Rural community volunteers and dignitaries welcomed the Duke of Gloucester to Ely as the charity Cambridgeshire ACRE marked its centenary. Since its inception in 1924, the Cambridgeshire Action for Communities in Rural England (ACRE) has helped inject an estimated £100million of investment into the county’s rural communities. The Duke of Gloucester, who spent the day in the county, cut a 100-year birthday cake during the celebratory visit to St Mary’s Church, where he met village hall trustees, rural affordable housing partners, community hub volunteers and village agents, as well as Cambridge…