Fundraising

After the huge success of the first-ever Spalding Beer and Music Festival, organisers have turned their attention to distributing the £15,000 profit. Youth groups, clubs, organisations and schools in and around Spalding are being invited to apply for a slice of the fund. The event last month was jointly organised by Spalding and District Round Table and Spalding Ladies’ Circle, ...

Staying quiet during rugby matches is not something which comes easy to Tony Walkers. So a sponsored silence seemed a fitting challenge to fundraise in memory his brother Henry, a long-time member of Spalding Rugby Club and Spalding Town Cricket Club. Tony was in his local in Somerset and managed to bite his lip for seven hours during the back-to-back ...

Dog owners are being urged to get their walking shoes on for a good cause. Local independent charity St Barnabas Lincolnshire Hospice is hosting a sponsored dog walk, Paws 4 a Cause, to help boost the funds they need to care for people living with a life limiting illness. The walk will take place on Sunday, June 19, from 1pm ...

More than 100 barrels of real ale were drunk dry as 4,000 visitors made it an inaugural Spalding Beer and Music Festival to remember. The biggest winners were youth organisations and groups in Spalding who will get to share the £15,000 profit. The three-day event at The Castle Sports Complex was organised by Spalding and District Round Table and Spalding ...

Four family members of a Spalding man who died from motor neurone disease are taking on a tough 1,800-mile motorcycling challenge. Steve (Sid) Sinclair, Ashley Sinclair and Phil Rodgers (all from Pode Hole) and Will Brassington, of Moulton Seas End, leave England on Saturday, May 28, and aim to travel through France, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Austria, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and arrive ...

The Friends of The Garth School (FOGS) are looking for the community to get involved with a sponsored bike ride to Skegness this summer. The Spalding special school’s charity hopes to raise money for a new sensory room and equipment for its hydrotherapy pool. FOGS wants to hear from: people wanting to take part first aiders people to be marshals ...

Proceeds from three lunches held at St Laurence Church, Surfleet during Lent were presented to two charities. Cheques for £196.00 each were presented by churchwarden Douglas Drakard to Ruth Felts, of Marie Curie, and Jane Clark, of the Calum Pite Smile Charity. Pictured: left to right: Douglas Drakard, Jane Clark, Churchwarden Annette Rhodes and Ruth Felts.

Spalding firefighters are thanking the local community for their generosity after raising nearly £600 at a car wash. Crews raised money for The Fire Fighters Charity, which provides life enhancing support for serving and retired firefighters and their families. Despite poor weather, many people turned out to show their support and gave generously to help raise almost twice as much ...

Office workers from Bakkavor in Spalding have presented a cheque for £1,000 to their chosen charity for 2015. The firm’s Group Services employees nominate a charity each year that has made a difference to their own families and is close to their hearts. The choice was Teenage Cancer Trust. The trust has 28 units across the UK, including Leicester and ...

With seven weeks to go until the first Spalding Beer and Music Fest, the event is really starting to take shape. Seventeen acts have been booked to appear across the three-day bank holiday event at The Castle Sports Complex from Friday, May 27 to Sunday, May 29. The music genres range from Country and Western to pop to rock. And ...

A Ladies Night held in Holbeach has raised £2,676 to be split between two good causes in the town. Holbeach and East Elloe Hospital Trust and the Tigers Social Club and Bar will be benefiting from the money, which was raised at the event organised by Kathy Rooke, Emma Putterill and Kat Wakefield. Over 100 women enjoyed the show put ...

Horse riders will be able to pick up a bargain at an equestrian car boot sale. Four Winds Equestrian Centre at West Pinchbeck will hold the event on Friday (March 18) to go towards the costs of buying mirrors for its arena. Sellers can set up in the floodlit arena from 5pm with buyers arriving from 5.30pm. Pitches are £5 in ...

An eight-year-old girl with cerebral palsy is £3,000 closer to getting a powered wheelchair thanks to Holbeach charity shop Chosen. Sophie Clarke and twin brother Lewis both suffer from the condition. But while Lewis is able to walk unaided, Sophie needs a frame. A fundraising campaign for a £10,000 powered wheelchair is close to complete. Chosen joint manager and treasurer ...

Holbeach Hospital has a popular event to thank for its latest donation of more than £500. The annual Fenland Tractors Working Weekend organisers and stewards held a special event to present a cheque for £564 to Holbeach Hospital. The two-day event is held every September in fields near to Holbeach which offers vintage tractor or farming implement owners from near ...

Three projects are hoping to get the most votes this week to earn the top £12,000 grant in the Tesco Bags of Help scheme. Fleet Wood Lane Primary School, Holbeach In Bloom and Spalding Monkhouse Primary School have already done enough to get at least £8,000 each, but they are all asking for people’s support to help them get a ...

Eleven charities and voluntary groups who provided collectors for the annual Spalding sleigh ride at Christmas have all received £300 cheques. The presentations were made by Bob Bradley, president of South Holland Rotary Club – the sleigh ride organisers – at a special celebration evening at the Woodlands Hotel, Spalding. The 11 were ­Spalding and Welland Rotary Club, Spalding Rugby ...

A first ball in Spalding to raise funds for The British Heart Foundation and Diabetes UK was so successful that a second has already been pencilled in for September 2017. Last Saturday’s event at The South Holland Centre had 85 guests and raised at least £2,200. Music was provided by Zebra and Sarah O’Brien. Helen Webster, event co-organiser with Jackie ...

Tickets are now on sale for this year’s Rotary Club Two Lips black tie charity ball. The Rotary Club of Spalding and Welland will be hosting the ball on Saturday, May 7, at the Castle Sports Centre, Spalding. The featured band at this year’s event will be the UK’s number one Beach Boys tribute act and the good causes nominated ...

Spalding PHAB received a cheque for £833.52 from Clover Way Co-op after being their Community Champions from September to December last year. The money will be used to buy indoor games for PHAB’s club nights. With a membership of around 70 and ages ranging from 19 to 93, PHAB provides entertainment and outings.

The date of a clothes swap event in Spalding to support Ella’s Project has been changed. People attending the fundraiser at Act II’s premises on Wednesday, February 23 (10am-1pm) have the choice of swapping children’s clothes (0-5 years) with other visitors or selling items they bring. Entry is via voluntary donation. Ella’s Project was founded by Spalding parents Mark and ...