Fundraising

A seven-year-old South Holland boy was so moved by the plight of the homeless that he decided to help raise money. Seth Terrington saw a TV advert for the Salvation Army’s appeal to pay for a room to help a homeless person. He asked his parents, Ollie and Helen, to rewind the ad so he could watch it again and ...

The generosity of the public will make Christmas a much nicer time for those in need as the Give a Gift campaign celebrates its most successful year to date. Spearheaded by Coun Harry Drury, Give a Gift has got donated toys to less fortunate for the last seven years.     Harry said: “Even after seven years of doing this, ...

A local choir has donated money to help an organisation that provides sanitary products to schools. A Handful of Harmonies has given £100 to The Red Box Project. It provides schools with the boxes if a young woman needs a sanitary product urgently. A spokesman for The Red Box Project, said: “The ladies at A Handful of Harmonies in Spalding ...

Spalding Air Cadets have raised well over a thousand pounds through its Race Night. Cadet Warrant Officer CWO Jordan Bertaloso (19) put on the event recently which raised a fantastic, £1,399 and proved to be one of the most successful events the 1406 (Spalding) Squadron has held. The money will be split between The Royal Air Forces Association charity and ...

It’s your last chance to help make a child’s Christmas by donating to the Give a Gift appeal. We’ve had a fantastic response so far but every gift will unwrap a whole world of delight for a young person aged between three and 14 on Christmas Day who might otherwise receive nothing. The generous people at Westlode Fisheries in Spalding ...

A village’s public hall is a few hundred pounds closer to its goal of a new boiler thanks to a donation by a Freemasons lodge. Fenland Masonic Lodge of Long Sutton has donated £750 to Gosberton Public Hall. Rona Perry, treasurer and trustee of the Public Hall, said: “We are over the moon to get this unexpected and most welcome ...

Progress on a community hub is well underway thanks to the region’s charitiable tradesmen who have worked for free to start. Health and Wellbeing charity Tonic Health put out an appeal for help to convert a disused former art studio into a community hub and café in Surfleet and the past two weekends the call was answered. For the charity’s ...

The Give A Gift Appeal has received a huge boost this week thanks to Weston’s Baytree Garden Centre donating 300 presents. The gifts will be added to scores of amazing presents given by our generous readers, ensuring children who wouldn’t normally get a present will have a happier Christmas. Harry Drury, of We’ll Let Your House, said: “I would like ...

Freemasons in Lincolnshire have helped give the air ambulance that serves the county a lift. Members of the group have donated £4,000 to the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance to help keep it running. David Wheeler, the Lincolnshire Freemasonry’s provincial grand master, said: “We all hope never to need the valuable support of the air ambulance, but tragedy can strike ...

There was plenty to celebrate at the bingo earlier this month. The total raised by Phyllis Baxter at Whaplode Village Hall saw a cheque for £576.60 presented to the village hall funds. “Many players were wearing Christmas jumpers and it was lovely. It made it go so well and everyone got a free mince pie and all the prizes were ...

Spalding Cats Protection League is hoping South Holland residents can help make Christmas for the animals in their care. The organisation was so overwhelmed by the amount of contributions collected by the Spalding Voice last year, that it is hoping to repeat the result this Christmas. Staff and volunteers have had a really busy year, with more cats and kittens ...

A Spalding community worker who saved a group for lung disease sufferers has been honoured. Suzanne Wills had been involved in the Spalding Happy Breathers COPD group as part of her job with Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service. Funding for the group ended in the summer but Suzanne has carried on as a volunteer in her own time to keep ...

Two anonymous donors are helping Spalding’s Sue Ryder Bookshop with two ‘extraordinary’ donations. The first item handed to the shop in The Crescent is a brand new Hornby 00 gauge model locomotive called ‘Thorpe Hall’ – which is the location of the charity’s hospice in Peterborough. “The donor deliberately presented us with this item because he was hopeful that the ...

Staff at Spalding Travel are hoping you can pack for other people as they’re looking to provide Christmas Hampers for those most in need. Its parent company Holiday With Us Group are working with charities Agape and Salvation Army to provide extra festive cheer to disadvantaged families. The hampers will be packed with items such as Christmas goodies, food, toys ...

It’s the time of year when we ask our readers to dig deep and help make Christmas very special for local children who may otherwise miss out. The Spalding Voice office is a collection point for the annual Give a Gift Campaign and we are hoping to pack the office with toys galore. “Having founded the campaign seven years ago ...

Hundreds of pounds was raised at Applegreen Services in Spalding on Thursday when Children in Need mascot bear Pudsey stopped by and spent the morning outside rattling a collection bucket. A spokesman for Greggs said £220 was raised during the morning’s collection alone. The Greggs store had been fundraising for Children in Need all week, with a stall by the ...

A Holbeach gym owner has raised almost £1,000 for RBL and Royal Marines Charity by completing a Centenery Challenge that took almost 10 hours of gruelling physical pain. Former Royal Marine Sam started at 6am on Friday and for the next nine hours and 54 minutes, people dropped in to donate and cheer him on as he attempted to run ...

A sell-out charity concert by the Ukelele Orchestra of Spalding raised an astonishing £4,000 for charity. Several members of orchestra went back to the South Holland Centre venue to present the impressive amount to the East Midlands Alzheimer’s Society last week. The orchestra members covered the cost of hiring the venue and the services of the centre staff, to ensure ...

A mobile cancer treatment unit has received a cash boost thanks to a family of fundraisers who give in memory of their beloved father and husband. Spalding couple Diane and Ian Tilley held a coffee morning to raise money for cancer care recently. It was backed by Diane’s twin sister, Elaine, raising £465 by hosting craft days at her home. ...

Hundreds of people watched a fireworks display fundraiser for veterans without paying, leaving the event £2,000 out of pocket, the organiser has claimed. Harold Payne of the Anglia Motel in Fleet says he himself will foot the shortfall but the event last Saturday won’t be able to provide funds towards helping veterans go to Normandy to commemorate the D-Day landings ...