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A South Holland family are fronting a national campaign to help raise awareness of a children’s charity. The WellChild campaign includes a video of a concert where families sing the 12 Days of Christmas.Aside from being part of the national, seasonal initiative, the video was also shown at a charity concert held at Lambeth Palace, home to the Archbishop of ...

Spalding Academy and Giles Academy, both part of South Lincolnshire Academies Trust (SLAT), have once again collaborated to support the Give A Gift campaign. The appeal, which was launched by Coun Harry Drury in conjunction with the Spalding and South Holland Voice, helps to ensure that less fortunate children, aged between three and 14 years, have a gift to open ...

Santa entertained youngsters and shoppers at Tesco Holbeach on Saturday morning with the help of the Holbeach Fire crew and Chosen charity shop. Together they raised money for the National Firefighters Charity. Youngsters were given sweets and posted letters in Santa’s mobile post box. As the reindeer were resting ready for Christmas Eve, the Holbeach Fire crew stepped in and ...

A 16-year-old from Spalding who acts as a youth ambassador for a national charity has once again been helping others in the run up to Christmas. Jake Winkett has been supporting Kids Out for several years and once again this Christmas arranged a ‘Giving Tree’ to help provide gifts for young people who would otherwise go without a gift this ...

Staff and pupils at a West Pinchbeck primary school donned their Christmas jumpers last week to raise money for charity. St Bartholomew’s Primary School staff and pupils each donated £1 to SoLDAS (South Lincolnshire Domestic Abuse Service) Boston Women’s Aid.

An award-winning Gosberton 12-year-old who has helped other children like herself in battling anxiety has been setting records in her school. Erin Smith recently landed the Young Achiever Award at the Pride of South Holland Awards after the book she’d written aged ten, Kiki the Worry Monster, was rolled out for other young people to read. She was encouraged to ...

Members of the Holbeach Brownies have been working towards attaining their charity badge. They have decided to raise funds for Jerry Green Dog Rescue, Algarkirk, by donating their toys and books to be sold-off. They were visited by Ann Gregory who has raised more than £14,000 for the animal rescue charity with a stall. The Brownies will be helping her ...

Year Seven pupils at UAH celebrated Christingle last week. The Choir, Ukulele Orchestra, Percussion Ensemble and Mash Up Orchestra all showcased their musical talents.Micki Carey-Slater, the Youth and Children’s Worker for East Elloe, and Rev Paul Carey-Slater, of Sutton Bridge, spoke to the pupils about the meaning of Christmas and the symbolism of the Christingle. Some pupils also performed a ...

This year’s St Nicholas Fayre has been hailed a great success. Organised by Jane Francis, on behalf of the Holbeach Regeneration Community Interest Company, the event took place on Friday night and Saturday, in and around All Saints’ Church in Holbeach. The highlight was the children’s lantern parade which saw scores of families walk around the church with handmade lanterns. ...

Christmas arrived in Spalding at the weekend with a special event in the town centre. With activities from 4pm to 8pm on Friday and again on Saturday from 10am to 3pm, there was plenty for everyone to enjoy. Vintage funfair rides proved popular, as did the visiting cast from this year’s panto Dick Whittington which will be at the South ...

Users of the Sense centre at West Pinchbeck will be able to enjoy a smart TV thanks to a donation from Spalding Lions. The Lions have donated £750 to the Sense UK Recourse Centre at Glenside, to enable them to purchase a smart TV for their sensory room. This will allow them to connect directly into their network of training ...

People have been incredibly generous in supporting our Give A Gift appeal this year. We have already received many gifts but we still need more presents. Launched by Coun Harry Drury, the appeal makes a huge difference to struggling families across South Holland and Boston, ensuring children who wouldn’t get a present have something to open on Christmas Day. The ...

Festive Pets is back and now is your chance to send in a photo of your pet in Christmas finery. Last year’s winner, Boris, received a £100 voucher from competition sponsor Rooke’s Pet Products. We’re doing things slightly differently this year and there will be a first prize of £50, second prize of £30 and third prize of £20. To ...

A community larder has received an early Christmas present thanks to the customers of a Holbeach shop. The Original Factory Shop in Holbeach asked customers earlier this year which charity they would like the store to support and it was the community larder. “We are really excited that we and our customers have helped raise £534.60 for the Holbeach Community ...

The South Holland Rotary Club will be taking Santa Claus out and about around Spalding again this December while raising money for local charities. From December 2-22 the volunteers will be pulling Christmas’s main man around for all the children to see.You can donate to the Rotary Club and the charities it supports without even leaving your home.You can text ...

Spalding and District Civic Society’s 2022 calendar is now on sale.The society’s A4 calendar for 2022 covers Spalding and the surrounding area and consists of 13 beautiful pictures with spaces for appointments, birthdays and reminders together with interesting bits of information.A spokesman for the society said: “Some photos will be expected – Ayscoughfee Hall, Springfields – but there are also ...

A South Holland couple who have been given a long-service award for foster caring over more than 20 years have urged others who can to get involved. Donna and Lee (who have asked us not to use their surname) have helped look after around 70 young people.They were among those recently presented awards by Lincolnshire County Council for their commitment ...

Two guides have picked up prestigious awards.Freya Andrew and Florence Sweetland, of the 1st Pinchbeck (St Mary) Guides, have been awarded with their Silver and Bronze Guiding Awards at a recent meeting.Both girls are 13 with Freya the first Guide in the unit to reach that level.A spokesman for 1st Pinchbeck Guides said: “As part of the awards both girls ...

After a six-month delay thanks to the pandemic, the Pride of South Holland Awards are finally being held this weekend. The awards have been held annually since 2013 and the 2020 winners were due to be revealed at a ceremony last June.But the event had to be postponed and is now being held this weekend at the South Holland Centre, ...

Veteran’s supporter Harold Payne has issued an open invite to supporters of the recent Holbeach Remembrance parade to a celeration. Mr Payne will be hosting the event on Sunday, December 5 at his Anglia Motel in Fleet Hargate.“Everybody who supported the parade is welcome to come along. They will need to collect a free ticket first so we know how ...