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. Read on to find out what they have planned for Spring 2024.
To purchase tickets for an event listed below, please email the Cambridge Fundraising Committee or call 07760 232 087.
Tuesday 5 Mar: LUNCHEON AT MADINGLEY HALL
Julie Spence OBE CStJ QPM, His Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, will give a talk about her duties as Lord Lieutenant. John Wade, Archivist at Selfridges, will give a talk about the history of this famous Oxford Street store.
• Gift stalls and coffee from 11.00hr. Tickets £40.00
• 1st talk 12.30hr, then 2-course lunch & wine, followed by 2nd talk
• Madingley Hall, Cambridge CB23 8AQ
Thursday 7 Mar: THE CAMBRIDGE PHENOMENON – HOW A SMALL MARKET TOWN CHANGED THE WORLD
Kate Kirk, Author and U3AC Lecturer, will give an illustrated talk on the history and impact of the technology cluster known as the Cambridge Phenomenon.
• Wine 19.00hr. Talk 19.30hr. Tickets £15.00 (including wine)
• Gog Magog Golf Club, Shelford Bottom, Cambridge CB22 3AB
Tuesday 12 Mar: WATER & DUST: PHOTOGRAPHING KENYAN WILDLIFE
Dr Mark Farrington chairs our Fundraising Committee and is an enthusiastic wildlife photographer, especially enjoying African safaris. He will give an illustrated talk about the wildlife of Kenya.
• Wine 19.00hr. Talk 19.30hr. Tickets £15.00 (including wine)
• Anstey Hall, Maris Lane, Trumpington, Cambridge CB2 9LG
Thursday 4 Apr: LUNCHEON AT MADINGLEY
Heather Tilbury Phillips will give an illustrated talk about her friend Mary Quant’s career. Heather was a Director of Mary Quant Ltd and also worked representing many fashion and textile designers. She was involved with the recent Mary Quant Exhibition at the V&A. Peter Cunard is a founding Trustee of The Sick Children’s Trust
Charity; he will talk about his varied career in public relations and media from early ITV to Saatchi and Saatchi (where he was CEO of the Groups’ PR Advisory Team, working with government leaders and otherworld-famous names).
• Gift stalls and coffee from 11.00hr. Tickets £40.00
• 1st talk 12.30hr, then 2-course lunch & wine, followed by 2nd talk
• Madingley Hall, Cambridge CB23 8AQ
Tuesday 9 Apr: ADVENTURE, ACTIVISM AND CLIMATE CRISIS
Edward Gildea is a retired Headmaster and educational consultant specialising in leadership conflict management. The Clipper Challenger round-the-world yachtsman will give an illustrated talk about his experiences of global warming on oceans and mountains.
• Wine 19.00hr. Talk 19.30hr. Tickets £15.00 (including wine)
• Anstey Hall, Maris Lane, Trumpington, Cambridge CB2 9LG
Tuesday 18 Apr: THE DARWINS OF CAMBRIDGE – EVOLUTION OF A FAMILY
Prof Philip Stott, Emeritus Professor of Biogeography, will give an illustrated talk about Charles Darwin’s family from his paternal
grandfather Erasmus to his grandchildren such as Gwen Raverat. He will examine the links to Cambridge via University Colleges, museums, libraries, the Botanic Gardens and other locations and people.
• Wine 19.00hr. Talk 19.30hr. Tickets £15.00 (including wine)
• Gog Magog Golf Club, Shelford Bottom, Cambridge CB22 3AB
Wednesday 24 Apr: VIRGINIA WOOLF’S CAMBRIDGE CONNECTIONS
Dr Claire Nicholson, Chair of the Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain and University Lecturer, will give an illustrated talk about the
original members of the Bloomsbury Group and Woolf’s connections with Cambridge. These will include a fancy dress escapade, a tragedy in a duck pond and other interesting stories.
• Wine 19.00hr. Talk 19.30hr. Tickets £15.00 (including wine)
• Anstey Hall, Maris Lane, Trumpington, Cambridge CB2 9LG
Thursday 9th May: WHY DO WE NEED A WOMEN’S HEALTH STRATEGY?
Dame Lesley Regan DBE MD DSc FRCOG, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Imperial College and St Mary’s Hospital, is the
first Women’s Health Ambassador for England. During her tenure 2016-2019 as President of the Royal College of Obs and Gynae, she
published the “Better for Women” report which recommended an NHS-led Women’s Health Strategy. Lesley will talk about the
successes and failures she has encountered during her 40-year career in improving women’s health, which benefits everyone in society.
• Wine 19.00hr. Talk 19.30hr. Tickets £15.00 (including wine)
• Anstey Hall, Maris Lane, Trumpington, Cambridge CB2 9LG
Wed 12 Jun: FIRST 40 PRESIDENTS OF QUEENS’ COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE
Dr Jonathan Dowson MD (Cantab), Fellow Commoner, Queens’ College, Cambridge, will give an illustrated talk about the College’s
first 40 Presidents and their varied lives, which encompass martyrdom, preaching, and interactions between the academic
community and the social, scientific and political life of Britain over the last five and a half centuries.
• Wine 19.00hr. Talk 19.30hr. Tickets £15.00 (including wine)
• Anstey Hall, Maris Lane, Trumpington, Cambridge CB2 9LG
Thursday 13 Jun: TEA PARTY ‘THE SANDRINGHAM ROYAL STATION’
Ellee Seymour will give an illustrated talk about the Royal Station at Wolferton, where Prime Ministers and Royal Families from Europe arrived when visiting the Monarch at Sandringham. Ellee’s latest book in the Royal Station Master’s series has recently been published.
• Talk at 14.00hr followed by afternoon tea. Tickets £18.00
• Freemasons Hall, Bateman Street, Cambridge CB2 1NA
Tuesday 18 Jun: SUMMER LUNCHEON AT MADINGLEY HALL
Frances Christie, specialist in pictures for BBC Antiques Roadshow and formerly Deputy Chairman, Sotheby’s UK, will give an illustrated talk exploring ‘The Value of Art’ and why some masterpieces achieve such dazzling world record prices. Martin Beazor, owner of John Beazor Antiques in Regent Street, will entertain us with a talk called “Tales From A Cambridge Antique Dealer”.
• Gift stalls and coffee from 11.00hr. Tickets £40.00
• 1st talk 12.30hr, then 2-course lunch & wine, followed by 2nd talk
• Madingley Hall, Cambridge CB23 8AQ
Wednesday 26 Jun: MY AMAZING AUNT DAME CICELY SAUNDERS
Kate Kirk, author of ‘The Cambridge Phenomenon: 50 years of Innovation and Enterprise’ and Chair of Cicely Saunders International,
will give a unique talk using family photos and personal tales about her Aunt. Dame Cicely founded the modern hospice movement at St Christopher’s Hospice in South London.
• Wine 19.00hr. Talk 19.30hr. Tickets £15.00 (including wine)
• Gog Magog Golf Club, Shelford Bottom, Cambridge CB22 3AB