Community

by Karen Johnson, community development officer at South Holland District Council There have been various activities taking place recently in Sutton Bridge organised by the community development team and funded thanks to a successful bid with Leisure in the Community. So far, we have seen some cooking sessions at the Children’s Centre with the first five week course starting on ...

A service of dedication has been held for the new poppy memorial in St Nicholas Church at Lutton. It comprises a poppy for each of the men named on the village’s war memorial, with five original Tower of London poppies and a further 20 which were commissioned. They were mounted on to a steel frame, constructed by Lin Secker and ...

The fruits of a festive knitting and crocheting project by Crowland Crafters is expected to be ready to display any time now. Some months ago the group decided to make a Christmas tree and decorate it with handmade decorations. Julie Smith, secretary of Crowland Community Hub said: “We get lots of people involved including the WI and around 50 people ...

St Barnabas Hospice has launched a professional house clearance service to help raise vital funds for patients living with a terminal illness and their families across Lincolnshire. Caroline Peach, retail manager for St Barnabas Hospice, said: “We have been developing and testing this service for the past year and have been inundated with requests. “This is a service that can ...

Pupils from the top two years at Holbeach Primary Academy were enthralled with a visit by an inflatable planetarium. Year 6 teacher Hugh Stanley said: “We look forward to seeing Mr Morton and the StarLincs Planetarium as he explains the wonders of the star system and the constellations so clearly. “This helps us so much with our science work and ...

A Christmas fair at Pinchbeck Village Hall raised £1,920.66 for The Dog’s Trust. Organised by Marlene Aspden, of the village’s Highfields Kennels, there were lots of stalls including Christmas gifts, cakes, games and a large raffle. Marlene’s daughter Kelly Newell said: “We would like to thank everyone who donated items, volunteered on the day and attended the event. “It was ...

Two South Holland schools won £300 of gardening vouchers after impressing in a composting challenge. It was part of a project Anglian Water’s Keep It Clear programme has been running with Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service (LCVS) called Fat of the Land. The aim was to grow awareness of the problems caused by food waste, fats, oils and grease blocking ...

Guide dogs Ozzie and Nana were popular visitors as volunteer staff at Chosen charity shop in Holbeach presented £3,000 to another worthwhile good cause – Guide Dogs of Spalding. Pictured: Back (from left) – Dennis Pearson, Angie Issitt, Dorothy Holdbrook, Pauline Mackman, Jean Marriot, Dorothy Katze, Sheila Cleary; front – Chosen’s Mary Stevenson and Iris Boland with guide dogs Ozzie ...

Pinchbeck East Primary School had one of its most successful Christmas fairs – raising an amazing £5,000. Last Friday’s event, organised by The Friends of the School, took up much of the place and was extremely busy. A big fundraiser was the raffle, with about 30 great prizes including an iPad Mini. Among the many attractions were tombolas with items ...

Hundreds of primary school pupils came together to raise the roof of St John The Baptist Church in Spalding with a very festive feel in the annual school choir competition. The event included renditions from ten schools from Spalding, Sutton Bridge, Gedney Drove End and Deeping St James. And it was the federated primary schools of Westmere at Sutton Bridge ...

Visitors to Holbeach on Sunday were delighted to be able to enjoy two Christmas events and have praised organisers’ efforts. St Nicholas Fayre – held on both days over the weekend – was based around All Saints’ Church and the separate Holbeach Hub Christmas Celebration took place in Boston Road South. St Nicholas Fayre was so successful that after donations ...

Long Sutton Parish Council laid on a terrific Christmas fair in the town on Sunday.(Dec 4) The highlight was more than 350 children getting to see Father Christmas in a grotto in St Mary’s Parish Church. The council had leafletted local schools and Santa – who arrived on a Long Sutton fire engine – was kept busy throughout. Grown-ups particularly ...

Two South Holland schools won £300 of gardening vouchers after impressing in a composting challenge. It was part of a project Anglian Water’s Keep It Clear programme has been running with Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service (LCVS) called Fat of the Land. The aim was to grow awareness of the problems caused by food waste, fats, oils and grease blocking ...

Holbeach’s Chosen charity shop has made a double whammy of presentations for £2,000. Spalding PHAB is planning to put the money towards taking 50 members to a Christmas pantomime. And Boston Samaritans is using the donation to recruit new members for the support group. Pictured (from left): Mary Stevenson, Dorothy Katze, Iris Boland, Pauline Bowyer of The Samaritans, Nigel Pulford, ...

Spalding Primary School has benefited from a community project by Swinton Insurance. A company representative joined the Year 6 gardening club to clear the outdoor learning space and make it usable. And then he teamed up with a representative from B&Q to donate buckets, trowels, spades and gardening gloves for the young gardeners to use to maintain and improve the ...

It’s all systems go for two big Christmas events in Holbeach this weekend. (Dec 3 and 4) Holbeach St Nicholas Fayre is centred around All Saints’ Church on Saturday and Sunday, and Holbeach Hub Christmas Celebration is in Boston Road South on Sunday. For St Nicholas Fayre, it is the third annual running of the event. Organisers say this year’s ...

Holbeach’s Fleet Road will once more become a wonderland of Christmas lights as Jack Turner switches on the illuminations at his home. Each year Jack decorates his home to raise money for Holbeach and East Elloe Hospitals Trust. Last year his home was covered in more than 60,000 lights, raising £1,245 for the charity. This year he promises there will ...

Gosberton Public Hall is staging its first-ever beer festival this weekend. The event is being held to raise funds towards the upkeep of the High Street venue which has recently undergone a much-needed revamp. Mick Pell, chairman of the Gosberton Public Hall trustees, explained that there was a certain amount of irony surrounding the event as the hall was originally ...

Dozens of young people in South Holland have been rewarded for their hard work in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme. Many candidates were receiving their bronze award, five have completed the silver award and four teenagers – Spalding High School students Georgina Cantwell, Emily Crossland and Jade Rigby and Spalding Open Award Group member Sophie Roberts – have achieved ...

With Christmas shopping season now in full swing we’re asking you to spare a thought and a few pounds to pick up an extra gift for a deserving local child. We’ve teamed up again with We’ll Let Your House directors Harry Drury and Jacob Bell on the Give A Gift Campaign.We’re asking readers to buy one extra present suitable for ...