We have two exciting opportunities to join the Love’s Farm House team!

Love’s Farm House is looking for a General Manager to take day-to-day responsibility for the building, and an Administration Assistant to provide general administrative support.

Love’s Farm House is a busy community centre on the Love’s Farm development in St Neots, serving the community of Love’s Farm and the wider area. It is managed by a charity called Love’s Farm Community Centre CIO, which was set up by local residents specifically to run the building on behalf of the local community.

Love’s Farm House offers a varied timetable of activities, a cafe and bar, as well as private hire for parties, meetings and events. The foyer is open to the public during our opening hours and offers a Micro Library and free wi-fi. The cafe and bar sessions are registered Community Warm Spaces under Huntingdonshire District Council’s Community Spaces scheme.

An opportunity has arisen for a part-time General Manager to take day to day responsibility for the building, reporting to the Board of Trustees. The successful candidate will have a friendly, customer service focused attitude to ensure that Love’s Farm House is a welcoming environment for everyone in our community, strong leadership skills to manage a small team of staff, be highly organised and have a good knowledge of the health & safety framework within which any public building must operate.

The General Manager will have the opportunity to put their stamp on the building, working closely with the Board of Trustees to implement a strategy for the future of Love’s Farm House, including assisting with the organisation and marketing of fundraising events, identifying and writing funding applications, and marketing opportunities for new hirers and activities.

For full details of the General Manager role, see the General Manager Job Description and Person Specification.

We are also looking for a part-time Administration Assistant to support the General Manager and Bar Manager of Love’s Farm House. The role will be for 6-8 hours per week, working for at least two days per week in the Love’s Farm House office.

It will involve general administrative tasks such as bookings, finance, stock control and events admin, as well as providing some reception services for the building. The role would suit someone who is friendly, welcoming and highly organised, with some administration experience and a good level of IT literacy.

For full details of the Administration Assistant role, see the Administration Assistant Job Description.

To apply for either of these roles, please send your CV and a covering letter, explaining why you believe you would be suitable for the role, to bookings@lovesfarmhouse.co.uk. Please specify which role you are applying for in the covering letter. The closing date for both vacancies is Friday 1 March 2024.

For more information, check out our Vacancies page. If you have any questions, please contact jenny@lovesfarmhouse.co.uk or call 01480 262626.

We have an exciting new exhibition on display in the Love’s Farm House foyer!

The exhibition is by Eynesbury-based artist Nicola Hill and includes a contrasting selection of watercolours, line drawings and linocuts of places both near (Cambridge, Great Staughton) and far (Rajasthan and Perithea).

As well as the framed artwork, there is a selection of stunning original cards for sale at £1.50 each, with subjects ranging from local landmarks such as St Mary’s, Eynesbury, to Venetian masks, poems and pets. The cards are available to view in the office, please just ask!

Saturday 17th February 2024, 6pm-9pm

Tickets – https://ti.to/loves-farm-house/valentines-disco-2024

Come and celebrate Valentine’s Day with the whole family this February at the Love’s Farm House Valentine’s Disco!

No babysitter? No problem! You and your partner can enjoy a relaxing drink from our licensed bar in our beautifully decorated hall, while the kids enjoy some games and dancing. Or if you’re flying solo, bring the kids as your date for plenty of family fun.

We’ll be dancing to a mix of the latest hits and cheesy (but catchy) love songs. Children can enjoy some Valentine’s crafts and plenty of games with great prizes, and we’ll have Valentine’s themed cocktails, mocktails and snacks on offer as well as our regular bar menu.

For those of you who like to combine their Valentine’s and Pancake Day celebrations, we’ll have Little Dutch Bites on site offering their delicious poffertjes (mini Dutch pancakes).

Tickets cost £3 per person (babies under 1 are free). All children must be accompanied by a parent or carer, who must have their own ticket.

Get your tickets at https://ti.to/loves-farm-house/valentines-disco-2024.

The Love’s Farm House office will be closing for Christmas at 12noon on Friday 22nd December, reopening at 9am on Tuesday 2nd January.

We’ll still be hosting a couple more Christmas events. The Farm House Bar will be open from 7.45-11pm on 22nd December for Christmas Cheers, welcoming the carollers after the Love’s Farm Community Association carol singing (everyone welcome), and Breakfast Church will be meeting at Love’s Farm House for a short Christmas Day service at 11am on 25th December.

We wish all of our customers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Saturday 9th December 2023, 7.45pm – 11pm

Tickets – https://ti.to/loves-farm-house/murder-at-the-grosvenor-a-murder-mystery-evening.

Prepare to transport back in time to a world of mystery, intrigue and suspense!

It’s 1938 in London and a group of strangers find themselves stuck in a hotel together. What could possibly go wrong…?

You loved Murder at the Theatre so much back in April that we’re bringing you another opportunity to release your inner detective. Produced by RAW Theatre Company, Murder in the Grosvenor will allow you to become part of a real-life whodunit!

Gather your friends, dress in your best vintage 1930s style and join us for a glass of prosecco or soft drink on arrival. Then take your seat and help investigate the clues and interrogate the suspects. As the night unfolds, secrets will be revealed and it’s up to you and your fellow detectives to unravel the mystery and find the murderer!

Tickets cost £25 per person and teams can be up to 8 people (smaller teams may be seated together). Ages 16+ only. It’s going to be a night of intrigue, excitement and a whole lot of fun!

Get your tickets here.

The Trustees and Members of Love’s Farm Community Centre CIO, working as Love’s Farm House, are hereby convened to the Annual General Meeting (AGM) for the year 2022-2023 on Friday 10 November 2023 at 7.45pm.

Venue: Love’s Farm House, 17 Kester Way, St Neots PE19 6SL

Members of the public are welcome to attend.

Our AGM will be held in conjunction with Love’s Farm Community Association. There will be an opportunity for non-members to sign up for membership on the night. Members of the charity will elect the Trustees and Officers of Love’s Farm House during the evening.

There is a requirement for one third of the Trustee Board to step down at each AGM, who may stand for re-election. There are also two new prospective Trustees standing for election. The following candidates are standing for election as Trustees:

• Eleanor Parkin
• Emma Wootten
• Mark Kipping
• Andy Hill

We look forward to seeing you at the AGM.

Saturday 28th October 6pm-9pm, £3 per person from Ti.to Tickets

It’s time to get your tickets for our most popular event of the year, the Love’s Farm House Halloween Disco!

We know Love’s Farm takes Halloween VERY seriously and we can’t wait to celebrate with you. Bring your friends and family, because this year we have a brand new prize for the best group costume and we can’t wait to see what you come up with!

The building will be transformed into Love’s Farm Haunted House with the help of our disco lights and plenty of spooky decorations. We will have terrifying tunes on the dance floor, ghoulish games and creepy crafts for the kids, and of course plenty of Halloween themed cocktails and mocktails at the bar. We go pretty light touch on the scary stuff so we don’t give any little people nightmares! Fancy dress is strongly encouraged but not essential.

Tickets cost £3 per person (under 1s are free) and all children must be accompanied by a parent or carer, who must have their own ticket. Sorry, no refunds.

Get your tickets here.

We have not one but TWO fantastic new children’s classes starting at Love’s Farm House this September!

Moo Music runs on Tuesday mornings for little ones from birth to age 5. They provide interactive music and mooooooovement sessions for you and your child. You will sing, dance, play and have imaginative fun! With over 150 original Moo Music songs, learning will be a lot of fun!

You can choose from a Mixed Moo class at 9.45am for all ages from 0-5, or a specialist Baby Moo class at 10.45am, for little ones from birth to crawling.

Classes are run by the lovely Julia, and both block bookings (£45 for 6 weeks) and Pay As You Go (£9) spaces are available. Sessions must be booked in advance. Contact Julia on julia@moo-music.co.uk for more information, or book online here.

For older children, the adult Broadway Boogie classes (Wednesdays at 8pm) have been so successful that they’re introducing a kids’ version!

Do you have a stagey kid who loves musicals? This new class is for kids who want to be a star every week! The weekly class will help children get fit and active, introduce them to new friends, help them learn more skills, all while having lots of fun.

Run under the DSM Dance with Lynne umbrella, with help from Molly Gregorious (owner of Limelight Entertainment), you know this talented team knows their stuff about both musicals and children. Classes are suitable for ages 4-13 years. Your child will learn age-appropriate dance fitness routines to some of their favourite shows such as Matilda, High School Musical and the Lion King. Routines are designed to burn energy, build muscle, improve coordination and strengthen young bones. The class will help children to grow in confidence and use their imaginations, while portraying a variety of their favourite characters and using movement to create their own Broadway show!

There is a completely FREE TASTER session on Tuesday 12th September. Come along to register for the session at 5pm (a parent or carer must be present to sign the registration form), and class will start at 5.10pm with a 6pm finish. After the free trial, there will be a 6-week block at the introductory rate of £25 (normally £30).

For more information visit the Broadway Boogie Kids Facebook Page, or just come along in comfy clothes, with a water bottle, at 5pm on Tuesday 12th September.

Get your tickets here.

We’re super excited to celebrate the end of the summer holidays at our Back to School Disco on Saturday 2nd September!

There will be plenty of dancing, crafts and games, a licensed bar, and Little Dutch Bites will be selling their delicious poffertjes in the garden if you’re in need of a snack after throwing some moves of the dancefloor.

Tickets are only £3 per person (all children must be accompanied by a parent or carer, who must have their own ticket) and are available from Tito Tickets.

Hope to see you there!

It may be the school holidays, but there’s plenty going on at Love’s Farm House this August!

Missing your regular baby and toddler groups during the summer? No need to worry, because Hartbeeps, Baby Sensory and Mama Baby Bliss are all running summer sessions at Love’s Farm House. Hartbeeps will be taking a trip down the rabbit hole to visit Alice in Wonderland, having ice creams at the seaside and meeting some unicorns, while Baby Sensory are becoming baby frogs and visiting India. Mama Baby Bliss will be offering yoga stretches, massage and relaxing breathing exercises for your little one. Spaces are limited in all classes, so make sure you book your session in advance.

We’re excited to have St Neots Library bringing their Baby and Toddler Rhymetime to Love’s Farm House on Friday 18th August at 10.15am. There’s no need to book for this one, just bring your child (ages 0-5) along for some fun and singing, rhymes and actions. And feel free to borrow a book from our Micro Library afterwards!

For older children, Silver Rock Designs will be here every Tuesday with their popular holiday craft clubs. Aimed at children ages 5+ (younger children may join but will need some parental involvement to get the best out of the experience), each week has a different theme so your child can explore their favourite creative medium, or have a go at everything and see what they like best!

Katy North Academy of Dance is back at Love’s Farm House with two 2-day dance workshops on 2nd-3rd and 9th-10th August. The workshop themes are Multi-Style Dance, where children can learn a variety of dance styles such as Street Dance, Rock ‘n’ Roll and Latin American, and Kids of the West End, which will celebrate musicals with a strong child lead and musicals loved by children. Workshops are suitable for children aged 7-18.

If you’re concentrating on your health and fitness this summer, many of our fitness classes continue throughout the school holidays and some are offering pay-as-you-go spaces so you can organise classes around your holidays. NJ Fitness have PAYG spaces across all their classes (except Zumba), so why not give them a try? If you’re looking for some help to kick off your wellness journey, don’t forget that Healthy You offer Health Trainer appointments at Love’s Farm House on Wednesdays. Health Trainers provide one-to-one support with healthy eating, weight control, stress reduction, fitness and lots more. Call 0333 005 0093 or text healthyu to 60777 to make an appointment.

The Farm House Bar will be open on Friday evenings throughout the summer (except 11th August). You can pop in for a drink with friends, or join in with one of our themed nights – Karaoke & Cocktails on 4th August, Games Night & Book Club on 18th August and Cosy Crafts on 25th August – and enjoy our great selection of drinks, including alcohol-free beers and spirits.

Our last hurrah of the summer will be a Back to School Disco on Saturday 2nd September. We’ll entertain the kids with games and crafts, so that parents can recover from being run off their feet with a well-deserved drink at the bar. Little Dutch Bites will be offering their delicious poffertjes (mini Dutch pancakes) and we’ll be dancing to cheesy hits for young and old.

Hope to see you at Love’s Farm House this August!