Hosting team members:Providing free bed and breakfast for one or two Christian team members, 15 - 20 minutes cycle/walk from Cambridge town centre.
5th – 19th July, 19th July – 2nd August 2026.
Help with bikes:
Do you have several hours each month from May-September?
Our team members get around town on our fleet of bikes, stored outside Cambridge the rest of the year. In May and June the bikes are checked and prepared/fixed. We hire a van to bring them into town in late June. On 2 Sundays we need help giving out the bikes to team members.
You will need availability to help fix/transport bikes before the outreach starts, and to help out on some Sundays and possibly some weekdays over the summer.
Praying for CIO
During the summer we send out weekly prayer updates – you can sign up at
ficambs.uk/pray
Practical help:
- Setting up Andy’s Café (date tbc)
- Delivering team members' luggage to their hosts (5th and 17th July)
- Packing up Andy’s Café (date tbc)
- Transporting equipment
Mid-week
The following are ways to help mid-week. You don’t need to be available every day or every week. Even just being able to help a couple of times is a great help.
Mondays – Wednesdays 4-5.30pm
Joining sports events, talking with the students
Mondays – Wednesdays 4.30-5.30pm
Helping at English Conversation – a conversation class for language learners
Mondays – Thursdays 3-8pm
Helping cook and wash dishes for the CIO team’s evening meal (and enjoy the meal with them!)
Mondays – Thursdays 7pm onwards
Help with set up and set down of Andy’s Café, serving refreshments, welcoming students
The weekday activities will take place at Parker's Piece (sports), St Andrew's Street Baptist Church (English Corner, Andy's café) and Eden Baptist Church (evening meal and washing up).
Interested in any of the above? Register your interest in volunteering:
www.ficambs.uk/ciovolunteers Then we’ll be in touch with more information and to complete the Friends International volunteer signup process (we ask that all our volunteers sign the Friends International statement of faith, and provide the name of someone from their church who can write a short reference, if you haven't done so already).
