Local people voted a cinema amongst their most desired additional amenities for the town in the latest survey for the Town Plan. With this in mind, the Cambourne Village College Charitable Trust (Trust) is now working with the Village College to create a community cinema venue in the new Sixth Form Centre
This will enhance the facilities for students studying performing arts and provide a separate cinema venue for Cambourne residents and those of the surrounding villages.
With the capacity to show top-ranking box-office films through community cinema outlets just weeks after release and live satellite broadcasts of west-end theatre and opera, this latest venture will provide an exciting new amenity for Cambourne.
This is an ambitious project for the town; it will rely on the support of Cambourne Village College and the local community to support its set-up and ongoing success, but with a comfortable 180 seat venue, excellent facilities and free parking, there is potential to create a thriving community cinema.
This could grow to host several weekly performances with wide-ranging appeal in the style of the successful Saffron Screen, based in a similar venue within the secondary school in Saffron Walden.
Can you help?
The Trust has re-formed for this project and we need more new members to help us move forward. People with an interest in, and some knowledge of film would be enormously welcome, as would enthusiasm to be involved in an exciting project.
If you are interested please get in touch and email John Panrucker, Charitable Trustee – Chair at cambournecommunitycinema@gmail.com