🌼 Cambridge Nature Festival launch event

📆 Saturday 25th May 11am – 3pm

The Nature Festival will kick-off with a launch event at Logans Meadow with fun free activities for all the family. Come along for storytelling, nature crafts, and much more! No booking required.

✨ MAGIC is coming to Abbey!! ✨

Monday 3rd June for 4 weeks, 6:30 - 8pm
East Barnwell Community Centre

To book email: [email protected]

A big thank you to Nick and Paul from Spar who very generously donated a laptop which will allow us to continue to do what we do best – working to improve the lives and wellbeing of our Abbey residents.

Read more in our latest blog: buff.ly/3JXwZRS

Don't forget our Junior and Senior Youth groups on Thursday evenings.

Junior group is 5-6pm, Senior group is 6.30-8pm, and it's free to attend 🙂

We always welcome more adult helpers, so please get in touch if you'd be interested in volunteering - [email protected]

☕ Abbey People Community Coffee Morning ☕

The Museum On A Bike will be joining us this Friday at coffee from 10am-12.00.

They will be bringing some curious objects for everyone to learn about, will you be able to guess what they were used for…come along and find out

🌱 Fox Den Community Allotment session

📆 Wednesday 15th May 4 – 6pm

Join us for a spring gardening session at the community allotment, no gardening experience is required but enthusiasm is very welcome!

The Fox Den Allotment is located at the Whitehill Allotments

🎨 Adult arts and crafts 🖌️

Every Tuesday 9-10.30 term time only

Come and have a go at some fun arts and crafts projects, papercrafts, book folding, paper making, decorated candle, clay and more. Its all about joining in, relaxing, having fun and making friends

🐞 Spring biodiversity survey for Barnwell Verge: Seeds of Hope project

📆 Tuesday 14th May 1:30 – 3pm

Help us explore what plants, insects and other wildlife are in some local greenspaces. Please email [email protected] to let us know if you'd like to come along

Cambridge people, the Citi3 bus stop is not far from the Rec.

🍦 We'd like to invite you to our Big Lunch 9th June 12 noon-4pm at Dudley Road Park.

🌭 Entry is FREE. There will be lots going on including a BBQ, stalls, raffle, games...

We're looking for prizes for the raffle and tombola. If you would like to donate, please get in touch

Our new edible plant bed was looking lovely in the sunshine on Wednesday ☀

We had a great time gardening at the Community Centre planting new edible herbs and flowers.

There are lots more sustainability and environment events coming up for you to get involved in!

☕ Abbey People Community Coffee Morning ☕

Every Friday 10.00-12.00 The Hub 15 Barnwell Road Cambridge

A warm and friendly space, where everyone is welcome,
Pop in for a relaxing chat or try the activity of the day.
Meet the team and make new friends.

Grab your lab coat and save the date!!

ITS FREE!

Following the success of last year's Eager Explorers Event 2023 we will be venturing into the world of science once more! This year we will be joined by lots of different scientists & research teams from across Cambridgeshire

Another reminder that the Food Hub will be closed this Saturday 4th May and Monday 6th May.

If you will need food support over the Bank Holiday, please see which services in the city may be able to help here: buff.ly/3Vf2TjO

We are pleased to announce that MAGIC is coming to Abbey!

MAGIC is designed to help parents build their confidence in their own parenting. The sessions are being run as part of the Abbey Together Project, a partnership between Abbey People and Kings Hedges Family Support Project

☕ Abbey People's Community Coffee Morning ☕
A warm and friendly space, where everyone is welcome.

📍 Date: Every Friday 10.00-12.00
🗺️ Location: The Hub, 15 Barnwell Rd, #Cambridge CB5 8RG

#AbbeyPeople #Community #CaffeeMorning #Wellbeing

Come along and help tidy up the garden beds around the East Barnwell Community Centre on Wednesday 1st May 9am – 11am 🌷

Please let us know if you can help by contacting [email protected]

The National Lottery Community Fund Cambridge City Council

Last year some of our young people enjoyed an afterschool club learning about DNA with Jack and Sam from Wellcome Connecting Science. Jack and Sam have become regulars at our family events. On Friday 26th April, they joined us again, this time at our regular coffee morning

*What's On*

Take a look at what's on throughout the week. We hope to see you at some of our events!

Did you know it’s Good to Grow week? 🌱

Join us for a spring gardening session at the Fox Den Community Allotment this Sunday (28th April) at 4pm 🌼 There’s lots of gardening events happening this weekend across Cambridge. Find out more: cambridgesustainablefood.org/events

#GoodToGrow2024