Alder Hey children spark joy in festive Christmas card competition for Tom’s Trust
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A Christmas card competition held by brain tumour charity Tom’s Trust saw judges blown away with the creations by children from Alder Hey Children’s Hospital.
Cambridge Sustainable Food launches fundraiser to make sure that everyone in our city has enough food on the table this winter
“My bills, shopping and energy have all increased dramatically, especially food and I am terrified of going into debt which I will never be able to pay off.”
Creating Nature's Corridors - bringing joy to the world
Every year, the UK buys six-eight million Christmas trees - with the majority of these iconic symbols of the festive period discarded in the New Year – so this holiday season, the Cambridgeshire-based rewilding charity Creating Nature’s Corridors is urging you to pay it back. All you have to do is to remember to make a £5 donation to the charity when you purchase your tree and the funds will go…
Charity asks for help to create A Wilder Coton
Help create a wilder, more vibrant future for Cambridge by supporting A Wilder Coton.
Busy Bee Recruitment Visits Ely Careers & Skills Fair
Busy Bee Recruitment writes...On Tuesday, Fausta, our Principal Recruitment Consultant and Laura, our Senior Recruitment Consultant, attended the East Cambs Careers and Skills Fair at Ely Cathedral. The event was in aid of providing employers and young students an opportunity to discuss options available to them after they leave school, preparing them for the future of work.
Allia to develop Papworth Printworks into social enterprise hub
Allia will develop the former Papworth Printworks building in Cambridgeshire village Papworth Everard to provide a much-needed base to support the growth of local social entrepreneurs and small businesses. The building will provide a café, microbrewery and pizzeria to create a vibrant social base for the local village as well as a business workspace for growing social enterprises from across the…
Social impact organisations across Cambridgeshire & Peterborough supported by new Allia-led project
Allia is leading a new project to help social impact organisations across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough so that they can build resilience, grow and create more positive change.
Thanking trustees - we couldn't do it without them
It Takes a City writes...We give thanks during Trustees Week (6-10 November).
Can you help It Takes a City with donations?
It Takes a City are calling for donations of clothes and store cupboard items in support of rough sleepers.
Number Confidence Week: Giving our maths skills a boost
Mayor Dr Nik Johnson is encouraging people in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to find out more about improving their confidence with numbers in a special awareness week this week.
Supporting LGBTQ+ guests at Crossways
It Takes a City writes...We look forward to working with our friends at Cambridge Solidarity Hub in support of LGBTQ+ guests at Crossways.
Village pays tribute at retirement of charity chairman after 25 years
A Cambridge charity has marked the retirement of a former Chair and long-time Trustee with the presentation of a unique sculpture.
Studio 24's award-winning work for the W3C website redesign project
Studio 24 writes...Between 2020 and 2022 we redesigned the website for the international web standards organisation W3C (founded by the inventor of the web Tim Berners-Lee). We continue to work with their team to support and develop their digital offering.
Plant a tree at Wandlebury
Cambridge Past, Present & Future writes...Do you want to plant a tree to mark a special occasion or milestone in your company's history and achievements? We need 3 new native trees at Wandlebury and need 3 special people or organisations to dedicate them.
Winter Rough Sleeper Project reopens
It Takes A City reopen Crossways, our winter emergency accommodation project, reopens for a third year on 1st November.
Price Bailey supports charity organisation Samaritans as the firm reinstates it’s annual in-person charity day, following the pandemic
Every 10 seconds, Samaritans responds to a call for help.
Allia teams up with Cambridgeshire partners to launch Green Business Programme
Eighteen-month partnership project aims to support local businesses reduce their carbon footprint, adopt more sustainable practices & reduce energy costs
Volunteer in green spaces in Cambridge
Nature and Conservation Group Volunteering Opportunities bookings now open!
National Lottery funding enables leap forward in strategy for children’s brain tumour charity, Tom’s Trust
The National Lottery Community Fund has granted children’s brain tumour charity Tom’s Trust more than £400,000, enabling a big leap forward in its strategy to support more families.
Allia Future Business Centre Cambridge celebrates 10 years of positive impact
Since 2013, the centre has welcomed over 100 tenant companies & provided business support to over 1,400 ventures
Blue Smile warns Cambs children facing record levels of mental health issues
After seeing highest ever demand for its support services in 2022-3, children's mental health charity Blue Smile is highlighting concerns about children's wellbeing ahead of World Mental Health Day (10 October).
Deloitte opens applications for new cohort of digital skills programme for charities
Deloitte has opened applications for up to 40 charities and social enterprises to join the third cohort of Deloitte Digital Connect, a programme that helps charities scale their digital impact.
Cambridge charity leads the way in creating Almshouses for the future
A Cambridge charity has recently been singled out to showcase its new development of 15 futureproof homes for the over 55s, as part of a regional meeting for almshouse professionals. Girton Town Charity welcomed more than 30 representatives of almshouse charities throughout East Anglia to the William Collyn Community Centre, followed by a visit to Dovehouse Court in the village.
Support the Illumina Cambridge Fireworks night!
Add a little sparkle to your business this autumn!
Cambridge Past, Present & Future launches River Cam CAN Project
A new climate and nature project aims to engage and support communities near the River Cam to work on initiatives that will benefit them and the environment.