Louise Cummings

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Features Writer at Velvet Magazine

Features Writer at Cambridge Independent

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Fit Bits: Simon Watts helps clients get stronger through reformer Pilates

5 days ago | velvetmag.co.uk | Louise Cummings

Published: 14:13, 02 June 2025 | Updated: 14:13, 02 June 2025 Simon Watts is a personal trainer, Reformer Pilates instructor and Cancer Exercise Specialist based who runs Yes You Can Fitness in Bury St EdmundsMy fitness storyI qualified as a PT in 2017, and later added qualifications for Reformer Pilates, GP Referral and Exercise for Cancer Rehab. I was motivated to start Yes You Can Fitness by my dad, who was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2018.
Competition: Win two tickets to a cocktails and calligraphy workshop

3 weeks ago | velvetmag.co.uk | Louise Cummings

WIN IT!Ready to channel your creativity? Now’s your chance as Su Khanna, AKA the supremely talented Cambridge Calligrapher, is giving away two tickets to her Cocktails and Calligraphy Summer Workshop at The LAB, Cambridge on June 20. One lucky winner will receive a pair of tickets plus two personalised gifts, totalling £200. Su began calligraphy as a creative outlet when caring for her newborn daughter.
Review: Japanese Restaurant KIBOU launches stunning spring/summer menu

3 weeks ago | velvetmag.co.uk | Louise Cummings

Louise Cummings is transported to the eclectic streets of Tokyo with a tantalising selection of exquisite Japanese dishes at KIBOU, from premium sushi to miso marinated salmon From the minute you step inside KIBOU restaurant and bar, housed in an iconic and characterful Grade II listed building on Jesus Lane, it’s wall-to-wall wow-factor.
Feature: The inspiring story behind East Anglian-based charity Ormiston Families

1 month ago | velvetmag.co.uk | Louise Cummings

Charity partner for Velvet Magazine’s 2025 Food & Drink Awards, Ormiston Families has been helping to create brighter futures across East Anglia since 1981. Andrew Fitchett, Head of Communications and Public Affairs, tells us moreHow did Ormiston Families begin? It was inspired by a woman called Fiona Ormiston Murray who sadly passed away on her honeymoon. Everyone knew that she wanted to start a family so her parents and siblings decided to do something to honour her memory.
Fit Bits: Meet PTs Zoë and Em who run fully-inclusive EmpowerFitUK in Cambridge

1 month ago | velvetmag.co.uk | Louise Cummings

Published: 10:37, 15 April 2025 | Updated: 10:37, 15 April 2025 Cambridge-based PT duo Zoë MacFadyen and Em Wyer are dedicated to making fitness inclusive, safe and enjoyable for allOur fitness storyWe’re Zoë and Em - personal trainers with over nine years of joint experience in the fitness industry. We founded EmpowerFitUK - Cambridge’s only female PT duo who want to make fitness a safe and inclusive space for everyone to feel their best.
Feature: A life-long love of skateboarding inspired Max Jamieson to start his own school

1 month ago | velvetmag.co.uk | Louise Cummings

Since the moment he jumped onto his first skateboard as a child in Portugal, Max Jamieson has been hooked! Now the founder of Cambridge’s Shredder Skate School, he passes on the joy of the thrilling sport to a whole new generationWhen did you launch Shredder and what inspired you? I started the school in 2016 as I was giving skateboarding lessons as a way to raise money for the new skate park in Burwell.
Fundraising Fun: Join the Sunset Walk and help Bury’s St Nicholas Hospice

1 month ago | velvetmag.co.uk | Louise Cummings

Published: 15:34, 10 April 2025 | Updated: 15:34, 10 April 2025 As the sun sets on a balmy summer’s day, step out into the night for a pleasant stroll with family or friends to support an amazing cause. The St Nicholas Hospice Care’s Sunset Walk, which sets off from Abbey Gardens in Bury St Edmunds on Saturday, June 21, is an evening of remembrance, celebration and community spirit.
Wellbeing: Time to slow down and discover Mother Nature’s health benefits

1 month ago | velvetmag.co.uk | Louise Cummings

Does nature have the power to heal? Clinical hypnotherapist and stress-management coach Melanie Davies explores ways to connect to Mother Earth’s medicine Celebrating International Mother Earth Day and Stress Awareness Month, it seems fitting to focus on the relationship between the two. Living in a fast-paced, increasingly urban and tech-driven world, I invite you to slow down for a moment and dip into the science behind the incredible benefits that nature offers to our health and wellbeing.
What’s On: Meet adorable baby dinos and mighty beasts at Grand Arcade

2 months ago | velvetmag.co.uk | Louise Cummings

Brace yourself for roarsome fun this Easter as Grand Arcade turns prehistoric with the arrival of six awesome animatronic dinosaursDino-mite adventure awaits at Jurassic Arcade where fearless explorers can track down a terrifying Tyrannosaurus, come face-to-face with a razor-toothed Troodon and chance upon a Ceratosaurus. Six colossal creatures including a Plateosaurus, Kentrosaurus and Triceratops, are currently stomping the grounds of Grand Arcade.
What’s On: Five cracking Easter events for all the family

2 months ago | velvetmag.co.uk | Louise Cummings

Published: 14:13, 03 April 2025 | Updated: 14:13, 03 April 2025 Here’s five family-friendly activities to make Easter egg-stra special, from following fox’s footsteps at Cambridge University Botanic Garden to setting sail for a hunt on a puntRiver AdventureClamber aboard a 50-minute chauffeured punt on the River Cam and complete an activity booklet before scouring Cambridge on foot for clues and Easter eggs. Once finished, claim your treat from Hardy’s sweetshop.