Chair’s Report

As I write the rain continues to lash down and the water sitting on the fields is like nothing I can remember during my 40+ years in Cottenham. I’m sure, like me, you’re hoping for a much anticipated change soon.

As I sit writing this article, fresh from a week away in the sun, the clocks have changed and there’s a distinct autumnal chill in the air to join the recent wet weather. As we adjust to and contemplate the

Hello my name is Mark Hurworth and, as the new Chair of the Fen Edge Community Association (FECA), I would firstly just like to pay tribute and thank the outgoing Chair, Lucy Dumbrell, for her hard work, dedication and commitment.

I would like to introduce myself; my name is Lucy Dumbrell and I have just taken over the position of Chair at the Fen Edge Community Association (FECA). Our previous Chair, Neil Gough, stood down after six productive years at

I am writing this piece while the winds from Storm Eunice, Franklin, George (which one is it now?) are whistling around the house. It is probably too early to start looking at the long-range weather forecasts but I am already

It is the time of the year when the mornings become colder and the days become shorter. An odd time to turn attention to next summer, but that is what a group of people are currently doing with the planning

I hope that this message finds you all well and perhaps even enjoying the summer break and some nice weather.  We held our second Annual General Meeting via Zoom in May and I would like to use the opportunity to

Dear Members For FECA, 2020 was a year that presented many challenges but equally some highlights. Many of our member organisations’ activities were suspended during the lockdown and we are very conscious of the potential need to support these groups

It was with great sadness that we made the decision to postpone the 2021 Fen Edge Festival. I hope we will be able to run the event as normal in 2022. It would have been neither practical nor fair to

Dear Members I trust you are all safe and well and I hope you enjoy this Fen Edge News and it reminds you of all the great things our villages have to offer.  Like many organisations the Fen Edge Community

Dear Members, We hope you and your organisations are keeping safe and well. We recognise that this is an immensely frustrating and potentially difficult time for community groups and associations but we also know the importance of our groups in