After the success of our first repair cafe last summer we will be hosting another this year. Details are still being organised and we hope to have a booking form available from mid May. If you would like to volunteer to help on the day either undertaking repairs or helping with the organising, the cafe or making cakes please get in touch coleridgecf@gmail.com
We are arranging our annual summer coach trip for Wed 20th August when we will be heading to Hunstanton on the Norfolk coast. Coach tickets will be £5 for children and £15 for adults. Please note we can offer concessions for those who really need them. If you are interested in the trip please email us on coleridgecf@gmail.com
Cambridge City Council are taking a new approach to finding out what people think about proposals for their neighbourhoods. They believe it will help us work together to develop plans that work for local people. They held the first Shaping Coleridge meeting on 11 December, for anyone who lives in Coleridge or has an organisation based there. They are hoping to hold another event in May or June 2025, for which they will provide further information on this page and contact everyone on their mailing list. Sign up to their mailing list to receive updates by emailing coleridge@cambridge.gov.uk.
PAST EVENTS
In December we were able to offer some tickets to local residents to a Christmas Show thanks to the generosity of Cambridge Junction.
Thank you to everyone who supported our latest quiz night. We had a fun evening and raised funds to contribute to future community events. We also had a collection for Parkinson's UK and raised almost £100 for them - thank you to everyone who contributed.
Thank you for everyone who supported our first repair cafe held in June.
The volunteer repairers mended 24 items saving an estimated 108kg of potential waste from landfill. Some items were practical such as hedge trimmers, bikes and steam mops saving people the cost of purchasing anew, but others had personal stories such as old clocks or lamps that had belonged to family members and which the wonderful volunteer repairers were able to get going again. We would like to acknowledge the enormous generosity of the volunteer repairers who donated their skills and time for free. The brilliant support of Sandy from Cambridge Carbon Footprint, who provided training and links to their network of amazing repairers and the generous support of St Martin's Church who hosted us. Our friends at Rustat Residents' Association have a repair cafe planned for Sat 9th Nov and we will look at running another in the New Year.
We also held our AGM in June - the minutes will be made available in the next few weeks.
Other activities taking place locally in Coleridge ward
1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month
2 courses cost £4
E:39thcambrownies@gmail.com
18:00-19:30
Mondays with refreshments
10:00-12:00
4th Sat of the month
Bring and share your hobby
1st Sunday of the month
09:00-10:30
1st Saturday of the month plus speaker
08:30-10:00
Fridays 09:45-11:45
Chat, coffee, an activity
Tuesdays social meet up. Plus food larder
9.30-11:30
Tuesdays 11:45 to 12.30 Cost £2
2nd Saturday of the month
7:30 to 9am
E:10camrainbows@gmail.com
18:00-19:00
Monday 17:30-18:30
Gabriela Pingarron-cardenas
p-cardenas@hotmail.com
Friday 09:30-12:00
E: avonlady@hotmail.com
Tuesday 18:30-20:00
Saturday 10:00-11:30
Nancy Whitten
shuddhasara@gmail.com
Monday 10 to 11.30am
Rock Baptist Church £2 per family
Thursday 17:15-19:45
Deborah Hempstead
deborah.hempstead@btinternet.com
Folk, Western, Bollyhood
Friday 19:00-20:00
John Xavier
jdzdanceschool@gmail.com
Guest speaker and games afternoon
Friday 14:30-16:00
admin@rock-baptist.org
Wednesday 13:00-16:00
01223 243804
Wednesday 19:30-21:30
Thursday 11:30-12:30
Mike Tabrett
ghiacambridge@gmail.com
Tuesday 13:00-16:00
01223 513242
Wednesday 17:30-19:30
Thursday 17:45-18:45
Sunday 15:00-20:00
Divya Ramkumar
divyaandana@gmail.com