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Soham Lodge Care Centre cuts energy costs by £30k per year thanks to Combined Authority funding

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Climate Change funding has enabled Soham Lodge Care Centre to upgrade their facilities to improve operational efficiency and reduce costs by an impressive £30k per year. This has had a positive impact on the living and working conditions for residents and staff.   In May 2024, the care home applied for a …

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Soham’s fantastic fun family festival offers huge value for money!

Family ticket offers over £270 worth of activities for just £80 Soham’s exciting new family festival, SoFest, is set to offer local families huge value for money, with a range of activities worth over £68 per person.  A group of two adults and two children will save nearly £200 compared with having to pay for …

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Funding for Wildlife Area Will Help Create a New Green Loop for Soham

Plans to establish a new wildlife area in Soham have been given a boost thanks to support from East Cambridgeshire District Council. Soham Town Council has been awarded a £4600 Pride of Place grant to buy trees, wildflowers, hedging and bug hotels for Drayton Meadows. The money will also pay wildlife information boards and a …

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Soham Benevolent Association Held their 70th Soham Carnival this Year

We raised £8,350 to give to various clubs, schools, organisations and charities. Our 2 main beneficiaries this year were the East Anglian Air Ambulance who were awarded £2000.00 and The Ely/Soham Food Bank who were awarded £2250.00.  Helen Bavester, Treasurer of Soham Benevolent Association, states “We gave the food bank £1250.00 in cash and decided …

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Lucy Frazer Attends Soham Town Rangers U16 Girls Training to Discuss Local Sport and Physical Activity with Living Sport

Lucy Frazer attended Soham Town Rangers U16 Girls training session to meet the team and to discuss with Living Sport wider sport and physical activity within our local area. Living Sport is an independent charity focused on improving the health, happiness, and wellbeing of the people of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. They work collaboratively with partners …

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Soham Village College GCSE Results 2023

Students from Soham Village College are celebrating their GCSE results. Notable performances were made by students of all abilities including Jason Angove; Thomas Assheton; William Botcher; Ella Brown; Logan Bye; Sarah Cross; Danny Dean; Tabitha Dyer-Stephens; Freddie Emms; Elsie May Enrico; Madison Ford; Emily Franklin; Finley Froment; Callum Hardy; Louise Hardy; Noah Jewkes; Leah Johnson; …

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Youth Fusion – Join us for three fun interactive events this summer

Young people are invited to join our fun and free Youth Fusion Days taking place in Soham, Bottisham and Littleport this summer. These interactive wellbeing events are an opportunity to find out what’s going on for young people in the district and where to go to get more information about the things that matter to …

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Soham Carnival – 70th Anniversary Great Family Fun Day

The Soham Benevolent association, organisers of Soham Carnival, are looking forward to bringing you their 70th Great Family Fun Day on Sunday 30th April 2023 at the Recreation Ground in Soham. From 9am until 1pm in the main arena is the renowned heavy horse show. The parade of floats commences from 1.00pm from Holmes lane in …

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District Council secures three Changing Places toilets

Ely, Littleport and Soham are each to get a fully accessible Changing Places toilet after East Cambridgeshire District Council put in a successful bid for Government funds. The disabled toilets are special because they contain a hoist and a changing bench enabling people who need personal assistance to use the toilets or get changed without …

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Council approves £95,000 High Street Renewal Fund to help improve Littleport and Soham

Landlords, property owners, businesses and community groups in Littleport and Soham are being given the opportunity to apply for up to £20,000 worth of funding to improve the front of buildings or the general appearance of the town centres. Examples of projects that will be considered include minor structural or aesthetic repairs to frontages, new …

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Soham Station Thriving One Year After Opening

Almost 50,000 journeys have started or finished from Soham station in the first year since its opening, Greater Anglia’s figures reveal. The new station, on the Ipswich to Peterborough line, was built to give residents and local businesses of the east Cambridgeshire town better connections to the wider area and saw passenger services restart for …

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Council Approves £2.3 Million Funding for Community Projects

Nine projects that improve the quality of life for residents in East Cambridgeshire have been awarded £2.3million funding. East Cambridgeshire District Council originally set aside £2million for its Growth and Infrastructure Fund. However, Councillors at Thursday’s Finance and Assets Committee were so impressed with the high calibre of the nine projects which met the criteria for …

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Viva, Soham, Open Free Matisse Exhibition

The French painter, sculptor and designer, Henri Matisse (1869-1954) was one of the 20th century’s most influential artists. His vibrant works are celebrated for their extraordinary richness and luminosity of colour and his spectacular paper cut-outs were his final triumph. Matisse: Drawing with Scissors, a Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition from the Southbank Centre features 35 …

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Community Sports Facilities to Benefit from £300,000 Grant Scheme

Community sports facilities across East Cambridgeshire are to be encouraged to apply for a share of a £300,000 grant. East Cambridgeshire District Council has made the money available as part of its Community Sports Facility Grants Scheme 2022-2025. The fund has been created to enable leisure providers to make sustainable improvements to the facilities they …

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Soham Village College parkrun Celebrates International Women’s Day

Soham Village College parkrun will mark International Women’s Day on Saturday 5th March! The theme for International Women’s Day 2022 is, “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”, recognizing the contribution of women and girls around the world, who are leading the charge on climate change adaptation, mitigation, and response, to build a more sustainable …

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Soham Scoops Half a Million for State-of-the Art Business and Culture Hubs

The Board of the Combined Authority has agreed to invest nearly half a million pounds for two innovative projects in Soham to help serve the community and attract visitors  The successful applications, made by East Cambridgeshire District Council under the Combined Authority’s Market Towns Programme,  and sees a total sum of £470,000 invested by the …

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Lucy Frazer MP welcomes reopening of Soham Station after years of campaigning

Greater Anglia services to operate between Ipswich and Peterborough, benefitting the Soham community After 56 years, Soham Station will once again be open to passengers. From Monday 13th December, Soham residents will benefit from Greater Anglia services operating between Ipswich and Peterborough. Under the former Mayor, James Palmer, the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) …

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Keep the Summer Vibes Rolling at the Fuel Festival this Weekend

Keep those summer vibes rolling into September and book your FREE ticket to join us for the all-new FUEL FESTIVAL on Saturday 11th September from 2:30pm-9:30pm. Fuel is a Christian partnership event aiming to serve the people and churches across Ely and surrounding area. The full-packed programme will be enjoyed by people of ALL AGES and …

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Petition Launched to Downgrade the A1123 to a B Road

A petition has been launched to ask Cambridgeshire County Council to downgrade the A1123 and the A1421 to a B road. The petition states:The A1123 in Cambridgeshire runs from Soham to St Ives and onward to Huntingdon, seriously blighting village life for communities along its route with the sheer volume of traffic, the number of …

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Consultation Underway to Direct COVID-19 Recovery and Economic Growth Investment Into Soham

East Cambridgeshire District Council has commenced a consultation to ask residents and organisations how earmarked funding for Soham to assist in COVID-19 recovery and economic growth should be invested. The funding is set to support Soham to rebuild and recover, but also to explore new opportunities for the town. Soham is one of the market …

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The Shade Primary School are Raising £2,000 to Create a Beautiful Sensory Room

The staff and PTA at The Shade Primary school want to raise money to buy resources to create a sensory room for all children to access. There are many benefits to having a sensory room, many that support children’s Mental health and emotional well being. Other benefits include; improving a persons emotional state, including increased …

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Council approval for Ely and Soham plans takes next step to unlock crucial funding

Plans outlining opportunities to boost Ely and Soham have moved one step closer to unlocking funding from the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA). Yesterday East Cambridgeshire District Council’s (ECDC) Finance and Assets Committee approved to progress the plans for Ely and Soham and submit them to the CPCA board for adoption. An important element …

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Could Soham be a place for Nelly the Tuk Tuk? Fundraising begins to help the local people

Neighbourhood Care Soham is making a bid to keep beloved Nellie, the Ely Tuk Tuk in the East Cambs area by trying to raise £4000 in just 30 days. Back in January, Mark and Teresa Harrison, owners of Ely Tuk Tuk decided to make the tough decision to sell Nellie and put out a Facebook …

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Ely rail "bottleneck" key priority, Transport Secretary tells Spotted in Ely

The Ely area rail “bottleneck” must be sorted before investigating reopening Soham Station or building a new train station in the North of Ely, Chris Grayling says. The Secretary of State for Transport visited Ely Station on Thursday (January 11) to talk about ways of “improving” track and train reliability in the area. He told …

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Charity in memory of heroic Liam Fairhurst hosts fifth birthday in Parliament

The charity set up in memory of heroic Soham schoolboy Liam Fairhurst recently held its fifth birthday in the House of Commons. Friends, family and supporters of the Liam Fairhurst Foundation gathered at The Speaker House earlier this month to pay tribute to an incredible teen who lived by the motto: “Life Is measured in …

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Diocese of Ely praised for its running of faith schools across East Anglia

The Diocese of Ely, which runs 27 primary schools across East Anglia, has been praised by OfSTED for its “wholehearted commitment to improving life chances of children”. Government inspectors have praised the ‘journey of systematic improvement’ at the Diocese of Ely Multi-Academy Trust (DEMAT), saying the quality of education in many of its schools had …

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Latest addition to Ely Police Station causes of-fence

Cambridgeshire Constabulary’s previous campaign used the slogan “Get Closer, Support the Force” – but this may become harder in Ely with the construction of a fence surrounding its police station and adjoining land. The wooden structure has been causing of-fence amongst local residents – but police say it will prevent injury and preserve the area. …

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More hard-up residents using Foodbank – and problem likely to get worse, its boss warns

More residents in crisis are seeking help from Ely Foodbank than ever before, its boss says, warning that the problem is likely to get worse. Project director Cathy Wright told Spotted in Ely that despite East Cambridgeshire being perceived as an affluent area, many working people are struggling to keep up with the cost of …

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MP Lucy Frazer announces "additional £3.1 million" for SE Cambs schools

School funding will remain at the top of Lucy Frazer’s agenda, the MP promises Spotted in Ely, announcing “an additional £3.1 million” for South East Cambridgeshire’s schools. This week Ms Frazer said that once the government’s new National Funding Formula was fully implemented, primary and secondary schools across her constituency would get a funding boost …

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East Cambs schools face further staff losses and funding cuts, unions warn

Cash strapped schools across East Cambridgeshire face a funding crisis, with all of the district’s colleges set to have their budgets slashed and teaching staff reduced in the next four years, unions warn. Figures released today predict that in real terms 88 per cent of schools throughout England face crippling budget cuts by 2020, with …

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Mums hit out at plans to axe Children's Centres

Axing almost half of Cambridgeshire’s children’s centres is going to have dire effects on children’s health and wellbeing, mums and health professionals warn. With just four days to go before a consultation closes on the future of children’s centres throughout the county, a number of mothers from throughout East Cambridgeshire have voiced their concerns to …

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Parents and teachers protest school cuts at "Fair Funding" picnic

Parents and teachers alike have voiced their anger and concern about cuts to school budgets during a picnic at an Ely primary school this afternoon. The Lantern Community Primary School was among numerous schools and colleges nationwide to host “Fair Funding Picnics” today, organised by the National Union of Teachers (NUT), the country’s biggest teaching …

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Bobby Scheme named Hopkins Homes' Cambridgeshire Charity of the Year

A charity helping elderly and vulnerable residents to secure their homes against burglars is £7000 better off after being named Hopkins Homes’ Cambridgeshire Charity of the Year. Yesterday Hopkins Homes announced that the Bobby Scheme had won the competition, which invites members of the public to vote for their favourite local charity. The Ely Foodbank …

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Soham Schoolgirl's poignant polar bear video will leave a lump in your throat

Soham schoolgirl Megan Jones’s chilling video about the plight of endangered polar bears will leave a lump in your throat. The eight-year-old Weatheralls Primary School pupil’s simple but shocking video about the lethal effects of global warming has already become a massive hit online. Animal-lover and environmentalist Megan spent a while thinking about how to …

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Have your say on major expansion plans throughout East Cambs

How do you feel about 11,400 new homes being built across East Cambridgeshire in the next 19 years? That’s one of the proposals set forward by East Cambridgeshire District Council, which yesterday launched its second public consultation to hear public views on its draft Local Plan. The plan also says Soham’s town centre is “under …

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Residents welcome lighting u-turn but say black spots leave them scared at night

“We don’t feel safe anymore”. That’s the message from residents, terrified to venture outside since their neighbourhoods have been plunged into darkness as part of a cost saving plan by Cambridgeshire County Council. As reported by Spotted in Ely, the council has reversed its unpopular policy of turn street lights off at night, following a …

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East Cambs schools face funding crisis, with huge cuts to budgets and staff by 2020, unions warn

East Cambridgeshire’s schools, already some of the poorest funded in the country, will lose teachers and suffer a funding crisis unless they receive a major cash boost, the country’s biggest teachers’ unions warn. Cambridgeshire’s schools already receive £600 less per pupil than the English average, with £4200 a year being spent per pupil – some …

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Horse rescued from Soham swimming pool during busy afternoon for fire crews

Firefighters had a busy afternoon in Soham yesterday, rescuing a horse that had fallen into a swimming pool and extinguishing trees that were on fire at around the same time. At 4.37pm two crews from Cambridge and one from Newmarket were called to a home in The Coates to rescue a horse that had fallen …

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Ely trainer to trek Everest with "bum hip joints" to raise cash for arthritis charity

Five years ago Ely fitness trainer Tim Megginson was diagnosed with severe arthritis and had to undergo an operation on both his hips. In three days time he and three friends will be trekking up Mount Everest to raise money for a charity close to his heart. Spotted in Ely caught up with Tim while …

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Take care on wet roads, warn police after a spate of Saturday smashes

Take care on wet roads – particularly in rural areas, warn police, following 11 smashes in under eight hours last weekend. With tomorrow (September 16) forecast to be a wash out for some of the afternoon, motorists and cyclists should take extra care during Friday rush hour. Last Saturday, 11 crashes were reported to police …

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Littleport could move to SW Norfolk in radical electoral shake-up

Littleport could become part of South West Norfolk in a radical shake-up of Parliamentary boundaries. The Boundary Commissions for England and Wales have announced plans for sweeping reforms which would see the number of MPs in the the House of Commons slashed from 650 to 600. In its proposals, the Boundary Commission for England recommends …

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Allow extra time for tractors – and only overtake when it's safe, say police

Think tractor when driving around East Cambridgeshire is the message from police – and only overtake when it is safe to do so. The A142 is particularly congested with agricultural traffic and high sided vehicles at this time of the year. Police are advising drivers to be extra patient and take special care along this …

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Charity bingo night to raise cash for Angie and Marlene's favourite charity

Two friends who recently raised over £500 in a memorial walk to remember two fellow Tesco employees who tragically died within a day of each other are holding a bingo to raise even more money for their chosen charities. Shirley Hammond and Mel Starling, who both work at Tesco Ely, have organised the charity bingo …

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Remembering lost friends – and raising cash for their chosen charities

Two Tesco Ely employees are preparing for a fundraising walk to keep “the memory alive” of two long-serving colleagues who tragically died within a day of each other. On June 26 Shirley Hammond and Mel Starling will lead a scenic walk from Tesco supermarket along the Ely riverside and back to raise cash for Arthur …

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Soham Heritage and Tourism

Soham Heritage and Tourism have two permanent ‘cabinets’, which supply a multitude of original items, photographs, artefacts and information on all things related to Soham and commemorations or connected events of national interest. Our displays have ranged from the beginning of the Fens to local artists works. Our two cabinets are based in, Soham Library …

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