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A Holbeach care home is offering free coffee to emergency workers. The Blue Light Coffee Stop has been set up at Holbeach Meadows on Daisy Road which itself only opened in August. Home manager Debbie Holman says staff from blue light services can call in for a coffee whenever they pass by, day or night. “We all highly value the ...

Local charities are coming together to collect goods over the next two weeks to help the district’s homeless. Ella’s Project has joined with St Barnabas Hospice shop and St Thomas Project for two weeks from Saturday. Donations of duvets, blankets, sleeping bags and warm winter coats for teenagers and adults can be left at two venues over the next fortnight. ...

Saturday, May 13, 2023 is the new date for the Spalding Flower Parade. King Charles III’s Coronation on the original date of May 5 left chief organiser Steve Timewell with little option but to move the date after he’d contacted key stakeholders. The potential for a celebration alongside the crowning had been mooted but he told a meeting of the ...

A fundraising ball has topped £40,000 in money raised for charities with its tenth outing. The Spalding and Welland branch of The Rotary Club’s Two Lips Ball returned on Friday, as 90 people enjoyed a three-course meal and the entertainment of local band Zebra at the Springfields Exhibition Centre. It’s organised by Sarah Prior, in memory of her dad George ...

A charity set up in Fleet to help those fleeing the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces is appealing for more support, including looking for businesses to sponsor lorry deliveries. Boxes Of Hope was set up by Mandy Baxter at the Anglia Motel in March and has seen enormous growth to the point it’s now a central point of the ...

The Spalding Inner Wheel’s latest International Lunch raised money for the British Red Cross’ Ukrainian Appeal. The charity’s Jayne Owens was the guest at the lunch at Cley Hall. A spokesman for the Inner Wheel said: “After lunch was served to guests, Jayne Owens, senior fundraiser for the East Midlands, gave an inspiring and enlightening presentation providing an insight into ...

A pub’s golf day saw them downing puts rather than pints recently and helped net £2,130 for charity. Regulars at The Lincoln Arms in Spalding put on the charity tournament recently at Gedney Hill Golf Club. The competition was won by Eddie Rhodes. Organiser Nigel Burrell said: “I’m overwhelmed with the support and the amount raised. “I would like to ...

Members of 2430 (Holbeach) RAF Air Cadets popped in to visit Holbeach Fire Station recently. The young people were given fire safety input from the Holbeach’s on call crew and were tasked with an initiative exercise devised by the fire crew to search an area to locate a ‘casualty’ whilst being blindfolded to simulate the real-life search firefighters would undertake ...

The chairman of South Holland District Council reached new heights in his fundraising efforts. Coun Paul Redgate is looking to raise money for the charity MIND during his year in office and is looking to do at least one event a month to raise money and awareness for the organisation. The most recent was a skydive at Sibson Airfield done ...

Plans for Remembrance Sunday in Holbeach are set to reach new heights. Fleet Hargate man Harold Payne says he’s linked up with Holbeach St John’s Flying Club to carry out an airdrop of half a million poppy petals on Sunday, November 13. The owner of The Anglia Motel held what he calls ‘The People’s Parade’ after Holbeach Parish Council held ...

The area went green for Macmillan Coffee Mornings on Friday with a number of events held to raise money for the cancer charity. They included an event at the Moulton Harrox Sports and Social Club which raised a fantastic £1,000.As well as a tombola and raffle. Carolyn Naylor said: “Over 100 people came along. The event was very successful and ...

A South Holland charity which has helped people for six decades is ready to return to the town. The Spalding branch of Mencap was badly hit when volunteer numbers for club sessions fell to just three.Wendy and David Houghton were two of them, and they have both been involved for half a century. The Gateway Club met every Friday for ...

A historic Spalding venue has some new residents thanks to the generosity of a local business. Smalley House and Garden Plants has stocked the pond in memory of the business founder Roger Smalley who died in October last year. Roger’s son Nick and his wife Sandra have donated 60 fish, including Ghost Carp and Koi to help populate the newly-refurbished ...

A woman running the London Marathon in memory of her friend who was due to take part was among the South Holland runners raising thousands for charity at Sunday’s event. Karen Pearson decided to run it after Teresa Walton, who was raising money for Breast Cancer UK after beating that condition, died in a road accident last year. Karen released ...

A Sutton Bridge cafe owner is hoping to raise more than £10,000 with a special charity calendar. Pippa Jones, who runs Pippa’s Pantry on Bridge Street, has been working on the project in memory of her later father David Burrows. He died aged 73 seven years ago as a result of the condition. His daughter was inspired by the film ...

Plans are moving forward to create a community hub for Spalding which will cater for a wide range of different uses. Project St Thomas has the long-term aim of providing a centre for all members of the community. This week sees a consultation exercise to identify key areas for potential future uses. The chapel on St Thomas’s Road will also ...

A special bingo night brought in over £1,000 for the Spalding Flower Parade last week and was held as a memorial to Coun Angela Newton. The event was initially organised by the late councillor, but those on the Flower Parade committee decided to continue with the event and hold it in her memory. A minute’s silence was held to start ...

The Friends of Johnson Community Hospital held their annual September fayre recently. The event took place at Pinchbeck Village Hall and was attended by South Holland District Council vice chairman Andrew Woolf. Entertainment was provided by the U3A choir, while the Pinchbeck Women’s Institute provided tea, coffee and cakes. The Tollgate Women’s Institute organised the tombola and the Inner Wheel ...

A Holbeach man is to roller skate in circles around 200km over 24 hours to raise money for his son’s football team. Stuart Shearwood wants to get more equipment for Holbeach United U8s for whom his son Klay plays as a goalkeeper. He’s taking on the 24-hour skate around the Holbeach Hub on Sunday, October 16. Partner Zoe Blanchard said: ...

There were dogs of all shapes and sizes in Long Sutton at the weekend for a charity show. Fun was very much the name of the game with classes including cutest puppy, best mover and the pet the judge would most like to take home. The show, at Winfrey Park, on Sunday was organised to raise money for the Long ...