On 7th September, Stuart, Roy, and Mo attended the launch event for the new Edge Café at Fulbourn. They were warmly welcomed by one of the café volunteers with a tray of cakes. The chocolate brownie was delicious! As well as home-baked cakes, the café serves paninis, quiche, baked potatoes, and more. It all smelled […]
Photography competition!
Are you feeling creative? Would you like to see your work hung on walls and appreciated all over Cherry Hinton? We are looking for twelve photos of Cherry Hinton for the 2024 Cherry Hinton calendar. The competition is free to enter and the deadline is Wednesday 20th September. We will turn the winning photos into […]
Cambridge Folk Festival 2023
Each year around 14,000 people come to Cherry Hinton for the Cambridge Folk Festival. And this year the hub team was there to meet them! The sun was shining (until Sunday afternoon at least!), the music was playing, and we had a wonderful weekend talking to the festival-goers about the new community café at Cherry […]
Bud the Builder’s Diary
Work on the new hub has begun and Bud the Builder will be keeping a diary so you can follow the progress. Library handover – 5 May 2023 The library closed to the public on 29 April 2023. Over the next two weeks, the furniture was donated to local good causes including the much-loved library […]
Cherry Hinton Residents Association AGM 2023
The hub team was delighted to speak at the Cherry Hinton Residents Association AGM on 18th May. Mo Child, Chair of the Cherry Hinton Community Benefit Society (CHCBS), gave an update on the build, introduced the team behind the CHCBS, and explained how residents can get involved with the project. We were joined by Andrew […]
Community groups reception
A big thank you to Cambridge Building Society for hosting our community groups reception on 2nd May and for providing the delicious refreshments. The Cambridge have been a key partner for the hub since November 2021. The event was a chance for community groups to learn more about the hub and how they can support […]
One chapter ends and another begins
Today, the doors closed on Cherry Hinton Library’s current building for the last time, ready for development work to begin in May. The doors of the new Cherry Hinton Hub, incorporating a refurbished library with improved facilities, will open in 2024. It was lovely to see people visiting the library this morning. Some were there […]
Library closure from 29th April 2023
It’s official! The Cherry Hinton Hub build begins in May! Thank you to everyone who has been waiting with interest and much patience for this news. The library will close on 29th April. We are liaising with Cambridgeshire Libraries about what provision is in place for you during the closure. Book returns will be extended […]
Another fundraising milestone
On 31st March, Kathleen and Mo added another two blossoms to our cherry tree fundraising barometer at the library. Each blossom shows we’ve raised £500. Our fundraising total now stands at £4000! Thank you to everyone who has donated so far. If you haven’t donated and would like to please visit the donation page on […]
Smita Botre joins the Hub directors
We are delighted to welcome Smita Botre to Cherry Hinton Hub board of directors. About Smita I have been a Community Library Assistant at Cherry Hinton Library for the last eight years. I like to balance my community library work and my volunteering commitments with local food hubs and Cambridge Food Cycle. During the pandemic […]