Run for a Cause with HoverAid at the Cambridge Half Marathon 2025!
Join HoverAid at the Cambridge Half Marathon 2025! HoverAid has 10 guaranteed spots for this sold-out event, offering a chance to run while supporting projects in Madagascar. The race takes place on Sunday, 9th March 2025, starting and finishing at Midsummer Common, Cambridge. Participants get access to a private pre- and post-race area and can stay nearby if traveling.
New homes - a step closer
It Takes A City Community Land Trust take delivery of first modular homes.
Lily Arkwright revolutionises Black Friday 2024 with Ethical Luxury and Global Impact
Manchester, UK – October 2024 – This Black Friday, Lily Arkwright is redefining the shopping experience by prioritising transparency, sustainability, and social responsibility.
International award for ‘Connie the Puppet’ reveals an appetite for change in ethics and compliance
The award-winning project takes an innovative approach to ethics and compliance – making it tangible, accessible, engaging – and most importantly – actionable for all employees.
New partnership with Prepared With Love
It Takes a City (Cambridge) announces a new partnership with Cambridge Dining Co who provides delicious meals for rough sleepers at Crossways emergency night shelter.
It Takes a City's latest newsletter - now available
Our latest newsletter has been published.
More than £360,000 in grants to boost rural life in South Cambridgeshire
Seven community and business projects are set to share grants of more than £360,000 to help boost rural life in South Cambridgeshire.
New charity shop opens in the city of Ely to support end of life care
New charity shop now open in Ely for Arthur Rank Hospice Charity.
Crossways needs your support
It Takes a City writes... as we prepare to reopen Crossways help is needed from the community.
Virtual reality helps to alleviate pain and anxiety in palliative patients at Addenbrooke's
Supporters of Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust have helped alleviate pain and anxiety in palliative patients being cared for at Addenbrooke's by funding the lease of a virtual reality headset. Now a past patient who used the virtual reality headset has left a donation in her will to fund the purchase of a headset which means many more palliative patients will be able to benefit from using virtual…
Haven - making an impact
On World Homeless Day (10th October) we provide an update on The Haven, a safe overnight space for vulnerable women in the centre of the city.
Blue Smile sees highest ever demand for children’s mental health support
This World Mental Health Day, 10 October, Cambridge-based charity Blue Smile is highlighting the unprecedented demand for children’s mental health support in Cambridgeshire schools.
Lily Arkwright celebrates new showrooms with £2,000 Community Grants
To mark the exciting launch of their new showrooms in Bristol and Glasgow, Lily Arkwright introduced the Social Champions Grant initiative, awarding £2,000 to support local communities. After receiving an incredible number of inspiring applications, two deserving organisations have been selected: Nostalgia Group and Baby Bank Network Bristol, each receiving a £1,000 grant.
A brand-new centre for prosthetic and orthotic patients celebrates its official opening
The Cambridge Prosthetic and Orthotic Service has recently transferred from clinic nine in Addenbrooke's Hospital to a new base outside the City. Find out here what a difference the amazing new facilities and technology will make to patients
Learn about a career in the creative and cultural sectors
On Thursday 10th October, Cambridge Junction throws open it’s doors and invites young people aged 16 – 25 to learn about careers in the arts.
Have a heart – learn CPR, says MP
In advance of World Heart Day, Daniel Zeichner, Member of Parliament for Cambridge, tried out RevivR, a new CPR training tool, at a British Heart Foundation (BHF) shop in Cambridge on Friday 20 September to highlight the charity's vital work in combating heart and circulatory diseases.
Benefits of District Council’s cost-of-living support highlighted
The latest cost-of-living support that has benefited thousands of South Cambridgeshire residents has been outlined in a new District Council report.
electronRx joins forces with PHA Europe to enhance life quality for pulmonary hypertension patients
Cambridge, UK – 23 September 2024 – electronRx, a leading digital medicine and biomarker expert, is excited to announce its sponsorship of PHA Europe in support of their vision of better quality of life and finding a cure for pulmonary hypertension (PH).
Charity scoops award successes for new almshouse development
A Cambridge charity is celebrating winning three prestigious national awards for its new Passivhaus-accredited almshouses – and being shortlisted for a further accolade. Girton Town Charity’s Dovehouse Court development has won the Innovation For Living Award from the Almshouse Association, as well as two further successes in the British Homes Awards for the Later Living/Supported Living…
This year's Cambridge Dragon Boat Festival raises a staggering £35,000 for the new Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital
Over 600 participants took part in this year's Addenbrooke Charitable Trust's 18th Cambridge Dragon Boat Festival - bringing sunshine, fun and a big boost to the £14 million public appeal to see the new Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital built on the City's Biomedical Campus by 2029
Crossways wins prestigious award
It Takes A City has become the first organisation to be awarded the Gold Quality Mark for Excellence in Emergency Accommodation from Housing Justice.
Ukrainian Olena is grateful for the opportunity as she prepares for an exciting ‘new chapter’ of her life
“The support has been incredible and I feel motivated to work hard. It’s my mission to make this shop a success” The manager of a new charity shop says she is excited by the opportunity as she continues rebuilding her life away from war-torn Ukraine. Olena Kulaieva arrived in England with her husband, Maksym, and 11-year-old daughter, Natasha, in 2022 and has been working for East Anglia’s…
Cambridge MP gets kite project off to a flying start
On Friday 6 September 2024 at 1.30pm, Daniel Zeichner, Member of Parliament for Cambridge, will celebrate the launch event of the Let's Go Fly the Kite initiative by adding a brick to a giant Lego sculpture of a new Science of Life Quarter in Cambridge.
Lily Arkwright brings ethical jewellery to Scotland with new Glasgow showroom
Glasgow, Scotland – Ethical jeweller Lily Arkwright is thrilled to announce the opening of its first Scottish showroom in Glasgow, bringing its stunning collection of lab-grown diamonds, moissanite, and ethically sourced coloured gemstones to a whole new audience.
Cambridge Building Society Community Fund soars
First ever member panellist joins, fund goes from strength to strength with cash booster and game-changing grants awarded.