July 17, 2010 • 1:26 pm Comments Off
Last week saw the official civic opening of our new shared church at Cambourne, in the presence of HRH the Duke of Gloucester, pictured here planting a tree in front of the building.
It’s so good to see this new church growing – not just as a building but a congregation and a ministry too.
Filed under: Cambridgeshire, Churches
June 24, 2010 • 8:16 am Comments Off
Cambridgeshire County Council are running two workshop series – on ein Ely and one in Huntingdon for former carers former, family and unpaid carers. Each series comprises 5 session/s over 3 months (select your sessions)
All sessions FREE and refreshments are provided.
Places are limited so booking is essential
Email: Maggie.brown@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Telephone: 07824 406 103
AT ELY
· Session 1 Introduction to the programme
17th June 10.30-11.30 Ely Library, Meeting Room
6 The Cloisters, Ely CB7 4ZH
Session 2 Grief and Loss support (CRUSE)
22nd June 10.30-11.30 Ely Library, Meeting Room
·Session 3 Benefits and Money (CAB)
6th July 2.30-3.30 Ely Library, Meeting Room
· Session 4 Volunteering Opportunities (VCA)
15th July 10.30-11.30 Ely Library, Meeting Room
· Session 5 Learning Opportunities
5th August 10.30-11.30 Ely Library, Meeting Room
AT HUNTINGDON
· Session 1 Introduction to the programme
25 June 10.30 -11.30 Huntingdon Library, Meeting Room
Princes St, Huntingdon.PE29 3PA
· Session 2 Grief and Loss support (CRUSE)
8 July 10.30 -11.30 Huntingdon Library, Meeting Room
· Session 3 Benefits and Money (CAB)
20 July 2.30-3.30 Huntingdon Library, Meeting Rm
· Session 4 Learning Opportunities
17 August 10.30 -11.30 Huntingdon Library, Meeting Rm
· Session 5 Volunteering Opportunities (VCS)
18th August 2.30-3.30 Huntingdon Library, Meeting Rm
Filed under: Cambridgeshire, Resources
June 22, 2010 • 4:56 pm Comments Off
One of my many pleasant responsibilities is to act as a Trustee for St Bede’s Inter-Church (RC/CE) Comprehensive School in Cambridge. All the real work of course is done by the excellent heads and their staff, and all the serious governance is properly in the hands of the governors, but a few of us act as long-stops to hold the shared trust of this project and our other shared (primary) school at All Saints’, March on behalf of the two denominations. We had our annual meeting this week in the new chaplaincy centre at St Bede’s which looked very smart indeed. My thanks and congratulations to everyone who helped it and the rest of their new facilities get built, and my prayers for the staff, students and governors of both schools in this busy end-of-term time.
Filed under: Cambridgeshire, Christianity, Schools
June 22, 2010 • 4:48 pm Comments Off
St Philip’s C of E School in the Romsey Town area of Cambridge has just celebrated its new extension with a formal opening ceremony and assembly and special lunch. The children and staff gathered with parents, governors, friends and visitors to thank those who had worked on the extension. Then the School Council accompanied me in a ribbon-cutting and dedication ceremony. My predecessor as Bishop of Huntingdon, Gordon Wroe, dedicated the main buildings some 30 years ago and it was a pleasure and privilege to follow in his footsteps. The school is a good and popular one serving a very mixed community, and I was impressed by the verve with which they sang their school song – in the form of a rap. You can download more of their songs from i-tunes too! Congratulations to everyone on an excellent project well completed.
Filed under: Cambridgeshire, Church of England, Schools
June 21, 2010 • 9:09 pm 1
Well done to everyone who helped ensure that Etheldreda founded Ely yet again at the Etheldreda Day procession last Saturday. Here she is landing at the Riverside with her royal father before being given in marriage to the King of the Fens. The heavens opened just after we reached the Cathedral, but by then we were home and dry and it was an excellent day al lround.
Filed under: Cambridgeshire, Church of England
June 21, 2010 • 9:00 pm Comments Off
I was invited out to Whittlesford, south of Cambridge, to lead the service last Sunday morning. It’s a rather hidden gem of a church – I just loved the old cruck beams of the porch arch – with a long history. One of the windows commemorates a Whittlesford archer at the battle of Crecy – but the congregation of today were very friendly, and we enjoyed some decent coffee and biscuits after the service in their very nice new extension on the other side of the church.
The minister Ruth Whitehead runs a good blog of her own http://thinkingaboutpreaching.blogspot.com/ where you can see what she was preaching about that day. I was with the Elijah passage too, musing on how he comes to the end of his tether and has to let God sort him out – but not at all in the way he was expecting. You can read 1 Kings 19 for yourself …
Filed under: Cambridgeshire, Church of England, Churches
June 21, 2010 • 8:50 pm Comments Off
Easton near Huntingdon has just given its a church a real birthday. They’ve raised pots of money to put in a new stone floor, relocate the font, and use the new space to install a smashing new community room and “facilities”. Since the next largest gathering space in the village would seem to be the telephone box, the new space is already in demand from all sorts of users, and it looks like being a great success. I was there on Sunday with lots of other people (above) to share a strawberry tea and bless the new works – and say very well done indeed to all who made it possible. The last time the
church had a makeover was a hundred years ago (when the south aisle was rebuilt – complete with water spouts shaped as farm animals by the architect Inskip Ladds (right). The new work is a fitting contribution for another century, but now the team have got the wind in their sails I hope they keep on going and come up with some more good schemes as this lovely mini-cathedral of a church comes to life.
Filed under: Cambridgeshire, Church of England, Churches, Events
June 14, 2010 • 3:42 pm Comments Off
Great St Mary’s in Cambridge have a smart new website complete with blogs from Annabel and Peter. Well worth a visit: and note the new name, “Great St Mary’s Ministry".
Filed under: Cambridgeshire, Church of England
June 14, 2010 • 11:48 am Comments Off
A little while ago Owen Spencer-Thomas MBE interviewed Jenny Kartupelis , Director of the East of England Faiths Council, who had just been appointed to a panel of experts to advise the Secretary of State for Communities on faith matters.
Now Jenny has been made an MBE herself in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to inter-faith relations.
My warmest congratulations to Jenny and to all her colleagues at EEFC: the honour is well deserved indeed.
Filed under: Cambridgeshire, community
June 9, 2010 • 5:09 pm 2
Welcome to the 15th edition of the Growth in Cambridgeshire e-newsletter
In this edition we will be updating you on a wide variety of projects that Cambridgeshire Horizons and our partners are currently working on across the County, including the launch of the new Cambridgeshire Quality Panel.
We’d be keen to hear your thoughts on our e-newsletter, so if you have any feedback please email laura.halstead@cambridgeshirehorizons.co.uk.
Glebe Farm planning permission approved
On 21st April 2010 planning permission was granted for 286 new homes on the Glebe Farm development, located on the southern edge of Trumpington village in Cambridge, by the Joint Development Control Committee (subject to finalising a legal agreement with the developers, Countryside Properties).
In total 40% of the new homes at Glebe Farm will be affordable, and the developer is set to contribute over £4.2 million towards local transport, education and community infrastructure. 
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Reach Lode Bridge lifted into position
A project to link Wicken Fen to Anglesey Abbey and Bottisham has taken another step forward as a new pedestrian and cyclist bridge was lowered into place over Reach Lode. The project has been part-funded by Housing Growth Funds, and will form part of the Lodes Way – a virtually traffic free public route being created by the National Trust to improve access to green space.
The bridge itself will be officially opened at a community event on 12th September, along with a new 1.25 mile (2km) cycleway across Burwell Fen. Read more Message the author Back to top
Cambridge East update
Marshall Aerospace formally announced on 1st April 2010 that they are not seeking to relocate their core business in the near future. This means plans to develop a sustainable new community on the edge of Cambridge on the site of Marshall Aerospace are now on hold for the foreseeable future. The Local Authorities are currently considering the situation. Read more Message the author Back to top
Quality is key
Thousands of new homes, and associated facilities, are due to be built across Cambridgeshire over the coming years, which is why a new Quality Panel has been created. The Panel will help Cambridgeshire’s Local Authorities to achieve the highest quality standards to which they all aspire.
The Cambridgeshire Quality Panel has been recruited to provide independent and objective feedback to the Local Authorities on major development sites across the County. The Panel members were selected through a rigorous recruitment process, and bring with them a broad range of experience. Read more Message the author Back to top
Pedalling ahead with more cycle links
Work has started on a new cycle route between Babraham Road Park & Ride site and Wandlebury to provide local residents easier access to Wandlebury Park.
The project is being managed and delivered by Cambridgeshire County Council, in partnership with South Cambridgeshire District Council and Cambridge City Council, and is being paid for with £585,000 from the Housing Growth Fund, which is managed by Cambridgeshire Horizons on behalf of the Homes and Communities Agency. Read more Message the author Back to top
Green House project
Two houses in St Ives and St Neots will be refurbished as part of the Green House project being run by Huntingdonshire District Council in partnership with BRE. Once complete, they will be used as green demonstration homes for members of the public, trade and schools.
The project aims to demonstrate cost effective refurbishment, using local suppliers and affordable, efficient products, materials and appliances. This will help to reduce the district’s carbon footprint and bring homes up to a higher level of environmental performance. Read more Message the author Back to top
New Housing Market Bulletin now online
The latest Housing Market Bulletin is now available to view online. The Bulletin provides a snapshot of the latest housing statistics for the Cambridge Housing Sub-region, including average house prices for each District, and has been highlighted as an example of best practice by national housing market data provider HomeTrack. Read more Message the author Back to top
Fjord focus on transport and planning in Cambridgeshire
A delegation from Norway visited Cambridgeshire in April to learn more about how councils and partner organisations plan for the thousands of new homes due to be built. The 30 strong group, from the Municipality of Sandnes, included planners, transport planners, surveyors and cartographers. They learnt about the challenges facing Cambridgeshire planners as well as visiting development sites. Read more Message the author Back to top
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