursdays from 4.00 to 5.30pm. No need to book, just turn up on the day! All sessions are free to attend. More details here.
Play and Lunch Leader Vacancy at Morley
Morley Memorial Primary School in Blinco Grove is looking for a Senior Midday Play and Lunch Leader for 10 hours per week, Monday to Friday, term-time only. Salary equates to £10.01 to £10.21 per hour. More details here.
Job vacancies at Cambridge Re-Use
Cambridge Re-Use, the charity which helps families struggling financially to buy furniture and household goods, is offering two new paid positions, a supervisor for its team of volunteers and a store supervisor. The organisation is based at The Paddocks, off Cherry Hinton Road. For a job description and application form, please call Cara Moorey on 01223 414554 or email cara@cambridgereuse.org.uk.
MP runs online Environment Forum
Local MP Anthony Browne is organising an online Environment Forum on Thursday 17th June at 4pm via Zoom. The event will discuss global warming, and supporting the target of the UK going carbon neutral by 2050, and find out what we’re doing to build back greener. Register by emailing anthony.browne.mp@parliament.uk with your full name and address. Note that this is only open to readers in the Mr Browne’s constituency (find out if this is you here).
Summer activities for children
A scheme to provide holiday childcare, activities and food for children in Cambridgeshire receiving benefits-related free school meals is now taking bookings for the summer holidays. The Holiday Activity and Food programme,funded by the Department for Education (DfE), will offer up to four weeks of activities during the school summer holidays. Parents can book places now. More information here.
Gift cards from local artist
Queen Edith’s magazine cover artist and popular local tutor Denise Schoenberg is selling a variety of her lovely watercolours as greeting cards. Denise tells us: “If anyone wants to order any cards they can order online and delivery is free to anyone in Queen Edith’s, as I will cycle round to deliver to them!” The online shop can be seen here.
Shortle ProClean is this week’s featured Queen Edith’s Magazine supporter. All of the company’s exterior window cleaning is done ladder-free for safety and to eliminate damage. Reach and wash window cleaning uses free running PURE water, which is both eco friendly and can sort the toughest grime. Gutter, fascia, patio and conservatory cleaning are also available. Take a look here.
This Week at The Light Cinema
Our multi-screen cinema is open again, and this week’s films include A Quiet Place Part II; Cruella; Dream Horse; Nobody; The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It; Nomadland; Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway; The Father; Tom & Jerry: The Movie; The Witches; Godzilla vs. Kong; Raya and the Last Dragon; The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard; and In The Heights. Film times and other details can be found here.
This Week at Cambridge Junction
Award-winning multi-instrumentalists, composers and folk scholars The Rheingans Sisters perform at Cambridge Junction next Tuesday (15 June). Rowan and Anna make ‘playful, powerful and richly connecting music’ that is wholly contemporary while deeply anchored in folk traditions. More information here.
No Food Hub this week
The Queen Edith’s Community Food Hub, which offers free fresh and packaged food supplies and household goods for anyone experiencing hardship will not be open this Saturday, as St James’ Church is otherwise occupied. It will return next week (19 June), and we will be taking food donations on the Friday afternoon (18 June).
One.network is the website which shows current and forthcoming road works. You can see the map here.
Happy To Help scheme
The Queen Edith’s Community Forum’s ‘Happy To Help’ scheme is still open on 01223 641 012 for any community advice and help we can give, non-medical and non-emergency. It is monitored Monday to Friday. The Patients Participation Group at the Queen Edith Medical Practice is providing prescription collectionsfor local residents who find themselves unable to leave home – telephone 07968 538783 or email ppg@queen-ediths.info.
How to contact our local councillors
The Queen Edith’s Community Forum has produced a guide to our local councillors to ensure you contact the right one depending on your problem and the street where you live. Find it here.
City councillor Sam Davies writes a weekly email discussing what she’s been doing and what issues have come up in the area. You can add yourself to the circulation of Sam’s free email here. If our other councillors produce anything similar we will highlight it here.
Queen Edith’s News is produced by the Queen Edith’s magazine team, part of the Queen Edith’s Community Forum, chaired by Sam Davies. Contact Sam by email at hello@queen-ediths.info
Email us at hello@queen-ediths.info if you have any news you’d like to see included, or any updates to the information above.
Issue 140 • Friday 4 June 2021 Emailed to over 1,500 local homes
‘Happy To Help’ Scheme changing
The Queen Edith’s Community Forum’s ‘Happy To Help’ scheme is now changing in response to reduced demand and evolving regulations. The line is still open on 01223 641 012 for any community advice and help we can give, non-medical and non-emergency. It will be monitored Monday to Friday. See below for how to make prescription collection requests.
The scheme was set up at the start of the first ‘lockdown’ in 2020. In the year since then, over 250 local people have volunteered on several hundred calls for emergency help with shopping, collecting prescriptions, and checking in on neighbours. This project has all been co-ordinated by a team of volunteer administrators monitoring the calls and showing our amazing community at its very best. A big thank you to administrators Anne, Chris, Claire, Fiona, James, Jessica, Joan, Lorna, Manfred, Nicki, Risa, Sam, Sean, Stephanie, Steve, Viv, Wendy and of course all of our volunteers.
Prescription Collection service changes
The Patients Participation Group at the Queen Edith Medical Practice has offered to co-ordinate requests for prescription collections from local residents who find themselves isolating or otherwise unable to leave home. This service has been provided for the last year by the ‘Happy To Help’ scheme. The contact details of the new service are to telephone 07968 538783 or email ppg@queen-ediths.info.
Readers with an American Express card will be able to get £5 back on a £15 purchase from tomorrow (5 June) until 25 June, at a range of local businesses. These include many of the shops, cafés and takeaways in Wulfstan Way, Cherry Hinton Road and Hills Road. You can see a map here, and there are full details on the scheme here.
Fendon Road roundabout works
Remedial works will take place on the Fendon Road/Queen Edith’s Way roundabout over three nights starting on Tuesday, 29 June. There will be a full closure of the roundabout each night between 8.00pm and 6.00am. Citi 1 and Citi 2 buses will be diverted during the evening via Nightingale Avenue, with the bollard at the modal filter closure point lowered for buses. The County Council tells us that it has been necessary to delay this work until the Robin Hood junction upgrade is completed, currently scheduled for Friday 18 June.
Climate change and evolutionary biology
Listening to Shells is the title of a fascinating-sounding online lecture being given by Professor Liz Harper next Thursday (10 June) as part of The Perse Virtual Community Lecture series. Professor Harper is Honorary Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge and Curator of the Sedgwick Museum, and the lecture will be ‘an interdisciplinary exploration of climate change, evolutionary biology and bits of materials science.’ Click here to book a place to watch.
Parents and carers toddler group
Little Rockers is a parents and carers toddler group for families with children aged 3 years and under, organised by the Rock Baptist Church. It meets at Lichfield Road Community Hall every Monday morning in term time from 10am to 11.15 am. The session will give you and your child the opportunity for free play and messy play as well as time for a snack, a story and a sing-a-long. You can sign up for the next session here.
This Sunday (6 June) sees a chance to buy pottery made by John, one of the retired priests from St John’s Church on Hills Road. There will be a selection of bowls, vases and candle-holders for sale, all very reasonably priced, with all proceeds going towards church funds. The sale will take place on the grass outside the church on Hills Road, and will run from 10.30am until 12.30.
The supernatural Shakespeare plays, outdoors
Several local residents are part of the Bawds theatre group’s upcoming evenings of condensed Shakespeare in the grounds of Madingley Hall. The Tempest, Macbeth and A Midsummer Night’s Dream will be magically brought to life from the 11 to 18 June. Bring a picnic blanket and experience the first dramatic and magical open-air experience of the summer. More details here.
Music Festival visits St John’s
Cambridge Summer Music Festival is back from 17 to 31 July, featuring 30 concerts and over 100 musicians, and there will be a day of concerts at St John the Evangelist, Hills Road on Wednesday 28 July. The programme has a special focus on French and British music, and general booking opens on 17 June. Details of all events can be found here.
Stunning aerial theatre show online this Sunday
Aidy is a normal 8 year old girl… or so she thinks! One day she discovers a family secret that changes everything. Aidy the Awesome is a stunning aerial theatre show for all the family to enjoy, streaming online from Cambridge Junction this Sunday (6 June). It’s available all day, with pay-what-you-feel tickets. More details here.
RNLI event at The Old Vicarage
Local RNLI fundraiser Geoff Heathcock tells us there’s an Open Garden event coming up at the end of the month (27 June) at The Old Vicarage, Grantchester. There will be a Cake Stall, Souvenir Stall and home-made honey, as well as three presentations from Cambridge Madrigal Group and a talk on the history of The Old Vicarage.
Everything you need for your pet’s care
Cambridge Veterinary Group is this week’s featured Queen Edith’s Magazinesupporter. The clinic is situated down a long driveway off Cherry Hinton Road in a peaceful garden setting, and has been purpose designed to provide quality facilities for animal care. Its excellent website includes details of the services offered, as well as a pet food and supplies shop, information about their Pet Health Club to provide essential routine care for your pet, and a very informative blog. Take a look here.
Taj temporarily closed
Following the sad passing of their father Syed Abdul Hakim, Syed and Julal at the Taj restaurant have closed the venue for a few days. They apologise for reservations they could not honour this weekend, but would like to thank everyone “for the messages and love shown from the whole community”.
This Week at The Light Cinema
Our multi-screen cinema is open again, and this week’s films include A Quiet Place Part II; Cruella; Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train; Dream Horse; Godzilla vs. Kong; Judas and the Black Messiah; Land; Nobody; Nomadland; Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway; Raya and the Last Dragon; Scoob!; Spiral; The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It; Those Who Wish Me Dead; and Tom & Jerry: The Movie. Film times and other details can be found here.
Food Hub open this Saturday …but not next week
The Queen Edith’s Community Food Hub offers free fresh and packaged food supplies and household goods for anyone experiencing hardship. It is open this Saturday, at St James Church in Wulfstan Way from 10:30am to 12:30pm. Thanks as ever to all the wonderful volunteers and donors. Please note that there will be no Food Hub next week (12 June) as there’s a wedding at the church, so we will not be taking food donations on the Friday afternoon (11 June).
One.network is the website which shows current and forthcoming road works. You can see the map here.
How to contact our local councillors
The Queen Edith’s Community Forum has produced a guide to our local councillors to ensure you contact the right one depending on your problem and the street where you live. Find it here.
City councillor Sam Davies writes a weekly email discussing what she’s been doing and what issues have come up in the area. You can add yourself to the circulation of Sam’s free email here. If our other councillors produce anything similar we will highlight it here.
Queen Edith’s News is produced by the Queen Edith’s magazine team, part of the Queen Edith’s Community Forum, chaired by Sam Davies. Contact Sam by email at hello@queen-ediths.info
Email us at hello@queen-ediths.info if you have any news you’d like to see included, or any updates to the information above.
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