Fundraising

A Saracen’s Head man broke a world record, while Spalding United’s kit man made it £37,000 for charity at Sunday’s London Marathon. Simon Killen dressed as Nintendo’s Super Mario clocked two hours, 52 minutes, 57 seconds to set the world record of Fastest Marathon in a Videogame Costume.He knocked four minutes of the existing record and was met by a ...

Members of the Spalding Round Table have donated £5,000 to an end of life care suite at the Johnson Hospital. The money came from profits of last year’s Spalding Festival and help with the refurbishment of the relatives’ lounge and overnight accommodation.The work is being organised by the Spalding Hospice Foundation.Sue Wray, from the foundation, said: “Prior to the presentation ...

The closing Chosen charity shop in Holbeach is continuing to hand out the cash. Recently members from the 2430 (Holbeach) Squadron of the RAF Air Cadets were presented with a £600 cheque.A spokesman for Chosen said: “They’re such an amazing group of people.”It takes the total donated by Chosen since this January to nearly £25,000.

A dinosaur was seen running amok in Holbeach last week. It was, in fact, the new mascot of South Holland charity Tonic Health.A spokesman for the charity said: “Due to them being from a very different area, they were very unsure of what Holbeach has to offer so we showed them the town centre.“Our new staff member has been brought ...

A Spalding soldier has raised thousands for a suicide prevention charity by running more than 75 miles around the Isle of Wight in one day. Elliott Lea (24) took around 17 hours to complete the feat for the Papyrus charity.The lance corporal serving with the 23 Para Engineer Regiment began his run at 5am on March 30, finally completing a ...

A Moulton mum is putting on a Zumbathon for a charity which has helped her daughter who has a brain tumour. Both Jannine Sandell and her 16-year-old daughter Lily have a condition called Neurofibromatosis or NF1 for short.Due to the condition, Lily has a brain tumour, hydrocephalus, scoliosis, mobility issues and social and emotional issues. Jannine has minimal symptoms as ...

A local weight loss support business, have raised over £1,600 for the Alzheimer’s Society. Members of Helen Webster’s Change Your Weigh With Helen, which has meetings in Pinchbeck and Spalding, have raised the funds by holding a weekly raffle and various fun events last year, including a fabulous awards night.Helen said: “Many members of the group have been touched by ...

Those at a homeless charity are to buy a barbecue to use having been given vouchers courtesy of a generous couple. The couple, who wish to remain anonymous, decided to carry out the gesture as they were celebrating a special occasion.They asked district councillor Jan Whitbourn to hand out £10 vouchers to people who would need them, so she took ...

A South Holland charity has thanked everyone who donated to its Easter egg appeal. Ella’s Project has for the last few years, asked people to donate goods so they can be passed on to the children in families who may otherwise not get one.It’s named after the charity founder Mark Le Sage’s daughter Ella.He said: “Ella’s Project would like to ...

A South Holland District Council-owned housing company has once again given its profits to charity. Welland Homes made a £128,274 profit which has been shared between Citizens Advice South Lincolnshire, the Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service, Active Lincolnshire and South Holland in Bloom. Citizens Advice South Lincolnshire will receive £88,074, which will be used in its goals to provide free ...

A Spalding special school is appealing for help as it looks to fund a minibus so its pupils can experience even more fantastic adventures. The Tulip Academy looks after SEND (Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities)pupils.“As our school community already knows, we have a mission of ‘Making every Moment Matter’, which means putting our learners first,” a spokesman for the school ...

Two Spalding Rotarians helped a fellow member from East Sussex in his charity cycle ride. James Slinn, the president of the Rotary Club of Bexhill, is on a mammoth ride of 2,500 miles raising money for the DISC Dementia Support and Sarah Lee Trust.He stopped in Spalding on Saturday night, after riding 52 miles with Graham Dawson of the Spalding ...

The Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance (LNAA) is giving a mega toe-tapping thanks to the Ukulele Orchestra of Spalding for raising a fantastic £500 from events and concerts in aid of its life-saving work. The group’s secretary Katy Walker said: “It was a unanimous decision by us all to nominate LNAA.“The air ambulance is a vital device and we all ...

Supporters of Spalding United have provided some Easter cheer through chocolate. The Tulips Supporters Club have held several food collections since forming last summer and their latest drive was to collect Easter eggs for families who might otherwise not receive one.For Saturday’s top of the table clash with Harborough Town supporters were asked to bring some confectionary with them.And a ...

A Quadring man is to run three marathons in six weeks for a dog charity that helped him find a new best friend. Alex Pickwell is to run the Boston Marathon, the Rob Burrow Marathon in Leeds and Cork Marathon in Ireland for the Central German Shepherd Rescue.Through the charity he got his dog Megan.“I can attest to the amazing ...

Long Sutton Dentistry has raised hundreds for charity to make World Down’s Syndrome Day. It takes place on March 21 because people with Down’s Syndrome have three copies of their 21 chromosome.Kelly Garth, Lisa Stancer and Zoe Baker at Long Sutton Dentistry organised a raffle alongside the rest of the team raising money for a Down’s Syndrome charity.Kelly said: “Across ...

Spalding Gateway Club enjoyed an egg-cellent Easter Party thanks to a Holbeach charity. The club run by the Spalding Mencap Society enjoyed an Easter party of food, music, dancing, pinata and games with a special gift of a large Easter Egg for all attendees courtesy of a generous fundraising campaign from the Chosen charity.It raised a whopping £750 for the ...

The Spalding Gentlemen’s Society is to get a share of a quarter of a million pounds of National Lottery money as part of a countywide project. The music charity soundLINCS has been donated the money for its three year Future of the Past plan.Spalding Gentleman’s Society is one of six venues in the county that will take part in the ...

More than 850 colleagues joined forces in Holbeach to invest both time and money in Little Miracles, a local charity helping families with children who have additional needs. The Bakkavor Pizza team in the town chose Little Miracles to be its charity of the year. Staff have taken part in a number of projects to support the work of the ...

Pinchbeck-based charity Haemochromatosis UK is celebrating after being awarded £393,500 to support its work helping people at risk of the UK’s most common undiagnosed genetic condition. The new funding from The National Lottery Community Fund will enable Haemochromatosis UK to develop a pioneering new five-year programme to advise and support communities at risk of iron overload from genetic haemochromatosis.The initiative ...