Events
The Knitting & Stitching Show
Thursday 9 October 2025
Alexandra Palace, London
Shop, Learn & Be Inspired at London’s Top Craft Fair
Come to the Knitting & Stitching Show for a fabulous day out and indulge in your favourite hobbies, learn new skills and shop for your annual craft supplies, buy fabric, yarns, tools, beads and much more from household name brands and special suppliers - all under one roof.
The show brings together hundreds of workshops, demonstrations, interactive features, professionally curated textile art galleries as well as over 200 of the leading specialist craft suppliers.
Coach leaves show at 4pm
Coach Pick up points: Lode Coach Depot 7.45am and Trumpington Park & Ride 8.30pm
WI Members £50.00 Family and Friends £53.00
Booking closes: 18 September 2025
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Molten Wonky Glass Fusion Workshop
CFWI Office
Saturday 11 October, 10am to 12.30pm
Katie Lynn is the founder of Molten Wonky. She has transformed her love of glass into an original and colourful business, selling handmade fused glass gifts and decorations at venues such as Anglesey Abbey. She revels in sharing this passion and encouraging others to have a go.
Katie will regale us with a brief life blog, which is truly entertaining, culminating in the birth of Molten Wonky. After a brief introduction to the intricacies and complexities of glass fusion you will be given all the materials, tools and ‘skills’ to make your own unique piece of art. You can choose to make either a large picture, coaster, bauble or Christmas tree. Please select your preferred option on the booking form. You might even be tempted to make a second piece as an early Christmas present, at an extra cost of £15 on the day. Whatever you decide to do you can be assured that you will have fun!!
Katie will take all the unfired work back to her studio to fire in her kiln, which will then be returned to the CFWI office for collection.
Tea and Coffee provided.
Cost: WI Members £35.00
Booking closes: 22 September 2025
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Autumn Literary Lunch with
Local Author Phil Oddy
Wednesday 15 October 2025, 12.15pm for 12.30pm start
CFWI Office
Phil is a writer from North Hertfordshire, juggling work, family, and internet distractions. Phil Oddy writes stories about how to cope in a confusing world, cleverly disguised as sci-fi/fantasy adventures. He is happily married with two sons and has promised everyone lavish gifts if he ever writes a bestseller, so if you've bought one of his books then they all thank you. Despite a long and successful career as an IT analyst in both the public and private sectors, writing is something he seems to be unable to prevent himself doing, which means that by encouraging him, you're either feeding an addiction or providing therapy. You can pick which. When his fingers are too tired to carry on typing, Phil likes to relax by reading something by David Mitchell.
Come and join us for a wonderful homemade meal and good company at our Autumn Lunch
Main Course
Somerset Chicken – Chicken Breast cooked with Apples, Mushrooms in a Cider and Cream Sauce
Jacket Potatoes and Greens
Or
Butternut Squash with Mushrooms, Butter Beans, Apples, Cider and Cream Sauce
Jacket Potatoes and Greens
Pudding
Blackberry and Apple Cake with Cream
TEA AND COFFEE WILL BE SERVED AT THE END OF THE MEAL
Raffle
Cost: WI Members £20.00 Family and Friends £23.00
Booking closes: Thursday 25 September 2025
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CPR and Defibrillator Awareness Session
Saturday 18 October 2025, 10am-12 midday
CFWI Office
We are delighted to offer the opportunity for you to attend a relaxed fun session with no stress or exams where you can learn basic CPR skills and the use of the Defibrillator.
Our latest campaign Bystanders Can be Lifesavers calls on members to increase their confidence in these skills and our session will allow just that. It will be a practical session with plenty of opportunity to practise CPR guided by our experienced instructor and learn how to use the defib.
Come and join us for the morning, practise new skills and enjoy a WI cup of tea while you do it!
Cost: CFWI Member £5.00 Family and Friends booked by a CFWI Member £6.00
Booking closes: Saturday 11 October 2025
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Hidden Cambridge’s latest walking tour: The Unusual, The Quirky and the Downright Bizarre!
Cambridge City Centre
Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 October 2025, 11am
Meet in front of Great St Mary’s Church
A family that owed everything to a grasshopper, an architect who turned his hand to lamp-post design, a salmon smoker who took on a king, an ink-pen bollard or is it, the great injustice done to Thorsteinn Viggosson, one of our rare links to Harry Potter, an unusual sign that could only have appeared in Cambridge and...
The tour will be approximately 75 minutes and at a leisurely pace. We will be exploring Trinity Street, Bridge Street and the area around Portugal Place.
Cost: CFWI Members £16.00
Family and Friends booked by a CFWI member £18.00
Booking closes: 6 October 2025
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PJ Bottoms Guided Sew Along
CFWI Office
Friday 31 October 2025, 6pm-8pm
(pattern preparation, laying out and cutting out your fabric) and
Saturday 1 November 2025, 10am-4pm, (sewing your garment)
This course is to make pyjama trousers. The course is suitable for
garment sewers/dressmakers. It is also suitable for quilters or sewers
who have made cushions or curtains. You should be able to use a sewing
machine and sew a straight line of stitches.
You will need to bring your own sewing machine plus fabric to the course.
We’ll be using a free pattern bundle that includes patterns for pull on,
loose fitting, size inclusive pyjama trousers for men, women and children.
Size charts for each pattern in the bundle are available with the pattern.
Unfortunately, the measurements are all imperial as the pattern company
is in the US - but it is a free pattern!
NB. NO PRINTED PATTERN WILL BE PROVIDED. You will receive
guidance on how to download the pattern and print it before the course. If
you do not want the full bundle you can decide to ‘buy’ each of the free
patterns separately.
Tea and coffee available but please bring a packed lunch.
CFWI Members only: £50.00
Booking closes: 10 October 2025
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A Festive “Try It Day”
Saturday 22 November 2025
10am to 3pm CFWI Office
Do you need inspiration for your Christmas Decorations and Gifts? We have the answer!
Come and try a variety of easy festive makes including origami, macramé, paper folding and more!
You will be able to make at least 6 different items.
Everything will be provided Including a soup and roll lunch - tea, coffee and cake
Just bring yourselves!
Members £20.00 Family and Friends £23.00
Booking starts: Monday 6 October 2025
Booking closes: Wednesday 5 November 2025
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Christmas Spectacular
Thursday 4 December 2025
Matinee Performance
A festive feast for all the senses!
We have a limited number of tickets available to attend the
Thursford Christmas Spectacular which is an extravaganza of non-stop singing, dancing, music, humour and variety. It’s a fast moving celebration of the festive season featuring an eclectic mix of both seasonal and year round favourites. With a cast of 130 this is the biggest Christmas show of its kind in Europe.
It is the Winner of the Group Leisure and Travel Awards 2024 Best Christmas Experience
The coach will leave Lode Depot at 9.00am and Trumpington Park & Ride at 9.45am.
We should arrive with plenty of time for a spot of lunch/shopping before the show starts at 2pm.
Our tickets are located in the centre section in rows P-Q.
We will depart for home following the end of the show but no definite time is available at present.
The cost for the coach and this wonderful musical extravaganza
will be £82.00 for members and £85.00 for non-members.
SOLD OUT
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Christmas Celebration with Brunch
Monday 15 December 2025, 10am-1pm
Oakington Pavilion, CB24 3AW
Join the Combined Activities Committee for a morning of festive readings, singing and delicious food.
With your booking you need to choose between:
Bacon Brioche Rolls with optional Maple Syrup OR Cheese and Tomato Scone with Pickle and Butter.
There will also be Cranberry Flapjacks, Blueberry Pancakes with Crème Fraiche and Christmas Muffins to enjoy - with Mulled Apple Juice, Coffee and Tea.
Cost: WI Members £15.00 Family and Friends £18.00
Booking starts: Monday 6 October 2025
Booking closes: Thursday 4 December 2025
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“The Red Shoes” Ballet
Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London
Thursday 15 January 2026
The Red Shoes is based on the tragic fairytale by Hans Christian Anderson and the 1948 Hollywood film. It is the story of a talented young dancer who finds herself torn between love and her career, with heartbreaking consequences.
Created by Matthew Bourne, the Red Shoes first premiered back in 2016 and has become one of his signature works, allowing audiences to capture a sense of possession, passion and all-encompassing obsession.
This is an intoxicating drama where life imitates art with fateful consequences. The Red Shoes will dazzle your senses and break your heart.
Pick-up Points: Lode (Bus Depot) 8.30am and Trumpington Park & Ride 9.15am. We aim to arrive in London with plenty of time for lunch before the performance which is at 2.30pm. Our seats are situated in the Stalls with minimal steps.
We will leave for home after the performance, approximately 5.00pm.
Cost for CFWI Member: £105.00
Cost for family and friends booked by a CFWI Member: £108.00
Booking closes: Wednesday 1 October 2025
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T&C’s
Please note that participants will not be required to show a ticket at the event. No refunds will be given after the closing date, but if you are unable to attend we may have a waiting list.
In the event of a refund - this will not include the booking fee of 6.5% plus VAT.