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Cambridgeshire Community Lottery gets green light
The Cambridgeshire Community Lottery will launch on 20 May, offering good causes across our county a new way to fundraise. Read more
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Record-breaking fundraising at the Cambridge Half Marathon 2025
60 dedicated runners raised an incredible £29,000 (and counting) at this year’s Cambridge Half Marathon – the highest amount ever raised for the Foundation at this event. This incredible achievement came thanks to the combined efforts of individual fundraisers and corporate teams from leading local businesses. Read more
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Cheffins celebrates 200 years with ambitious fundraising challenge for young people’s mental health
Cheffins, one of our longest-standing supporters, is marking their 200th anniversary with an ambitious £20,000 fundraising challenge to support young people’s mental health and wellbeing. Read more
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Cambscuisine Community Fund awards £200,000 in its first five years
Cambridge-based restaurant group, Cambscuisine, has reached £200,000 awarded in community grants over the past five years through the Cambscuisine Community Fund. Read more
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Illumina Community Fund launches to support cancer patients and their loved ones
Grants of up to £10,000 are available for projects in Cambridgeshire benefitting individuals diagnosed with cancer and their loved ones. Read more
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Over £280,000 awarded in grants to support adult learning and skills development in Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority’s Learning & Skills Fund is supporting the lifelong learning and skills offer for adults in Cambridgeshire, including Peterborough. It hopes to reduce inequalities in access to adult education. Read more
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Vital Signs 2024: Cambridgeshire’s latest community insights
We have launched our latest report comparing Cambridgeshire districts across key social themes, including health, employment, education and housing. Read more
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Celebrating 20 years of community support
Since 2004, we have awarded over 10,000 grants, totalling over £32 million, to local non-profit organisations tackling a range of issues, from health and education to homelessness and the environment. Every ward in Cambridgeshire has benefitted from our funding. Read more
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Care Leavers Programme offers £40,000 of funding to organisations supporting young care leavers
Applications are invited for grants between £5,000 and £10,000 to support young care leavers, by addressing challenges they face and providing new opportunities. Read more
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Fuel poverty is disproportionately affecting vulnerable and low-income households across Cambridgeshire
The Surviving Winter Appeal is supporting local households facing fuel poverty. Low income, unemployment, living in a rural area and living with certain health conditions and/or disabilities are among some of the factors that have contributed to people seeking energy support. Read more
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The year of 20-year anniversary celebrations launched with a dinner hosted by the Dean of Ely
The 20-year anniversary event calendar launched with a dinner kindly hosted by our Vice-President at the Bishop’s House in Ely. Read more
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Over £14,000 raised so far for Surviving Winter Appeal
Less than two months since its launch, the Surviving Winter Appeal has raised £14,830, over 70% of its £20,000 target. Generous individuals and businesses have stepped in to ensure that the most vulnerable members of our community are supported to avoid spending the winter in cold homes. Read more
