Tag: Community

  • Community groups invited to apply for Feast funding

    Community groups, local charities and organisations are being invited to apply for grants funded by Histon & Impington Feast 2023, scheduled to take place from 1-9 July 2023. Any group, organisation or charity wishing to apply should be able to demonstrate that it provides a benefit or service to the residents of the local community.

    The Feast Committee has slightly altered the eligibility criteria this year and told HI HUB “applications for both a specific purpose and for providing support to general funds and running costs are now also welcome.”

    Applications must be received by midday on Sunday 12 March. Representatives from each applicant will be invited to attend a meeting at 8pm on Tuesday 21 March, at a venue to be confirmed, to give a brief explanation of why they are asking for funding and how their organisation meets the local benefit criteria. Full details of how to apply can be found on the Feast website.

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  • Police officers pay visit to local Primary

    Police officers pay visit to local Primary

    The children enjoyed getting up close to a police vehicle. Photo: Grace Hardy

    Local police officers visited Brook Primary School in Histon last Thursday, 26 January, to talk to children in Foundation stage classes.

    The visit, part of Neighbourhood Policing Week – a national campaign aiming to shine a light on the work of neighbourhood policing teams – saw South Cambs officers meet with children and teachers at the school.

    The four and five-year olds were treated to a tour of a police car, and enjoyed seeing the lights flash and hearing the siren go off. The children were also shown some of the equipment used by the police on a daily basis, and had the opportunity to quiz officers on what it’s like to do their job.

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    One of the children said: “We got to ask questions to find out how police officers help us. They showed us the police car and we heard the loud siren!”

    This visit and other neighbourhood policing activities were documented on the force’s Facebook page, with community police officers also calling in on Oakington Cubs and Orchard Park Primary School as part of the Neighbourhood Policing Week initiative.

    To meet your local policing team, get the latest crime statistics or find out what is being done to tackle crime in your area, click here or visit the Policing South Cambs Facebook page here.

  • South Cambs Community Engagement Meeting

    South Cambs Community Engagement Meeting

    Cambridgeshire Constabulary is holding a South Cambs Community Engagement meeting on Tuesday 7th February from 7pm online.

    During the meeting you will get the opportunity to meet your neighbourhood officers, find out what has been happening over the past three months and help shape the policing priorities for the future. There is also a question-and-answer section so you can ask the neighbourhood officers anything you wish.

    To take part you need to register here – https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/cambridgeshire-constabulary-14356769797

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    We invite you to fill out our survey ahead of the meeting so we can understand any concerns you have – https://bit.ly/3IdqB6k

  • Tea, Cake and a Winter Walk at Histon Manor

    Snowdrops at Histon Manor. Photo: Jemima Borrill

    Following the very successful winter opening of Histon Manor gardens in 2022, which sold out within 24 hours, owners Katherine and Rob Mann, are repeating this event on Saturday 11 February from 10am to 3pm. All proceeds will go to HI Friends charity.

    The snowdrops, which were magnificent in 2022, are dotted along the banks of the moat and in the woodlands. Visitors will also be able to see the newly installed Monet-style bridge leading onto the island.  

    Histon Manor kitchen Photo: Helen Blake

    There are two types of ticket:

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    Tea and Cake and entry to the grounds: 100 tickets are available at £6.00 per ticket which will include a slice of homemade cake and tea or coffee served in the Manor House kitchen. These tickets are for hourly slots for the refreshments to enable everyone to be able to sit down and relax in the beautiful kitchen. Visitors are welcome to spend as long as they like walking around the grounds. Children under 7 are welcomed free of charge with each accompanying adult.

    There will also be 200 free tickets for entry to the grounds only, which will not include refreshments. No ticket is needed for children under 16. As these tickets are free of charge, there will be a bucket for donations towards HI Friends.

    Click here for tickets to the Winter Walk at Histon Manor. Thanks to Edd Stonham for use of his ticketing system which maximises the proceeds going to HI Friends.

    To volunteer at the Winter Walk event or other events, email histonmanor@gmail.com

  • Winter Fayre and Community Breakfast

    Histon Salvation Army is holding a Winter Fayre and Community Breakfast on Saturday 19th November from 9.30am to 12pm.

    Stalls, full English breakfast and refreshments.

  • Country Dancing

    Country Dancing

    Meets Fridays, monthly, from 8pm at the Methodist Church Hall.

    All dances are called and walked through. All abilities, from beginner to advanced can join in.  Soft shoes or trainers are preferred. 

    Adults: £2.00  Accompanied Children: 50p. All welcome.

  • Pump Track Public Meeting

    The Histon and Impington Pump Track group will be holding a public meeting on Wednesday 22nd June from 7.30pm in the Salvation Army Hall.  All residents are welcome to attend.

    The group has formed out of interested people from the HI Pump Track Facebook page created by Dan Clifton.  This event is an opportunity to meet with the group and find out more about pump tracks. What is a pump track? How does it work? Who uses a pump track?  What different options for a track exist? What benefits a track would bring to the villages? It will also be an opportunity to bring ideas and voice concerns.

    The meeting will outline a forward plan for achieving a track within the villages. This will include formalisation of interested people into an official working group.

    More information is available at http://hipumptrack.uk

  • Jubilee Memories Exhibition

    Histon and Impington Village Society have organised a Jubilee Memories Exhibition from Friday 3rd June to Sunday 5th June in the Community Room at the Recreation Ground.

    It has been the perfect opportunity to bring the society’s much treasured archives out of storage to share wonderful village memories of coronations and jubilees in years gone by. We hope the exhibition will be great for all ages, providing an opportunity to learn about celebrations in our villages before our time, and to have fun spotting friends and family in the more recent images. The exhibition will cover the 1953 Coronation, as well as the Jubilees in 1935, 1977, 2002 and 2012 all focussing on what happened in our villages on those days.

    A vast number of photos will be showcased together with tables of local jubilee and coronation memorabilia to pick up and flick through, as far ranging as the minutes of the 1977 H&I jubilee committee to a resident’s scrapbook of her experience on coronation day. Items such as the mugs given out to pupils of the village school in 1953 and a coronation mug dug up only last month in a garden in Histon will be on display. 

    The exhibition will be open:

    3rd June: 11am – 2.30pm

    4th June: 2pm – 4.30pm (with complimentary tea & cake)

    5th June: 12.30 – 4.30pm

    If you need transport to the Recreation Ground, please contact the Village Society and we will do our best to help as we have access to the community minibus for the Saturday opening if required.

  • Histon & Impington Open Gardens

    Histon & Impington Open Gardens

    Histon & Impington Open Gardens will take place on Sunday 12th June from 12-6pm.

    A community event in which local gardeners open their gardens to the public for the day. 17 gardens, live music, teas, plant stall and a trail for children.

    In aid of East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices, Shepreth Hedgehog Hospital, HI Friends and Histon & Impington Feast.

    Programmes £5 in advance (from Histon Post Office, Station Stores, Gin House Flowers, Topiary Tree and St Andrews Centre, or our stall on Histon Green, Saturdays 28th May, 4th and 11th June, 9-11am). £6 on the day, from Histon Green (contactless and cards accepted) or any participating garden (cash only). http://opengardens.org/

    Email info@opengardens.org for more information.

  • HI Friends Annual Meeting

    HI Friends are holding their Annual Meeting on Tuesday 10th May at 7.30pm at the Recreation Ground Community Room.

    Come find out about HI Friends’ work this year. They are a village charity that aims to help support wellbeing, mobility, sport and recreation for those who live in our community.

    All welcome.