Leading charity calls for runners in the 2025 TTP Cambridge Half Marathon to run for a new specialist cancer hospital
With places about to be released for next year's TTP Cambridge Half Marathon, Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust (ACT) calls for runners who secure a place to run for Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital (CCRH), a new world-class, specialist cancer hospital - a first for the East of England.
Sign up to join 2024 Bridge the Gap Charity Walk through Cambridge Colleges
Have you got your place to visit six Cambridge colleges at Bridge the Gap?
Rescue 999: Seconds to save a life
Magpas Air Ambulance writes: Channel 5 and My5 viewers will get a unique viewpoint of dramatic real-life rescues as an exciting new series immerses audiences in the lifesaving work of two of the region’s air ambulance charities, as well as other UK rescue teams covering sea, mountains and land. Magpas Air Ambulance and East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA) will feature in the new six-part…
Cyber extortion - a worrying trend
Breathe Technology writes: We’re always hearing how cybercrime figures are rising. That’s nothing new.
Launch of ‘My Thank You’ Campaign gives Addenbrooke’s patients chance to thank NHS staff directly
Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust launches ‘My Thank You’ Campaign, giving Addenbrooke's patients a chance to send messages of thanks direct to NHS staff who care for them. The campaign, which launched at the start of August, has been ' My Thank You’ welcomed by nursing staff as well as patients.
Centre for Computing History wins £93k grant to explore environmental impact of tech
The Centre for Computing History has been awarded a £93,200 grant by the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund, run by the Museums Association, for its new project Broken Tech: Broken Earth. This exciting initiative will engage the local community in exploring the environmental and social impacts of the tech boom.
Centre for Computing History delighted to receive £4,000 MathWorks Community Grant
Cambridge’s Centre for Computing History is thrilled to have been awarded a £4,000 Community Grant from MathWorks, a leading developer of mathematical computing software for engineers and scientists. This generous grant will support the Centre's Education programme, helping young people understand computing history’s impact on society and inspiring the next generation of tech innovators.
Caring Kerry braves cancer head shave in aid of local charity
Littleport resident and Homecare Professional, Kerry Giles-Brown is having her head shaved to raise money for local charity, Caring Together, before she starts chemotherapy herself.
Calling local businesses! Ready to lace up for a great cause?
Run the Cambridge Half Marathon on Sunday 9 March 2025 and support your local community! Enter your business team for just £5 per runner until 20 August. Reserve your team spot now and confirm runners later. Friends, family, and clients welcome! Together, we can go the distance for Cambridgeshire. Ready to take the first step?
New safe space for vulnerable women opens in Cambridge city centre
The Haven, a safe, overnight space for vulnerable women opens in Cambridge city centre.
Cambridge Science Centre celebrates its new home at Cambridge Science Park
Cambridge Science Centre's much-anticipated new venue at Cambridge Science Park will officially open its doors on the first day of the summer holidays, 23 July, inviting young children and their families to explore a world of discovery through open-ended, hands-on exhibits.
PEM aids charities that support families with young children and new mothers
In June, the PEM Charitable Trust donated £150’s worth of baby food to Ely Baby Bank in Fordham. Ely Baby Bank are a Cambridgeshire-based community project offering a safe and friendly place for all families to access everything they need for babies up to 18 months old, completely free of charge.
PEM Charitable Trust donate toys and resources to Ormiston Families
In June, the PEM Charitable Trust donated over £500 worth of books, toys, and resources such as clay and Play-Doh to Ormiston Families in support of their “Stars Bereavement” service for children.
Centre for Computing History wins a 2024 Tripadvisor Traveller’s Choice Award
Cambridge's Centre for Computing History has been recognised as a top worldwide attraction! The centre has won a 2024 Tripadvisor Traveller’s Choice award, placing it among the top 10% of listings around the world on Tripadvisor.
Reporting back on another winter at It Takes a City
ITAC produce a short report on Crossways 2023-24.
Hundreds take to the streets of Cambridge for the Star Shine Night Walk
Over 400 supporters walk for Arthur Rank Hospice Charity
77-year-old with Parkinson's all set to walk 120-kilometre stretch of Hadrian's Wall to raise awareness around the importance of exercise - at the point of diagnosis
Trevor Elliott is one of six Parkinson's patients who helped co-design a digital intervention with a specialist physiotherapist as part of a feasibility study for Addenbrooke's Hospital - highlighting the importance of early exercise for Parkinson's patients from the point of diagnosis, and giving them early access to a physio. Now Trevor has set himself the challenge of walking a 120-km stretch…
Exploring the complexities of Pulmonary Hypertension
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a serious condition characterised by elevated blood pressure within the pulmonary arteries. The pulmonary arteries are responsible for carrying blood from the right-hand side of the heart to the lungs.
Girton Town Charity welcomes visit by HRH The Duke of Gloucester
A Cambridge charity has hosted a royal visit to its new award-winning almshouse development in the centre of Girton. HRH The Duke of Gloucester, who is Vice Royal Patron of The Almshouse Association, was welcomed by Girton Town Charity trustees and residents to Dovehouse Court where he was shown around the Passivhaus-accredited almshouses, the first of its kind in the UK.
Corazon Health and Kameo Recruitment raises £432 for East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH)
Corazon Health and Kameo Recruitment organised a charity bake sale, raising £432, to help make a difference to the lives of children with life-threatening conditions and their families.
Team Waitrose from Trumpington sign up for Star Shine Night Walk
Colleagues from Waitrose in Trumpington sign up to Arthur Rank Hospice Charity's Star Shine Night Walk and prepare to shine!
A growing partnership
It Takes a City thank local business for generous donation.
Cambridge charity creates woodland in memory of local schoolboy
A 350-tree woodland area was formally unveiled on Tuesday 4th June at Huntingdon racecourse by Cambridgeshire-based rewilding charity, Creating Nature’s Corridors, in memory of former Samuel Pepys (St Neots) pupil Ollie Oldham who would have turned 18 this week.
Charity’s hit bubble rush proved as pop-ular as ever
More than 2,000 participants helped raise more than £63,500.
Rupert’s Run featured more than 90 vehicles and raised nearly £2,800 for EACH
Kind-hearted farmers proved the cream of the crop after taking part in a charity tractor road run in rural Norfolk.