It is looking increasingly likely that the Conservative-run Cambridgeshire County Council will close Rock Road Library unless the community can offer a solid proposal to keep it going. The Friends of Rock Road Library estimate that we need to raise £6,000 a year and 40+ volunteers. They are conducting a questionnaire to establish what practical […]

Homerton Children’s Centre, Holbrook Road, is running a series of free parenting courses: First Aid, safety in the home Back to work course 123 Magic; parenting course All of the courses are free. To book, contact Carly Bareham at the Centre There’s also a Careers Fair coming up, plus a range of half-term activities for children.

Cambridgeshire library managers will be visiting the South Area meeting at the Queen Edith Chapel in Wulfstan Way this Wednesday. They’ll be doing a presentation on the Conservative administration’s library review and seeking the views of the public on the planned changes as well as ideas on the library service and its future viability. The […]

The Queen Edith’s Community Forum is planning a fun and informative environmental family day in May in conjunction with the City Council. An arts & crafts marquée Face painting from T J Kids 10.30-12.30 Take it or Leave It (swap your old stuff for new stuff) Seed sowing with Transition Cambridge Cambridge Carbon Footprint – […]

has been christened! This will be a sister school to the Queen Edith Primary School in Godwin Way, opening next September. Building has begun and is scheduled to finish in July. The school takes children from the combined catchment areas of Ridgefield, Queen Edith and Morley Primary Schools. Here is a update from the Federation’s […]

Like many others, I attended a meeting at Rock Road Library this evening put on by the Friends of Rock Road Library  to discuss ways of keeping it open. I didn’t count the people present, but estimate there must have been over 100, with standing room only even before the meeting kicked off. This fantastic […]

Meeting to discuss the campaign to preserve Rock Road Library, 2nd March
Friends of Rock Road Library Wine-tasting, 4th march

Cambridge City Councillors are seeking assurances that county Conservatives will not close libraries. Liberal Democrat city councillors put down a motion at a meeting of Cambridge City Council on Thursday (Thursday, October 21) demanding that Cambridgeshire County Council rule out closures in the libraries review. Now city council Leader Sian Reid will write to Cambridgeshire […]

Cambridgeshire County Council is reviewing the library service in Cambridge (see previous post). To our great alarm, the Tories who run the County Council have refused to rule out closing libraries. As part of their decision-making process they have been doing counts as well as consulting. There have already been two counts at Rock Road […]

Congratulations to Caroline Peet and the Queen Edith’s Federation Team, who have won the contest to run the new primary school on Gunhild Way. At the County Council Cabinet meeting at Shire Hall yesterday, councillors voted unanimously for the Queen Edith’s Federation to run the new school. I and my colleagues Geoff, Viki and Jean […]