UPCOMING EVENTS for 2026

The Imaginarium - 7th February - St Andrew's Centre. 1pm to 4pm

  • Absolutely everyone is invited to join us for the H&I Imaginarium at the St Andrew’s Centre. It's is free to attend and family friendly.
  • You may be wondering, what on earth is an Imaginarium? It’s a fun, creative, thought-provoking space where you can think about what you’d like for our villages in the future. Maybe you’ve long had ideas that you’d love to share? Or maybe you would relish the time and space to think and explore ideas and possibilities with local scientists, architects, farmers, neighbours, artists, naturalists, councillors and engineers?
  • You’ll be invited to enter the ‘HI Time Machine’ and draw from the ‘Pool of Possibility’ before coming together with others to explore all aspects of our lives; how we might play, travel, live alongside nature, how our homes might look, what our diet might be like and where our food will come from. How we might live well with less stuff, have better health and greater connection across the generations? 
  • All the suggestions will be used to create a directory of ideas and a short film. A selection of displays created over the afternoon will be shared around the village. We are hoping that captures from the day will help influence decision makers.
  • It’s hard to build a different future if we can’t imagine how it will look and feel. Please join us to nourish the ambitions of our community, tap into a sense of what’s possible and feel hopeful (and eat cake!). We welcome small ideas and huge ones, sensible and fantastical ones! 
  • School groups and uniformed groups have been engaging with the Imaginarium over recent weeks - come and find out they’ve come up with.
  • Many thanks to the Beer Festival for supporting this event which is a collaboration between Histon and Impington Sustainability Group and Cambridge Carbon Footprint. Please get in touch with any queries: 

EVENTS 2025

Farmers Market stall

We had a promotion stall at the Methodist Church, 3rd Saturday of every  month.  Collecting ideas and suggestions. 

Pub Meet Ups

We met up at The Boot several times during the year - Put Meet Ups are casual social events for anyone who wants to find out what we are up to.

Conversations About...

‘Conversations about….’ evenings are friendly gatherings at which to meet new people and share ideas. All welcome. Refreshments provided. No booking required.

  • June -   We shared our experiences about EV cars
  • September - Retro-fitting your home.....heating, insulation and other things.

HI Hedgehog Champions

Stalls were held at HIGS Members Day (22 March), Long Meadow Activity morning (19 April) and more over the summer

SWISH 2025

Saturday 8th November - St Andrew's Centre, Histon.

Repair Cafe

Returned in December - with talk of anotherone to come in spring 2026.

EVENTS 2024:

Farmers Market stall

Starting in September 2024, we have held regular stalls at the Farmers Market in Histon (Methodist Church, 3rd Saturday of the month).  

Conversations About...

‘Conversations about….’ evenings are friendly gatherings at which to meet new people and share ideas. All welcome. Refreshments provided. No booking required. in 2024 we had 'Gentler Travel' in October and 'A greener festive period' in December.

Histon Swish

2 November 2024  - yet another amazing event from the Swish team.  See you again in 2025!

HI Hedgehog Champions

Held STALLS at village events through the year.  Creating their map of hedgehog sightings and encouraging the whole village to make their gardens accessible for hedgehogs.

Film Screening- Six Inches of Soil

Thurs 4th July 2024

  • The film, with panel discussion, was screened as part of the Histon and Impington Feast Week event. 
  • Six Inches of Soil is a British independent full feature documentary telling the inspiring story of young British farmers standing up against the industrial food system and transforming the way they produce food - to heal the soil, our health and provide for local communities.
  • This film shares the wisdom and solutions of a growing movement of people who are dedicated to changing the trajectory for food, farming and the planet.   


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HI Open Eco Homes Tours

Histon and Impington Eco Fest + 30 Day challenge

Histon Swish - now a regular annual event.

January vegan Feast

December I'm Dreaming of a Green Christmas, Beeswax Wrap , reusable crackers, recycled wrapping and more...

November Eco-Fun Fest

October Hi Sustainability SocialFind

October Histon and Impington's first Swish (clothes swap party).

July New Members Evening

June HIYEC Meeting

June Bird in Hand Breakfast

May Extinction Rebellion Talk 

May Wellbeing Trail, Celebrating Our Green Spaces. 17 activities over 8 locations

April Sustainability Social April visit to Amey Recycling Centre 

March Family Foraging and Wild Cooking Workshop, foraging and cooking with a local expert

January Vegan Feast. Delicious vegan food and a chance to chat to the chef to find out how it was made  

January HI Sustainability Social An event with a theme of up-cycling, buying second-hand and recycling

October HI Community Allotment Halloween Social

October Talk With Peter Gilheany-Influencing the Decision Makers

October Sustainability Social, Celebrating our Green Spaces

July Sustainability Social in the Orchard

June Short Films, drinks, nibbles and chat

May Sustainability Social

Sustainability Brunch

Demain Film Screening

From HI to the High Seas, plastics talk