Clubs and charities

Charities

Royal British Legion: The Shelfords & Stapleford Branch

Provides support for ex-servicemen and women and their families.
Hon. Secretary: Mrs. Gillian Farrar, 37 Hawthorne Road, Stapleford Tel: 840947
Poppy Appeal: Local Hon. Organiser: Mrs. Gay Dean, 42 Bury Road, Stapleford Tel: 844010

Stapleford Village Hall Fund

About 1908 Dr. Collier built a Village Hall and Reading Room on his land next to the school in Bar Lane. This building became known as the Village Institute. When a local branch of the W.I. was formed in 1920 it was administered by a joint committee of the men and women who used the Institute. In 1921 money was raised locally to extend the building. In December 1922 William Collier gave the building to Trustees, who in 1965 sold it to the County Council. It was then used as a centre for the promotion of excellence in mathematics teaching. The building became unsafe and was finally demolished at the end of 1992. The site is now a memorial garden to a former headteacher, Harold Holt. The proceeds of the sale to the County Council, £3000, were invested and the interest is held for the general benefit of the inhabitants of the parish. Annual income: about £600. Grants are made to village organisations, rather than to individuals.
Correspondent: Mr. A.T. Chalk, Brooklands, Stapleford (Tel: 843249)

Stapleford Feoffee Charity

This charity has existed from before 1619 and was formerly known as the Church, Poor and Task Lands. William Lee, Vicar of Stapleford, who died in 1617, gave his house and land, half for the church and half "for the godly, honest and diligent poor, but not idlers, drunkards and hedge breakers". The present property consists of sixteen acres which were allotted to the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor by the inclosure award of 1814. This land lies on Haverhill Road next to the Public Stone etc. Pit, described below. The income of the charity comes from letting the land on an agricultural tenancy and from the interest on proceeds of the sale in 1985 of two cottages in Church Street. The Charity Commissioners made a Scheme in 1885 which allotted three fifths of the income, after payment of expenses, to the church estate fund and two fifths to persons in the parish who are in need, hardship or distress. Annual income about £8000.
The funds cannot be used to pay rents, taxes etc. Assistance can, however, be given to individuals to meet such things as the costs of nursery or playgroup places, school trips, books etc. for those undertaking further education, helpline telephones for the housebound or aids for the disabled. Donations are made at Christmas time to a number of local people. Last year this amounted to £1500. To apply for a grant from the charity, contact the Vicar or the Clerk/Treasurer, Mrs. Joan Barnes (Tel: 842504).

Collier Recreation Ground Charity

The playground behind this Institute was given for the use of the children of Stapleford by Dr. W Collier of Oxford in March 1930 in memory of his son Lieutenant Martin Huntly Collier, RN, captain of submarine H10 who, with officers and crew, was killed in the Great War 1918.

Public Stone, Chalk, Gravel and Clay Pit

Two such pits were set out for public use by the inclosure award of 1814, but one of them, lying on what is now Bury Farm, was lost more than a hundred years ago. The other, approached by a track from Haverhill Road, is now a registered charity, administered by the Parish Council and is described on the Heritage page, under Parish Council Property.
Correspondent: the Clerk to the Parish Council.

Lettice Martin Charity

The charity was created in 1562 by Lettice Martin, a widow, of Chrishall, Essex, for the benefit of the poor inhabitants of Chrishall and various other parishes in Essex, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire, including Stapleford. The income comes from a house and land in Chrishall and Heydon. Annual income: £1.
Correspondent: the Vicar of Stapleford.

The Clerk’s Piece

The charity used to provide a house for the Parish Clerk, who served the Vestry in governing the parish before a Parish Council was formed. Annual income: less than £10.
Correspondent: the Vicar of Stapleford.

Stapleford War Memorial Convalescent Fund

£85 was collected for the convalescent treatment of sick and poor villagers. Annual income: less than £2.
Correspondent: the Vicar of Stapleford.

The Umbrella Association

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Children and Youth Clubs

Brownies 1st Stapleford	Mrs. Nicki Punshon, 17 Mingle Lane, Stapleford Tel 845940 meets at Stapleford Community Primary School, Tuesdays 6.00-7.30 p.m.
Brownies 2nd Stapleford	Mrs. Marion Karniely, 56 London Road, Stapleford  Tel: 843026 meets at Stapleford Community Primary School, Wednesdays 6.15-7.45 p.m.
Children's Gym Club	Mrs Lisa Gilbert, c/o Stapleford Community School, Tel: 830668
Children's Music Club	www.musicclub.org.uk website
Out of School Club	Abel Ureta Vidal, 19 Forge End, Stapleford Tel: 693748 See website
Sunnyside Preschool Playgroup	Jane Doyle Tel: 707817 meets at Stapleford Community Primary School, Bar Lane, Stapleford, school hours only. Please call in. See website
Scouts and Cubs	Meet in the Scout and guide hut behind Great Shelford memorial hall
Group Scout leader	(Shelfords and Stapleford) Mr. William Bull, 187 Cambridge Road, Great Shelford CB22 5JN  Tel: 840054.
Scouts	(1st Shelfords and Stapleford) Mr. William Bull (as above)   Meet Tuesday 7.10-8.45 p.m.
Cubs	(1st Shelfords and Stapleford) Mrs. Jillian Hardwick, 18 Bar Lane, Stapleford  Tel: 840066 Meet Wednesday 6.45-8.15 p.m.
Guides 1st Stapleford	Joint Commissioners for Guides and Brownies (Granta Division) Mrs. Jane Kynaston, 15 Tunwells lane, Great Shelford CB22 5LJ  Tel: 842314 Mrs. Lara Storey
Guides	(1st Stapleford Guides) Mrs. Jane Kynaston, 15 Tunwells lane, Great Shelford CB22 5LJ  Tel: 842314 Meet at Green Hedges School, Wednesday 6.15-7.45 p.m.
Little Quavers	Music for 0-4 year-old children, every Friday 10.00 a.m. Mrs. Jacqui Cairnduff, 2 Sternes Way, Stapleford  Tel: 842912
Shelford & Stapleford Youth Club	for 13-18 year olds, Friday 7.30-10pm at Scout Hut, Woollards Lane, Great Shelford
St. Andrew's Church Parent & Toddler Group	Mondays 9.30-11.30am Johnson Hall Tel: 842159, 700920 £1 per family

Sports clubs

Political parties

Other clubs

Handbell Ringers	Mrs. Jean Hore 8 Sternes Way, Stapleford CB22 5DA Tel: 843796
Stapleford Bird Club	Brian Ellis, 2 Vine Close, Stapleford CB22 5BZ Tel: 01223 476491 Mike Antcliff, 107 Hinton Way, Great Shelford  Tel: 01223 843928
Women’s Institute	Mrs. Beryl Rubash, 20 De Freville Road, Great Shelford CB22 5LH Tel: 842711 Meets at 7.45 p.m. on first Thursday (except January) at Johnson Hall
Chestnut Club (over 60s)	Secretary, Mrs. Jessie Salter, 2 St. Andrew’s Close Tel: 843414
Cam Sight	Julie or Alison 01223-420033 Meets 2-4pm, 1st Thursday of month at Cox's Close Community Room welcome, information, equipment and support for visually-impaired
Chestnut Club Choir	J Churchil, 32 Waverley Park, Gt Shelford Tel: 845227
Big Band	Mr. Neil Dunlop, 186 Cambridge Road, Great Shelford  Tel: 841169
Johnson Bridge Club	Mr. Bob Diamond Tel: 571897
52 Bridge Club	Mrs. Bramworth, 80 High Street, Little Shelford Tel: 843666
Drama group	Mrs. Kay Coe, 7 St. Andrew's Close, Stapleford Tel: 842271
Horticultural Society	Mrs. Vivienne Day, 63 Gog Magog Way, Stapleford Tel: 843030
Life and Soul Soul and pop band	Mr. Stuart Dunlop, 28 East Street, Huntingdon PE29 1WE Tel: 01480 436654
P.T.A.	Mrs. Annie Laing, Grove House, Bury Road, Stapleford Tel: 846249
Stapleford Singers	See website
Twinning Association	Mrs. Jackie Bow, 3 Sternes Way, Stapleford Tel: 841982