Fundraising

Rotary buys school a life-saver

Representatives from The Rotary Club of South Holland visited The Priory School in Spalding to hand over a brand new defibrillator. The Priory School supports pupils aged 11 to 16, who have a range of needs including moderate learning difficulties, autism, SEMH and communication issues. The school has always had use of a defibrillator stationed next door to them at ...

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Geoffrey (90) goes all out for charity

A Holbeach man who turned 90 years old in May has vowed to dedicate his life to his charity work, with a sponsored church walk planned for September and a bid to scale Lincoln’s Steep Hill. Geoffrey Gott, of Spalding Road, is collecting for his third sponsored Ride and Stride walk in September – having missed last year’s church walk ...

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Accountants take a swing and raise fore!-hundred pounds

Accountants Moore Thompson has managed to raise almost £400 at its Annual Client Golf  Day. Held at Spalding Golf Club in Surfleet, the event saw more than 40 people attend the fundraising event, which pitted some of the region’s top business owners and professionals against one another. During the day the firm held a charity raffle to raise funds for ...

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In the pink for cancer charity

Over £630 was raised for Breast Cancer Care as the community in Holbeach came together for a special fundraiser. Coun Tracey Carter put the special coffee morning on recently at The Holbeach Hub and it proved a huge success. Attractions included a raffle with a special guest cake made by Cake Creations the star prize and Sue Webb was on ...

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Thank you for saving brother

Two boys aged just nine and seven got on their bike to thank and raise money for the hospital that saved their little brother’s life. Lincoln (9) and Swaley (7) Douglas cycled the 21 miles from their Tydd St Giles home to The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn where sibling Chase (3) spent the first few weeks of his ...

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Recognition for PHAB couple

A Spalding couple have won the Community Leadership category in Lincolnshire County Council’s annual Good Citizens Awards. Andrew and Heather Inkley lead the Spalding PHAB (physical disabled and able bodied) group for around 70 people with and without disabilities, “to make more of life together”. It meets twice a month and organises outings and holidays for its members. “So many ...

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Couple’s golden charity ball

A couple celebrated their golden wedding anniversary by raising nearly £2,000 for charities by holding a special ball. Brenda and Chris Wells put the event on at the South Holland Centre in May, the day after they celebrated 50 years as a married couple. A number of local businesses helped out with auction and raffle prizes. Also among the prizes ...

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A mammoth woolly effort

Volunteers associated with local charity The Meadows have knitted over 22,000 bottle tops to help the local charity. The day centre it runs helps provide a hub for the more elderly in the town and it was previously part of Age UK. It has continued its participation in The Big Knit where every knitted bottle top is purchased for 25p ...

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Brilliant start to wheelchair bid

A disabled 29-year-old special needs teacher who was seriously injured in a car collision has said the response so far to an appeal to get her a new wheelchair has ‘restored her faith in human kindness’ but more still needs to be raised. Nicole Amott, who has muscular dystrophy, was left in intensive care after the car she was driving ...

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Superstar sisters win awards

Two sisters from Spalding have won the Great Daffodil Award from Marie Curie charity. Elizabeth and Victoria Hammond have been awarded Mini Superstar Collectors 2019 for the Lincolnshire Region awards for their tireless fundraising. Lauren Alexander, Community Fundraiser for Lincolnshire, said: “These young ladies are by far the cutest collectors we have supporting our Great Daffodil Appeal. “Their endless array ...

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Councillor suits up the savers

The emergency first responders charity LIVES has had a boost from a councillor who has helped fund the purchase of three new suits – one for each LIVES responder in the district. Coun Tracey Carter said: “I approached other councillors to see if they were also able to assist, of which a number of other councillors from across South Holland ...

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Little Miracles gets even bigger

A charity that organises sessions for parents and their disabled children is opening a new session in Holbeach. The South Holland branch of Little Miracles was re-established last year by Elizabeth Kilbon whose 10-year-old son Jayden Batterham has ADHD. The first sessions held every Friday at Tonic Health in Spalding are coming up to celebrating their first birthday with around ...

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Local charity needs your furniture donations and purchases

A local charity is urging you to think of them when you’re getting rid of unwanted furniture rather than giving it away online. The Meadows, which was formerly part of Age UK, raises money for its Sir John Van Geest Day Centre by collecting and selling furniture from their Pinchbeck and Holbeach warehouses. The funds raised helps provide the elderly ...

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Aid to help area hit by cyclone

South Holland Freemasons have helped provide relief after a cyclone that affected 10 million people in India. All 21 Masonic centres in Lincolnshire, including those in Spalding and Long Sutton, have contributed to the £15,000 fund to support victims of the recent Cyclone Fani which particularly devastated the Indian state of Odisha. The aid has been given by the Freemasons’ ...

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Mark’s royal medal honours for his voluntary work

Spalding man Mark Le Sage is celebrating after being awarded a British Empire Medal in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Mark (52) is being recognised for the voluntary service he has done to help the community and aid the rehabilitation of offenders. He said: “It was such a wonderful surprise and a bit of a shock, however I feel very ...

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Gym owner’s heavyweight D-Day effort

Holbeach gym owner and former marine Sam Fowler completed the equivalent of 7.33 miles during a treadmill run in aid of the Royal British Legion, raising than £366 for the charity. The 75-minute feat was timed to coincide with events in the UK and France commemorating the 75th anniversary of D-Day on June 6, 1944, a turning point in the ...

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Time for fun at bingo event

Whaplode Village Hall is £268 better off thanks to the bingo players that congregate there every month. The hall was again the setting for Phyllis Newton’s charity bingo session on May 17. And it was the beneficiary with the hall’s Lee Morris receiving the cheque at the end of the night. The next event at Whaplode Village Hall is on ...

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Sam’s fundraising effort in salute to D-Day

Holbeach gym owner and former marine Sam Fowler will be going the extra mile this week to raise funds for the British Legion.   Sam (31), who opened Royals Gym in August last year after completing six-and-a-half years’ service in the Royal Marines, aims to run for 75 minutes on a treadmill wearing his old assault vest filled with 7.5kg ...

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Open garden raises cash

The winners of the 2018 Holbeach in Bloom Best Garden Award opened their acclaimed green space to the public last weekend and raised hundreds of pounds for a the couple’s local church charity. Eileen Gilliatt and her husband Colin, who previously won a Spalding in Bloom award at their old address, put on the event to raise money for their ...

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Lexi makes the cut for charity

A woman who hates having her long hair cut had 12 inches off last week to provide a young child with a wig. Lexi Coote, of Spalding, who is in training to be a primary school teacher, had the dramatic cut for the Little Princess Trust which creates wigs for children who suffer hairloss due to illness. She’s also raised ...

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