The Abington Institute is home to many of the villages' organisations, clubs and activities.


Institute Regular Users

All up-to-date contact information can be found within the covers of the latest Abingtons and Hildersham News.
 
 
Day and time
Frequency
Contact
Groups run by Institute
 
 
 
Jeremiah’s café
Tuesday afternoon
Alternate weeks
Gaynor Farrant & Gill Smith
 
Thursday lunchtime
Weekly but not 4th Thursday in month
Gaynor Farrant & Gill Smith
 
Thursday evening
Weekly
Gaynor Farrant & Gill Smith
 
Friday morning
Weekly
Gaynor Farrant & Gill Smith
 
Saturday morning
Weekly
Gaynor Farrant & Gill Smith
Abington Lunch
Thursday – 4th in month
Monthly
Sylvia Gilmour
Film Nights
Friday evening
Monthly (usually) -  autumn to spring
Diane Dawson
 
 
 
 
Fitness
 
 
 
Elderly Keep Fit (chair based)
Monday morning
Weekly
Vikki Green
Ladies Keep Fit
Tuesday evening
Weekly
Gill Dowden
Pilates
Friday morning
Weekly in term time
Disa Bennett
Aerobics
Friday morning
Weekly in term time
Disa Bennett
Yoga
Wednesday morning
Weekly
Joan Graham
Yoga
Wednesday evening
Weekly
Joan Graham
 
 
 
 
General Interest
 
 
 
Abington Art Group
Tuesday morning
Weekly
Jennifer Hirsh
Forget Me Not Club (over 50s)
Tuesday afternoon
Fortnightly
Anne Hall
French Conversation
Monday afternoon
Weekly
Rachel Haining
Abington Gardening Club
Monday evening
1st Monday of month in winter
Kay Harman
Scrabble Group
Tuesday evening
4th Tuesday of month
Sheena Fraser
Abington and Hildersham Women’s Institute
Monday evening
2nd Monday of month
Marilyn Broadhurst
Partridge Group (men)
Wednesday evening
Weekly for 6 weeks Jan-Mar
Peter Miles
Scrapbooking Group
Saturday all day
1st Saturday of month (usually)
Lesley Strauli
Dancing classes (children)
Wednesday after school
Weekly in term time
Esme Watts
Cambridge Chord Company (male voice choir)
Thursday evening
Weekly
Stephen Brown
 
 
 
 
Parish Councils
 
 
 
Great Abington Parish Council
Monday evening
3rd Monday of alternate months
Paula Harper (clerk)
Little Abington Parish Council
Monday evening
4th Monday of each month
Genevieve Dalton (clerk)
 
 
 
 
Sports Clubs
 
 
 
Football Club
Saturday afternoon
Weekly in winter season
John Webb
Cricket Club
Saturday/Sunday/Wednesday
Weekly in summer season
 
 
 
 
 
Occasional Users
 
 
 
Abington Allotments and Leisure Gardeners Association
Variable
Occasional only
Brian Hayden-Smith
The Abington Group (ladies)
Variable
Occasional only
Freda Orgee
Walking Group
Variable
Annual social evening
Robin Harman
Parochial Church Council
Variable
Harvest Supper and Church Christmas Fayre
Mary Miles
Abington Naturewatch
Variable
Occasional meetings
David Farrant
Abington History Group
Variable
Occasional open days
Jennifer Hirsh