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Queen Edith’s News

Issue 206 • Friday 9 September 2022
 Emailed to over 1,700 local homes 

Greener Queen Edith's Day POSTPONED

Sam Davies, Queen Edith's Community Forum Chair, writes: "In the light of yesterday's sad news, we have taken the decision to cancel tomorrow's Greener Queen Edith's event, and will look to rearrange at a later date. However, we will still be running the Food Hub and the café that runs alongside it, so if you would like to join us for a coffee and company, perhaps to reflect on what the Queen's passing means to you, we'll be at St James's Church between 10.30am and 12noon as usual."

Contacting the organisations

A large number of organisations would have been present at tomorrow's event. If you'd hoped to talk to them, here are their website details:

And finally, our thanks as ever go to Cambridge City Council and Queen Edith's Chapel.

Pop Up Fruit Stand tomorrow

There will be a single fruit stand running this Saturday – at 253 Hills Road from 10.30am. It will be selling greengages, plums, apples and new season pears, including Conference and Concord. All profits go to the Queen Edith's Community Food Hub.

Remembering The Queen at St John's

St John The Evangelist Church on Hills Road will be holding a special commemorative service on Sunday at 6pm, marking the death of the Queen. There will also be other services over this weekend. The church will be open throughout next week for prayer, and flowers may be left in remembrance. Full information can be found here.
Please note that the following events were announced before yesterday's news, and may be affected by the period of National Mourning. Do contact the organisers before attending.

Cambridge Science Centre is back

Re-opening after the summer break, Cambridge Science Centre at Clifton Road launches its Our Living World Exhibition this Saturday (10 September). Explore life from the basic building blocks to endangered species in hands-on exhibits, interactive shows and fun activities. Shows at set times include Balance of Biodiversity, Leaves and Seeds, Plants and Pollinators and Fabulous Fungi. Find out more here.

Celebrate Heathlands House's 1st Birthday

Next Wednesday (14 September) sees Heathlands House, the care home in Bullen Close, celebrate its 1st birthday, with an old fashion fairground theme. It's free to all to attend! There will be activities from 2pm to 4pm such as a coconut shy, hook a duck and carnival performers such as stilt walkers. It's a chance to meet the team, have a chat and view the home. For more information or to book your free place email tanya.jackson-turner@careuk.com

Watch Mamma Mia outdoors

TLC Cherry Hinton Care Home on Cherry Hinton Road is showing Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again at its outdoor cinema next Friday night, and it's free for local residents to attend. The screening starts at 8pm and you can book a seat by emailing bdm@cherryhintoncarehome.co.uk

Wandering Yak returns to Cherry Hinton Road

The Wandering Yak food truck will be cooking up a storm on Cherry Hinton Road tonight (Friday) from 6pm, and customers will be able to bring the food to the nearby Cambridge Wine Merchants wine bar to enjoy a nice tipple or two with their meal. It's mouthwatering Middle Eastern and North African-inspired street food which is well worth trying.

Queen Edith's magazine now out

Copies of the latest Queen Edith's magazine were distributed to over 5,000 homes this week, and all local residents should have received a copy. If you missed it, there's an online version here, which is also the place to find web links to all the items mentioned in the issue.

South Area Committee video available

For residents interested in local governance, last Monday's City Council South Area Committee meeting is now available to watch on YouTube. Click to go directly to:
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This Week at The Light Cinema

★ Our multi-screen cinema's incredible lineup of films this week include Bodies Bodies Bodies; Brahmastra; Bullet Train; Clerks III; DC League of Super-Pets; E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial; Elvis; Fisherman’s Friends: One And All; Jaws; Jurassic World Dominion; Lightyear; Minions: The Rise of Gru; NT Live: Prima Facie; See How They Run; Spider-Man: No Way Home; The Forgiven; The Railway Children Return PG; Thor: Love and Thunder; Three Thousand Years Of Longing; Top Gun: Maverick; and Where The Crawdads Sing

This week at Cambridge Junction

★ The Cambridge Junction lineup this week includes Arts & Minds: Creative Café; Chris Wood; Club Urania: September; Family Catwalk Extravaganza; Fountain (:) Live; Goo:Ga – Parent & Baby Screening And Artist Talk; Hannah Jane Walker: Sensitive - Book Event; Pizza, Paint & Postcards; Powerhouse Queer Arts Festival; Producer Gathering; Starsailor; The Fiver - September; and The Noise Next Door's Comedy Lock-In

Food Hub news

The Queen Edith's Community Food Hub is open tomorrow (Saturday) as usual, from 10.30am to 12noon at St James Church on Wulfstan Way. All in need are welcome, no questions asked. The Coffee Chat is open too.

Food donations may be brought to the church on Saturday mornings from 10.00am to 10.30am. The team tells us it's usually particularly in need of tinned beans (not baked beans) and tinned fish, but all contributions are welcome.

Coronavirus Update 

The government's recommended steps to reduce the risk of catching and spreading COVID-19 are as follows: get vaccinated; let fresh air in if meeting indoors, or meet outside; and consider wearing a face covering in crowded, enclosed spaces.

You can find more information here on:

  • Staying safe;
  • Testing and staying at home;
  • International travel;
  • Long COVID; and
  • Work, self-employment and business support.

For details of how to book first, second or booster vaccinations, please visit The Vaccinators website and click on your age group.

Bin collections

Check when your bins will be emptied here.

Local police and crime information

Find out data and information from Cambridgeshire Constabulary's City south and east team here.

If you haven't already, please take just five minutes to fill out the police's online survey to help them understand what crime is happening in your area. 

You are then invited to attend an online meeting on 6 September at 7pm where there'll be a presentation on recent policing activity from the team, who will listen to concerns, present the results of the survey and allow you to have an influence. Register your attendance in advance here if you wish to attend.

Health and Education job vacancies

Links to the jobs and careers pages at all of our local hospitals, schools and colleges can be found here.

Adult Learning and Evening Classes

There's a wide range of educational and recreational classes and courses for adults available locally, this autumn and into next year. Find out more details here:

Traffic disruption

One.network is the website which shows current and forthcoming road works. You can see the map here. Click the 'Today' box and select 'Next two weeks' for future works.

Help with cost of living

Cambridge City Council maintains a web page listing various forms of help that are available to anyone struggling to cope with the rising cost of living. These range from additional payments from the council or discounts on things like your Council Tax, to support from partners such as food vouchers, energy grants and help managing debt. The page can be found here.

How to contact our local councillors

The Queen Edith's Community Forum guide to our local councillors will ensure you contact the right one depending on your issue and the street where you live. Find it here.

Queen Edith's city councillor Sam Davies writes a weekly email discussing what she's been doing and what issues have come up in the area. You can add yourself to the circulation of Sam's free email here. If our other councillors produce anything similar we will also highlight it here.

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