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A Holbeach woman says she’s been overwhelmed at the generosity of people offering to pay for her to get planning permission to continue her own fundraising for charity. Ann Gregory says she’s had some incredible donations, including random people pushing bank notes through her door, since The Voice last week reported she’d been told by South Holland District Council she ...

The Queen has sent her best wishes to a Crowland group on its 70th anniversary. Crowland Over 60s club marked the occasion with a special toast and music from Graham Cleaver at its meeting last Friday, July 15. The club sent a letter to Her Majesty for her Jubilee and received a reply. Coun Bryan Alcock read out the reply ...

Spalding cyclist Trevor Corney is set for a 600-mile ride, climbing more than 43,000 ft, to raise money for charity. He covered 150 miles non-stop last year in a five piers challenge on the coast of Norfolk and Suffolk to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society and Mind. This time Trevor, 56, of Churchill Ciders, is covering the distance between ...

A charity shop has stepped in to help light Holbeach up this Christmas. Chosen says it had heard the funding for the Christmas lights had been cut by Holbeach Parish Council, so had stepping in itself. Chosen have donated £1,000 to Holbeach Millennium lights fund to help the volunteers put up and maintain the Christmas lights in Holbeach. A spokesman ...

A couple living in a Spalding care home together have celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary. Keith and Doreen Smith celebrated with their fellow residents at Fenchurch House Care Home in Spalding recently. The couple enjoyed a day of celebrations with their family to mark the milestone anniversary, including a beautiful meal provided by the hospitality team at Fenchurch House Keith ...

It was a good year for the scarecrows when more than 40 appeared in Moulton as part of a special fundraising weekend. Making a welcome return after the pandemic, the popular event saw visitors vote for their favourite scarecrow over the two-day festival. It was also a record year for the number of open gardens taking part, with 24 welcoming ...

There’s been plenty of different lessons on offer for pupils at University Academy Holbeach recently. The school held an Enrichment Week for pupils in Years Seven to 10. The purpose of the week was to provide pupils opportunities to develop a range of life skills, and provide a broad range of experiences for them which are outside the usual curriculum. ...

Beech Lodge Care and Nursing Home resident Brenda Mitchell got to reunite with one of her oldest friends this week as part of Country Court’s Make a Wish initiative. Residents at the Holbeach home are given the opportunity to tell staff about somewhere they have always wanted to go or a special activity they always wanted to do. Brenda spoke ...

Free cookery sessions could be coming to Holbeach if a new scheme receives enough support. A plea has gone out for votes in the Tesco Community Grants initiative by Coun Tracey Carter who is organising the scheme. “After a successful application to Tesco, we are delighted that we have been shortlisted as Holbeach Moving Forwards and are bidding for a ...

Children from a West Pinchbeck school have shown their bottle by creating a new sculpture. St Bartholomew’s Church of England Primary School has collected and transformed almost 9,000 plastic bottle tops into an eye-catching sculpture, as part of a nationwide recycling campaign to raise awareness about the dangerous impact of plastic waste on the environment. The school has been named ...

Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service (LCVS) has said a special thank you to its volunteers. It used Month of the Community to present certificates and personally thank those who help it deliver its vital services. LCVS runs the Volunteer Centre in Spalding which promotes volunteering opportunities and supports volunteers. LCVS also supports community development and provide support to charities and ...

Pupils, parents and staff had a whale of a time at Ayscoughfee Hall School’s Under the Sea themed summer fete. Organised by the Spalding school’s PTFA, the event offered fun and games for all ages, along with a barbecue and sweet treats. There was a Bake Off competition, which was won by Casey Hilliam (junior) and Rafferty Hicks (infant), a ...

An 11-year-old from Moulton is to cut his long locks off for charity for a second time. Dexter Whenman previously raised £1,155 for the Little Princess Trust in 2019, enough for the charity to make three wigs out of his hair for kids with illnesses that might mean they lose theirs. He’s grown it ever since to do it again ...

St Barnabas in Spalding has made a donation to the Community Mind Matters (CMM) team to aid its homeless project. The donation from the charity shop in Market Place was accepted by Ella’s Project. The shop manager was pleased to be supporting groups working in challenging areas of the community. Mark Le Sage, CMM’s Mental Health Ambassador, said: “During these ...

Golfers have clubbed together to raise £1,100 for a South Holland wellbeing charity. Tonic Health’s first ever golf day has been hailed a huge success by the group that runs numerous local groups and sessions aiming to support a wide array of the local population. A number of organisations and groups got into the swing of things at Spalding Golf ...

There was a trip back in time last weekend in Holbeach, and it’s hoped the same thing will happen again next year. The first Holbeach Medieval Festival proved to be a hit with re-enactors coming from across the country to the town. And members of the public were able to take a glimpse at life from more than 500 years ...

A father and son are retiring together after almost 35 years running a popular garden and pet centre. George and Simon Slinger will leave Birchgrove Garden Centre in Pinchbeck on July 10. While the pair are looking forward to spending more time with family, Birchgrove, which incorporates Megapets and Bettertack, will be taken over by another local business owner Gary ...

Person-centred care and effective communication are two key areas that matter the most to patients, according to Healthwatch Lincolnshire. The report says local health trusts have been struggling with an ever-declining workforce, poor travel infrastructure and local expectations of care. “For many patients, carers and service users, their view of COVID-19 on how they access services has changed from support ...

There ‘wasn’t a dry eye in the house’ as a Ukrainian opera singer was among the many highlights as a village marked a 300th anniversary with a talent competition. Over 200 people attended the Moulton Chapel’s Got Talent event at the community centre on Friday night as part of the celebrations of three centuries of St James’s Church. Among the ...

The garden at Holbeach’s Reading Room is looking blooming marvellous thanks to the town’s Rainbows, Brownies and Guides. The group received donations from Coun Tracey Carter, Flamingo Flowers and planters from Factory Shop to help spruce up the area. A spokesman for the group said: “All the girls in Rainbows, Brownies and Guides have been working hard planting, weeding and ...