About
Purple Horizons was launched in September 2019 and is a volunteer group which organises events to raise money for good causes and create greater awareness of the benefiting charities work. We provide a variety of informative, educational, fun events throughout the year, from art to politics and sport to literature, wine tasting to Christmas lunches. Each event is unique with a different guest speaker and vary from weekday lunches to evening talks.
Previous events have included talks with an Ambassador about adventures in diplomacy, how a hobby created an award-winning gin (Pinkster), an author’s journey from vet school to a best-selling novel (Emma Rous - the Au Pair), a one man theatre show on China (Mark Kitto), a talk about Nelson and how he became a national hero (Peter Gutteridge) and an ladies health and wellness evening which looked at the treatment and management of the menopause (Dr Imogen Shaw).
We also organise themed lunches such as our annual Festive Feast and our lunch celebrating Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. We have also organised a Summer Ball - A Night at the Gallery which incorporated an art exhibition, a Cricket Festival and a Summer Drinks party.
Most of our events are priced between £10.00 and £25.00. Locations vary but within easy reach of Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire.
We have predominately raised money for Papworth Trust, a disability charity and registered provider of social housing, whose aim is for disabled people to have equality, choice and independence. Papworth Trust provides a range of services including housing, work, care and leisure opportunities across Cambridgeshire, Essex and Suffolk. To date we have raised over £22,000.00
In January 2024 Purple Horizons expanded their “horizons”, raising money for other charities including Addenbrookes Charitable Trust and in particular their campaign to fund a new Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital.