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A Spalding charity shop was so busy with furniture donations that it has taken a leap by opening a dedicated store. The Lighthouse Project, which has a shop and café in Sheep Market, now has a unit at Broadgate House in Westlode Street. The shop has soft furnishings and electrical goods and is open on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays 10am-2pm. ...

Nuclear weapons test veteran Douglas Hern has been invited to give a talk to Amnesty International in Oslo. Douglas, who lives in Moulton, will fly out to Norway in the spring where he will speak at the charity’s International Council Meeting (ICM). Ex-Royal Navy cook Douglas flew to Christmas Island off the coast of Australia on his 21st birthday in ...

Spalding-based Padma Yoga is set to continue its fundraising efforts into 2016 starting this Saturday. Hosting a morning of Warming Winter Yoga in aid of the Calderdale Flood Relief Fund, studio owner Claire Thomas is hoping to raise around £250 for the people of Calderdale who recently experienced some of the worst flooding on record. The total donation will be ...

Tulip Radio is inviting people to create a piece of artwork to mark the forthcoming 90th birthday of The Queen – and it will be presented to the monarch. The Spalding-based radio station will allocate a year of the Queen’s reign to each interested party, which might be a business, club or individual. Business manager Jan Whitbourn said: “You can ...

A keyboard player is being sought for a charity production to be performed in the autumn. A spokesman for Whaplode Drove Players said: “We are a local amateur group of players who enjoy doing what we do and benefitting others at the same time.” The show is likely to have a wartime theme. To find out more call Hadyn on ...

A reunion of classmates from more than 50 years ago will happen thanks to the hard work of one of the pupils. Dennis Woods spent the final five months of 2015 trying to trace former colleagues from the 1960 Upper Class Five at The Peele School in Long Sutton. And his dedication paid off when he was able to track ...

Encouraging people to talk about mental health issues is the aim of a coffee morning in Spalding next month. About one in four people are affected each year, so the message from charity Time To Change is that no one should be ashamed to discuss it. To help get Spalding talking about mental health, Give It Some Fizz Fitness, Sports ...

An annual football match between a school’s staff and students has raised more than £200. The annual Sir John Gleed School Staff vs Post 16 Students Football match has boosted the coffers of the Callum Pite Smile Charity, set up in memory of a former Pinchbeck schoolboy. Representatives of the good cause were present during the game which saw the ...

Spalding Royal Naval Association shipmate Charles Angel received one of the best presents just before his 90th birthday. He received The Chevalier De La Legion d’honneur – the highest medal that France can bestow. Mr Angel entered service of the Royal Navy in 1943 as a 17-year-old Able Seaman until he left the service in 1947. The Legion d’honneur is ...

Young people are being encouraged to join a street dance group near them and get dancing! The street dance sessions are part of the legacy of Dance Factor Lincolnshire 2015, a large scale project which provided ten weeks of free street dance sessions for young people across Lincolnshire last year. The project culminated with a grand final in Lincoln in ...

Spalding Water Polo’s bid to play in the National League for the first time has received £500 support from Spalding and District Round Table. Spalding Water Polo treasurer Nick Rickett said: “We’re applying to the National League, which is available to only 40 teams. “We’re very grateful to Spalding Round Table for the donation.” News of the application is expected ...

A couple are enjoying some well-deserved rest – and lie-ins – in retirement after 24 years working on South Holland markets. Paul and Jackie Randall started with a stall on Long Sutton market and over the years their ranges of underwear, nightwear, socks, gloves and hats have also featured at Spalding, Holbeach and Crowland. The couple also had a stall ...

Newly-created folk music will be premiered at Spalding’s South Holland Centre tonight (Wednesday, January 6). Guitarist and vocalist Dave Malkin, a London-based musician, will return to his roots (he was born and grew up in Moulton) to perform the music from “Gravity”, with fiddle player John Dipper. The duo received the 2015 English Folk Dance and Song Society Creative Artist ...

Potentially life-saving equipment has been installed at a Spalding shop. A defibrillator has been attached to the outside wall of Premier Stores in Pennygate, meaning it is available to the public any time of the day or night. Shop owner Sam Kandola said: “The ambulance service approached us and asked if we could have the defibrillator and we were happy ...

This year’s Give A Gift Appeal has been the best yet – and that’s thanks to the generosity of Voice readers. The Spalding and South Holland Voice teamed up with Spalding letting agent We’ll Let Your House to launch the appeal back in November and we kicked it off with £200 of toys bought from The Spalding and South Holland ...

Pupils at two Spalding primary schools are benefiting from new kitchen pods providing hot and nutritious lunches. St Paul’s and St John The Baptist were two of seven schools in the county to have stand-alone, fully equipped kitchen pods installed after Lincolnshire County Council won a £1.2m bid from the Department for Education under the universal free school meals programme. ...

If you’ve not taken your children to see Santa yet, you should definitely consider a visit to Springfields. This year the Spalding-based outlet shopping centre has its biggest ever indoor grotto and paired with the free amazing Winter Wonderland Walk it provides great entertainment for kids. The grotto and Wonderland Walk are both open until 3pm on Christmas Eve, so there’s still plenty of time to ...

Futsal sessions for youngsters will be resuming at Spalding High School sports hall on Tuesday, January 5. It follows a successful first trial by Elite Sports Academy. Open for ages 5 to 13, these are the only futsal sessions in the area. Becoming ever more popular, the sport is an adapted version of indoor 5-a-side football, where the balls are smaller ...

Long Sutton’s Christmas tree was blessed by Father Jonathan Sibley, of St Mary’s Parish Church. He also said a prayer before the switch-on of the town’s lights. Also pictured (from left) are Long Sutton Parish Council vice-chairman and town crier Coun Charles Moore with daughter Olivia, chairman Coun Ruth Barber and Paige Haynes, winner of the parish council’s Christmas brochure ...

About 40 members of Spalding’s Broad Street Methodist Church Lunch Club enjoyed its Christmas meal last week. Pictured: Back (from left) – leaders and helpers Judith Dodd, Dorothy Basford, Barbara Howard; front – Marjorie Gant, Kathleen Martin, Barbara Pett and Sylvia Parsons Photo: VNC091215-28