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Energy Saving Ideas from the Winter Climate Cafe

On Monday November 18th we held our third Climate Cafe at East Barnwell Community Centre. With temperatures dropping over the weekend and winter drawing...

Help us tackle inequality this Christmas—and beyond

We’ve been truly overwhelmed by the incredible support for our recent initiatives: the Christmas Hamper Appeal, the Christmas in July Toy Drive, and contributions...

Abbey People wins Social Enterprise of the Year Award

We are delighted to share that we have won the Social Enterprise of the Year award at the Cambridge Independent Business Awards. The business awards...

Protecting a globally rare chalk stream

World Rivers Day is a celebration of the world’s waterways, shining a light on the importance of our rivers and why we should all...

Eager Explorers event inspires future scientists in Cambridge

Curious minds of all ages gathered on Wednesday, August 21st, at the Cledara Abbey Stadium for the "Eager Explorers" event, where the world of...

Abbey People launches Abbey Works Health and Employment Hub

Abbey People is excited to announce the launch of Abbey Works, an innovative health and employment hub dedicated to helping individuals with long-term health...

Community Climate Cafés – creating an open space for conversations and ideas

On Monday 5th August we ran our second Climate Café, a special event at the Barnwell Road Library outside of their usual opening hours....

Changes to CoFarm veg at Abbey Food Hub

For the past four years, CoFarm and Cambridge Sustainable Food have been generously supplying us with locally grown produce for free at the Food...

David Attenborough Building Visit

Last month, our CEO, Nicky, and Sustainability Team, Emma and Caitlin, had a visit to the David Attenborough Building on Tuesday 18th June for...

Abbey Repair Café at the Cambridge Museum of Technology celebrates our industrial heritage

Local residents were invited to bring their broken items to be mended at the third Abbey Repair Café on Friday 5th July. The Museum...

Abbey People wins Equality Hero award

We are thrilled to share that we have won the Equality Hero award at the Velvet Food and Drink awards. Our CEO Nicky and Food...

Abbey People Food Hub celebrated its 4th anniversary!

The Abbey People Food Hub celebrated its 4th anniversary! We decided to celebrate it by remembering its history and evolution over the years. It...

Abbey Nature Festival 2024 Saturday 25th May – Sunday 30th June

The Cambridge Nature Festival is back! We have a whole host of different free events and activities planned in Abbey throughout the Nature Festival...

Abbey community comes together

You may have heard or seen on social media that we unfortunately had a break in at our community hub a couple of weeks...

Celebrating Earth Day with our second Abbey Repair Café

Abbey People worked in partnership with Cambridge Carbon Footprint to run our second Abbey Repair Café on Sunday 21st April and the East Barnwell...

Join Our Team As Community And Office Assistant

At Abbey People, we owe our success to our people. We are currently seeking someone to join the team as a Community & Office...

Charities and colleges are bridging the gap between town and gown

Abbey People was one of 20 charities that came together with Cambridge colleges at the Guildhall to discuss partnership opportunities and share experiences. The event...

Could You Be Our Arts and Crafts Group Facilitator?

At Abbey People, we owe our success to our people. We are currently seeking someone join the team on a fixed term contract from...

Let us know how we’re doing!

We’d love to hear how you think we're doing. For many of our grants and other funding, it is really helpful to know what people...

Barnwell Verge: Seeds of Hope

The Barnwell Verge: Seeds of Hope project will rejuvenate a problem area on Barnwell Road, stopping parking on the verge, increasing active travel, encouraging...

Could You Be Our Community Engagement Coordinator?

At Abbey People we owe our success to our people. We are now looking for a Community Engagement Coordinator (Employment & Health). The ideal person...

Abbey Business Breakfast – Spring 2024!

Are you a business based or trading in Abbey, or a business person who lives in Abbey? Abbey People are delighted to invite you to...

Abbey Food Hub Christmas Opening Hours

The Food Hub will be closed for two weeks over the Christmas period to give our team a well earned break. The last session we...

Abbey People launches Impact Report

With nearly 20,000 contacts with the organisation and more than 2,800 volunteer hours, Abbey People celebrates another successful year in its annual Impact Report...