DISTRICT COUNCILLORS REPORT Councillors James Hutchcraft and Aisha Rashid Community Groups Invited to Apply for New Community Pantry Grant South Cambridgeshire groups can now apply for funding to set up community pantries, thanks to a new grant launched by the District Council. The Community Pantry Grant offers up to £400 to buy equipment and materials to get a community pantry up and running. The new grant is part of a £449,000 package of support to tackle cost-of-living challenges over a 2-year period until March 2028, which was agreed by South Cambridgeshire District Council’s Cabinet at the end of 2025. Pantries of this type are simple, community-run spaces that provide residents…

Taking place on Saturday 25th July – see the poster for more info and how to book your place.

Saturday 1st August 2.00 – 4.30pm in Over Community Centre Main Hall Copies of the Schedules for both the Adult and the Child Sections of the show are now available on the Over Parish Council Website under Village Events. Printed copies will also be available at Over Community Centre during the Beer Festival weekend of 19th/20th/21st June. The 3 categories for Adult and Child Photography classes are “Blue, Boats and Blooms”. Keep these in mind while you are out and about with your camera or mobile phone. Last year was the first time we had a Craft Section which proved very popular. This year we have repeated the Craft Section…

Unfortunately OWLS (Community Car Scheme) is losing one of its long standing coordinators for family reasons. We thank her for all she has done for OWLS over the years that she has been a coordinator. We now need to urgently find at least one new volunteer coordinator so that the duties can be shared in a manageable way. Our volunteer coordinators are the backbone of OWLS and have such an important role to play organising journeys and liaising with customers and drivers. We can’t function without enough coordinators to evenly spread the load. Could you offer your services or do you know of anyone who might be willing and able…

The Carnival is taking place on 11th July from 1.00 pm on the green. Bring your family and friends – live entertainment, food trucks and stalls.

Willingham 01954 260230 / Longstanton 01954 207600 / Dispensary 01954 207602 Website: www.willinghammedicalpractice.nhs.uk Community (District) Nurses: 0330 726 0077       Health Visitors:  0300 029 5050 A&E is not an alternative to a GP appointment When the surgery is closed, please call 111 for medical assistance, or 999 for a life-threatening emergency For urgent mental health support, please call 111 and select option 2 Volunteer Opportunity: Chair of the Patient Participation Group (PPG) We are looking for a new Chair for our Patient Participation Group (PPG). The PPG is a group of patients who work with the practice team to help improve services, share patient views and support the development of the…

Art Exhibition See the poster for further details.

June 2026 meeting.  The several members on holiday were made up for by first-timers so about 40 people heard Selwyn from Swavesey end the 2025/26 season with a talk about Houghton watermill on the Great Ouse, where he is a tour guide.  There is a document in the archives of Lincoln Museum which records that in the year 974 Ailwyn, a wealthy Bedfordshire landowner, purchased the manor of Houghton plus the watermill and the large meadow to the south and gave the whole package to Ramsey Abbey.  This was a new Benedictine abbey started only 5 years earlier in 969 on a low gravel island in the Fens.  6,000 watermills…

Welcoming all residents of Over and surrounding villages to join us for lunch at the Day Centre on the fourth Saturday of each month – see poster for details. Our next lunch is on Saturday 27th June, please join us!

Councillors James Hutchcraft and Aisha Rashid June 2026 Both Aisha and I are privileged and honoured to be writing our first monthly District Councillor report for Over and Willingham Parishes and even more humbled to have been elected by the residents of our two villages to represent their views at South Cambridgeshire District Council. Since being elected on 7th May, and as new first-time councillors, we have thrown ourselves into the various induction and training events hosted throughout the last few weeks as well as undertaking a handover process with outgoing and retiring Councillor Bill Handley. We would like to take this moment to thank Bill for all his diligent…