Cllr Roy Gerstner – Community Activist

Just to remind you all that we have our Whittlesey Networking Meeting coming up, and Sara Marshall from Cambridgeshire Community Fund will be there to talk about all things funding and how your organisation can benefit.

The Whittlesey meeting will be on Wednesday the 1^st July in The Council Chamber, Peele House, Whittlesey PE7 1AY, 10am to 12 pm.

If you haven’t already let me know you are attending, and would like to come along, please click the link  Fenland Voluntary Network Meeting – Whittlesey – Support Cambridgeshire or just reply to this email letting me know you will be there.

Please see below message from Allison Box, Holiday Activities and Food (Wrap Around) Coordinator at Cambridgeshire County Council:

Dear Members,
Bookings are now open for our summer 2026 Holidays Activities and Food Programme.

Children in receipt of benefits-related free school meals are eligible for a fully funded place at participating holiday schemes for up to 64 hours. In addition, recently arrived refugee families and families experiencing financial hardship are also eligible.

Further information can be found here:

• Cambridgeshire Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme | Cambridgeshire County Council
• HAF Provider Directory | Cambridgeshire County Council

If you can promote the programme to families in your area and on your social media, I would be most grateful. A poster is attached if helpful.
Kind regards, Allison
Allison Box
HAF (Wrap Around) Coordinator
07826 891292

Careful – we are ‘fairly’ fortunate, our fly-tipping figures are low in comparison to other Fenland Area’s – this latest press release from FDC…

Illegal mini-marts to shut for up to 12 months under law change prompted by BBC

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqj1rkqqrgro

Click on above link to read story on BBC©

This is an open meeting, anyone can attend.

Some 18 attended this evening including a welcome to some local teenagers who are up for some volunteering.

The ‘Coffee Morning‘ last Saturday raised £970:00 and JP donated another £30 to round up to £1,000 – finances are progressing well at this time of the year and a very generous donation has been made by The Whittlesey Charity’