Events

Volunteers from across Holbeach were treated to a special event at the weekend to say thank-you for all their hard work. Councillors Tracey Carter and Nick Worth funded the tea at the town’s WI Hall where there was plenty of cake for representatives from a number of groups in Holbeach, including Chosen, the foodbank, Little Miracles, the library, Holbeach Hospital ...

Clients, staff and volunteers at a South Holland day centre have been collecting items to send to Ukraine. The Meadows Day Centre has joined the national outpouring of support for the country currently under attack from Russia. “Some of our older clients remember how hard it was in the war here, and how many things they missed, especially as younger ...

A group from Spalding’s Polish community is looking to create a multi-cultural centre in the town offering services including counselling from those fleeing the war in Ukraine. The White Eagle Community Centre was set up last October by Justyna Lukaszuk plus friends Grzegorz Komorowski and Monika Szymanska and has already put on several events at different venues around the town. ...

The South Holland Outdoor Festival will return to the district for the Easter holidays. The series of events across the area is run by the district council’s Communities team and proved a hit last summer. Now South Holland District Council is bringing the events to the Easter holidays from Saturday, April 2 until Sunday, April 10. A spokesman for South ...

A new photography exhibition which focuses on people in Spalding in the last few months is due to launch. ‘Portrait Promenade’ is a series of portraits created by photographer Steven Hatton of Electric Egg, captured during Transported Art’s Spalding Super Saturdays arts events in recent months. The portraits will be exhibited at Spalding Gentlemen’s Society from March 20 to June ...

Ayscoughfee Hall School in Spalding celebrated World Book Day this week with everyone dressing up as their favourite book character. Headteacher Theresa Wright said: “Reading is such an important part of education, and the children were given lots of opportunities throughout the day to develop their love of books.”During the day, the children were able to spend time reading with ...

Spalding’s over 55s dusted off their dancing shoes for a fun, free evening of dance at Diamondz School of Dance Studio.The evening was part of First Time for Everything, a programme designed by the Royal Voluntary Service to support physical and mental health and wellbeing and funded by the People’s Postcode Lottery.Local dance teacher, Bekki Loveridge from Adults Move Lincolnshire, ...

Want to get active and try something new? Spalding’s over 55s are invited to join a fun, free evening of dance at Diamondz School of Dance Studio on Thursday, February 17, at 6.45pm-8.45pm. The free dance event is part of First Time for Everything, a programme designed by Royal Voluntary Service to support physical and mental health and wellbeing. Supported ...

Two new Good Mood Cafes in South Holland will connect people to the community and provide mental health support. The cafes in Long Sutton and Sutton Bridge are being launched by Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and South Lincolnshire Mind (CPSL Mind). Good Mood Cafes are weekly, informal ‘get-togethers’ designed to connect individuals to like-minded people within their communities. The 90-minute, morning sessions ...

Anyone looking to brush up on their art skills or just looking to make new friends can attend a village’s art club. The Moulton Chapel Arts and Friendship Group meets every Monday from 9am to noon at the village’s community centre on Woodgate Road. And they’re always looking for new members. A spokesman said: “We are a friendly group of ...

The magic of the season was brought to life for visitors to an illuminated winter wonderland. The elves at Springfields Festival Gardens were kept busy installing an array of colourful lights as part of the centre’s Christmas celebrations. Visitors were able to enjoy new zones for this year, including the Moon and Stars, an Elf Hideout, Christmas Hill and Woodland ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Crowds turned out in their hundreds to remember the fallen at services across South Holland on Sunday. Notes from The Last Post echoed around war memorials in towns and villages throughout the district to mark the start of two minutes’ silence observed by all. Veterans aged 100 mingled with teenage cadets in the event which also marked the centenary of ...

Any rivalry between blue light services was put to one side to help raise money for charity on Sunday night. Members of the county’s fire and rescue and police officers from Spalding pulled on their football boots for a fiercely contested match. “The game did not disappoint and massive thanks go to everyone involved in setting this up,” said firefighter ...

A group for the over-55s is back meeting after the recent enforced break. Welland Senior Forums held its first meeting recently after the COVID-19 restrictions were lifted. The discussion centred on future meetings and building the sessions back up. The next meeting is due to be held on Tuesday November 16 at the United reformed Church Hall on Pinchbeck Road ...

Two emergency services are to clash on the football pitch, all in the name of charity this Sunday, (November 14). A team from Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue will take on a Lincolnshire Police XI for the Inter Services Remembrance Day Trophy at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field in Spalding at 7.30pm. The Remembrance Sunday event is being played to ...