Fundraising

Crafts and cakes for hospice

Members of the Spalding Hospice Committee held a charity stall at the Johnson Community Hospital. Coun Liz Sneath said: “There was a pumpkin theme with lots of delicious cupcakes and knitted novelties donated to the foundation by kind knitters Pauline Seymour and Sue Taylor.” Coun Sneath added, “The Hospice Committee supports the four-bed Tulip Suite in the hospital where palliative ...

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Campaign launched to house Spalding homeless couple

A Spalding woman and her daughter have launched an appeal in the hope they’ll be able to get a homeless couple somewhere to live by Christmas. Stephanie Lamont and her daughter, Clementine Cousins, have launched a Justgiving donations page online which people can use to give money to help homeless couple Jane and Jason Paul. Stephanie is hoping to raise ...

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Brave the Shave Emma finds human nature’s best traits

A Spalding grandmother has shaved her head for charity and in the process has encountered the best in human nature, she said. Emma Chamberlain (60), said “human nature is wonderful” after she encountered so many positive, helpful and inspiring people while collecting for her charity head shave for Macmillan Cancer Support. “People have been so kind. The charity touches so ...

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Cue a charity match success for Donington snooker player Nigel

Snooker players have raised thousands of pounds for a cause close to the heart of a Donington man. Spalding League snooker player Nigel Brasier has raised money for the Motor Neurone Disease Association since his own diagnosis in 2013. He has a form of MND called Primary Lateral Sclerosis. A rarer type of the condition which is slower to progress. ...

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Spalding woman helping bee keepers in Africa

A Spalding businesswoman flew to Africa this week to help improve the lives of women farmers. Ann Savage joined 12 other women from the food industry who headed to the remote Nou Forest in Tanzania to build beehives. She is a non executive director of Marel, which supplies food processing systems and was previously Group Technical Director of Bakkavor. The ...

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School choir sings for Holbeach Hospital residents

A school choir spread the sweet sound of music through Holbeach Hospital as part of their harvest festival celebrations. The Chamber Choir of University Academy Holbeach visited Holbeach Hospital to deliver donated produce and to entertain the residents. They performed a range of songs that included Only You and Any Dream Will Do, said Ms Graper, Head of Music at ...

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Coffee morning raises a grand amount for charity

A coffee morning in memory of the late Eric Loveridge helped raised more than £1,000 for Sepsis Trust UK. The charity event was organised by Eric’s widow Marlene and daughters Diane and Elaine. Diane and Ian Tilley chose Sepsis as this year’s recipent due to their youngest daughter being unwell with the illness, said Ian. Family and friends presented a ...

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Spalding school staff and pupils raise charity cash

There was a real baking marathon before a fundraising coffee morning could be held at a Spalding school. Spalding Parish Church of England Day School held the event to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Relief. School instructor Sarah Hendry baked more than 150 shortbread biscuits with the Year 6 pupils ready for the coffee morning. The school also received a ...

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New York destination for Duncan’s third charity marathon

A Spalding man is heading to New York to run his third charity marathon, in aid of Cancer Research UK. Duncan Wright (51) has already completed the London Marathon twice for charity and now, with flights paid for by Consilium Wealth Limited, he’s going to run the New York marathon on November 5. “It’s the largest marathon in the world, ...

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Council chairman backs Spalding memorial

The chairman of South Holland District Council has announced he will be supporting the Spalding WWII Memorial as his charity of the year. The charity is looking to raise £60,000 to have a new memorial for those who were killed in World War Two. Coun Rodney Grocock, who took office in March, said the cause was “dear to his heart” ...

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Cakes and coffee galore at Macmillan mornings

Macmillan’s Biggest Coffee morning raised thousands of pounds for charity last week – and was a great way for people to get together and enjoy the finer things in life: coffee and cake. The national event was embraced in South Holland, with libraries, shops, community centres and homes across the region hosting coffee mornings in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. ...

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Singing for Life to raise hospice cash

A group of South Holland women will be adding their voices to a charity concert later this month. Sing for Life will raise money for Sue Ryder’s Thorpe Hall Hospice in Peterborough. The gala will be at The Cresset, Peterborough, on Sunday, October 21 and more than 100 specially-recruited singers will take part in the fundraiser. Tickets are available via ...

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Cash boost for Long Sutton and Gosberton green projects thanks to the Co-op shoppers

Green space projects in South Holland are set to benefit from a Lincolnshire Co-op scheme. Just under £7,000 will be going to Long Sutton Primary School to help create a wild learning zone and pathway for walks. Almost £5,000 is heading to Gosberton to refurbish a playing field, including a community orchard, and reinstate a summer fair. A total of ...

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Long Sutton charity runner Geoff slays Ely Monster Half Marathon

Long Sutton charity champion Geoff Palmer (67) powered through his first ever half marathon this weekend. Taking part in the Ely Monster Half Marathon, Geoff finished in impressive time. “I completed the run in two hours and nine minutes. I was pleased as I had thought around two hours 15 mins.” Geoff said he enjoyed the day and the views ...

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Serious traffic accidents on the rise across county

LIVES, a Lincolnshire based charity attending 999 medical emergencies, has reported a dramatic increase in the number of serious road traffic collisions (RTC) it has been called to attend across Lincolnshire this year. This is the charity’s busiest year on record, with LIVES volunteers helping nearly 800 people involved in RTCs across Lincolnshire between January and August. This is compared ...

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Coffee, cake and charity at Macmillan’s Biggest Coffee Morning 2017

The only thing finer than coffee and cake is coffee and cake for a good cause. So choose your venue for the Macmillan Big Coffee Morning on Friday, September 29. Across the district, cafes, libraries and community hubs are hosting coffee morning in aid of Macmillan Cancer Research. Pick your place and turn up for good food, a cup of ...

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Firefighters scrub up and raise cash during charity car wash

Firefighters from Holbeach station turned their attention and hoses to the town’s dirty cars all in a good cause. The team spent Saturday in Tesco car park, Holbeach, washing cars and raising money for the National Firefighter’s Charity. The car wash raised £204 and was one of ten car wash events that took place across the county over the last ...

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Suzanne celebrates 40 years hairdressing with Pinchbeck charity tea party

Hairdresser Suzanne Kinane-Waltham will celebrate 40 years of hairdressing with a charity tea party this Saturday (September 23). The event takes place at Killenaule Hair Studio, Knight Street, Pinchbeck. The party starts at 1.30pm and ends at 4.30. Entertainment on the day will include a raffle, tombola, a sweetie trolley, Pims, sandwiches and cakes. Suzanne says: “To all clients past ...

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Great north runner sisters raise money for charity

Sisters Jasmin (24) and Laura Congreve (21) ran their longest race yet when they took part in The Great North Run in Newcastle, to raise money for charity. The sisters, who grew up in Gedney Hill, lost their mother six years ago. and now fundraise to raise awareness for the Anthony Nolan Trust. Laura said: “This is a charity very ...

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Auntie aiming to raise £50k to give her Cowbit niece with a rare syndrome the life she deserves

All-action auntie Victoria Darby is aiming to raise £50,000 for her Cowbit-based niece who was born with an extremely rare genetic disorder. Mia Clucas, who is the daughter of Victoria’s brother Andrew Clucas and his wife Nikki Clucas, is one of only a few hundred people in the world to have Coffin-Siris Syndrome (CSS). A random mutation in her SMARCB1 ...

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