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Specialist cancer treatment in America for Deeping St Nicholas lad Kieran Taylor got under way on Tuesday (June 20). The seven-year-old, who had a brain tumour removed last year, will have daily proton beam therapy for six weeks in Florida. The NHS-sponsored therapy, currently not available in the UK, deals with types of cancer in critical areas when it is ...

A woodland area will help schoolchildren discover more about nature and wildlife after volunteers spruced it up. Lincolnshire Co-op colleagues and members mucked in to refresh a green space at Long Sutton Primary School. Together they’ve cleared thick weeds and made way for a woodland trail and outdoor area for the school’s pupils. And the clear-up itself gave the children ...

The pride, care and devotion is obvious to see in entries for the Holbeach Best Garden competition, which we’re running in conjunction with Holbeach In Bloom. There are three prizes – £50, £30 and £20 – for individuals’ gardens and a £25 prize for the best community effort. Gardens in Holbeach or the surrounding villages are eligible to be entered Get ...

These are some of the results of an ongoing project to create textiles for Holbeach Cemetery Chapels. A one-day workshop was held to continue the project of creating eight panels. Two panels will go on display at a Midsummer Concert with The Mirinesse Singers at the Park Road chapels on Wednesday (June 21). Around 25 adults and also children from ...

A free family fun day is taking place at Ayscoughfee Gardens in Spalding on Sunday (June 18), as part of The Great Get Together, inspired by the life of late MP Jo Cox. The event between 11am and 3pm will feature garden games, live music, arts and crafts activities and entertainment. Families are encouraged to bring along a picnic and ...

Organisers of last month’s Spalding Beer and Music Festival want to hear from good causes for youths which would like a slice of the £15,000 profit.   Groups, clubs, organisations and schools in and around Spalding are invited to apply for funding. However, event organisers Spalding Round Table and Spalding Ladies’ Circle, stress that every application must directly benefit children. ...

A yoga teacher from Whaplode St Catherine has joined an elite band of instructors after an impulsive decision to jet off to America for specialist training.     Lynn Exley, who runs Wellbeing for Living, decided to join the Foundation Training scheme after struggling with a bad back.   Despite the intensive training being held in Florida, Lynn decided to ...

Tickets for St Nicolas Players’ forthcoming music hall showcase in Holbeach must be bought by Saturday, June 16. The event is at the WI Hall in Park Road on Saturday, June 24 (7.30pm). In aid of Lincs and Notts Air Ambulance, £10 tickets are available from Holbeach Wholefoods in High Street and Chosen charity shop in Fleet Street. They can ...

The third networking event this year with Spalding and District Area Chamber is being at the Red Lion Quarter Conference Centre on Tuesday, June 20. This event is being sponsored by independent accountants firm Duncan and Toplis, which will be providing a guest talk on “Financial information to drive your business”. Chamber president Phil Scarlett said: “Our networking events are ...

Scores of children from 11 schools came together for the annual South Holland Primary Schools’ Music Festival on Tuesday (June 6).   The event was hosted by Spalding Parish Church of England Day School. Vicki Twell, teacher at Holbeach’s William Stukeley Primary School and event chairman, said: “This year’s theme was film and TV and each school performed individually songs ...

People only have until the end of this month to enter Holbeach In Bloom’s best garden competition, run in conjunction with The Voice. Whatever your outside space – a garden, balcony or window box – Holbeach In Bloom wants to see it. Judges Terry and Jill Harrington will visit each entrant during July and decide the winners. There are three ...

Charity champion Phyllis Harris has taken her fundraising past the £7,000 mark after her latest bingo event at Whaplode Village Hall. Phyllis raised £374.50 for a memorial garden which is being created in Westgate Woods at Boston. The plan is to develop a restful memorial space accessible by all for relatives, friends and colleagues to come and remember those who ...

Lincolnshire Co-op is asking for volunteers to muck in and help spruce up some nature spots and environmental projects.   Long Sutton Primary School is one of the locations for this year’s Big Co-op Clean. On Thursday (June 8) between 10am and 2pm there will be gardening work in polytunnels and raised beds, and clearance of the forest area.   ...

University Academy Holbeach’s first Battle of the Bands was organised by some of its older students.   As part of their BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Music, Edward King and Austin Walker-Hyde had to organise and run a community music project. They decided to work with Year 7 pupils to develop the younger pupils’ knowledge of and skills in rock ...

  The story of the Spalding’s history is being told through a series of special events at Ayscoughfee Hall this summer. The Festival of Archaeology will feature events, talks, displays and activities for the whole family. It kicks off on Thursday, July 20 with a talk by Louise Jennings, historic environment officer for Lincolnshire, focussing on the history of South ...

About 4,000 visitors made the second annual Spalding Beer and Music Festival another smash hit. The joint Spalding Round Table and Spalding Ladies’ Circle event is expected to have topped £15,000 profit – all of which will be distributed to good causes in the local community in the coming months. Across the event from last Friday (May 26) to Sunday, ...

Patients recovering in hospital are now able to access a small collection of Polish books, thanks to kind donations from members of an online support group.   Staff from Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) made an appeal for books written in Polish after a special request for help from a homeless patient, who did not have anything to ...

Representatives from organisations that involve volunteers are invited to join together in Volunteers’ Week to share best practice and tips. The South Holland Volunteer Coordinators’ Forum, led by Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service (LCVS), is for anyone who supports or manages volunteers or is involved in local community organisations and projects. Heidi Haxeltine, LCVS area officer for South Holland, said: ...

Here’s a chance to have your photograph in the Spalding Conservation Area exhibition this summer. The Voice has teamed up with Spalding Photographic Society and Spalding and District Civic Society to give readers a chance to have their images featured in the display moving throughout the town from May to September. There are four periods of entry: Thursday, May 4 until Wednesday, May 24; Thursday, ...

Free CPR demonstrations are taking place in Spalding tonight (Thursday).   The initiative is part of the BBC Radio Lincolnshire ‘Save A Life’ campaign.   St John Ambulance is one of the partners in this initiative which aims to teach 10,000 people CPR skills.   The demonstrations last between 30 and 45 minutes and will take place at 6.30pm and ...