We had a great Christmas Event at Cherry Trees last Sunday. We apologise that a couple of things went wrong so it got a bit more crowded and noisy than intended, but it seems like everyone had a lot of fun!

Our thanks first to Cambridge City Council for their grant support, without which this would not be possible. There are a lot of hidden costs in running these events.

Also on prizes, I didn’t win anything. Sadly the winners were:

• The Cambridge Science Centre family ticket went to Zoe (they’re changing at the moment but hopefully it’ll work out)
• A family ticket for Beauty and the Beast at the Junction went to Lisa
• A clip-and-climb voucher for two went to Charlie
• And in the treasure hunt prize draw, a North Pole Family Pass (that’s the skating on Parker’s Piece) went to Julie

Many thanks to the organizations providing our prizes!

Do you have a use for large, high quality dance/performance space? The community access agreement for the Howard Mallett (CityLife) building is being negotiated and you could help improve it – do get in touch if this sounds at all interesting, and we’ll let you know all that we know!

Update: here’s the latest update from the developer, as posted on the city council planning website (application 15/2372). You can comment on this here, searching for 15/2372.Get in touch with us too, though.

15_2372_ful-summary_of_draft_community_access_provision_from_applicant-2052616

The Abbey Church just across Newmarket Road is a listed building which is on English Heritage’s at risk register – ChristChurch, for whom it’s actually the official parish church, are working on plans to save it and are showing them along with a Christmas Concert this Friday evening, from 7:30pm.

PDF – abbeyconcert