Events
Wednesday
27
MAY
2026
Stories from Emma Entrepreneurs: Charlie Mercer (2013), Policy Director, Startup Coalition
6:00pm – Online, via Zoom
Join Charlie Mercer (2013), Policy Director at Startup Coalition, for an hour-long discussion around his professional journey and on how his work supports entrepreneurship and innovation.
Charlie Mercer is Policy Director at Startup Coalition. He lobbies for startups across the UK and sits on numerous Government Boards as a representative of the entrepreneurial sector. Startup Coalition was founded in 2010 and is a non-profit that works across every sector of the economy to identify opportunities for policy and regulation to support entrepreneurship and innovation. Charlie studied HSPS; matriculated in 2013; managed Emma Bar for one happy, hazy year; and previously worked at American Express.
Tuesday
2
JUN
2026
Emma in Zürich: Meet the Development Director
6:30pm – apoTHEKE, Zürichbergstrasse 17, 8032 Zürich
Meet Emma members for relaxed after-work drinks and apéro snacks in Zürich's stylish apoTHEKE bar.
Sarah Bendall, Development Director, and Anthony Harris, Bye-Fellow and Director of Studies in Computer Science, will welcome you and share some of the latest college updates. They look forward to catching up on your news.
Do come along to connect with friends old and new at this informal get-together.
Please RSVP by Tuesday 26 May.
Thursday
4
JUN
2026
Emma in Geneva: Meet the Development Director
6:00pm – Les Terrasses, La Potinière, Jardin Anglais, 1204 Cité, Geneva
Meet Emma members for relaxed after-work drinks and sharing plates at Geneva's La Potinière.
Sarah Bendall, Development Director, will welcome you and share some of the latest college updates. She looks forward to catching up on your news.
Do come along to connect with friends old and new at this informal get-together.
Please RSVP by Tuesday 26 May.
Saturday
13
JUN
2026
Tennis afternoon with Emmanuel College Tennis Club
2:00pm – Emmanuel College Sports Ground, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge, CB3 0EQ
Tennis-playing members are invited to join current members of the Emmanuel College Tennis Club for an afternoon of friendly doubles matches on the grass courts at the Wilberforce Road Sports Ground.
Please make sure to bring along your racket, a drink and a snack. Changing facilities are available. Members are welcome to attend with a guest.
Book to play. Booking closes on Friday 29 May.
Following the afternoon's tennis, members are invited to join the current members of the college team for formal hall.
To join for the evening's formal hall, please book using the Dining in College request form, noting you will attend with the tennis team in the I would like to dine with the following Fellow(s) field.
Saturday
11
JUL
2026
Emmanuel Society Garden Party
2:30pm – Emmanuel College
The Emmanuel Society is delighted to welcome you back to the college’s beautiful gardens for this year’s summer garden party.
Expect an afternoon of activities for the whole family, including Pimm’s, afternoon tea, lawn tennis, croquet, live music, face painting, children's entertainment, arts and crafts, talks, a bouncy castle, and more – all in the relaxed setting of the Paddock and Fellows’ Garden.
The pool will be open for the afternoon, so bring your costume and towel!
We hope you will join us for this special occasion.
Tickets for the party are £35 for adults, £17.50 for those aged between 5 and 17, and free for under 5s.
Book your place. Booking closes on Monday 29 June.
We regret that parking in college is limited and as such can only be offered to guests with accessibility requirements. Arrangements must be made in advance.
If you have any questions about the Emmanuel Society Garden Party, please contact the Development Office.
Tuesday
15
SEP
2026
Emmanuel Society London Drinks (15 September 2026)
6:00pm – Bunghole Cellars, 57 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6DT
You are warmly invited to our next London Drinks event. This is a great opportunity for networking and a chance to catch up with fellow Emma members from across the subjects and years. As is tradition, there'll be the chance for all attendees to win a bottle of Emmanuel College port.
You don't need to book a place for this event but, to give us an idea of expected numbers, please do register.
Members may choose to sponsor this event, which helps us keep it free for all to attend and provide some drinks. There is an option to sponsor the event on registration. Any funds received will go towards this event and subsequent events for members.
Saturday
26
SEP
2026