Fundraising

A mobile cancer treatment unit has received a cash boost thanks to a family of fundraisers who give in memory of their beloved father and husband. Spalding couple Diane and Ian Tilley held a coffee morning to raise money for cancer care recently. It was backed by Diane’s twin sister, Elaine, raising £465 by hosting craft days at her home. ...

Hundreds of people watched a fireworks display fundraiser for veterans without paying, leaving the event £2,000 out of pocket, the organiser has claimed. Harold Payne of the Anglia Motel in Fleet says he himself will foot the shortfall but the event last Saturday won’t be able to provide funds towards helping veterans go to Normandy to commemorate the D-Day landings ...

Long Sutton Hockey Club is among those who are hoping to net your votes and a cash boost towards a new AstroTurf. The club has already raised £37,000 towards the £200,000 replacement of their current 20-year-old surface. Now it’s hoping to get enough votes to land money from the Aviva Community Fund. The club which has a host of different ...

A Spalding 11-year-old is to shave his head to help a charity shop hit by thieves. Pete Bailey has already donated his pocket money to St Barnabas after thieves twice stole money from its Spalding charity shop in August. Now the Priory School pupil wants to help them further by having his head shaved. He’s hoping to do it at ...

Four local groups are vying for your votes as part of Aviva’s Community Fund. The Lighthouse Project’s Karis House Cafe and Crafts, Going Forward Music Festival 2019, Carter’s Park Regeneration Project and Young Dons Junior Football Club are all in the running for a share of the insurance firm’s charity pot. The Lighthouse Project is looking for between £10,000 and ...

A 16-year-old with cerebral palsy is to hit the gym in preparation for an operation that could allow him to walk again after the fundraising campaign for it reached £10,000 in just a week. Kieran Evans and mum Melissa Evans of Pinchbeck, are now hoping an operation to cut the nerves in his spinal cord which are affected by the ...

A ghoulish gathering is set to raise funds for a charity that will help clothe young people from some of the most disadvantaged families  in Spalding. Ella’s Project, which sources and provides children’s clothing for those that need it most, is holding a Halloween Party at the South Holland Centre from 7.30pm tomorrow (Friday). The band Zebra will be earning ...

A vital service which gives carers a break from their role has received a £670 boost. The Masonic Ladies Night, organised by The Hundred of Elloe Masonic Lodge, raised the money from a raffle arranged by almoner Roy Mead. Heather Allan, as the wife of the Worshipful Master of the lodge, chose the charity – The Carers Sitter Service. The ...

Staff at a bakery dressed up in pink for a day to boost a cancer charity. Employees at Addo’s Spalding Bakery in Fulney Lane raised an excellent £106.20 by donning their best pink clothes on Friday, October 19. It was all part of Breast Cancer Now’s Wear It Pink Campaign. HR officer Stephanie Cooling, said: “We wanted to give something ...

A former-Royal Marine owner of a Holbeach gym is taking on a gruelling challenge for charity to mark 100 years since the end of the First World War. Sam Fowler (31) of Royals Gym has set himself a gruelling challenge to raise money for the Royal British Legion and Royal Marines Charity. On Friday, November 9, at 6am, Sam will ...

The Spalding Lions sponsored swim at the Castle Sports Complex Pool has raised more than £1,000 for charity. Elaine Mothers from Spalding lions said she was still awaiting some forms but so far the total raised is around £1,500. Elaine said around 45 people took part, adding: “This is an annual event we run which gives individuals, clubs and groups ...

The mum of a 16-year-old with cerebral palsy who spent years learning to walk, is hoping to raise money for an operation that will allow him to stay on two feet and pain free. Kieran Evans, of Pinchbeck, was initially given just 12 hours to live after being born three-and-a-half months early. The resulting bleeding on his brain led to ...

South Holland Cyclists raised hundreds of pounds on a 60-mile ride. A total of 32 cyclists took part in the Sunday bike ride, organised by Castle Sports Centre operators, 1Life. The ride started in Spalding at the Castle Sports Complex and rolled through to Deeping and onto Stamford before heading back to the leisure centre for a Sunday roast dinner ...

A generous anonymous donor has stepped forward after a hospital run by the community hit unexpected costs in its new £660,000 expansion. Holbeach Hospital has unveiled its recent expansion nearly 30 years after volunteers saved it from closure. It is still community run thanks largely to donations, and opened a new wing with eight much-needed bedrooms to ease the waiting ...

There was cake with a cherry on top for pupils and friends on Spalding Parish Church of England Day School. The annual Macmillan Coffee fundraiser was held at the venue. Staff, parents and children demonstrated their Bake-Off skills to produce a fantastic spread of cakes and biscuits. Year Six pupils, Harley and Tom, worked hard to make sure that everyone ...

The Priory School in Spalding has received a boost towards getting a new all-weather sports pitch thanks to accountancy firm Moore Thompson. The company chose the Neville Avenue school for those with special education needs as its charity of the year. Colleagues took on a host of events including a sponsored abseil down the Orbit Tower at the Olympic Park, ...

A local philanthropist who believes he’s raised nearly £800,000 for veterans over the years has come good again. Harold Payne, the owner of the Anglia Motel, Fleet, recently handed over a cheque for £10,000 to The Royal Anglian regiment’s Benevolent Fund. Soldiers from the regiment received the cheque at the motel’s recent Wheels Weekend which saw a display of classic ...

More than £1,000 has been raised at a charity clay pigeon shoot for the Poppy Appeal.   The event, held earlier this month at the East of England Shooting Ground near Whaplode Drove, saw almost 40 contestants in teams of up to four competing for prizes including a Land Rover Experience donated by Duckworth Jaguar Land Rover of Kirton and ...

John Hayes, MP for South Holland and the Deepings added pink to his usual attire to support Breast Cancer Now’s wear it pink fundraiser on Friday, October 19. Mr Hayes was joined by more than 200 other parliamentarians in Westminster, all encouraging people across the UK to take part on wear it pink day and raise money for Breast Cancer ...

Five-year-old Brogan Marshall is among those urging you to tuck into cake and coffee this week to raise money for a cancer supporting charity. Brogan is one of the many hosting a Macmillan Coffee Morning in memory of a loved one. His Saturday event is in memory of his grandfather John Marshall. First up though in raising money for Macmillan ...