Past Events

Create Your Own Stunning Beaded Earrings
Join us for a hands-on workshop where you'll craft beautiful, earrings using Preciosa glass seed beads. Guided by Leisa, an NVS member, you'll learn the techniques to design elegant jewerly and discover top tips for constructing your own earrings with simple hand tools.

Whether you are experienced in crochet, a long-time knitter, or trying it out for the first time, join our group on Thursdays from 10:00-12:00. Everyone is welcome, crochet or knitting is not essential. Most materials will be provided. 

This group is for adults. Please bring your favourite sketchbook, or just pencil and paper, and join the Art for All Levels group. Some materials will be available, and there will always be something interesting to draw or paint. Enjoy shared company and ideas. Over time, your drawing skills and confidence will improve. 

Formal dinner at a Cambridge College. 

Click HERE to book your tickets! Refer to the weekly newsletter for the password.

FOR ADULTS ONLY.

Join our volunteer, Helen, for Yin Yoga.  Yin Yoga is slow-paced style of yoga.  Helen will be focusing on stretching and healing. 

 Please refer to your newsletter for location or contact us at enquiries@nvs.admin.cam.ac.uk.

Expert tour guides will be taking NVS members on a walking tour of Cambridge on selected dates. The walks will be on Tuesdays after the talk ends and last around an hour. Members will be told which dates and where to meet in the newsletter and our Facebook page.

This event is for registered NVS members only!

Explore the history of science with objects from the Whipple Museum

Our Coffee Hour is the perfect opportunity to connect with fellow members, meet our dedicated volunteers, and chat with group leaders in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Whether you're new to NVS or a long-time member, this is a great way to socialize, share experiences, and learn more about our community.

Come and join us on Tuesday mornings for English conversation practice, where a whole range of different topics will be discussed. We split into small groups and chat informally about various subjects.

Join Karina for sowing, growing and harvesting from the garden to create delicious vegetarian meals.  Please contact Karina directly by emailing wells.karina@gmail.com. Cost is £5 per session. 

Morning coffee in a Cambridge College Master’s Lodge and tour of a college library.  Not suitable for children.
This event is for Newcomers and Visiting Scholar members only.

The museum holds exceptionally important collections of artefacts, works of art, photographs and archival documents, representative of humanity’s history and the cultures of the world in the modern and contemporary periods.

The historic library is a treasure trove of rare medieval and Renaissance manuscripts and early printed books.
*Not suitable for children in pushchair

This event is for registered NVS members only.

Whether you are experienced in crochet, a long-time knitter, or trying it out for the first time, join our group on Thursdays from 10:00-12:00. Everyone is welcome, crochet or knitting is not essential. Most materials will be provided. 

Step inside the extraordinary home of David Parr, a working-class Victorian decorative artist whose hand-painted interiors remain a hidden gem in Cambridge. Preserved for over a century, this unique house reveals the beauty of Arts and Crafts design through the eyes and hands of one man.

This group is for adults. Please bring your favourite sketchbook, or just pencil and paper, and join the Art for All Levels group. Some materials will be available, and there will always be something interesting to draw or paint. Enjoy shared company and ideas. Over time, your drawing skills and confidence will improve. 

Join our volunteer, Helen, for Yin Yoga.  Yin Yoga is slow-paced style of yoga.  Helen will be focusing on stretching and healing. 

 Please refer to your newsletter for location or contact us at enquiries@nvs.admin.cam.ac.uk.

In 1614, Thomas Hobson founded a Trust and left money in his will to ensure help for drainage of Cambridge sewers and to provide a fresh drinkable water supply.

Our Coffee Hour is the perfect opportunity to connect with fellow members, meet our dedicated volunteers, and chat with group leaders in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Whether you're new to NVS or a long-time member, this is a great way to socialize, share experiences, and learn more about our community.

Come and join us on Tuesday mornings for English conversation practice, where a whole range of different topics will be discussed. We split into small groups and chat informally about various subjects.

Come and join us for a visit to one of Cambridge's traditional pubs. There is no need to book, just meet Jonathan Collis outside Great St Mary’s Church, CB2 3PQ, near the Senate House at 18.00. This is a great opportunity to meet others. We look forward to seeing you there!

Would you like to discuss interesting topics from a multi-cultural perspective?  Come and join Gail for a lively discussion in a friendly and welcoming environment.  This is a unique opportunity to learn about different perspectives from around the world – and to discover that we are often more alike than different.

Simone invites you to join her for a leisurely walk. The walks are during the weekend for about an hour and a half. These will be informal walks,  when pushchairs and children are welcome too: stroll along with new friends and enjoy the time together.

Join one of our volunteers as they host you for Afternoon Tea at their home.  Experience this very British ritual with other NVS members and get to know our volunteers.

For registered NVS members only!

*Not suitable for children.

Join us for a tour of West Hub.  Familiarise yourself with the variety of facilities offered at the Hub and enjoy lunch or visit the cafe after the tour.

Children are welcome!

Whether you are experienced in crochet, a long-time knitter, or trying it out for the first time, join our group on Thursdays from 10:00-12:00. Everyone is welcome, crochet or knitting is not essential. Most materials will be provided. 

This group is for adults. Please bring your favourite sketchbook, or just pencil and paper, and join the Art for All Levels group. Some materials will be available, and there will always be something interesting to draw or paint. Enjoy shared company and ideas. Over time, your drawing skills and confidence will improve.