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Ayscoughfee Hall School children from Year 5 visited Stamford’s Burghley Houseto experience a Tudor Christmas. Their day began when they met Henry VIII and ended with a chilling ghost story in a candlelit room. The children played traditional games and took part in Tudor dancing. Headteacher Clare Ogden said: “The children looked amazing in their costumes, especially in the setting ...

Christmas is fast approaching and our readers have been incredibly generous in supporting the Give A Gift Appeal but there’s still time to donate – so no excuses! The Spalding and South Holland Voice teamed up with We’ll Let Your House to launch the appeal and kicked it off with £200 of toys bought from The Spalding and South Holland ...

More than 2,500 bulbs were planted in just an hour in Long Sutton. The “mammoth bulb plant” in St Mary’s churchyard, was led by Long Sutton in Bloom with the bulbs funded by the Parish Council. Around 20 people of all ages took up the invitation to join the work party including Bloom members, parish councillors, children and local residents. ...

A war memorial design competition with a £500 prize has so far attracted very little interest. With just two weeks left until the closing date, competition organiser Harold Payne, of The Anglia Motel at Fleet, has received no entries. Only University Academy Holbeach has indicated an interest in taking part. Mr Payne wants the proposed war memorial to honour fallen ...

Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance is £100 better off thanks to a donation from the Caledonian Society. Caledonian president Chris Charlton and treasurer Val Rowley presented a £100 cheque to Air Ambulance representatives Tom and Heather Chambers at the society’s annual St Andrew’s Night ceilidh at Spalding Services Club. The air ambulance is one of several charities supported by the ...

Long Sutton garden centre Silverwood has become a collection point for the Give A Gift Appeal. The Spalding and South Holland Voice teamed up with We’ll Let Your House to launch the appeal and kicked it off with £200 of toys bought from The Spalding and South Holland Voice Community Fund. Since then readers have been getting on board leaving ...

A Spalding man has a very personal reason for fundraising – and more importantly raising awareness of his chosen charity – in his first-ever marathon. Adam Davis, who was a police support community officer in Spalding and Crowland for eight years, is in training for April’s Virgin London Marathon. His aim is to raise £1,750 and spread the word of ...

A project to help provide clothes for some of the country’s most vulnerable children has put out an appeal for storage space. Ella’s Project was set up earlier this year by Spalding couple Mark and Sarah Le Sage to collect good quality clothes for children aged birth to five. In its first few months the scheme, named after Mark and ...

Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance is £100 better off thanks to a donation from the Caledonian Society. Caldedonian president Chris Charlton and treasurer Val Rowley presented a £100 cheque to Air Ambulance representatives Tom and Heather Chambers at the society’s annual St Andrew’s Night ceilidh at Spalding Services Club. The air ambulance is one of several charities supported by the ...

Spalding Christmas Market – scheduled for Sunday (November 29) – has been cancelled due to forecasted high winds. Organisers contacted The Voice at 7pm on Saturday with the news. Spalding town centre manager Dennis Hannant said: “We have had to cancel the Christmas Market tomorrow due to the expected bad weather; wind speeds of between 30-45 mph.” Ayscoughfee Hall Winter ...

The Rotary Club of Holbeach has confirmed its dates for this year’s Santa’s sleigh run. A spokesman said: “Santa with his sleigh and helpers will set off at 5.30pm (Sunday timings to be confirmed closer to the time) and will visit as many homes and children as he can fit in until 8pm. “Please listen for his sleigh bells and ...

It was frying pans at the ready as 13 youngsters went head-to-head in the annual Rotary Young Chef Competition. Organised by The Rotary Club of Spalding and Welland, it took place in the food technology suite at Spalding’s Sir John Gleed School. Students from Spalding High School, Sir John Gleed School, Spalding Grammar School and Bourne Academy competed. Their challenge ...

South Holland residents are once again proving their generosity by really getting behind the Give A Gift Appeal. We teamed up with We’ll Let Your House to launch the appeal at the start of November and kicked it off with £200 worth of toys bought using cash from The Spalding and South Holland Voice Community Fund. Since then readers have ...

A free advice session about personal safety in and out of the home is being offered. Holbeach district councillors Francis Biggadike and Tracey Carter and Holbeach county councillor Nick Worth have organised the Staying Safe session run by former police detective Stuart Gibbons. Topics will include: home security bogus callers and rogue traders scammers personal safety safe shopping safe use ...

Father Christmas is about to start his annual sleigh ride tour of Spalding and other parts of South Holland. In Spalding, his reindeer and sleigh will be provided as usual by the Rotary Club of South Holland – and Rotarians escorting the sleigh will be supported by other local charities and community groups who will also benefit from the collections. ...

Winter Paralympics silver medallist Jade Etherington was the inspirational guest at the latest South Holland Duke of Edinburgh’s awards presentation event. Before presenting the awards at a busy hall at University Academy Holbeach, Jade talked about her skiing successes at Sochi 2014 and the trials and tribulations leading up to the event. Six candidates from UAH, three from Spalding High ...

Pupils from Spalding’s Ayscoughfee Hall School learned about crime and punishment in Victorian times, on a trip to the Galleries of Justice in Nottingham. As part of its history topic work, the year six class experienced the harsh conditions children faced in a reform school. They also participated in a re-enactment of two court cases, each child taking the role ...

Charity and community group members have the chance to find out how to successfully apply for grants at a free training session in Holbeach. Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service (LCVS) is running the session on Wednesday (Nov 25) at Holbeach United Services, 50 Church Street (1.30pm to 3.30pm). Marie Chapman, LCVS senior community development and volunteering officer, said: “Whilst every ...

Four cadets from 1406 Squadron Air Training Corps (ATC) Spalding have been awarded band badges – despite the squadron not actually having a band! As a result of their own study, hard work and musical interest, their talent was recognised by Wg Cdr Gil Singleton, principal director of music for headquarters air cadets. The wing commander was so impressed that ...

Holbeach charity shop Chosen had a very generous October – donating a huge £10,500 to good causes. Proceeds from the Fleet Street shop went to: Royal Anglian Regiment (£3,000) Royal Lincolnshire and Royal Anglian Regimental Association (£2,000) Children With Cancer UK and Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust (£2,000) Holbeach St Johns Over 50s (£500) Holbeach Sports Academy (£1,000) Hearing Dogs for the ...