Community

Community groups are being offered free access to a course designed to help them ensure they are fulfilling their responsibilities to safeguard adults form harm and abuse. The course, delivered by Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service (LCVS), is designed to empower individuals to spot possible abuse and those at risk and know what to do if they have a concern ...

An IT manager from Spalding raised the money necessary to fund a cancer support nurse for a day by running 118 miles in a month. Simon Lilley (43), of St Helena Drive, took on Out Run September for Macmillan Cancer Support as a personal challenge and to add to recent fundraising efforts. He raised £235, surpassing his original target of ...

Sneath’s Mill Trust has been presented with a £1,000 grant from the Freemasons’ Provincial Grand Lodge. Each year the 74 Masonic Lodges within Lincolnshire have the opportunity to request a grant to support one or more of their local charities – this year from a pot of £73,500. Fenland Daylight Lodge 9825 at Long Sutton put forward one request – ...

Spalding Hospice Foundation Committee held a fundraising stall at Johnson Community Hospital to support its Tulip Suite. Sales of plants, costume jewellery and bric-a-brac raised £152 to help the committee carry on its work supporting patients, their families and staff. Pauline Seymour, wife of South Holland District Council chairman Michael, donated a large number of hand knitted toys, which proved very popular. ...

A chef who was the youngest-ever person to be diagnosed with a particular form of cancer – and almost died – is ready to run a half-marathon on Sunday. And Rob Green has celebrity backing for the Perkins Great Eastern Run in Peterborough – comedian and social media star Dapper Laughs has pledged £500. Rob was just ten years old ...

Shoppers at Tesco Holbeach had the chance of getting ‘a little extra help’ last Saturday (Oct 1) in the way of having their cars washed by firefighters. Members of Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue’s Holbeach crew did a car wash in aid of the Fire Fighters’ Charity, raising £261.

by Karen Johnson – South Holland District Council community development officer With the nights drawing in and mornings getting darker, for some of us it is an easy excuse to stay at home and relax. We would like to see more people buck this trend and that’s why we’re supporting a brand new campaign from Public Health England. One You ...

Staff at Spalding Bakery have presented the proceeds of a tough fundraising walk to the summit of Snowdon. It took Andy Murray, Chris Gadd, George Dickson, Sheryl Bullock, Trace Dance, Paul Palmer, Sam Brittain, Jason Griffiths and Jon Tomlinson three and a half hours to do the 7km climb, battling 60mph winds near the end. But it was worth it ...

Dog walkers took to the streets of Spalding on Sunday to raise funds for the Lincolnshire East Branch of the RSPCA. Around 60 dogs were registered for the first RSPCA Big Walkies event which started at Ayscoughfee Hall Gardens in Spalding. Walkers came from across south Lincolnshire to participate in either a 3km or 5km sponsored walk along the riverside ...

Spalding’s hugely-popular Pumpkin Festival takes place on Friday with organisers promising another spectacular day out. The festivities – which have been a popular diary date for more than a decade – are organised by South Holland District Council, sponsored by Spalding firm David Bowman Pumpkins Ltd and supported by the Spalding and Welland Rotary Club, Spalding Lions, Tulip Radio and ...

When Andrew Woolf failed to secure a place in the ballot for the Royal Parks Half Marathon on October 9, he thought that was it for this year. But then he entered an online raffle and won a place! Andrew, of Moulton, said: “I would not consider myself as a runner, but I supported two friends last year when they ran ...

Volunteers got together on Saturday to start the clean-up of Spalding Railway Station. Spalding and Peterborough Transport Forum is adopting the station and work has begun to bring it back to its former glory. Forum chairman George Scott was delighted with the turnout. He said: “About 20 people came along to help, including staff from Bakkavor who have pledged sponsorship, ...

Organisers of a thriving summer outdoor event are appealing for more helpers. The Holbeach Town and Country Fayre is held over a weekend in June and provides entertainment and outdoor enjoyment in various forms that attracts many visitors of assorted age ranges. It has gone from strength-to-strength over many years with the aim of being able to donate to local ...

The Stroke Association completed its 15,000th blood pressure check for Royal Mail staff at the Spalding delivery office. Local charity health and wellbeing co-ordinators have been visiting Royal Mail sites up and down the county since February 2015, carrying out blood pressure checks and raising awareness of the link between high blood pressure and stroke. The work is part of the Stroke ...

Parachute Regiment veterans and their families and friends were joined by other village residents in paying respects at the 72nd Arnhem parade and service in Donington last Sunday.(Sept 25) The service at St Mary and the Holy Rood Church was very well attended, including veterans attended from various military campaigns including World War Two, Suez, Falklands and Iraq. The names of ...

A team from Chattertons Solicitors won accountancy firm Moore Thompson’s annual charity quiz night. Some of the region’s top business brains were at The South Holland Centre for the event in aid of the practice’s in-house charity, the Moore Thompson Charitable Fund CIO. Helped by a raffle with prizes donated by local businesses, the evening raised £1,479.70 for the fund. Chattertons’ team, comprising ...

Spalding plant breeder Elsoms is inviting growers to find out more about its work and premises. The firm’s annual open days at its trials field alongside the A16 at Pinchbeck (postcode PE11 3JG) are on Wednesday and Thursday, October 12 and 13. With over 30 exhibitors from the industry booked to exhibit, and 200 visitors expected per day, it’s a key agricultural event in ...

Wheelchair users being weighed at Johnson Community Hospital will have an easier and much more comfortable experience thanks to a donation by Spalding Round Table. Last year’s Table chairman, Sam Nundy, had the hospital as his chosen charity and the wheelchair accessible scales – costing just over £1,000 – were bought from profits at Round Table’s annual boxing event in ...

Hovenden House held a Rio-inspired day to coincide with the Olympics and Paralympics. Staff members at the Leonard Cheshire Disability home in Fleet and their families were invited to join residents. The morning included an Olympic torch parade and games including welly throwing and basketball. A medal ceremony, which rewarded everybody who participated, was followed by a Brazil-inspired barbecue and refreshments. ...

Emergency vehicles, state-of-the-art lifesaving equipment and glimpses behind the scenes of a busy acute hospital will form part of a fun packed open day next month. The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn will welcome the public on Sunday, October 2, to learn more about how it operates. Chief executive Dorothy Hosein, said: “As an organisation we are on a ...