Hidden Gems, Culture Focus
Promoting local organisations, projects and people
(Articles previously printed in the Fenland Citizen)
Edith Ellen Foundation
“There are 850,000 people with dementia in the UK, with numbers set to rise to over 1 million by 2025. This will soar to 2 million by 2051. 225,000 will develop dementia this year, that’s one every three minutes. 1 in 6 people over the age of 80 have dementia.” This was sent to …
February 2018
This week I’ve enjoyed talking to so many people about plans for Wisbech that I ran out of time to interview the people I wanted to for this week’s article! I look forward to meeting with the Fenland Archaeological Society (FenArch) soon to bring you more details about their work and their events. Meanwhile, I …
Hereward the Wake Project
So this is the time of year that is often grey skies and illness everywhere. I hope you’re all managing to cope, and getting yourselves dosed up with vitamins and sunshine whenever you can! I find, while I don’t want to wish the time away, planning what I’ll be doing when the good weather comes …
Cambridgeshire Acre
After the quiet holiday period, everyone’s getting back to work and getting on with 2018! I’ve been busy making plans to meet with various heritage, cultural and community organisations and projects so looking forward to bringing you news of them all as they progress. For example, I had a productive and interesting meeting with the …
January 2018
After the quiet holiday period, everyone’s getting back to work and getting on with 2018! I’ve been busy making plans to meet with various heritage, cultural and community organisations and projects so looking forward to bringing you news of them all as they progress. For example, I had a productive and interesting meeting with the …
Happy New Year 2018
Happy New Year! I hope you all had a good break and are planning 2018. I’m writing this in that in-between time from Christmas to New Year, we’re not celebrating one or the other, so what do we do? I know many will be working, I’m very lucky that I work for myself so can …
Community Groups, Heritage and those who work for themselves
As we approach the end of the year, I’ve been thinking about what I’ve seen achieved by the community groups I’ve met, and also what I’ve been doing. With this column I wanted to champion the hidden gems with a focus on heritage, community and those who work for themselves in the creative sector. I’ve …
Slotcars? 2017
Having found Rima’s group (that I wrote about last time) almost by chance, I’ve now found another regular club that’s just as much fun but a completely different style! I spotted a poster on Facebook and clicked through to find out more. They are a bunch of enthusiasts of all ages who meet once a …
November 2017
The “Season of Goodwill” is almost upon us, so today I’m looking at the goodwill I find in people all year round. They are hidden gems just as worthy of mentioning and promoting as the events and places I write about. The last two Culture Focus columns have been about two groups of people getting …
People and Animals CIC
I have been interested in finding out more about People and Animals CIC for some time, seeing their name appear sometimes and occasionally mentioned by others, but I hadn’t really understood what they do until I went along to one of their “Toast” afternoons at the Queen Mary Centre (Fridays, 3.30pm to 5pm) I had …