The Cambridge Fundraising Committee has generously supported us since 1999 and have just reached their phenomenal milestone of raising £1 million pounds. Throughout the year they run a whole host of interesting events to raise money for our Cambridge ‘Homes from Home’, Acorn House and Chestnut Houses.
Please email the Cambridge Fundraising Committee or call 07760 232 087.
Thursday 6 Feb: “HEROIC 19TH CENTURY TUNNELLERS”
Lord Robert Mair, Previously Master of Jesus College and Head of
Civil Engineering at Cambridge University, will give an illustrated
talk on the achievements of 19th century Cornish miners including
Sir Marc Brunel and his son I K Brunel, and their legacies to
modern tunnelling including London’s Elizabeth Line.
Wine 19.00hr. Talk 19.30hr. Tickets £16.00 (includes wine)
Gog Magog Golf Club, Shelford Bottom, Cambridge CB22 3AB
Tuesday 11 Feb: DNA SCIENCE AT THE WELLCOME
SANGER INSTITUTE – COFFEE MORNING
Jack Monaghan, the Institute’s Community Engagement
Manager, will illustrate the growing power of genomics (DNA
Science), journeying from the earliest experiences and the
Human Genome Project to the Sanger’s most ambitious
current research, aiming to change the way we do biology.
Coffee and biscuits 10.30hr. Talk 11.00hr. Tickets £15.00
Anstey Hall, Maris Lane, Trumpington, Cambridge CB2 9LG
Tuesday 18 Feb: “TO BE FRANK” – MICHAEL CRAWFORD
Graham McCann, Fellow of Kings College, lectures on the history of
political thought. He has written 20 books and is also TV Critic of
the Financial Times. He will give an illustrated talk on actor Michael
Crawford. Michael became the star of TV’s “Some Mothers do ‘Ave
‘Em” and “Phantom of the Opera”, and he is also The Sick Children’s
Trust National President.
Wine 19.00hr. Talk 19.30hr. Tickets £16.00 (includes wine)
Anstey Hall, Maris Lane, Trumpington, Cambridge CB2 9LG
Monday 24 Feb: TEA PARTY, “THE OLD VICARAGE
GRANTCHESTER”
Dame Lady Mary Archer will give an illustrated talk about the
history of the Old Vicarage and the famous poet Rupert Brooke who
lived there.
Doors open 13.00hr, Talk 13.30hr; followed by afternoon tea.
Tickets £22.00
Freemasons Hall, Bateman Street, Cambridge CB2 1NA
Monday 3 Mar: WOMEN, WALLS AND WOODWORK
A private guided tour of All Saints’ Church, “The Painted Church”, to
view the stained glass, wall paintings and textiles on this highly
decorated Gothic Revival Church.
Door open 10.00hr, Coffee and biscuits 10.15hr. Tour 10.30hr.
Tickets £15.00
All Saints’ Church, Jesus Lane, Cambridge CB5 8BP
Monday 10 Mar: QUIZ EVENING
Enter a team of 6-8 people or apply as an individual and join
others to form a team on the night. Prizes for the winning team.
Doors open 19.00hr: Quiz will start promptly at 19.30hr
The Perse School, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 8QF
Tickets: £15.00 (includes a Ploughman’s supper): please
complete an extra Quiz Night Ticket & Team Application Form for
this event – see the main Ticket Application Form for further details and
how to obtain a copy of this extra form if you do not have one.
Thursday 3 Apr: WILLIAM MORRIS AND HIS IDEAL HOME
Claudia Suckling, former Chief Executive of The William
Morris Society, will give an illustrated talk about the influences
on Morris’ work in architecture, gardens and interiors, and the
impact his ideas continue to have today.
Wine 19.00hr. Talk 19.30hr. Tickets £16.00 (includes wine)
Gog Magog Golf Club, Shelford Bottom, Cambridge CB22 3AB
Monday 7 Apr: LUNCHEON AT MADINGLEY HALL
Sir John Coles was Permanent Undersecretary in the Foreign
Office and Head of the Diplomatic Service. He was Private Secretary
to Baroness Thatcher the Prime Minister between 1981 and 1984.
He will aim to convey her real personality as opposed to the person
of the media, and will also focus on the Falklands War and the end
of British rule in Hong Kong. Sophie Hannah – international best-selling author of crime
fiction, will talk about the new series of Hercule Poirot novels she
was requested to write by Agatha Christie’s family.
Please be seated by 12.15hr. First talk at 12.30hr followed by
a 2-course lunch with wine, tea and coffee, followed by the
second talk. Tickets £42.00 Madingley Hall, Cambridge CB23 8AQ
Tuesday 15 Apr: WOMEN’S ART COLLECTION – COFFEE MORNING
Laura Moseley, Assistant Curator of the Women’s Art Collection
at Murray Edwards College, will give an illustrated talk about
Europe’s largest collection of art by women (over 600 pieces), its
development, and hopes for the future of this varied and
interesting art collection in Cambridge.
Coffee and biscuits 10.30hr. Talk 11.00hr. Tickets £15.00 Anstey Hall, Maris Lane, Trumpington, Cambridge CB2 9LG
Monday 28 Apr: A BRITISH COUNTRY HOUSE REVIVAL
Ben Cowell OBE, Director General of Historic Houses, will give an
illustrated talk about several of the houses he has known during his
career at English Heritage, The National Trust and now with Historic
Houses. Wine 19.00hr. Talk 19.30hr. Tickets £16.00 (includes wine)
Gog Magog Golf Club, Shelford Bottom, Cambridge CB22 3AB