Community

A team of accountants will be swapping their smart shoes and suits for walking boots as they prepare for a charity trek. On Sunday, December 13, six Moore Thompson staff members will set off from the firm’s Market Deeping office in Market Place and walk more than 14 miles to the practice’s Spalding office in Broad Street. The team made ...

A Surfleet woman who has fulfilled a lifelong dream to study art has been honoured with a prize for one of her works. Fran Healands, from Surfleet, was awarded the Judges’ Special Prize at the Blackfriars Art Exhibition in Boston. Her environmentally-inspired piece “A Walk in Print” was selected from over 40 entries as the one that most impressed the ...

Free training is being offered to equip people with the skills necessary to ensure they fulfil their obligations to promote the wellbeing of adults and protect them from harm and abuse. The training – Safeguarding Adults: Everyone’s Responsibility, offered by Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service (LCVS), is particularly targeted at anyone who cares for adults especially in a charity or ...

A ghost, a wizard and a couple of skeletons turned up at this week’s Crowland tea dance. The dancers, who meet every Monday at the British Legion Hall from 2pm to 4.30pm, decided to have a bit of Halloween fun and turn up in costume. The organ and stage were decorated to the theme by George and Pat Cragg, who ...

Staff at Spalding’s Tulip Radio are celebrating after winning £1,000 in Ringrose Law’s A Grand Idea competition. Business Manager Jan Whitbourn said: “This was fantastic news for Tulip Radio because as a community radio station we are reliant on receiving money from businesses such as this to keep us sustainable. “This will go towards the running of the station and ...

Spalding’s Sir John Gleed School has been awarded a commendation for successfully completing its Sky Sports Living for Sport Project. Eighteen students spent two days with Sky Sports Athlete Mentor ex-Paralympic World Champion swimmer Fran Williamson working through a number of tasks, including learning about the Sky Sports Six Keys of Success and improving teamwork, communication and confidence skills. Students ...

Volunteers at Moulton Community Centre worked hard during the school’s half-term break last week, transforming the smaller hall, which was in need of redecoration. A spokesman said: “Regular users of the hall will hopefully appreciate the changes, and it has also made the room more attractive to potential users in the future. “The only costs involved were for materials but ...

Moulton Community Centre still has slots for a couple more acts for its Winter Variety Show. The event on Sunday, December 6 will have two performances – one at 2pm and another at 6pm. Both performances will feature local talent, with musicians, singers, and a comedy sketch or two. Pam Ayton Smith, of Moulton Community Association, said: “We still have room ...

Singing seed traders passed through Spalding on Saturday (Oct 31), interacting with market users, and set up their stall for a new kind of trade. Following the success of outdoor theatre performance Burntwater in Spalding last year, district-wide arts programme Transported recommissioned acclaimed theatre makers Tangled Feet to return to continue their trading and evocation of the past in a ...

A Spalding charity is hoping to raise funds and offer volunteer working opportunities by opening a secondhand furniture store. The Lighthouse Project has applied to South Holland District Council for a change of use for a unit at Broadgate House in Westlode Street. A statement with a planning application lodged with South Holland District Council said: “Unwanted furniture will be ...

by Jess Horn, community development officer at South Holland District Council Last week South Holland District Council in Partnership with Leisure in the Community and 1Life ran wheelchair basketball taster sessions. The sessions were held at the Castle Sports Complex in Spalding and Peele Leisure Centre in Long Sutton as a part of the SHout and About competition. The events ...

A new club for youngsters in Spalding is keen to spread the word of its benefits and find out what additions users and parents would like. The Chill Zone runs every Friday between 4.30pm and 6.30pm at The Umbrella in Westlode Street. It is being run by two experienced club managers, Danielle Parkin and Gemma Edwards, who are thrilled to ...

When four-year-old Lucas Devaney was diagnosed with blood cancer, his elder brother’s first thought was to find a way to support him. Ethan (6) picked up his guitar and put some coins into a cup. Mum Joanne asked him what he was doing. “I’m raising money for Lucas,” came the reply. Six months after that touching moment, the fundraising campaign ...

Spalding nine-year-old Annie Carter’s first venture into sponsored fun running raised £201 for children’s charity Barnado’s. As part of the Perkins Great Eastern Run in Peterborough, Annie completed the 5km (3.1 miles) of the Anna’s Hope Fun Run, with mum Cheryl in 30.20mins, finishing 354th out of over 1,300 taking part. Dad Darren said: “It’s the first time she has ...

The Action Medical Research Christmas Gift Fair is at Springfields Events Centre in Spalding on Monday, November 9 and Tuesday, November 10. The event, now in its 13th year, features 60 stalls of books, toys, glassware, kitchenware, clothing, jewellery, artwork, health and beauty items and culinary treats. There will be also be an exhibition by Spalding Arts and Crafts Society. ...

A refurbishment of Deeping St Nicholas Parish Church has finally completed. And to celebrate the end of the seven-year project, Deeping St Nicholas Parochial Church Council is holding an open evening on Tuesday, November 3, at 7pm for people to see the improvements. The PCC said: “We are also using this event to thank all those in the community who ...

Elderly, lonely and homeless people could be looking forward to a merry Christmas thanks to a food delivery business. The English Takeaway, based in Whaplode, is putting feelers out to see if there would be support if they were to provide Christmas dinner for all those people across the area who otherwise wouldn’t get one or would eat alone. The ...

Pupils can look forward to tucking into tasty meals when they return to school after the half-term holiday. St Paul’s Primary School and Nursery officially unveiled its new kitchen last week, which will enable the school to provide pupils with fresh, nutritious hot meals when they return on Monday. The school joined forces with Lincolnshire County Council and PKL to ...

Northern Soul nights are to become a regular feature at The Hole In The Wall pub in Spalding. Landlord Dave Higgins and his partner Caroline Melville were keen to establish the music style made famous in the 1960s when they took over recently. They launched Spalding Soul Club and attracted 60 members in its first ten days. The £3 membership ...

A “funky” young choir is offering singers the chance to try out their voices and join them. Choir Vibe began in 2009 and since then they have sung songs in seven languages, from 12 different countries, from genres covering jazz, pop, musicals, world music, classical, and by composers from Queen to Prokofiev and Snow Patrol to Meghan Traynor. The group ...