We were delighted to welcome Professor Victoria Avery (Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge), Dawnanna Kreeger (independent researcher) & Dr Carol Brown-Leonardi (Open University) as speakers for our annual Black History Month lecture in October 2025. They discussed their archival research into the biographies of Olaudah Equiano’s Ely-born, Soham-resident wife, Susannah Cullen (1762–1796) & their Soham-born daughters, Anna Maria Vassa (1793–1797) & Joanna Vassa (1795–1857). Olaudah Equiano and Susannah Cullen were married in St Andrew's Church Soham on 7th April 1792, and their daughters were later baptised here. Susannah lies buried in the churchyard.

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Seasonal visits to church by our local school and preschool children are highlights of every year. In the week before Easter 2025, the Childminders of Soham, Fordham and Wicken; Little Wombatz Preschool; The Willows Day Care Centre; and The Weatheralls Primary School EYFS classes all came to hear the Easter story, sing Easter songs and hunt for Easter eggs. Here are Little Wombatz doing just that...

As part of the Development Phase of our current church restoration project and generously funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund and made possible by National Lottery players, members of the St Andrew's Church congregation, local volunteers and community groups, together with Heritage professionals and the many other organisations who took part, the St Andrew's Church History Fair 2025 was attended by over 700 people of all ages, including a few time-travellers.

Later in October, a group from Soham joined friends from St Andrew's Church Chesterton, the African Caribbean Research Group and others to celebrate the re-discovery of Equiano and Susannah's elder daughter Anna Maria Vassa in St Andrew's Church Chesterton's Churchyard.

More information is available here: Rediscovering Anna Maria Vassa’s Grave

In November 2025, we were proud to host an exhibition commemorating the 80th Anniversary of VJ Day. The exhibition was created by the Soham Branch of the Royal British Legion, and was originally displayed in Soham Scout and Guide hut on 16 August 2025, the day after the anniversary itself.

Our annual Christmas Tree Festival saw a record number of local community organisations and businesses taking part, with visits from the Childminders of Soham, Fordham and Wicken; Little Wombatz Preschool; The Willows Day Care Centre; The Weatheralls Primary School EYFS classes; The Cam at St Andrew's School and Soham Windmills Playgroup. Here are some of the trees!