Community

Youngsters awarded medals and certificates for taking part in The Great South Holland Artsathlon are pictured with South Holland District Council community portfolio holder Coun Gary Taylor and community development officer Dani Nundy. The annual event organised by the council, invites children aged four and upwards to take part in arts activities during the summer holidays. Participants are awarded points ...

Shoeboxes filled with Christmas gifts for people less fortunate have been packed at Long Sutton Baptist Church. Members of 1st Long Sutton Boys’ Brigade and 2nd Long Sutton Girls’ Brigade, along with church members, sent 35 parcels for distribution in the third world via Samaritan’s Purse’s Operation Christmas Child. Brigade team leader and church deacon Corinne Cooper said: “We all ...

Part of the Holbeach Christmas weekend next month has had to be pulled. A parade and market stalls organised by Les Ward will not go ahead on Sunday, December 4 as the event committee was too late submitting a road closure request and event plan. Mr Ward said: “I’d just like to say sorry to everyone for letting them down. ...

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 ...

The Holbeach Cemetery Chapels Trust has formed a volunteer study group to assist the trust with grave recording and research in Holbeach Cemetery. The Holbeach Cemetery Research Group (pictured) held its inaugural meeting in September and already has 18 members. Many of them worked with the trust to develop last weekend’s Reminiscence Day and Act of Remembrance Ceremony. Project officer ...

Holbeach detachment of Lincolnshire Army Cadet Force has gone from strength to strength since its move to new premises at the Holbeach Hub. The new base in Holbeach Youth Centre led to an increase in cadet numbers. Sergeant Instructor Jonathan Harold is the new detachment commander for Holbeach. He was a member of the regular Army, serving 15 years in ...

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 ...

Spalding town centre will be more attractive to shoppers in the run-up to Christmas thanks to a financial lift enabling a series of events. Spalding Town Centre Management Board (STCMB) has agreed funding of more than £5,000 from the Springfields S106 pot. The cash injection comes soon after Baytree Garden Centre at Weston extended its agreement to donate a Christmas ...

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 ...

Holbeach Cemetery Chapels Trust would like to learn more about the people buried in the Park Road cemetery and is inviting the public to share their stories, memories and keepsakes of loved ones at an informal Reminiscence Day on Sunday.(Nov 6) Members of Holbeach Cemetery Research Group will help recording people’s memories and there will be old photographs on display. ...

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 ...

The Broadgate Group has announced the renewal of its sponsorship of the film programme at the South Holland Centre in Spalding for another year. To celebrate the expansion of the partnership, a special screening of Tim Burton’s Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children was held at the centre. The evening was well attended by local councillors and businesses, and staff ...

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 ...

There were dual celebrations at the October meeting of Spalding Fulney Women’s Institute. The branch was founded in 1936 and the members enjoyed a special cake made by Chrissy Neary-Phillips to mark the 80th anniversary. Also (pictured) president Rosemary Knight presented a silver WI brooch to Jenny Manning, a former president, who first joined the WI 50 years ago.

With half term now under way there is plenty happening at Springfields this week. Many of our top stores such as Gap, Marks and Spencer and Clarks have great offers so make sure you pop in to get yourself a bargain. Remember the new Fat Face store is now open with clothing for all the family and this new outlet ...