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.
Monday 2 Sep: TEA PARTY – FASCINATING GEMSTONES IN JEWELLERY
Jason Middleton, international gemstone buyer, will give an illustrated talk about the many varieties of gemstones, including birthstones and famous stones.
- Talk at 14.00hr followed by afternoon tea. Tickets £19.00
- Freemasons Hall, Bateman Street, Cambridge CB2 1NA
Thursday 19 Sep: ‘MEETING CHURCHILL’ A LIFE IN 90 ENCOUNTERS
Sinclair McKay, Sunday Times bestselling author, military historian and literary critic for The Spectator, will give an illustrated talk about his book ‘‘Meeting Churchill’ A Life in 90 Encounters’.
- Wine 19.00hr. Talk 19.30hr. Tickets £15.00 (includes wine)
- Anstey Hall, Maris Lane, Trumpington, Cambridge CB2 9LG
Wednesday 25 Sep: ‘THE SECRETS OF LIFE’
Sean Stuart O’Connor, author of several books, will give an illustrated talk drawing on his sequence of books ‘The Secrets of Life: From Big Bang to Trump’. Why it is rational to be irrational and why we should view the future with confidence!
- Wine 19.00hr. Talk 19.30hr. Tickets £15.00 (includes wine)
- Gog Magog Golf Club, Shelford Bottom, Cambridge CB22 3AB
Monday 30 Sep: COFFEE WITH A FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
Bill Hamilton, journalist and broadcaster, worked in Home Affairs, then the Foreign Office, and was a Special Correspondent for the BBC. He will give an illustrated talk about his amazing career reporting on world events.
- Coffee and biscuits 10.30hr. Talk 11.00hr. Tickets £15.00
- Anstey Hall, Maris Lane, Trumpington, Cambridge CB2 9LG
Wednesday 2 Oct: LIFE AND WORK OF ARCHITECT FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
Fiona Rose, an Arts Society Lecturer, will give an illustrated talk about this famous architect who designed over 800 buildings, includes the Guggenheim Museum in New York.
- Wine 19.00hr. Talk 19.30hr. Tickets £15.00 (includes wine)
- Gog Magog Golf Club, Shelford Bottom, Cambridge CB22 3AB
Monday 7 Oct: A PORTRAIT FROM A LUMP OF CLAY
Dr Richard Pye will give an illustrated talk in which he will explain the stages in creating a three-dimensional portrait sculpture, give a pictorial tour of a bronze foundry, and describe how artists, cartoonists and sculptors inspired his works.
- Wine 19.00hr. Talk 19.30hr. Tickets £15.00 (includes wine)
- Gog Magog Golf Club, Shelford Bottom, Cambridge CB22 3AB
Wednesday 9 Oct: COFFEE MORNING – BLUESTOCKINGS: THE FIRST WOMEN’S MOVEMENT
Dr Susannah Gibson, Cambridge author and historian, will talk about the struggles and achievements of the women who laid the foundations of feminism.
- Coffee and biscuits 10.30hr. Talk 11.00hr. Tickets £15.00
- Gog Magog Golf Club, Shelford Bottom, Cambridge CB22 3AB
Wednesday 23 Oct: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF CATHERINE JONES
Vanessa Burkitt, Managing Director of Catherine Jones’ shop in Cambridge for 61 years, will give a talk about the past, present, and future of this well-known jewellery shop.
- Wine 19.00hr. Talk 19.30hr. Tickets £15.00 (includes wine)
- Anstey Hall, Maris Lane, Trumpington, Cambridge CB2 9LG
Thursday 7 Nov: SAD, MAD OR BAD!
Roger Howarth, a Prisons’ Chaplain for 21 years, reflects about his career with stories and anecdotes.
- Wine 19.00hr. Talk 19.30hr. Tickets £15.00 (includes wine)
- Anstey Hall, Maris Lane, Trumpington, Cambridge CB2 9LG
Thursday 14 Nov: A LIFE IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Dr Henry Shevlin, an AI enthusiast and philosopher at Cambridge University, will give an illustrated talk about advances in AI in the last decade and how AI will shape our future lives.
- Wine 19.00hr. Talk 19.30hr. Tickets £15.00 (includes wine)
- Gog Magog Golf Club, Shelford Bottom, Cambridge CB22 3AB
Wednesday 20 Nov: BRITISH STUDIO POTTERY
Helen Ritchie, a senior curator at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, will give an illustrated talk about potters from the 19th Century to the present day, including Bernard Leach, Lucie Rie and Grayson Perry.
- Wine 19.00hr. Talk 19.30hr. Tickets £15.00 (includes wine)
- Gog Magog Golf Club, Shelford Bottom, Cambridge CB22 3AB
Thursday 28 Nov: ‘I DON’T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT’Allison Pearson, author, journalist and weekly columnist in the Daily Telegraph, will talk about her fascinating career, including her bestselling book which was made into a film starring Sarah Jessica Parker.
- Wine 19.00hr. Talk 19.30hr. Tickets £18.00 (includes wine)
- Gog Magog Golf Club, Shelford Bottom, Cambridge CB22 3AB