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Now stay with me here because I know parking isn’t the most absorbing topic for a blog post BUT if you are planning to bring your car into Cambridge over the coming weekends, you are probably already dreading the massive queues for municipal car parks, not to mention the whopping dent that parking charges will make in your wallet. This Christmas, there is another way …..

Rotary Club of Cambridge South Christmas car parking — Image credit: Rotary Club of Cambridge South

The Rotary Club of Cambridge South is opening three University sites for car parking. They ask for a cash donation of £7 or more per car and last year raised over £33,000 from parking donations. This year, your donations will go to support Headway, Romsey Mill, Projects in Africa, Rotary Foundation, CamPod, University of Cambridge Veterinary School Trust and Winter Comfort, with smaller donations to other charitable projects.

Read on for the parking locations, dates and opening times!

Downing Site, Tennis Court Road, CB2

Saturday 23 and 30 November. 7, 14, 21 and 28 December. Entry from 8.30am

Sunday 24 November. 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 December. Entry from 10am

Friday 27 and Monday 30 December. Entry from 8.30am

Exit by 7pm

Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, CB2

Saturday 23 and 30 November. 7, 14, 21 and 28 December. Entry from 10am

Sunday 24 November. 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 December. Entry from 11am

Friday 27 and Monday 30 December. Entry from 10am

Exit by 5pm

Cambridge Assessment, Harvey Road, CB1

Saturday 23 and 30 November. 7, 14, 21 and 28 December. Entry from 9.30am

Friday 27 and Monday 30 December. Entry from 9.30am

Exit by 5pm

PLEASE NOTE THIS SITE IS NOT OPEN ON SUNDAYS

For further details of this festive car parking and for more on the Rotary Club of Cambridge South, check out their website.

http://www.cambridge-southrotary.org.uk

The University of Cambridge is getting ready to open its doors once again for the 10th annual Festival of Ideas. Themed this year, very pertinently, around “Truth”, the Festival (sister to the Science Festival held each Spring) celebrates the arts, humanities and social sciences.

Image by University of Cambridge

In a packed programme of over 200 events, you will find talks, exhibitions, films, performances, debates and workshops, all held in museums, galleries and lecture theatres across the city. Anglia Ruskin University and Cambridge Junction are among other organisations which will also be running programmes within the Festival.

This is an event that I look forward to every year and I’m not the only one. Ariel Retik, Manager of the Festival, tells me that more than 20,000 people attended the Festival in 2016 and they expect this year to be even bigger. In an eclectic line-up, there really is something for everyone, whether your interest lies in politics, history, the arts, literature or music or whether you just want to open your mind to new ideas. Most events are free. Some need to be booked in advance and, from personal experience, I recommend early booking.

With such a large number of events taking place all over the city, volunteers are needed for stewarding duties. If you are over 16 years old and would like to volunteer, you can email the Public Engagement Team on cfi@admin.cam.ac.uk to make yourself known.

The Festival of Ideas runs from 16 – 29 October. The full programme is available online and booking, online or by phone, opens on 25 September.

http://www.festivalofideas.cam.ac.uk

Booking lines 01223 766766, open Monday – Friday 11am – 3pm

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