Fundraising

Guide dogs Ozzie and Nana were popular visitors as volunteer staff at Chosen charity shop in Holbeach presented £3,000 to another worthwhile good cause – Guide Dogs of Spalding. Pictured: Back (from left) – Dennis Pearson, Angie Issitt, Dorothy Holdbrook, Pauline Mackman, Jean Marriot, Dorothy Katze, Sheila Cleary; front – Chosen’s Mary Stevenson and Iris Boland with guide dogs Ozzie ...

Holbeach’s Chosen charity shop has made a double whammy of presentations for £2,000. Spalding PHAB is planning to put the money towards taking 50 members to a Christmas pantomime. And Boston Samaritans is using the donation to recruit new members for the support group. Pictured (from left): Mary Stevenson, Dorothy Katze, Iris Boland, Pauline Bowyer of The Samaritans, Nigel Pulford, ...

Holbeach’s Fleet Road will once more become a wonderland of Christmas lights as Jack Turner switches on the illuminations at his home. Each year Jack decorates his home to raise money for Holbeach and East Elloe Hospitals Trust. Last year his home was covered in more than 60,000 lights, raising £1,245 for the charity. This year he promises there will ...

Gosberton Public Hall is staging its first-ever beer festival this weekend. The event is being held to raise funds towards the upkeep of the High Street venue which has recently undergone a much-needed revamp. Mick Pell, chairman of the Gosberton Public Hall trustees, explained that there was a certain amount of irony surrounding the event as the hall was originally ...

South Holland District Council is supporting a campaign to mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on Friday (November 25). The day is traditionally marked by the wearing of a white ribbon. Coun Gary Taylor, portfolio holder for community, said: “We’re keen to raise awareness of this worthwhile campaign and would encourage anyone to get involved by ...

Three acts from the legendary 1967 Bar-b-que event have been booked to play at next year’s Spalding Beerfest and Music Festival. Soul act Geno Washington and The Ram Jam Band, rock act Sounds Force 5 and rhythm and blues and soul group Zoot Money will all feature – almost 50 years to the day since they appeared on the same ...

The £402.83 takings of a cake and drinks day at The Castle Sports Complex in Spalding are with Macmillan Cancer Support. Staff, customers and the Castle Café and Bar baked and brought in cakes to sell, there was a raffle by the 50+ Group and a competition to guess the number of sweets in the jar. Pictured (from left) are ...

A Christmas Shopping Extravaganza is taking place in Lutton on Thursday (Nov 10) to raise funds for ongoing repair costs for St Nicholas Church. From 2pm to 9pm, visitors to Lutton Village Hall will be able to buy Christmas cards and wrapping paper, handbags, scarves, jewellery, soaps and see lots of other gift ideas. There is also a vintage tea room ...

Santa has announced the dates that he will be journeying around the streets of Spalding with his helpers from Rotary Club of South Holland in the run-up to Christmas. The sleigh, sponsored by Oasis Pools and Spas this year, will be trying to visit as many homes as possible during December. Evening runs are between 5.30pm and 8pm. The first outings ...

A couple have celebrated their golden wedding anniversary by raising over £650 for the Stroke Association, after their son had a stroke. Shirley and Albert Storey (both 80) invited guests at their 50th anniversary party to donate money to the charity, as their son Chris had a stroke at the age 47 in May 2015. Chris was supported by the ...

The annual Spalding Action Medical Research Christmas Gift Fair is at Springfields Event Centre on Monday, November 7 (2pm-9pm) and Tuesday, November 8 (9am-4pm). More than 50 stalls will offer items to solve Christmas gift shopping in one quick go. Spalding Arts and Crafts Society will be exhibiting too. The website www.spaldingAMRchristmasgiftfair.co.uk has details of fashions on show on both ...

A fashion show staged by East Elloe Lions Club raised hundreds of pounds for charity. And there were hot flushes among some of the volunteer models when they were escorted along the catwalk by firefighters in uniform. The show at Sutton St James Village Hall was a sell-out. Good quality garments by High Street names were sold at heavily discounted ...

Parents and other grown-ups can help BBC Children In Need by taking their youngsters to a Spalding salon for a haircut. Steffens Hairdressing in Sheep Market is donating 50 per cent of the cost of children’s haircuts to the appeal. The fundraiser is between Tuesday, November 15 and Saturday, November 19. Manager Toni Thompson is hoping to beat last year’s ...

A coffee morning at Abbeygate Rest Home in Crowland raised more than £300 for Tickled Pink Breast Cancer Charity and the home’s own residents’ comfort fund. The event, arranged by new manager Jemma Robinson, introduced guests to the home’s newly refurbished lounge and to Jemma herself. She joined the company in 2010 and has trained and studied with them over ...

Veterans with the Royal Anglian and Royal Lincolnshire Regimental Association can look forward to a fantastic Christmas meal thanks to a £3,000 donation by Holbeach charity shop Chosen. It will be at The Woodlands Hotel in Spalding in December. Chosen’s joint manager Iris Boland said: “We wish them all a very enjoyable and very well deserved meal from all at ...

A group of villagers look set to secure special status for their local pub in a bid to get it reopen and protect it from a change of use. South Holland District Council portfolio holder for community Gary Taylor has given his approval to the application for The Jolly Crispin in Lutton (pictured) to be named an “asset of community ...

Members of Spalding Round Table and Spalding Ladies’ Circle have been visiting some of the good causes helped with profits from their first beerfest. The event in May generated more than £15,000 to be distributed to youth groups and organisations in the local community. As part of the latest donations, Spalding Gymnastic Academy received £1,175 towards mats for a London ...

Veterans with the Royal Anglian and Royal Lincolnshire Regimental Association can look forward to a fantastic Christmas meal thanks to a £3,000 donation by Holbeach charity shop Chosen. It will be at The Woodlands Hotel in Spalding in December. Chosen’s joint manager Iris Boland said: “We wish them all a very enjoyable and very well deserved meal from all at ...

A band comprising senior-aged musicians has no interest in making money – other than for charity. RetrospeKt is seven friends aged from 65 upwards based in Moulton Seas End. The band emerged after guitarist and vocalist John Heron placed a ‘wanted’ ad in shops and a magazine. He said: “I was in a band in Essex before I moved up ...

Holbeach Beer and Music Festival has donated £7,365.20 profits to local charities and good causes. The second running of the August event was another huge hit with the public. Organiser Sean Taylor thanked Holbeach district councillors Francis Biggadike, Tracey Carter and Paul Foyster and South Holland District Council deputy leader Nick Worth for their support. He added: “We had a ...