Fundraising

If you have a present to donate to this year’s Give a Gift appeal, you can drop it off at South Holland District Council’s Spalding offices. The district council is one of the companies kindly supporting this year’s campaign as a collection point. The appeal, which was launched by Coun Harry Drury in 2011, helps to ensure Christmas is a ...

You can get your skates on this weekend to help a Spalding women who’s to run the London Marathon for a mental health charity. Sam Hall will take on the 26.2-mile challenge in April next year for the Mental Health Foundation. And as part of the fund raising a special roller disco is being held in her honour at the ...

Three charities are hundreds of pounds better off thanks to a ladies’ fashion store. Cindy’s of Sutton Bridge has put on two fashion shows in recent weeks. One in Boston raised a fantastic £572 each for Marie Curie and St Barnabas Hospice. And another held as a fund-raiser for Tonic Health has helped land the Spalding-based charity £788. All of ...

Make this Christmas a happy one for those children who are less fortunate by donating a toy to the Give A Gift appeal. The Spalding and South Holland Voice have once again teamed up with South Holland district councillor and businessman Harry Drury to launch the appeal. Mr Drury, who founded the Give a Gift campaign in 2011, said: “Sadly, ...

A group that helps those with disabilities take part in equine sports has received a boost from a Long Sutton based charity. The Fenland Daylight Lodge presented a cheque of £500 to the Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA)’s Fenland branch. Formed in 1981 by Elizabeth Dixon-Spain and Jane Carter to give local disabled children the opportunity to share in ...

Organisers of a foodbank have been told they can no longer collect donations from the supermarket they’ve worked with for years. The Holbeach Community Larder and Sutton Bridge Foodbank have for the last four years had a collection at Tesco’s Holbeach. But this year Tesco and FareShare have linked up to distribute food donated to all stalls to the Trussell ...

A Whaplode six-year-old has raised more than £500 for Children In Need by cycling 50 miles. Ella Higgins, a pupil at Whaplode School, was inspired to take on the charity effort after seeing a boy with cerebral palsy taking part in a variety of fun activities thanks to Children In Need. She wanted to do something to help others and ...

South Holland residents have once again helped fill up the charity buckets at a service station. Like last year, staff from Applegreen in Spalding and its Greggs branch have been raising money for Children In Need with Pudsey himself even popping in. Staff, including a number from Applegreen’s Milton Keynes head office, handed out cakes. A spokesman for Applegreen: “We ...

Staff at the Munro Medical Centre have raised over £1,400 for charity by taking part in the Lincoln Muddy Run. Those that work for the Spalding GP practice that’s celebrating its centenary this year took on the Race for Life event for Cancer Research UK. There was also a team of supporters from the practice while a celebration was held ...

A Spalding barber is turning Movember on its head and getting rid of the beard he’s grown for years. Steve Jackson has had the around-nine-inch beard for nearly seven years. The 28-year-old, who works at Stuart’s Barber Shop in Spalding, is doing so particularly to raise awareness of mental health issues. “I’ve wanted to take part in Movember for a ...

The South Holland branch of the Macular Society were in Spalding recently raising awareness of the condition. In association with Molsom and Associates Opticians, the charity’s members were on Spalding Market, handing out information on the condition. They included Leonard Sharpe, the chair of the group, who has suffered macular degeneration in both eyes for the last 30 years. “We’re ...

An annual Christmas toy appeal has been launched and it’s first fundraising event of the season is a quizzical one tomorrow night. Jelly’s & Jolly’s Community Association, Sutton Bridge Christmas Toy Appeal was officially launched last Saturday. This is its sixth year and once again, it hopes to provide young people a Christmas gift who for various reasons may have ...

A Spalding schoolgirl has donated a fantastic 17 inches of hair to Little Princess Trust after years of growing it. Sophie Callow (9), of Clumber Drive, went for her first haircut in years at Short Cuts Salon on Wednesday, where hairdresser Susan Patman cut it for free and even a man having his hair cut before her donated to her ...

A Donington man has celebrated his fifth charity snooker event. Nigel Brasier held his latest snooker tournament on Saturday at Spalding Constitutional Club, in aid of fundraising and awareness for Motor Neurone Disease Association (MNDA). Mr Brasier is affected by the condition himself and was joined on the day by Sir John Hayes MP, along with friends, family and a ...

A Spalding man who turns 50 years old next month is marking the occasion with a big American run to raise money for a guide dog charity. Nick Pearson got the idea to run for Guide Dogs for the Blind from his father, Dennis, who is blind. Dennis is a regular in Spalding with his guide dog, Ozzie. By running ...

A charity effort five years ago has inspired a Spalding six-year-old. India-Rose Waite wondered why her mum Rachel Woods was completely bald in pictures at the Wygate Road home. In fact it’s because Rachel shaved her head raising £1,000 for Macmillan in solidarity with a friend who was remission from breast cancer at the time. Hearing about that has led ...

Local food firm Bakkavor has presented over £24,000 to local charities. The cash was raised at its annual Fun Weekend and Party in the Park music event. The firm described this year’s event as “the biggest ever” with the music event attended by a “record breaking crowd”. Every year Bakkavor financially matches all proceeds made from the two-day event which ...

A Spalding woman who organised a charity ball to help her through her battle with cancer has helped raise over £17,000. Tina Rowe (41) put on the Boobie Ball at Springfields recently with the funds being split between Breast Cancer Care and Prostate Cancer UK. Over 500 attended the event, including Emmerdale stars Bhasker Patel, Liam Fox and Jonny McPherson. ...

A new community ball planned for Holbeach will take place in March next year, 100 years after its theme – the roaring 20s. Organised by parish councillor Isobel Hutchinson and daughter Sophie, the ball at the community centre will raise money to fund projects in the town. Coun Hutchinson said: “We are both passionate about are town and are already ...

Spalding Air Cadets have landed a cash boost thanks to local firm Bakkavor. Members of the 1406 (Spalding) squadron of the RAF Air Cadets have been given £3,200 by Bakkavor. It follows the cadets assisting with car parking at its annual Party in the Park in July. Flight Lieutenant Marc Fowler, Officer Commanding, said: “I am so grateful for the ...