With thanks to the Fenland Culture Fund, we were able to create this new piece of artwork in Centenary Green! With one of Octavia’s most famous quotes on it, it embodies her ideal for creating open spaces for everyone. “We all want quiet. We all …
We’ve joined up with the new Cambridgeshire Community Foundation Lottery so you can raise money for us and be in with a chance to win!
A big thank you to the Cambridgeshire Army Cadet Force Supporters League for their generous donation of £500.
The Octavia Hill Society was established in 1992 to promote awareness of the ideas and ideals of Octavia Hill, her family, fellow workers and their relevance in today’s society nationally and internationally. The society has six aims: To create a museum to collect, exhibit, preserve, interpret …
We were pleased to be able to help the couple on this TV programme get a feel for the area, telling them about the heritage and the places they could visit. We talked about the community of the town and that they could come and …
Octavia is well known for her work as one of the founders of the National Trust and as a social reformer. Her work as a pioneer of the Army Cadet Force generally does not receive the recognition it deserves. Although Army Cadets have been around …
We had a fabulous time with our volunteers old and new at the House on Sunday. We invited some friends who are sharing our story across social media and through their networks. Not all our volunteers or indeed all our friends, could come, but we’ll …
Octavia Hill’s Birthplace House in Wisbech has received a financial boost from the government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to help fund ongoing building maintenance and repairs during the coronavirus pandemic. Lifeline grants from the Culture Recovery Fund are designed to protect heritage sites and …
A government white paper setting out a new deal for social housing tenants in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy pays tribute to the work of Wisbech-born Octavia Hill. The document, announcing proposed new laws before they are formulated in a government bill, recognizes …
