Tag: Volunteers

HI Trees ‘mulch-o-meter’ returns for Tree Care day
The ‘mulch-o-meter’ is back and ready for action in time for the second Community Tree Care Day on Saturday 26 April.
2024’s mulch-o-meter set to return for 2025. Photo Dan Mace.
From 10am-3pm in the Chivers field near the Holiday Inn and B1049, local residents and their family and friends, as well as groups of people from local clubs, churches, committees and businesses, are encouraged to join in this community effort to stop the 1,400 young trees planted on that site being choked by weeds. Last year the ‘mulch o’meter’ logged 671 trees that were cared for and this year the team hope to do even better.
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Talking to HI HUB, HI Trees volunteer Dan Mace said: “Next time you’re driving, cycling or walking along the B1049 towards the A14, take a look at the newly planted woods in the field between the road and the Holiday Inn. (Although, if you’re driving, please do focus on the road ahead!)
This year’s giant mulch pile! Mulch donated by Tates Trees. Photo Dan Mace.
“1400 trees were planted in 2021 and 2022, and they’re doing pretty well. Some are now several metres tall. This is partly thanks to the love and attention that the community has given them, both when the trees were originally planted, and at the first ever HI Trees Care Day in April last year. On that day we had about 100 people turn up to weed the trees, mulch around them and help give them the best start possible. This year, we want to do even better. The mulch-o-meter will be back, and we have an even bigger pile of mulch to spread around the trees.
“And finally… we need to name this area. If you have any suggestions, the HI Trees team wants to hear them. We can’t keep calling it ‘the Woods between the B1049 and the Holiday Inn’ forever!”
What/when/where?
When: Saturday 26 April 10am – 3pm. Go along for as long or as little as you like. Even 10 minutes will help!
Where: Chivers’ field next to Holiday Inn, first right off the A14 (please note that note there’s no parking on site).
What: Give our young trees the best chance of thriving – we will show you how on the day. Some equipment will be provided, and if you can, please bring your gloves, spades, trowels, wheelbarrows, buckets, a drink. Please watch out for rabbit holes on the field; the ground is uneven, so please wear suitable shoes.
Who: Everyone welcome including children under the supervision of their adult companions.
Community Tree Care Day 2024. Photo Dan Mace.
Add your name suggestions on HI Trees Facebook group or email Dan Mace on dan.r.mace@gmail.com
For more information please see the event listing on HI HUB What’s On.
READ ALSO: HI Ttrees introduce the mulch-o-meter for community tree care day and HI Trees survey reveals highly encouraging survival rate
10/04/2025
Parish Councillor – Parish Council
Histon & Impington Parish Council are advertising the following role:
Parish Councillor to join the Parish Council. To be considered, residents must meet a set of eligibility criteria and are asked to write to the Clerk by Wednesday 12 March with brief reasons for wishing to stand. The Council hopes to fill this vacancy at their next meeting on Monday 17 March.
See News From Histon and Impington Parish Council
28/02/2025
Volunteers – Histon, Impington and Girton Car Scheme
The Histon Impington and Girton Car Scheme is looking for volunteers.
The scheme provides lifts to residents who are unable to use public transport and do not have a use of a car. It provides crucial support to those who find it difficult to get around, for example to attend medical appointments.
Mileage costs are paid for the drivers. You can give as much or as little time as you like. The role is totally flexible, but you do need to use your own car.
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If you are interested in either of these opportunities or just want to know more please email HIG.car.scheme@gmail.com
03/02/2025
HI HUB Board members and Volunteers
HI HUB, now five years old, was established in February 2020 as a hyperlocal news service specifically for the community of Histon & Impington.
This volunteer-led organisation has three very-part-time staff. But without volunteers, the organisation is not financially viable and would close.
There are several roles that we need volunteers to fill and would love to talk to anyone who might like to be part of this exciting and unique venture.
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Chair: to set board agendas, convene board meetings, initiate and respond to ideas for organisation development, and support other board members with issues that arise.
Commercial board member: to advise on marketing strategy, sales strategy, sponsorship and fundraising
Editorial board member: to work alongside Amanda Borrill, advising on editorial policy and content, and contributing to editorial planning
Finance board member: to advise on financial issues, including the annual budget, annual returns and accounts run by Administrator
Feature writer: to write a minimum of 3 feature articles per year on subjects agreed with the editorial team. All contributors are given full editing support and everything published is subject to HI HUB’s ‘two pairs of eyes’ policy before publication
Copy editor: to read raw copy, raise author queries (if required), edit and upload news and features
Researcher: to search for local job and volunteer vacancies and post them to the website
WordPress developer: to support maintenance, reporting and development
Fundraiser: to identify sources of funding, sponsorship, advertising and donations
Graphic designer: to create digital advertising and support the visual development of HI HUB website.
HR adviser: advising the board on HR-related issues, including contracts and management systems.
To find out more:
The HI HUB team will be in the Library from 10.30am to 12.00 on Saturday 1^st February, followed by 12.00 to 1.30pm in the ‘bottle room’ at the Red Lion. We can tell you more there.
Also, we will soon be holding a Q&A meeting at a local venue to explain more about what HI HUB does. To be kept informed about this, with no obligation at all, simply email admin@hihub.info and we will add your name to a Doodle Poll to find the date that most can attend.
If you can’t make that meeting, or if you’d prefer an initial one-to-one chat with the most relevant member of the HI HUB team, email admin@hihub.info to set this up.
Expressions of interest by 10th February please
20/01/2025
Helpers needed for the Impington Music Society
The Impington Music Society (IMS) runs small concerts and recitals featuring a range of professional, semi-professional and amateur musicians, and offers performance opportunities for local musicians embarking on their professional career. They arrange about 8 concerts a year, on Friday evenings at Impington Village College (IVC), and cover a wide range of music.
They are looking for more helpers in two areas:
- Occasional practical help on concert evenings.
  This can be anything from helping to set out the chairs before the concert, putting up signs, handing out programmes, showing people where they can get refreshments in the interval, and making sure that we leave the place tidy at the end – depending on your time availability and preference. There is no need to volunteer for every concert; even if you are only available for one or two events, that will be a great help for our regular team!
- Running the IMS.
  Behind the scenes, our informal team of volunteers looks after the organisation of the IMS, and they would like some reinforcement to help them plan future concerts, set up ticketing and marketing or look after our very basic website and social media presence. It is quite a wide range of jobs which we share between us depending on people’s interests and available time.
If you are interested in either (or both!) ways of helping to encourage live music in the village, get in touch by email to impingtonmusicsoc@gmail.com or simply come to one of our next concerts in the Brackenbury Room, Impington Village College (Friday 10 February 2023 or Friday 17 March, both at 7.30pm) and talk to us to find out more. We look forward to meeting you – and will waive the concert entrance fee if you are interested in volunteering!
(To reach the Brackenbury Room from the IVC main entrance, turn left down the long, curved corridor to the end.)
25/01/2023
Casual Vacancy – Parish Council
A vacancy has arisen on the Parish Council following the resignation of Ros Hathorn as a Parish Councillor.
The Parish Council hope to fill this vacancy by co-option at the next meeting on 20th September 2021. If you would be interested in being considered for this opportunity, please can you write or email by 17th September with your brief reasons for wishing to stand. If more than one applicant comes forward there would be a vote amongst the existing Council members to fill the position.
Full Council meetings are held the third Monday monthly and there are other Committees and Working Parties you can join if you wish.
Please write to: The Clerk, Histon & Impington Parish Council, The Parish office, Histon & Impington Recreation Ground, New Road, Impington, CB24 9LU or email clerk@hisimp.net.
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15/09/2021
HI HUB – come and join us!
The editorial team is taking a short break over the summer but we’ll be back in September and we’d love you to join us.
With August almost upon us, accompanied by the traditional English rain clouds, the HI HUB editorial team are taking a short break to recharge their batteries and enjoy their staycations.
Keep an eye on your weekly newsletter for jobs, events, property and planning applications though as these will continue to run through the summer, with news and features returning on 2^nd September.
When we come back, would you like to join us?
To boost HI HUB’s content from September, we’re looking to expand our editorial team. Could you be interested? There are two opportunities.
You may have spotted among the job listings last week that HI HUB is looking for a trained Community Journalist on a freelance basis, to take a high profile role in writing and editing material for publication as HI HUB prepares to extend its output and reach. If you’re experienced at writing news and features for publication, it could be an opportunity for you to earn a small fee while using your skills for the benefit of your own community. We particularly welcome applications from people who know the village and would love to use their training to help connect people from their own neighbourhood.
Alternatively, you may have – even in the dim and distant past – had a secret desire to be a journalist, or simply to research and write articles for publication. We would love to hear from you. As a member of the volunteer contributor team (we’re all volunteers right now) you would simply work with more experienced writers and editors to create articles that keep local residents in the know about what’s going on, and the opportunities available to them. Don’t worry if you’re not an experienced writer – all we need is a desire to find out what’s happening and the enthusiasm to have a go. Others are available to help with style, grammar and everything techie – if you need them.
Get involved
HI HUB has exciting plans for the future and we’d love you to be part of them. We’ll hold a get-together for the editorial team in September, and we’re trying to organise some training. It would be great if you could join us.
If you want to talk through anything about the volunteer or Community Journalist roles, just drop a line to news@hihub.info and we’ll get back to you.
Have a great summer and see you in September.
29/07/2021
Volunteer Flu Vaccination Marshals
The Firs House Surgery are looking for volunteer marshals to help with the coming autumn flu vaccination programme. They are planning for 5 weekend days in September/October and are looking for volunteers to do a morning (8am to 12.30pm) or afternoon (1.30-4.30pm) shift.
If you are interested in helping please email jo@standrewshiston.org, who is coordinating the volunteers for the Firs for this programme.
28/07/2021
Abbey Fields Practical Volunteer Session
An Abbey Fields Practical Volunteer Tasks session to clear shrubbery and branches reaching across the main paths at the Croft Close Set-Aside, so that people can walk there safely on Saturday 14th August 2021 with RSPB expert Nigel Butcher from 9.30 to 11.30am.
Meet at the gate at the end of Croft Close, Histon CB24 9HU. If you would like to attend, please send an email to sitemanagers@abbeyfields.online
Please wear stout shoes and bring work gloves. Please bring your own loppers and shears if you can. Training will be given if required. You will have the opportunity to adopt a path to keep clear if you like. Please bring your own water and a sunhat/waterproofs as appropriate. Please do not bring children under 5 years old or dogs. We will be cutting thorny branches. Children between 5 years and 16 years must be supervised by an adult.
This event is run by the Site Management Action Group of the Abbey Fields Transitional Management Committee appointed by Histon and Impington Parish Council to manage the Croft Close Set-Aside and Long Meadow until a Friends Group can be set up.
The Croft Close Set-Aside and Long Meadow are leased to Histon and Impington Parish Council abbeyfields.online
28/07/2021
Chair of the Board of Trustees – CPET
Cambridge Primary Education Trust (CPET), who have 5 schools, including the Infant and Junior Schools that will become the Histon and Impington Park Primary School and Histon and Impington Brook Primary School through primary schools in September 2021, are looking for this new voluntary roles.
Chair of the Board of Trustees (Voluntary Role) to replace the current Chair who is standing down at the end of their term of office in December 2021, and the Trust is seeking to ideally appoint a new Chair from the new school year commencing September 2021, to coincide with the start of the school year and ensure a handover is in place. This is an opportunity to participate in an exciting development in primary education, both in relation to the development and execution of CPET’s strategic direction and in day-to-day responses to the overall evolving context of education and community. This includes supporting a balanced growth agenda and adjusting to the operational impact and lessons learnt from Covid-19.
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28/07/2021