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Jubilee celebrations held at two South Holland villages have helped raise £400 for charity. The final total was also boosted by people enjoying a game of bingo. The events at Holbeach St John’s and Whaplode St Catherine helped support Prostate Cancer UK and organisers Barry and Joan Joyce (pictured) want to thank everyone who helped achieved the total.

A South Holland community larder is looking at providing packed lunches for school children during the summer holiday. Holbeach Community Larder charity is already making plans to help families who may struggle over the long break. The community larder and cafe operates a food bank at the Reading Rooms on Wednesday and Friday. It also offers a cafe on Fridays ...

A Gedney Hill couple have been recognised for their services to the village and South Holland community. David and Ann Ingle have been given a 2022 Good Citizens Award in ceremony at the recent Lincolnshire Show. The awards were created to recognise the extraordinary work that so many volunteers do throughout Lincolnshire with the pair landing the award in the ...

A local charity that’s helped people in South Holland over the last 60 years faces closure if new volunteers don’t come forward. The Spalding Mencap Society is particularly worried about the impact on a social group for people with learning difficulties along with the bus it loans out to groups such as The Chapel Centre and The Garth School. Wendy ...

A dolls’ house lovingly created for the Queen’s Golden Jubilee has been brought out again to raise money for two good causes. Creator Christine ‘Kit’ Meggitt, of St Thomas’s Road in Spalding, has been building and collecting dolls’ homes and their furniture for around 30 years. To celebrate the more recent Platinum Jubilee she’s been showing the stately home she ...

The Inner Wheel Club of Spalding celebrated two ‘coronations’ recently. The group’s latest meeting at The Ship in Pinchbeck doubled as a Platinum Jubilee party. And it also included the handing over of the Chain of Office from Kathleen Price to Pauline Start. A spokesman for The Inner Wheel said: “A wonderful evening was had by all in the true ...

A mental health charity has launched a new fund to bring people together through a community picnic. Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and South Lincolnshire (CPSL) Mind have launched the Good Mood Picnics Fund. Lisa Gibson, South Lincolnshire Partnerships and Project Manager at CPSL Mind, said: “We are really delighted to launch the Good Mood Picnics Fund as a further support in helping ...

A Spalding day centre has shown appreciation to its volunteers through a special lunch. The Meadows Day Centre relies heavily on volunteers with all drivers and escorts and day room helpers giving their time for free. A spokesman said: “Without them, as a small, local charity, we would not be able to provide such an amazing and unique service to ...

Spalding Wargames Club has raised over £1,000 for Cancer Research. Three of the games club’s members, Ian Davison, Martin Jackson and Alec Bell took part in the Race for Life and the same day, they held a special gaming get-together. Demo games were held, including a Harry Potter Dungeons and Dragons game, Star Wars Legion and Warhammer 40,000. A model ...

Walkers can take the weight off and enjoy a view of the River Welland thanks to Coun Glynis Scalese. Coun Scalese has used money from her designated council budget to pay for a bench to be installed in Spalding to commemorate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Coun Scalese said: “The old one was very worn and I know this bench is ...

A special trophy has been created in memory of a Holbeach stalwart. Les Ward was involved with the Holbeach Town and Country Fair for 30 to 40 years before his death aged 77 earlier this year. That’s on top of playing bass drum with the Holbeach Town Band and his frequent fundraising for the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance alongside ...

Beautiful weather encouraged the crowds and helped to ensure the success of the returning Long Sutton Horse and Pony Show on Sunday. Held at Cinder Ash Park, the event offered something for everyone with classes affiliated to Equifest through to fun classes such as Junior Handler and Prettiest Mare.There was also a family dog show with classes ranging from Best ...

Children at a South Holland nursery have excellent foundations and exemplary behaviour, according to a recent Ofsted report. Staff at Sunflower Lodge, Pinchbeck, use high-quality teaching methods to ensure the children benefit and make exceptional progress.“Both managers demonstrate a lifelong commitment and passion to securing the best outcomes for all children,” says the report, which is due to be published ...

The first of three new defibrillator units has been installed in Pinchbeck thanks to the hard work of two resident cake makers.Julie Collins and Lisa Atkinson regularly hold cake sales to raise funds for good causes.Coun James Avery was talking to Julie at one of her sales when she said they were raising money for a defibrillator.Coun Avery said: “Julie ...

A 1940s weekend fundraiser proved so popular the organisers are talking about repeating it next year. The Crowland and Thorney 40s event was organised by Daniel Abbott, who led a team which unearthed the Buffalo tank last year.The Buffalo LVT is being restored to its former glory with an engine coming from America to hopefully have it moving once again ...

After more than 30 years of raising money to take military veterans back to Normandy to pay their respects a charity stalwart is changing direction. Fundraiser and veterans champion Harold Payne, of the Anglia Motel at Fleet Hargate, is officially opening his memorial garden next month, complete with 1,000 roses.“Sadly all our veterans have now departed this world and I ...

A Moulton Chapel leukaemia survivor has enjoyed the trip of a lifetime thanks to the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust. Tori Nixon was 19 when she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and she underwent six months of intense treatment at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge. Now 21, she is in complete remission and earlier this month spent four days sailing from ...

Long Sutton’s Horse and Pony Show makes a return this weekend after a break for the pandemic. The event also includes a family dog show with classes ranging from Best Sausage Catcher to Scruffiest Dog – all cost £2 to enter. Dog agility will also be taking place from 11am. The whole event takes place at Cinder Ash Park and ...

A Spalding man looking to revive the town’s Flower Parade took a break last weekend to raise money for charity thanks to the support his dad receives. Steve Timewell, of West Pinchbeck, took on the Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge climbing Ingleborough, Whernside, the highest peak in Yorkshire, and Pen y Ghent in 13 hours non-stop last weekend. And in doing ...

A country show saw a triumphant return after a three-year hiatus. Holbeach Town and Country Fayre took place last Saturday and Sunday after a three-year enforced break due to the COVID pandemic and bad weather. Attractions over the weekend included vintage cars and tractors, commercial and military vehicles and stallholders and exhibitors from across the UK offering a range of ...