Huntingdonshire Volunteer Centre

01/09/2026

We are looking for new Trustees to join the team. If you are interested to find out more, follow the link below.

https://huntsvc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Trustee-Role_v3.pdf

18/08/2026

🎉 Our popular Active for Health programme is BACK!

Ready to move more, feel better and meet new people? 💪😊

Active for Health is a FREE 12-week programme for eligible adults in Huntingdonshire who want to become more active. Sessions include a mix of fitness activities, walking sports, team games, healthy eating and wellbeing walks — with activities chosen by the group alongside the coach.

📅 New programmes start from September
📍 Available across Huntingdonshire
💷 FREE to eligible participants

There’s also Active for Health Xtra, a 12-week programme for eligible residents aged 50+.

Find out more and check your eligibility 👉 www.huntingdonshire.gov.uk/activeforhealth

06/08/2026

27/07/2026

Getting out into the community is a fantastic way to showcase the services we offer and connect with more people who could benefit from them.

We love attending local events and working with organisations to reach a wider audience, helping to make a positive difference for everyone involved.

📅 If you have an upcoming event and would like us to attend, we'd love to hear from you! Get in touch at [email protected].

On Tuesday 21 July 2026, Grove Medical Practice, a GP Surgery in St Ives Cambridgeshire, held its second Open Day for patients. The Open Day ran between 14:00pm and 17:00pm and was open to all patients and anybody who cares for or supports a patient registered with the practice. The focus for this year’s Open Day was older patients and patients living with frailty. The event also provided an opportunity to meet the wider practice team and learn more about the services and support available.

The event was opened by the Mayor of St Ives, Cllr Alex Thompson, who spent the afternoon meeting patients and staff and talking with many of the community partners and support organisations who joined the event.

The practice welcomed stands from local support organisations including ACORN, ADHD+AutiSTic Ives, Alzheimer’s UK and St Ives Dementia Friends, DISH , Citizens Advice Bureau, EDS UK, Change Grove Live, Huntingdon Volunteer Centre, Parkinson’s UK, St Ives Cares and St Ives Library. A team from the local NHS IT services helped patients sign up for the NHS App, while the Co-Op generously provided and served refreshments.

Each organisation created displays and provided resources and handouts to explain the services and support that they are able to offer patients, and how best to contact them.

The Patient Group was also on hand, talking to patients about their role in sharing and discussing patient feedback with the practice and providing insight and support with new ideas and service developments.

Commenting on the Open Day, Simon Stitson, Practice Business Manager for Grove Medical Practice said:

“We were delighted to welcome so many patients and organisations to our Open Day and to spend time talking to people about what matters to them and how we can best support them.

We greatly valued the many support organisations who attended the event – their information and expertise is an important reminder that healthcare doesn’t stop at the surgery door, but reaches into the very heart of the community.

This year we focused on older patients and patients living with frailty. Frailty describes when individuals no longer bounce back quickly from illness, injury or other stressful events and is a long-term state that can make people more vulnerable to sudden deteriorations in health from minor triggers like an infection.

By bringing so many support organisations together, we were able to share and connect patients with the groups and services available within their local communities to help them maintain healthy, active and independent lives.

We would like to extend our thanks to everybody who took part in the event and to Cllr Alex Thompson and Jane Jenner from St Ives Care for all their time and support.”

Grove Medical Practice Partners with St Ives Mayor, Cllr Alex Thompson

(L to R: Dr Aaron Mendoza, Dr Jo Pritchard, Cllr Alex Thompson, Practice Business Manager Simon Stitson, Dr Judith Somers Heslam, Project Co-ordinator, St Ives Cares Jane Jenner)

16/07/2026

We love hearing about the difference our work makes to people in our community! Could you join the team, and support individuals living in your neighbourhood?
email [email protected] to find out more!

02/07/2026

Yesterday we held our AGM, a great opportunity for Trustees, managers, volunteers, councillors and supporters to come together to reflect on the activities of the past year and learn about plans for the year to come.

A big thank you to all that attended!

29/06/2026

What a lovely weekend spent at Huntingdon Armed Forces Weekend, meeting lots of individuals, sharing opportunities with other local organisations and sharing information, supporting clients and volunteers across Huntingdonshire. If you didn't get a chance to see us, but would like to find out more about our work in the community, or are interested in joining the team, please do get in touch!

29/06/2026

We took more than 1,300 journeys to Hinchingbrooke Hospital NHS during the last financial year.
Hinchingbrooke would like to hear your opinions, simply follow the link below, or scan the QR code

https://hinchingbrookehospital.commonplace.is/en-GB/proposals/v3/have-your-say?step=step1

27/06/2026

All set up for Armed Forces Weekend! There's loads to do, why not come and say hello!

25/06/2026

Come and see us on Saturday!!
☀️Meet some of our amazing volunteers
☀️Find out more about the people we help within the community
☀️Find out how you can be involved!