Issue 195 • Friday 24 June 2022 Emailed to over 1,700 local homes
Flowers and Trees at Wandlebury
There are a couple of events at our local country park next week. On Tuesday, enjoy a gentle walk around the woods and meadows with one of the Wardens who will help you to identify our wild flowers in summer.More information here. And on Wednesday, learn about native trees with a knowledgeable Cambridge Past, Present & Future Warden, who will help you to identify tree species using features such as bark, leaves, flowers and fruits. More information here.
A Question Of Wine
Quiz night is back at Cambridge Wine Merchants on Cherry Hinton Road, next Tuesday (28th June) at 7pm. It’s £10 for a team of up to 4 people; topics are “loosely wine-based and general knowledge, but mostly just a lot of fun!” There will be prizes. You’re welcome to bring your own food. For bookings, email cherry@cambridgewine.com and please include a contact telephone number.
The role of the Health Librarian in patient care
Cambridgeshire Libraries has an online talk next Tuesday (28 June) from 2 to 3pm, where the Health Librarian from Royal Papworth Hospital will talk about the different ways librarians support patient care and enhance patient experiences, often behind the scenes. The session will conclude with some tips for finding high-quality health information and pointers on how to ascertain whether the information is reliable. For details and to book your free ticket, please email engage.online@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or there’s more information here.
Friendship and food
Community lunches are back at the St Johns Centre (St Johns Church, on Hills Road)! The first post-Covid lunch is next Wednesday (29 June) from 12.30–2pm. At just £5 per person, it’s a great way to meet other local people. Just turn up. Enquiries to Anne Rigby on 01223 210871.
Find out about the latest work on ovarian cancer
Each year about 7,500 women in the UK are diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and only 43% of women in England survive five years beyond their diagnosis. This is because the disease is often diagnosed late, treatment options are limited, and many women develop resistance to current therapies. A CBC on Virtual Tour webinar next Friday (1 July) features Professors James Brenton and Paul Pharoah, leaders of the Ovarian Cancer Programme at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre, speaking about pioneering research in Cambridge that’s aiming to improve outcomes for ovarian cancer patients. Find out about the symptoms, treatments, clinical trials and latest innovations in ovarian cancer. Details of how to register are here.
CUH Arts Festival next week
Those of you who work at the Cambridge Biomedical Campus have a week-long celebration of the arts next week, organised by Cambridge University Hospitals’ CUH Arts. With Luke Jerram’s new In Memoriam artwork as a backdrop, there are Lunchtime Live sessions held on The Green & The Gardens and many online sessions and tours. More details here.
Mindfulness Wednesdays from the Biomedical Campus
Join John Nicholson from Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust for a free 15 minute live weekly mindfulness meditation on Wednesdays at 4pm. Give yourself the luxury of complete peace for 15 minutes. No judgement. Cameras turned off – no one will see you. Just join in and create 15 minutes of peace in your busy day. Join in regularly, or as a one off, on time or late – it doesn’t matter. More information here.
Adopt your street to improve biodiversity
Would you like to have more control over the vegetation growth and appearance of your street? Cambridge City Council’s “Happy Bee” streets scheme encourages you and your neighbours to ‘adopt’ your street and create a healthier environment. Your street must be in a 20mph zone, to ensure work can be carried out safely, and other residents of your street will need to show general support for joining the scheme. There’s much more information here.
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Where the strengthening of learning and confidence goes hand in hand
Queen Edith’s-based Cambridge Online Tuition offers online tuition in subjects from primary KS1 through GCSE to A-Level for children who can use additional support, whether it’s because they’re not being challenged enough at school or because they may have been left behind. Free taster sessions are available. You can find out much more here.
This Week at The Light Cinema
★ Our multi-screen cinema’s lineup of films this week include Downton Abbey: A New Era; Elvis; Everything Everywhere All At Once; First Blood (40th Anniversary); Good Luck To You Leo Grande; Jurassic World Dominion; Lightyear; Sonic The Hedgehog 2; The Bad Guys; The Black Phone and Top Gun: Maverick.
★ The Cambridge Junction lineup this week includes Arts & Minds: Creative Café; Big Trouble Little Pictures: A Total Arts Film Festival; Queer Valentines; Steve Forbert; The Kite Trust – Queer Prom; and Voodoo Room: Celebrating The Music Of Hendrix, Clapton & Cream.
The government’s recommended steps to reduce the risk of catching and spreading COVID-19 are as follows: get vaccinated; let fresh air in if meeting indoors, or meet outside; and consider wearing a face covering in crowded, enclosed spaces.
For details of how to book first, second or booster vaccinations, please visit The Vaccinators website and click on your age group.
This week’s government data on COVID-19 for this area can be found here.
Food Hub news
The Queen Edith’s Community Food Hub is open tomorrow (Saturday) as usual, from 10.30am to 12noon at St James Church on Wulfstan Way. All in need are welcome, no questions asked. The Coffee Chat is open too.
Husband and wife team Jake and Folma (above) volunteer regularly at the hub and the coffee chat. They baked the most delicious goodies this past Saturday!
Food donations may be brought to the church on Saturday mornings from 10.00am to 10.30am. The team tells us it’s usually particularly in need of tinned beans (not baked beans) and tinned fish, but all contributions are welcome.
A review of the road classifications in Cambridge will consider how roads and streets are classified based on the type of vehicles and traffic that they are used by in the future. Full details and a link to the survey of your views can be found on the consultation web page here.(Open until 18 July)
We’re all being encouraged to take part in a consultation on the region’s transport future from the Combined Authority. There’s lots of information, including a link to the survey, at the Local Transport & Connectivity Plan website here. The draft plan is here.(Open until 4 August)
One.network is the website which shows current and forthcoming road works. You can see the map here. Click the ‘Today’ box and select ‘Next two weeks’ for future works.
Welcome to our guests from Ukraine
Ukrainian families are arriving in Queen Edith’s. Welcome! And thank you to the households who have offered to act as hosts. Here is some information that might help.
How to contact our local councillors
The Queen Edith’s Community Forum guide to our local councillors will ensure you contact the right one depending on your issue 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 also 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 194 • Friday 17 June 2022 Emailed to over 1,700 local homes
Farewell to the “honey lady”
Joy Barker, affectionately known by locals as the “honey lady”, has passed away. Joy maintained her garden on Hills Avenue/Baldock Way, with its honey for sale and its chickens, for over 20 years. It was a part of many local residents’ childhoods, as described so memorably in the wonderful article “I miss the honey lady”: How one resident helped her community to understand what is truly valuable by Jagjit S Chadha. Everyone should read it. The garden is of course now the ‘Joy’s Garden’ community space, and you can read about that (as well as Chloe Brown’s lovely interview with Joy) in this Queen Edith’s magazine article.
How can we create a greener Queen Edith’s?
Are you interested in finding sustainable ways of living locally? The Queen Edith’s Community Forum and the Friends of Rock Road Library are looking at developing an interesting, informative and sociable series of events that will explore what we can all do to reduce our impact on the climate. The first session is next Thursday (23 June) from 7.30pm – 9pm at Rock Road Library, where we will be starting with looking at the Cambridge Carbon Footprint calculator. Apart from leading you through the calculator (bring a smartphone or tablet if you have one), we will work out together what else we can do to make Queen Edith’s a better place to live. The event is free and there will be locally sourced refreshments available!
New artwork to visit on Biomedical Campus
If you’re looking for a diversion on a local walk, there’s a new piece of public arton The Green and The Gardens, outside Royal Papworth Hospital on the Biomedical Campus. The touring outdoor piece by British artist Luke Jerram is called In Memoriam, and it comprises over 80 flags made of NHS bedsheets, arranged to form a medical logo in white and NHS blue. It’s designed for people to spend time walking through and sitting within, and remembers all those we have lost from the pandemic, as well as being a tribute to all the biomedical researchers and health and care workers who have gone above and beyond. In Memoriam will be in place until 12 July.
Homerton College May Ball tonight
Hills Road area residents are reminded that tonight is the May Ball at Homerton College which will take place right through to 5am. The students are making every effort to be good neighbours, and will act within council noise limits, but do expect to be aware of the event. After the less than ideal experience they’ve has as undergraduates over the last three years, here at Queen Edith’s News we hope the students have a great time.
City Buoys visit this evening
City Buoys Seafood Kitchen is at Cambridge Wine Merchants on Cherry Hinton Road this evening (Friday 17 June) until 9pm. This mobile seafood kitchen “brings the shores of the British Isles to the streets of the city, with a fresh mindset on coastal cuisine.” You can take away or enjoy in the wine bar. See the sort of food they have to offer here.
Duxford Air Show this weekend
The Duxford Air Show is back this weekend (June 18/19), so there’s a possibility of a few sights in the skies above Queen Edith’s on both afternoons. There’s a full flying listing here and more information and tickets here. Expect the roads out that way to be very busy.
It’s Space Ranger Day!
Children excited by Disney and Pixar’s new Lightyear film may well want to be at the Cambridge Science Centre’s Space Ranger Day tomorrow (Saturday 18 June). Filled with activities and shows all about space, there will be prizes on offer for the best dressed Space Ranger! Every family attending will also be eligible for discounted tickets to the film at The Light Cinema. More information here.
Summer Fete at St John’s
It’s the Summer Fete at St John’s Church on Hills Road tomorrow afternoon (18 June). There are bike repairs and a children’s bike sale, a wide range of stalls and plenty of games too. The event kicks off at 12noon and there’s more information here.
Free music at Cherry Hinton Hall Park
The free Music in the Parks concert series is once again across several of the city’s parks and recreation grounds this summer, and this Sunday (19 June) sees March Brass 2000 at Cherry Hinton Hall. The event starts at 3pm – just turn up. More information on all the concerts here. We also have a concert at the end of July at Nightingale Recreation Ground – watch this space.
Summer Wildflowers of Wandlebury
Want to learn more about wildflowers? Enjoy a gentle walk around the woods and meadows of Wandlebury next Tuesday morning (21 June) with one of the wardens, who will help you to identify the wildflowers in summer. More information here.
Perse Upper School Open Event
There’s an Open Morning at the Perse Upper School on Hills Road next Friday (24 June), for Year 5 or 7 parents/carers considering Year 7 or 9 entry for their child in September 2023. There’s a chance to take a tour with a current student, and hear a talk from the school’s Head, Ed Elliott. More information here.
World premiere at St John’s
Jubilation! is a very special performance by the Cambridge Concert Orchestra at the Church of St John the Evangelist on Saturday 2 July. The programme will feature the world premiere of Suffolk Landscapes by Peter Bumstead, as well as a selection of music to celebrate the Queen’s 70th Jubilee. Tickets are £10 for adults, free for children and can be bought in advance or on the door. To request ticket information, please email the orchestra at evertbokma@talktalk.net
Jobs at Cambridge Folk Festival
It’s only a few weeks until the Cambridge Folk Festival at Cherry Hinton Hall, and there’s a range of job opportunities available for local people, all paying around £10/hour. These include stewards, minibus drivers and cleaners. More information here.
Help with early cancer detection
Are you age 40 to 80, and either cancer-free or have completed treatment for cancer over a year ago? A new project from the Alliance for Cancer Early Detection on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus needs help identifying risk factors and exploring new techniques and methods to detect cancer at an early stage. You’d need to answer questionnaires and provide samples including blood, urine and (on rare occasion) saliva samples, then you will be assessed as to whether you are eligible for early detection studies. There’s more information here.
Financial support available for pensioners
The Household Support Fund has been created to help people born before 30 September 1956 experiencing immediate financial hardship to pay for food and household energy bills. There are a range of programmes, with more information here.
Guided busway safety report published
An independent, expert safety study on both the northern and southern sections of the busway has been published. Queen Edith’s County Councillor Alex Beckett says that “We have already implemented many of the recommendations, such as a 30mph speed limit on the whole southern section. Many of the markings, signs and high-friction surfacing will be complete by the end of August. As (the experts) have indicated that ‘a physical fence (on the southern section) would not be a long-term practical intervention’ we are now in an ongoing dialogue about removing the temporary fence.” More here.
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Turn your spare room into extra income
EF Cambridge on Hills Road is set to be busy over the summer, and is now offering higher rates to local families offering to host its students for home stays. If you would be interested in hosting with EF, send an email to accommodation.cambridge@ef.com – there’s some background information here.
This Week at The Light Cinema
★ Our multi-screen cinema’s lineup of films this week include Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness; Downton Abbey: A New Era; Everything Everywhere All At Once; George Michael Freedom Uncut; Good Luck To You Leo Grande; Jurassic World Dominion; Lightyear; Sonic The Hedgehog 2; The Bad Guys; The Black Phone; and Top Gun: Maverick
★ The Cambridge Junction lineup this week includes Bharatanatyam Arangetram Of Neethu Vivek; Broadway & Beyond! by Cambridge University Centre For Music Performance; Inhaler; Irish Mythen; Jack Broadbent & Mike Dawes; Renegade Brass Band; Slipped Disc All Nighter; The Dead South; The Felice Brothers; The Fiver; The Scummy Mummies Show; and Together Culture Presents A Dinner Of Ideas
The government’s recommended steps to reduce the risk of catching and spreading COVID-19 are as follows: get vaccinated; let fresh air in if meeting indoors, or meet outside; and consider wearing a face covering in crowded, enclosed spaces.
For details of how to book first, second or booster vaccinations, please visit The Vaccinators website and click on your age group.
This week’s government data on COVID-19 for this area can be found here.
Food Hub news
The Queen Edith’s Community Food Hub is open tomorrow (Saturday) as usual, from 10.30am to 12noon at St James Church on Wulfstan Way. All in need are welcome, no questions asked. The Coffee Chat is open too!
Food donations may be brought to the church on Saturday mornings from 10.00am to 10.30am. The team tells us it’s usually particularly in need of tinned beans (not baked beans) and tinned fish, but all contributions are welcome.
A review of the road classifications in Cambridge will consider how roads and streets are classified based on the type of vehicles and traffic that they are used by in the future. Full details and a link to the survey of your views can be found on the consultation web page here.(Open until 18 July)
We’re all being encouraged to take part in a consultation on the region’s transport future from the Combined Authority. There’s lots of information, including a link to the survey, at the Local Transport & Connectivity Plan website here. The draft plan is here.(Open until 4 August)
One.network is the website which shows current and forthcoming road works. You can see the map here. Click the ‘Today’ box and select ‘Next two weeks’ for future works.
Welcome to our guests from Ukraine
Ukrainian families are arriving in Queen Edith’s. Welcome! And thank you to the households who have offered to act as hosts. Here is some information that might help.
How to contact our local councillors
The Queen Edith’s Community Forum guide to our local councillors will ensure you contact the right one depending on your issue 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 also 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 193 • Friday 10 June 2022 Emailed to over 1,700 local homes
Jubilee recognition for Geoff Heathcock
Former long-time County Councillor for Queen Edith’s and RNLI fundraiser Geoff Heathcock has received a Platinum Champions Award from the Royal Voluntary Service. The awards are an official Jubilee project “to celebrate outstanding volunteers across the country who are making a difference every day.” All 490 Platinum Champions received a specially designed pin and a signed certificate from HRH The Duchess of Cornwall. Our congratulations to Geoff.
Spanish food treat tonight
Azahar Artisan Spanish Food is at Cambridge Wine Merchants on Cherry Hinton Rd tonight (Friday 10 June) until 9pm. Azahar serves authentic Spanish Bocatas, filled with a traditional Spanish flavour, Chorizo, Tortilla, Pollo a la Brava or Lomo and served in local artisan bread. The wine bar now offers Fizz Fridays,with Champagne or English Sparkling wine available corkage-free.
Paper Beetles
Beetles are so varied that they make up 40% of all insect species and 25% of all animal species on Earth! As part of the month-long Cambridge Nature Festival,find out a bit more about some of them and then design your own. The event takes place tomorrow (Saturday 11 June) at the Cambridge Science Centre, and is part of the centre’s general entry fee. More details here.
Council Area Committee on Monday
The City Council’s South Area Committee meeting takes place every few months, and the next one is this Monday (13 June), broadcast online at 7pm. There’ll be a report on the council’s Streets and Open Spaces, Environmental Health and Shared Waste service activities; another presentation from the GCP on the road reclassification project; and a chance to raise your issues with councillors. Supporting material and a link to the live stream can be found here.
Proms at the Perse
Music lovers will not want to miss the grand return of Proms at the Perse, a three-hour musical extravaganza with over 200 musicians taking part around the school site on Hills Road. It’s next Wednesday 15 June, from 5pm. Free tickets are available here.
Park revealed on your phone
Three augmented reality adventure trails are now available for Cherry Hinton Hall park. You’ll need to download the free Love Exploring app to your phone and search for Cambridge – then be amazed as dinosaurs, planets or fairies appear in front of you! There is also a tree trail, a mindfulness trail and a sensory trail to choose from. All of the trails are suitable for anybody aged 4 to 104, and you can enjoy them at any time.
Volunteer for your community at the library
The city library service, including Rock Road Library, is looking for Digital Buddies and Library Supporters. Digital Buddies help customers to develop their digital and IT skills, assist with online bus pass renewals, and answer simple digital queries for 1-2 hours/week. Library Supporters offer 2-4 hours/week to help keep the libraries organised, assist with customers’ queries, and occasionally help with events. Anyone over the age of 13 can volunteer, and there are more details here.
News from our MP
Anthony Browne, South Cambridgeshire’s Member of Parliament, has published another monthly newsletter. You can read it here.
Part-time caretaker needed at nursery
Jobs available in our local schools and hospitals this week include a part-time Caretaker at Homerton Early Years Centre in Holbrook Road, as the present caretaker is retiring after 15 years in the role. See the usual Health and Education job vacancies section below.
Donations needed for church fete
St John’s Church Summer Fete takes place a week tomorrow (18 June – more information next issue), and the organisers would appreciate donations of toys, board games, jigsaws and jewellery for the stalls. If you have anything suitable, there’s a few days to sort it out and make a note to bring it to the church next Friday (17 June) between 6pm and 7pm. More details here.
Mindfulness in nature sessions on the way
‘Naturally Mindful in nature: an introduction to self care with mindfulness meditation’ is the title of four free Saturday morning taster workshops at Nightingale Garden coming up in July and August. These will be run by David Lynch, mindful coach and local resident, in partnership with the garden volunteers, and are booking now. See the new wellbeing page on the garden website for more information.
Summer activities for children now booking
The hugely popular Perse Summer School takes place this year from Monday 11 July to Friday 5 August. It is open to all children between 7 and 14 years who love art, creativity, sport and are curious about the world around them. There’s also a special course – Adventure Travel – for 16-19 year olds in week 1. Find out more here.
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Award-winning Animal Care
Cambridge Veterinary Group is a small animal practice with a special interest in exotic species, situated off Cherry Hinton Road. The clinic has been purpose designed to provide quality facilities for animal care, and includes a large car park, puppy school and garden. Take a look at all the services it has to offer here.
This Week at The Light Cinema
★ Our multi-screen cinema’s lineup of films this week include Anything Goes – The Musical; Boonie Bears: Back to Earth; Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness; Downton Abbey: A New Era; Everything Everywhere All At Once; Jurassic World Dominion; Men; Psycho (Original Theatrical Cut); Sonic The Hedgehog 2; The Bad Guys; The Lost City; and Top Gun: Maverick
★ The Cambridge Junction lineup this week includes CSVPA End Of Year Performance: Adult Child/Dead Child; CSVPA End Of Year Performance: Co-Motion; Flo & Joan: Sweet Release; Joanne McNally: The Prosecco Express; Madison Violet; Tarot: Cautionary Tales; The Fiver; and Together Culture presents A Dinner Of Ideas
The government’s recommended steps to reduce the risk of catching and spreading COVID-19 are as follows: get vaccinated; let fresh air in if meeting indoors, or meet outside; and consider wearing a face covering in crowded, enclosed spaces.
For details of how to book first, second or booster vaccinations, please visit The Vaccinators website and click on your age group.
This week’s government data on COVID-19 for this area can be found here.
Food Hub news
The Queen Edith’s Community Food Hub is open tomorrow (Saturday) as usual, from 10.30am to 12noon at St James Church on Wulfstan Way. All in need are welcome, no questions asked. The Coffee Chat is open too!
Food donations may be brought to the church on Saturday mornings from 10.00am to 10.30am. The team tells us it’s usually particularly in need of tinned beans (not baked beans) and tinned fish, but all contributions are welcome.
A review of the road classifications in Cambridge will consider how roads and streets are classified based on the type of vehicles and traffic that they are used by in the future. Full details and a link to the survey of your views can be found on the consultation web page here.(Open until 18 July)
We’re all being encouraged to take part in a consultation on the region’s transport future from the Combined Authority. There’s lots of information, including a link to the survey, at the Local Transport & Connectivity Plan website here. The draft plan is here.(Open until 4 August)
One.network is the website which shows current and forthcoming road works. You can see the map here. Click the ‘Today’ box and select ‘Next two weeks’ for future works.
Welcome to our guests from Ukraine
Ukrainian families are arriving in Queen Edith’s. Welcome! And thank you to the households who have offered to act as hosts. Here is some information that might help.
How to contact our local councillors
The Queen Edith’s Community Forum guide to our local councillors will ensure you contact the right one depending on your issue 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 also 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 192 • Friday 3 June 2022 Emailed to over 1,700 local homes
Reminiscences of the Queen’s 70-year reign
This is one of the best things you’ll watch all weekend, and it was made right here in Queen Edith’s. The ten-minute film A Recipe for a Queen was co-created by Cambridge Junction, residents of Heathlands House Care Home, Queen Emma Primary School and Cherry Hinton Friday Friends Club of senior citizens. Led by singer-songwriter Yvonne Hercules and filmmaker Peter Harmer, and with creative input from associate artist Hannah Jane Walker, it’s part of a community project to explore people’s reminiscences of the Queen and her seventy-year reign. Click on the picture above or here to watch it on YouTube.
Country Park expands
We can now enjoy an extra 30 acres of wonderful countryside at Wandlebury Country Park, after the opening of two new areas. “The Gallops” was used for training racehorses when Wandlebury was a stables during the 1800s and has a wonderful vista over Cambridge. The other area, which was previously farmland, has over 2000 volunteer-planted trees and is being cultivated to be sown with a meadow seed mix to create rare chalk grassland. Writer Robert Macfarlane cut the ribbon at the opening. More about the park here.
The national Household Support Fund has been extended and the County Council is now able to offer food vouchers with a value of £15 per child per week, for the current half term break and over the summer holidays. Schools will be contacted directly and eligible parents notified. There’s also support available for pensioners experiencing financial hardship, and the County Council is partnering with Age UK to provide this. More details are available here.
Bin collections a day later
Bin collections after the Jubilee weekend will be a day later than usual. The collection schedule returns to normal from Monday 13 June. Check your own road’s collections using the normal link towards the end of this newsletter.
Coffee morning at the library tomorrow
The next Friends of Rock Road Library event in the Library garden is a coffee morning to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. This takes place tomorrow morning (Saturday 4 June) from 10.30am to noon. There’ll be coffee and cakes, a royal quiz, a bring-and-buy plant stall, Jubilee memorabilia display, a book stall, a special guest story-time for little ones, and of course, Lego! All welcome – just come along.
Fundraising pub quiz on Monday night
In the summer of 2023, more than 40,000 Scouts from all over the world will gather in Korea for the 25 World Scout Jamboree, and Lukas, a local Scout, has been selected to attend as part of the UK contingent. But there’s a lot of money to raise before he can do so, and as part of this, there’s a Pub Quiz at the Queen Edith on Monday night (6 June) at 7pm with ‘legendary’ quizmaster Dave B. Just come along. It’s £5 per person with up to 6 in a team. If you’d like to donate to Lukas’ efforts separately, you can do so here.
Learn about our trees
Next Tuesday (7 June) there’s a gentle guided walk around Wandlebury Country Park to learn about native trees. A knowledgeable Cambridge Past, Present & Future Warden will help you to identify tree species using features such as bark, leaves, flowers and fruits. It’s a free event (with a small donation welcome). More information here.
Listen to the University’s Vice-Chancellor
Homerton College’s annual Kate Pretty Lecture takes place next Wednesday (8 June) when Professor Stephen Toope, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, will speak on University Matters? The University of Cambridge in an increasingly complex world. He will reflect on 5 years in office, and cover themes including how societal tensions are reflected in the University, relations with Government, and how the University takes decisions. The event will be live-streamed on this webpage.
Bioblitz is back!
Bioblitz is the annual Hobson’s Conduit Trust public-participation survey of the wildlife present along the Hobsons Brook corridor. The event includes small mammal identification, bat detection, moth trapping, bird spotting, butterfly identification, plant identification, examining freshwater invertebrates, and guided walks. There are family activities for novices, enthusiasts and experts, young and old, and it takes place next Friday and Saturday (10/11 June). All the information you need is here.
Saturday Yoga classes for younger kids
Local teacher Jessica Morgado is running a series of three Yoga classes on Saturday mornings for Years 1–2, starting next Saturday (11 June). These take place at Queen Edith primary school. More details here.
Platinum Jubilee events locally
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee this weekend sees a number of events locally. Here’s some information!
Tomorrow (Saturday 4 June), Cherry Hinton’s Village Centre is the place to be, from 10am to 4pm. There are stalls, skills sharing, free childrens’ activities, a treasure hunt around the village, history walks, “selfies with the Queen”, plus free books for every child who comes along, family board games, jigsaw tables, story time, skills sharing and a picnic area if you want to bring along your own snacks/lunch. There are breakfast and snacks available, followed by an afternoon menu of home made cake and refreshments.
There’s also a coffee morning with family activities at Rock Road Library – see the earlier item in this email for details.
The area’s big event on Sunday (5 June) is at Wulfstan Way, where there’s a community bring and share ‘Big Lunch’ at Queen Edith Chapel, followed by a fun programme of activities. Come along at 12.30pm, and bring some food to share. There are also all-age celebration services in the morning at St James Church and Queen Edith Chapel, and afternoon tea and cake at St James at 3pm. There’s a Jubilee Cake Competition, a Coronation Chicken Competition and a Decorated Bicycle Parade.Much more information here.
Also on Sunday 5 June, the church of St John the Evangelist on Hills Road will be holding a Jubilee Thanksgiving Service at 10.00am. This will be followed by a Parish Picnic, on the Church Lawn (bring your own food, drinks will be provided). All welcome.
Later on Sunday 5 June, residents of Red Cross Lane, Stansgate Ave and Greenlands are invited to the RedCross Areas Residents’ Association Neighbourhood Celebration at the Bell School Playing Field from 2pm to 4pm. There’ll be food, drinks, music, conversation, crafts, sports and fun. See the RARA website for details.
Later in the month, Morley area residents are invited to the Rock Road Community Street Party, which takes place on Friday 24 June from 6pm. Volunteers will be needed to help with the organisation – email us if you’re interested and we’ll pass on the message.
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Fully Insured and DBS-Checked Cat Sitters
Catteries are not suitable for every cat, and as we know, most cats would much prefer their own home, toys, smells and territories. The Fulbourn Cat Sitting Company offers in-home cat sitting in Queen Edith’s, providing professional, reliable, and loving care while you are not available to do so. Meet the team, see our rates and read our testimonials at thefulbourncatsittingcompany.co.uk
This Week at The Light Cinema
★ Our multi-screen cinema’s lineup of films this week include Boonie Bears; Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness; Downton Abbey: A New Era; Everything Everywhere All At Once; Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore; Men; Operation Mincemeat; Psycho; Sonic the Hedgehog 2; The Bad Guys; The Bob’s Burgers Movie; The Lost City; and Top Gun: Maverick
★ The Cambridge Junction lineup this week includes Arts & Minds: Creative Café; CSVPA End Of Year Performance: Adult Child/Dead Child; CSVPA End Of Year Performance: Co-Motion; Joanne Mcnally: The Prosecco Express; Moving On – Bodywork Company Showcase; and The Fiver.
The government’s recommended steps to reduce the risk of catching and spreading COVID-19 are as follows: get vaccinated; let fresh air in if meeting indoors, or meet outside; and consider wearing a face covering in crowded, enclosed spaces.
For details of how to book first, second or booster vaccinations, please visit The Vaccinators website and click on your age group.
New Scientist reports that an estimated 2 million people in the UK have ‘long COVID’ or lingering COVID-19 symptoms more than four weeks after their initial coronavirus infection. Of those surveyed, 55% with long COVID had fatigue, the most commonly reported symptom. This was followed by 32% of people experiencing shortness of breath, 23% having a cough and 23% experiencing muscle aches. Read more here.
Food Hub news
The Queen Edith’s Community Food Hub is open tomorrow (Saturday) as usual, from 10.30am to 12noon at St James Church on Wulfstan Way. All in need are welcome, no questions asked. The Coffee Chat is open too!
Food donations may be brought to the church on Saturday mornings from 10.00am to 10.30am. The team tells us it’s usually particularly in need of tinned beans (not baked beans) and tinned fish, but all contributions are welcome.
A review of the road classifications in Cambridge will consider how roads and streets are classified based on the type of vehicles and traffic that they are used by in the future. Full details and a link to the survey of your views can be found on the consultation web page here.(Open until 18 July)
We’re all being encouraged to take part in a consultation on the region’s transport future from the Combined Authority. There’s lots of information, including a link to the survey, at the Local Transport & Connectivity Plan website here. The draft plan is here.(Open until 4 August)
One.network is the website which shows current and forthcoming road works. You can see the map here. Click the ‘Today’ box and select ‘Next two weeks’ for future works.
Welcome to our guests from Ukraine
Ukrainian families are arriving in Queen Edith’s. Welcome! And thank you to the households who have offered to act as hosts. Here is some information that might help.
How to contact our local councillors
The Queen Edith’s Community Forum guide to our local councillors will ensure you contact the right one depending on your issue 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 also 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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