This year’s event took place at the Marriott Hotel in Huntingdon on the 23rd November 2018, and attracted 227 delegates from 85 different local councils, a significant increase on the previous two years. The annual Local Councils Conference is the only event in Cambridgeshire to which all local councils are invited. It provides an opportunity […]
Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Peterborough are looking for new Board members. Use your local knowledge, skills and experiences to help improve the public voice in health and care services for people in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. As part of an innovative and committed Board, you will have a role in strategy development and supporting our staff and […]
Support Cambridgeshire is working closely with the Oasis Centre in Wisbech thanks to an injection of Neighbourhood Investment income provided by Clarion Housing Association. The Oasis sits on the Waterlees Ward of Wisbech, often viewed as the most deprived ward in the whole of Cambridgeshire, but residing amidst some 2,500 houses owned by Clarion. It has […]
Do you live or work in Wisbech? What do you love about the town and what would you do to improve it? Those are the questions being asked in a new I Heart Wisbech campaign to gather people’s views and use them to help develop future services and projects in the town. The campaign has […]
On 18 October Support Cambridgeshire hosted its first Practitioner Workshop, focusing on community cafés. There was a great turn-out, with 17 people representing 10 existing and prospective community cafés from across the county. Many of them are involved in plans for a new community building, where it is hoped that a community café will be […]
We all know that those who live, work and invest in an area are the best people to ask on whats right about where they live, and what could be improved. This very notion is happening in Wisbech on the 27th October 2018 (the day of Halloween celebrations). The I Heart Wisbech* Team will be […]
18 Delegates from across the South of the County attended the first Support Cambridgeshire Commissioning Forum which took place at the Meadows Centre on the 11th October 2018. The session was introduced by Julie Farrow (the lead CEO of Support Cambridgeshire) and aimed to bring the Commissioning Unit and Community based organisations into a closer […]
Are you a voluntary or community group working in Cambridgeshire or Peterborough? Do you know that Cambridgeshire & Peterborough have a new commissioning unit that decides how all contracts and grants are awarded? Support Cambridgeshire has been working with Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Commissioning Unit on developing better understanding and interaction between commissioners and voluntary groups. […]
Support Cambridgeshire is required to deliver a set number of training and networking sessions under our current funding arrangements with the County Council. Our programme from September 2018 – March 2019 can be found here: All of these events or workshops are Free to any community organisation that operates within Cambridgeshire. So book your space […]
The Big Lottery has awarded Support Cambridgeshire an Awards For all Grant to help deliver social action projects in Soham, East Cambridgeshire. The award was granted in July 2018 and the scheme commenced on 4th September 2018. So whats going to happen: The Neighbourhood Cares Team of the County Council are already active in Soham, […]
