Community

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 ...

A father and son team have raised more than £1,400 for a children’s charity after climbing Britain’s highest peak. Nigel (54) and Henry Mynott (19) joined The Ben Nevis Challenge with Action Medical Research, a charity dedicated to improving the health of babies and children. The pair took a poster for family business Moulton Pet Stores to the peak with ...

Dog walkers are being encouraged to take part in a charity fundraiser next month. The RSPCA Big Walkies is taking place on Sunday, October 2, and will start from Ayscoughfee Hall Gardens in Spalding. The event aims to raise funds through sponsorship for the Lincolnshire East Branch of the RSPCA and runs from 10.30am until 3pm. There are two walks ...

The 1st Parachute Squadron Royal Engineers veterans will parade in Donington on Sunday (Sept 25) to mark the 72nd anniversary of The Battle of Arnhem. Accompanied by a piper, they will set off from Market Place at 10am and head to St Mary and the Holy Rood Church for a 10.30am service. This will include the presentation of the colours, ...

Spalding support group of the Macular Society raised awareness of eye disease and its work to help sufferers with its annual stall on the market. Members gave information and fundraised with a tombola in a venture supported by Hall Place family-run optician Molsoms and Associates. Andy Molsom received the Macular Society Award for Excellence in 2013 and 2015 and gave ...

Spare a thought for a group of fundraising cyclists riding from Land’s End to John O’Groats this week.(Sep 14) The friends have so far endured extremes of weather on the 1,000-mile route – with rain on day two last Saturday and hot sunshine more recently. Kev Gray, Jason Booth and Mark Orton – all members of Spalding Spinners cycling group ...

A free workshop is being offered, giving advice on how to apply for a new Big Lottery grant for one-off community events and activities. Between £300 and £10,000 is available through the Celebrate! programme for one-off events or activities which bring local communities together. Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service (LCVS) is holding the ‘Celebrate – writing a good funding application’ ...

A nursing home in Holbeach has been awarded “beacon” status for its care of patients. Holbeach and East Elloe Hospital Trust has been awarded the Quality Hallmark Award by the National Gold Standards Framework (GSF) in End of Life Care after successfully completing its accreditation. The award, which lasts for the next three years, will be presented at an awards ...

Harvest Church Spalding is joining in the first-ever global Alpha advertising campaign, which features Bear Grylls. The survival expert said: “My Christian faith has brought light to a dark path, warmth to a cold mountain and strength to a failing body. I remember crawling onto the summit of Everest and clearing the snow from my mask to see the curvature ...

The Spalding branch of the Western Front Association is inviting the public to hear its guest speaker next Thursday.(Sep 22) Former Boston farmer Martin Middlebrook – one of the county’s best known military historians and authors – is finally bringing to an end over 40 years of writing and lectures on military history. He wrote his first book ‘The First ...

A free workshop is being offered, giving advice on how to apply for a new Big Lottery grant for one-off community events and activities. Between £300 and £10,000 is available through the Celebrate! programme for one-off events or activities which bring local communities together. Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service (LCVS) is holding the ‘Celebrate – writing a good funding application’ ...

Wet weather failed to keep the crowds away from the annual Moulton Park Country Show. The show, which was celebrating its 21st birthday, offered a whole host of attractions, including vintage tractors, a classic car show, an arts and crafts fair and vintage fair rides. Members of South Lincs Herpetology Society gave people the chance to get up close and ...