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Cherry Hinton Festival Family Fun Day Free Shows, WorkShops, Sports and more............Page 3
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Welcome to the Cherry Hinton
ISSUE 1 SUMMER 2012
COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER
Welcome to the first of what we hope will be many newsletters. It is a Newsletter for the whole village and the Residents’ hope that it will become a must read for Cherry Hinton enabling local groups to publicise their events and to keep local residents up to date with changes in the village and surrounding area. Whilst our first edition has lots of content we think we have only scratched the surface and we welcome contributions from anyone and everyone who works or lives in Cherry Hinton. Want to share a story, tell people about an event, find volunteers? This is the place to do it. You may already be aware that Cherry Hinton now has its own website (see page 3 for more details) and this will be another way for you to share information with the rest of the village. However, we know that not all of our residents are using computers so we will take information from the website to share. As an aside anyone interested in some informal training on using the web should contact the Residents Association and we can arrange some help with this.
CHERRY HINTON RESIDENTS
SAFEGUARDING AND PROMOTING THE INTEREST OF RESIDENTS The CHRA has been running for the last couple of years and emerged from The Colville Residents Group. There is an active committee working on a range of initiatives related to Cherry Hinton. We aim to hold regular General Meetings to report on progress and to hear from speakers on topics of interest to the village. If you would like to join our email group and receive regular monthly updates with current news, local events , special offers from local businesses and more then please email us
chragroupjoin@gmail.com.
Our first issue also includes a survey on local community facilities. The Residents Association have been discussing with the City Council the resources available to us locally and we would really like to have your views so please take a few minutes to fill it in and drop it all off at the library or Cambridge Building Society, or complete it online @ www.cherryhintonvillage.co.uk - Community Resource Consultation is on the left hand side of the page. Our first issue was financed by a grant from the City Council and we are grateful for the support of the Community Development Team. Our aim is to fund future issues through advertising and sponsorship so if this is of interest to you please get in touch 0798 0113808 or email chragroup@gmail.com Cherry Hinton Residents Association.
Secretary : Stuart Newbold Tel : 07904 688799
email: chragroup@gmail.com
THE WILDLIFE TRUST IS 100 YEARS OLD The Wildlife Trust Cambridgeshire is celebrating a big birthday - and the background story of the trust is a fascinating one.
CHERRY HINTON COMMUNITY By Harvey Levison
Let me introduce myself, living in Cherry Hinton with my wife Jean since 2007, who originally moved here nearly 40 years ago when she was Jean Ford. After 20 years or so with St. John Amubulance, Cherry Hinton Division, and learning, giving and training First Aid, I finally decided last year to stand down from St John and look for something else to do in the community. This coincided with the development of Cherry Hinton Residents Association, which for me was the right time to get involved. My previous contact with the local Community has mainly been through St John, by leading a first aid team at the Cherry Hinton Festival on the Recreation ground over the last 8 years. In recent years the local event grew to become a huge and most popular annual event, organised and planned by Cherry Hinton Festival Society. So now that the CH Residents Association has been formed and taking shape with many wonderful local people getting involved.... What do I look for.....? I would like it to encompass all clubs, associations, groups etc in Cherry Hinton, be there for ALL Residents of all ages, provide a strong community base for everyone and to strive to provide more ammenities and facilities for all our residents to take part and enjoy and finally to make our Cherry Hinton a wonderful safe and happy place to live. Cherry Hinton Residents Association.
In an act of vision and philanthropy, Charles Rothschild (1877-1923) backer, expert entomologist and pioneer of nature conservation, set up the Society for the Promotion of Nature Reserves in 1912, the forerunner of the Wildlife Trusts partnership. Concerned about the loss of wildlife habitats, in 1915 the Society produced a schedule of the best wildlife reserves in the country, some of which were purchased as nature reserves. There are now 47 Trusts nationwide. In Cherry Hinton we have 4 nature reserves close to us and we will focus on one of them in each newsletter. The first is the Chalk Pits made up of three chalk quarries that now provide a variety of habitats for wildlife. The three quarries once provided hard chalk to build Cambridge University colleges and lime for cement. Today they support a variety of habitats that harbour some rare plants and insects. Lime Kiln Close was abandoned approximately 200 years ago.
Where woodland has developed, large ash trees tower over field maples below. The cherry trees in Lime Kiln Close are descendants of trees that gave Cherry Hinton its name. In the warm, dry chalky soil of West Pit, two plants of great rarity grow. Moon carrot produces large heads of white flowers similar to cow parsley. Great pignut is similar but more delicate with a large underground tuber. You can still see the old limekilns in amongst the young woodland. East Pit was quarried up until the early 1980’s and is the largest of the three pits - with steep cliffs
Best Time to Visit Opening Times Always Open May - Sept
Dogs Must be on lead
surrounding the exposed chalk and scrub providing nesting and feeding sites for more than 60 species of bird. The Wildlife Trust are supporting Cherry Hinton Festival Week with a Bat Walk on Monday 10th September. Starting at the entrance to East Pit and after exploring the chalk pits, moving on to Cherry Hinton Hall. The number of people is limited to 15 and costs £3 per person, under 16’s are free. Booking is essential by emailing laura.watson@wildlife .bcn.org or phoning 01954 713350 Size Location 10,00 hectares Fulbourn Rd/QE Way
UPDATE ON COLVILLE SCHOOL For those of us who don’t have children at Colville School we will have seen from afar the changes which have taken place at Colville over the last couple of years. We asked the Head Andrew Hastings to give us a little insight into what the children have to look forward to over the summer months. “The summer term is well under way, the sun came out briefly and now the rain is helping all of our lovely new landscaped areas to grow and flourish. As part of our extensive building project last year, which saw us provide an additional 9 classrooms, PE Hall, offices and multi-sensory room ready for the continued expansion of the school, we also created lots of new outdoor areas. This included a substancial amphitheatre, we may have gotten carried away a little with it, a story telling area with story telling chair, thousands of new plants and a large number of trees, we even snuck in a little hill with a tunnel going through it.
Secretary : Stuart Newbold Tel : 07904 688799
email: chragroup@gmail.com
CHERRY HINTON FESTIVAL SOCIETY The Committee are working on a number of ideas this year including two christmas events - a Pantomime on 8th December and a Christmas Film to round off the Very Cherry Christmas Event on 24th November - we’ve decided on It’s a Wonderful Life for this year. Right now the focus is on Festival Week and we are delighted that so many groups are working with us again this year and we already have events planned every evening! We can still fit some more in though particularly week day afternoons, so if you have an idea for something you would like to do then please get in touch. We are also keen to hear from therapists and stall holders who would like to join us at the Ladies Pamper/Indulgence Evening on 13th September.
SATURDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 2012 FAMILY FUN DAY
Festival week will this year finish with our first ever Children’s Day. We are taking a break from the outdoor event we have previously held on the recreation ground and are building a programme of activities for children and families which will be held around the village and will include Ballet, Streetdance and Drama Workshops Science Roadshow - Aliens and Robot Making - Puppet Shows - Circus Skills - Film Shows - Ultimate Sports - The Dec - Board Games Area - Children’s Boot Camp The Sonic Manipulator and lots lots more.............. All events will be free but some may have limited availabilty and tickets will be available from mid August. Keep checking the website
www.cherryhintonfestival.co.uk for further details.
We are still keen to hear from local groups who would like to join us - maybe you want to attract younger people to an activity or have a skill and are prepared to share at a taster session? We are interested in everything. Email us on info@cherryhintonfestival.co.uk or call 07778515685.
TOWNSWOMEN’S GUILD
CHERRY HINTON BRANCH DIARY The Guild welcomes visitors and new members to their monthly Thursday meetings at Colville Primary School 7.30 for a 7.45pm start. A Chance to meet with fellow ladies of Cherry Hinton and nearby areas (Entry £2.00 for visitors) 13th September The Eel Man - Peter Carter 11th October Alaskan Bears - Geoffrey Evans 8th November Mediterranean Cruise - David Taylor Plus Bring and Buy
CHERRY HINTON FESTIVAL WEEK 10-15 SEPTEMBER MON 10.9.12 COMBINED CHURCH SERVICE ST ANDREWS CHURCH BAT WALK EAST PIT TUESDAY 11.9.12 LOCAL HISTORY TALK ST ANDREWS CHURCH CENTRE WEDNESDAY 12.9.12 RACE NIGHT T.B.C CURRY EVENING T.B.C THURSDAY 13.9.12 LADIES INDULGENCE EVENING SPINNEY SCHOOL FRIDAY 14.9.12 FRIENDS OF ST ANDREW’S QUIZ NIGHT ST ANDREW’S CHURCH Keep checking the website WWW.CHERRYHINTONFESTIVAL.CO.UK
A VERY CHERRY CHRISTMAS A Christmas Craft Fair Extravaganza !! Santa’s Grotto Stalls and Games Hot Food & Raffle Saturday 24th November 2012
From 1.00pm Village Centre, Cherry Hinton Turning on Christmas Lights at 5.00pm with Carols and Brass Band. Pitches £10.00 + Raffle Prize. Contact Sandra Day on 01223 247639 email sandra.day1@ntlworld.com A Very Cherry Christmas is a Cherry Hinton Residents Association Event.
Cherry Hinton Residents Association.
Secretary : Stuart Newbold Tel : 07904 688799
email: chragroup@gmail.com
CHERRY HINTON BAPTIST CHURCH SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE AT THE FAMILY CENTRE
A better way to Bank A branch of the Credit Union is open each Tuesday between 2 and 4pm in the Family Centre in Fishers Lane. It is designed to be a better alternative to borrowing money from a loan shark. After saving for 13 weeks it is then possible to take out a loan at relatively low interest rates. A charge card for use over the internet is also available.
Friday Friends celebrates 5th Birthday The group for senior citizens at the Cherry Hinton Baptist Church Family Centre in Fishers Lane celebrated its 5th Birthday this Easter. It is open for 50 weeks of the year between 1.30 - 3.30pm each Friday. Typically there is a craft table, a knitting
table, a card table and a scrabble table. There is tea and cake, a general knowledge and a short epilogue. Each term there is an outing and also a roast meal. In addition, each month there is a Church at Lunch time which is specifically designed for senior citizens. New members are always welcome.
23rd Annual Holiday Bible Club for Children
Children are now coming to the summer Holiday Club in Cherry Hinton whose parents also came to Holiday club when they were young ! This year’s club will run from 23-27th July and have an Olympic theme (On Your Marks). Booking forms are sent home via schools.
Messy Bible Having preschool aged children is a messy and noisy business - it is difficult to find time for yourself. In addition to our long established and and very popular Messy Play on Tuesday Morning (9.15-11.15am), a new group has started at Cherry Hinton Baptist Church Family Centre each Wednesday morning between 10 and 11.30am where parents and carers can bring their preschool children who can use the Messy Play equipment, while the carers can spend time reading the bible and talking about how it applied to their messy lives.
JAZZ AND BRASS AT CHERRY HINTON HALL
This is a great afternoon and best of all it’s all free ! On selected Sundays from June to September from 3-5pm there will be a Jazz and Brass Band playing at Cherry Hinton Hall for you to enjoy. Each event is entirely FREE so just turn up, bring a picnic, enjoy the sounds and relax in the cooling summer breeze.
CHERRY HINTON LIONS RECRUITING NOW Cherry Hinton Lions FC is one of the largest established clubs within Cambridgeshire formed in 1983 we are able to offer football to girls and boys from the age of 6 to 17. Currently we have within the club 16 squads consisting of 8 mini soccer teams, 6 colts teams, 1 girls team and a Sunday mens team. As a club we have worked hard to attain Charter Standard Community Club Status, something of which we are extremely proud of, this being achieved through hard work and determination of our members. Each year Cherry Hinton Lions FC host a pre-season tournament, which is one of the biggest and best attended in the area, and we are proud to say one of the best sponsored and run. Teams visit from all over the region, not just Cambridge to enjoy this 2 day event. This year our tournament will be held on the 25/26 August 2012. Cherry Hinton Lions FC are also proud of their links with foreigh touring teams, having been approached by a number of clubs for friendly matches when they are on tour. Cherry Hinton Residents Association.
THE CHERRY HINTON BOOK COMES TO THE LIBRARY What do you know about “Over the Hills to Cherry Hinton”? This beautiful book was produced by the Cherry Hinton W.I in the 1950’s. Perhaps you remember it being in the library and a page being turned every day? The book is returning to the village library in September for a visit so we would like to hear from anyone who can fill us in on its history. Tel 0798 0113808 or email chragroup@googlegroups.com
19th August Opus 17, Cherry Hinton Hall 23rd September Lakenheath Silver Band, Cherry Hinton Hall
Our U11 team have just returned from a trip to Instabul to take part in a football tournament - the only UK team to be invited. The trip was and outstanding success the team unfortunately lost in the semi final however aftr a play off between the 2 losing semi finalists we came away with 3rd place. Over the years it is great to see some of the players from our club go on to better things, like playing for Semi Professional Clubs, to playing for Premiership Clubs and even England Schoolboys. Finally we actively look to recruit new players and welcome the support of parents who may wish to get involved with our teams - all our managers/coaches are CRB checked and as a club we offer full support on training/development courses. If you wish to join a well established football team please contact us. Ann Auker (01223) 412308 ann.auker@ntlworld.com visit our website www.chlfc.co.uk
Secretary : Stuart Newbold Tel : 07904 688799
email: chragroup@gmail.com
MEET YOUR PCSO’S Jim Stevenson has been the South Area Team Sergeant for 18 months. He
joined Cambrigeshire Constabulary in 2002 after a 6 year career in the IT industry. He lived in Cambridge from 1992 until his marriage in 2005 when he moved to a sleepy village on the outskirts of Cambridgeshire. He says this is his favourite job since joining the Constabulary. Phill Grime is a member of the City South Neighbourhood Policing Team who joined the force in 1985 and has been a Detective Constable for 17 years. He joined the Cherry Hinton area as a Neighbourhood Officer in May 2008. He has lived locally since 1992 so is often seen out of uniform using the local shops and facilities. Phil has two teenage daughters who attend a local school.
Matt Smith has been a police officer for the past 9 years, with most of his service in Cambridge City. He joined the Queen Edith Neighbourhood beat in January 2011, now part of the City South team. In the last 18 months he has executed close to 30 warrants on the south area and these have been for drugs (including a £17,000 canabis factory and a seizure of £7,000 crack cocaine) and recovering stolen property to the tune of £2000 from theft. Back row left to right - Chris Blewett, Jim Stevenson, Phil Grime Matt Smith, Front row - left to right - Laura Parkinson, Sarah Finbow, Marie Bailey.
Sarah Finbow is the local PCSO for Trumpington ward and has been in the force for four and half years. Before joining the Police she worked for the NHS within the Multi Professional Deanery based at Ida Darwin, Fulbourn. Chris Blewett has been a PCSO for 6 years, working firstly at Papworth before moving 3 years ago to Histon. He moved to Cambridge City and the Queen Edith’s Beat in May 2012. This beat includes Addenbrooke’s Hopsital which is nearly a beat in itself! He enjoys meeting local residents and hearing their concerns. Prior to being a PCSO, he worked in the Force Control Room for 22 years. Marie Bailey has been a PCSO for 3 years. Having started her career in Fenland working out of Chatteris Police Station she joined South City NPT in November 2011 covering Cherry Hinton ward. Marie is enjoying her role in Cherry Hinton. Laura Parkinson is the newest member of the team having joined Marie as a local PCSO in Cherry Hinton in April 2012. “Before I came to the Police I worked as a Community Development Officer in Cambourne. I worked for three Housing Associations and was in the role for around 5 years” In her spare time she enjoys running, cycling and keeping fit as well as socialising with friends, going to the cinema and baking the odd cup cake.
CHERRY HINTON LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE
www.cherryhintonvillage.co.uk
Check out the new village website www.cherryhintonvillage.co.uk and sign up for a monthly update with “What’s on, Local News, and special offers for Cherry Hinton Residents from local businesses. The site offers free pages to Cherry Hinton Groups and Societies with training available for any who want to update their details. Please take a moment to complete the Community Resource Consultation on the website. This preliminary consultation will allow Cherry Hinton Residents Association to gather the opinions of local residents and get a clear picture of the demands for future facilities. Your help will allow a stronger case to be made to the funders and planners bring this idea to reality. If you would like further information on the website Tel 0798 0113808. Cherry Hinton Residents Association.
Secretary : Stuart Newbold Tel : 07904 688799
email: chragroup@gmail.com
CHERRY HINTON RESIDENTS JUBILEE GIFT LOCAL SCHOOL CHILDREN GIVEN COMMEMORATIVE COIN
FRIENDS OF CHERRY HINTON ST ANDREW
The Cherry Hinton Residents joined with three local primary schools to provide each pupil with a commemorative coin as a reminder of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Many of the Committee remember receiving small mementos as part of school age celebrations including Queen Elizabeth’s Coronation and the Silver Jubilee and everyone still had their gift tucked safely away at home. With this in mind the Residents’ Association worked with three local schools to provide every pupil with a coin featuring the official jubilee logo. Thanks to the school and Residents’ Association fundraising events, support the The Marshalls Trust, Ventress Property Group, Cambridge Building Society and South Area Committee funding from the City Council we have been able to order 700 coins for delivery in June. We worked Rosemary Wheeler and Friends with Colville, Spinney and Bewick Bridge community and distributed the coins The Friends are now into their fourth in June once the children returned from their half term break. We hope that the year of fundraising. We are a group of children will hang on to their coins as a memory of their school years in the village.
non-church goers and members of St Andrew’s congregation who raise money to maintain, repair, restore and improve the church, the church centre Spring is for us an important time, and churchyard for the benefit of the digging and planting. As always our present and future community of time-table is dictated by the weather Cherry Hinton. I joined the Friends of St with questions like. Will we suffer some late frosts like we did last year? Oh yes we Andrew’s because I was a member of the Local History Society, which meets allotmenteers like farmers always have one ear listening to the weather forecast in the Church Centre. Even if you are not a churchgoer you may be one of the on the radio and one eye watching the 6000 people who have used St Andrews clouds in the sky. Do we believe the weather forecasters forecast? Not always over the past year.
CHERRY HINTON ALLOTMENT & GARDEN SOCIETY LTD Did you know that Cherry Hinton has its own very active allotment site situated parallel to the railway line at the top of Wenvoe Close? Admitted it is only a very small site with 32 plots and 42 members but we are a very enthusiastic group. Most weekends and summer evenings the members who originate from many countries, English and Chinese being the predominant nationalities working alongside French, Lituanian and Mauritian can be seen and heard busily tending their plots. Three times a year plot tending is abandoned and members get together for an informal barbeque and social event. Here we enjoy fresh picked Chinese style food cooked in the open air. Sometimes we sing, play musical instruments, have a bonfire always enjoying each others company. Families now play a big part in our membership and since the building of our new “Compostable Toilet” paid for in part by a grant from the City Council it is now possible for our member families with young children to spend longer enjoying their allotment hobby.
When it comes to weather forecasting you can’t beat the old methods. A stick fastened to a wall. If its wet it’s raining, if not it is dry. Crows flying low means gale force winds. Iced up water tanks means the temperature is below freezing. We are all experts at forecating yesterdays weather!
Despite all this our allotment site this spring was as pretty as a picture. The pink and white fruit tree blossom coupled with the red, blue and yellow of the spring flowers, with the bonus of that special green colour of the grass paths awakening from the dorman winter. Somehow all this makes the back aches, the creaky knees and the stiff necks which we know if to come all worth while. Regards Jim Varney.
CHERRY HINTON RANGER JOHN McASPURN
The aim of the Ranger Service is to make Cambridge a clean, green and safe place for resients and visitors to Cambridge. I have worked as a city Ranger for 12 years throughout the South of the City. I cover Cherry Hinton, Queen Ediths and Trumpington wards. The Ranger Service deals with many issues, Fly Tipping, Fly Posting, Abandoned Vehicles, Waste Education, Wheelie Bins off streets, Derelict Cycles, Graffiti, Street repairs Shrubs/Hedges over public footpaths, grounds maintenance Issues, Street Cleansing Etc. We work closely County Council, City Enforcement Dept, City Housing Dept, PCSO’s Councillors, Other Council departments etc to remedy issues that we cannot remedy ourselves. Over the past years I have worked with the Community Payback teams (Old Probation Service) for one off garden clearances and other projects. Recently I have been organising projects with the Winter Comfort Organisation, one off garden clearances, litter picks and doing clear ups where necessary.
The Friends have planned a variety of events for 2012. In March we held an afternoon concert - Tea, Cakes and Brian Roy, which was attended by 60 people and raised £252.83. On Friday April 20th our Treasurer Rosemary Wheeler and Friends performed a concert entitled “Ballards Songs and Snatches” which raised £243.50. The enthusiastic audience waved union jack flags and joined in the songs. Our May event saw the return of Waterbeach Brass For concerts the church is arranged as an auditorium and artists have commented on the beauty of the acoustics. Tickets for concerts usually include light refreshments In September Simon and Vanessa Webster will be hosting another Friends “Quiz as part of Festival week on Friday 14th. In October we have another afternoon, Tea, cakes concert - this time with Rosemary Wheeler. Finally there are rumours of a musical event at Christmas If you would like to attend one of our events tickets cost £5, £4 for members and £3 for under 16’s For further information please ring C.210724, visit our website www.friends-of-standrew.org or email info@friends-of-standrew.org.uk
To report any issues of concern call us on 01223 458282 or email me john.macaspurn@cambridge. gov.uk. If you need to discuss and issue with me leave your name and address and I will contact you.
Cherry Hinton Residents Association.
Secretary : Stuart Newbold Tel : 07904 688799
email: chragroup@gmail.com
CHERRY HINTON LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY This year we have had talks about brick yards in West Cambridgeshire, the AngloSaxon Chronicle, Denny Abbey and Eglantyne Jebb. I think that none of us in the hall had known anything about Eglantyne Jebb, who at one time lived in Cambridge. Clare Mulley, her biographer, was a dynamic speaker, full of enthusiasm for her subject who had started the Save the Children Fund. Where possible all the talks have a connection with Cambridge. Our May talk on Monday 28th saw a return of re-enactor Ellion Harris from the Company of St Jude who many of you may have seen near the History Tent at the Cherry Hinton Festival. His talk was entitled “Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire and England in the 15th Century” Usually we try to arrange 3 excursions a year again focused on local sites of interest. Ron English, one of our members has arranged several visits to Cambridge Colleges. In April the excursion included a visit to an area on the roofs of Sainsbury’s, Heffer’s, The Blue Boar and to other buildings owned by Trinity called the Podium, which the public never see. In August, Ron has arranged a visit to St Ives to include the Chapel on the Bridge and a trip down the river. We are also hoping to vist Denny Abbey and the Farmland Museum to follow up March’s talk by Chris Leuchars, Education Officer. If you would like to join us for one of our talks we meet at 7.30pm on the last Monday of the month (except August and December) at St Andrew’s church Centre. Guest membership for one talk costs £2.50 Membership for the year is £10 single and £18 couples. Mo Child, (Progamme and Excursions Officer)
CHERRY HINTON HALL MASTER PLAN PROJECT Visitors to the hall will have noticed significant changes to the landscape over the past 6 months. These works form the first phase of a site wide plan to enhance this special park for both people and wildlife. A master plan was drawn up following consultation with key stake holders, including the Friends of Cherry Hinton Hall. The first phase of the Master Plan Project had a key priority, to bring the disused and fenced off central area (formerly glass houses) into the park for the public to use. During March this area had the fence and vegetation boundaries removed with the area being levelled and grass seeded to create a large open space in the centre of the park. The creation of this open area is essentially a blank canvas and it is anticipated that this will ultimately enable more complex elements of the plan to be delivered during the secondard phase without further major earthworks required. The plan also recognises the importance of the hall for local wildlife and how it forms part of a wider network of natural sites linking Cherry Hinton Pits Local Nature Reserves with the Norman Cemebt Pits, Coldham’s and Stourbridge Common. A key aim is to restore the internationally rare chalk stream habitat which rises at Giants Grave and flows through the hall and along Snakey Path. Again as part of the first phase of work, the selective removal and coppicing of overgrown scrub and self set trees along the watercourse will allow more light, benefiting aquatic plants and reducing leaf litter from forming thick silts. This summer the existing channel will be narrowed using coir (Coconut fibre) rolls, enabling a faster flow that will help remove silt and expose the gravel bed, improving the habitat for aquatic, insects, fish such as bullheads and stone loaches and the predatory Kingfisher. New native trees and shrub plating has begun with the hedgerow along Dawes Lane and will ultimately increase the breeding and foraging habitat for resident and migrant birds, insects and mammals across the site. For further details please contact The Cambridge City Council Open Space Officer - Anthony French (01223 457000) or anthony.french@cambridge.gov.uk Guy Belcher MIEEM Nature Conservation Officer. Tel (01223) 457000 emai: guy.belcher@cambridge.gov.uk
CHERRY HINTON NETWORKING EVENTS
Jenny Taylor meets The Company of St Jude
Cherry Hinton Residents Association are working with Cambridge City Council Community Development to organise 4-6 networking meetings a year. These meetings will be open to anyone living or working in Cherry Hinton who would like to share information and encourage community activities. The meetings will be at lunch time and include refreshments. We expect our first meeting to take place in mid September. If you would be interested in attending these meetings please contact : Caroline.biggs@cambridge.gov.uk who will let you know the date and time of our first meeting.
CHERRY HINTON TRIATHLON GROUP RAISING MONEY FOR EACH AND ALD LIFE Racing over 3000 miles in swim races, cycle sportives, running races and all distances of triathlon, 7 Cambridge Spartans are hoping to raise over £5000 for Each and ALD Life. You can support them by donating via their website http://www.justgiving.com/teams/DoingIt ForIsaac or by attending their fundraising Summer Party on Sat 4th August at David Lloyd Cambridge. Tickets are £5 and include a disco, bar, tribute band, charity auction and more. Tickets are available from Sue on 07713255204 Cherry Hinton Residents Association.
Secretary : Stuart Newbold Tel : 07904 688799
email: chragroup@gmail.com
COME AND HELP THE BEAVER SCOUTS HAVE SOME FUN..... We play lots of games - do lots of craft, play outdoors, go on hikes, have sleepovers, cook marshmallows on the campfire, explore the great outdoors, we make and eat lots of healthy food. We are looking for Beaver Leaders - Can you help ? Do you have practical skills? Do you have any organisational skills? Are you a team player? Do you have the ability to learn new skills? Do you enjoy helping young people? If any of the skills apply; you are just what we are looking for Any time you can spare - Once a week, Once a fortnight, Once a month, or more Interested? - Contact Jill Hallas, Group Scout Leader/Beaver Scout Leader. 01223 211757 jillhallis149@btinternet.com. Beaver scouts meet on a Tuesday from 6pm - 7.15pm at The British Legion Hall, Fishers Lane, Cherry Hinton.
PARALYMPIC TORCH AND SPORTING EVENTS IN AND AROUND CHERRY HINTON
CHERRY HINTON STANDARD BEARER
Cherry Hinton is made up of wonderfully interesting people and we’d like to hear about them and share their stories. If you or someone you know has a unique hobby, job or interest please let us know. In this first issue we want to tell you about Eddie Lambert who has lived in the village with his wife Carol over 30 years and they are both members of the local British Legion. Eddie is the Cherry Hinton Standard Bearer and and has held the post of County Standard Bearer for the last 10 years. In 2010 he won the Eastern Region competition and reached the UK national finals. He has paraded at the Royal Albert Hall twice and is now the County Standard Trainer.
Cambridge has also been chosen to host the Paralympic torch on the afternoon of Friday 24 August. Its arrival will be celebrated as part of the final day of the city council’s parasport at Netherhall Sports Centre, Queen Ediths Way. This programme which runs from 13-24 August at centres across the city, offers able and disabled children and young adults the opportunity to try Paralympic sports in the build-up to the Paralympic Games. Activities on offer include swimming, wheelchair basketball, martial arts, cycling and Boccia, which is a game similar to bowls. Some of the other Paraylmpics-inspired activies happening across the city during the summer include : Goalball - Cambridge now has its own goalball team, the Cambridge Dons, made up of sighted and visually impaired adults. Goalball is the only team sport played at the Paralympics but it is inclusive to blind and sighted people as all participants wear blindfolds. The ball, which contains an integral bell so it can be located, is bowled along the floor across a goal line of the opposing team to score. The Cambridge Dons, which the city council helped to set up in January, took part in their first national tournament in April and came third. The Cambridge Dons meet every Friday at 6.30pm at Netherhall Sports Centre. New members are welcome Sport Zone Dodge Ball - 19 Autust 1pm-2pm Chery Hinton Village Centre. Booking Required. Sport Zone Badminton - 19 August 2pm-3pm Cherry Hinton Village Centre. “ ” Sitting Volleyball - 21 August 12noon-2pm. Netherhall Sports Centre Disability Sports and Arts Festival - 9 September 10am - 3pm Chesterton sports Centre. This is being held on the final day of the Paralympics and is a free festival with lots of taster sessions, aimed a young people and adults with disability plus their families and carers To book or for information on any of the activies and a copy of the full programme get in touch website www.cambridge.gov.uk/olympics Facebook www.facebook.com/cambridgesport email sportsdevelopment@cambridge.gov.uk Phone 01223 457532
Cherry Hinton Residents Association.
Secretary : Stuart Newbold Tel : 07904 688799
SUMMER PROGRAMME Cambridge City Council’s ChYpPS service (the Children and Young People’s Participation Serivce) will be running over 250 local, free events for school aged children this summer holidays. Activities include sports and games in local parks across the city, activities on the ChYpPS community play boat and on the Dec - their activity bus that visits different areas of the city. They are all free and you don’t need to book or stay all day - just turn up. Their full programme will be available from early July. ChYpPS also have their own stage at the Big Weekend and will be running several larger community events in the city as part of their Big Wednesdays and Neighbourhood Thursday’s Projects Big Wednesdays: 1 August 12noon-3pm Cherry Hinton Hall, Coldhams Common. Neighbourhood Thursdays 23 August 2pm-4pm Cherry Hinton High Street. www.cambridge.gov.uk/chypps 01223 457873 Facebook www.facebook.com/chypps
email: chragroup@gmail.com