Community

Action Medical Research is delighted with £2,500 proceeds from an auction at Springfields Events Centre in Spalding. The event was the idea of auctioneer Alan Porter. More than 450 lots including golf trollies, prams and buggies, white goods and china went under the hammer. Allison Homes sponsored the venue hire. The charity’s next event – in partnership with Macmillan Cancer ...

A wealth of community projects and other good causes across South Holland have been helped by financial contributions from a district council pot over the past 12 months. Each financial year, all 37 councillors are each given £5,000 as a designated members’ budget to allocate as they wish. One of the largest single projects this year was in Spalding where ...

Lincolnshire has been chosen as a pilot area for the Department for Transport’s Bikeability Plus scheme. Lincolnshire County Council has been awarded £25,000 to deliver a series of modules designed to engage children and families with the opportunities, skills, support and guidance to make cycling part of their everyday lives. Before June 2015, the council will have delivered six modules ...

Transported aims to increase the number of people in the South Holland and Boston areas engaging with and participating in the arts. Funded by Creative People and Places from Arts Council England, the programme is moving into its third year and is organising lots of different arts events and activities to take place during 2015. An open update meeting is ...

The final two days of term at Spalding Monkshouse Primary School saw pupils from reception through to year five put on an Easter tea performance. Residents from sheltered accommodation at Sezanne Walk were first to see the show, which included an Easter hat parade and musical renditions, accompanied by tea and cake. And on Friday it was the turn of ...

A project to create a mass of canvases comprising individually knitted tulip heads has been eagerly greeted. The aim is to showcase the artwork at South Holland In Bloom and other community events. Tulip Radio is co-ordinating the project and will supply canvases approximately 40in x 30in. It’s hoped that each one completed will also bear the logo and names of ...

One of Spalding’s most historic tourist attractions is keeping pace with the 21st century by introducing 3D printing. Chain Bridge Forge Museum can now produce small plastic models of virtually anything. The subject is scanned and a model formed from Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene (ABS), a low-cost engineering plastic which is easy to machine and fabricate. The manufacture is seen by the museum ...

A community arts project is under way to revamp the boarded-up windows at Holbeach cemetery chapels. Efforts are being made to repair and regenerate the monument chapels to create a community focused space. While a steering committee applies for funding, arts programme Transported is helping with some artistic care. The project will create four bespoke photographic murals, which will take ...

Tickets are on sale for a spring ball in aid of Epilepsy Society. It’s at Holbeach Community Centre on Saturday, April 11. Tickets cost £30 and include a three-course meal and live band Children of the Revolution. Ball organiser Chris Douglas said: “The money raised will go towards care, support and research into new methods of treating the condition.” To ...

Chain Bridge Forge on High Street, Spalding, is open over the Easter weekend with free admission. The Forge will be offering blacksmithing demonstrations with an opportunity to make items yourself. Children over five will be able to have a go at making a coat hook (£5 fee). The forge is open on Good Friday from 10am-3pm, Easter Saturday from 11am-3pm, ...

Staff at Spalding’s Ashwood Nursing Home are celebrating after being named fifth best care home in the East Midlands. The award came from carehome.co.uk, the largest online directory for care homes in the UK. In the top 20 East Midlands category, Ashwood Nursing Home took fifth, out of 1,588. This was based on the number of excellent recommendations from family ...

The South Lincolnshire Blind Society has launched a pilot project to provide a volunteer Carer Sitter Service in South Holland. The society is looking for volunteers who can give a couple of hours on a regular basis to sit with a cared-for person offering companionship and ensuring they are safe, while their carer has a break to recharge their batteries. ...

A discount scheme for shops and eateries in Spalding town centre and at Springfields Outlet Shopping starts with the relaunch of Spalding Water Taxi on Good Friday. Passengers on the service will be entitled to savings ranging from five per cent to 15 per cent at six town centre retailers – Beales Department Store, Bookmark, Charmed Interiors, Hughes, Revills and Riverview ...

One of the original volunteers to support Moulton Mill restoration project more than 14 years ago said goodbye to the attraction last Friday. Iris Chamberlain had her final day in the Granary Tea Room as she looks to devote more time to her leisure activities. Her “retirement” was marked by a gift of flowers and chocolates, presented on behalf of ...

Young and old enjoyed the thrill of the races at a charity night. Spalding Lions held its annual race night at the South Holland Centre, where guests were also able to tuck into a sausage and mash supper. Lions spokesman Elaine Mothers thanked all the event sponsors who helped ensure it was a success. She said: “We raised an amazing ...

Spalding and District Civic Society is having to work particularly hard to find the detail it needs to enable a fifth blue plaque marking events of note associated with the town. The founder of The Salvation Army – General William Booth – lived at two places in the town centre. Investigations led by blue plaques scheme manager Judy Chapman have ...

A church has been given a helping hand to stay in its current premises. Crowland Methodist Church has been discussing for the past five years whether to move to other premises or stay at its historic site in Reform Street, Crowland. A decision has now been taken for the church to remain open for the forseeable future at its current ...

A community centre for Spalding’s Wygate Park could come to fruition without the church which was due to be a partner. In the next couple of weeks, about 1,400 homes on the estate will receive a survey aiming to gauge enthusiasm and suggestions as to what should be included. The project has been mooted for a long time, but it ...

Three friends have been braving the winter weather to get in training for the London Marathon. Spalding women Zoe Rayner (24), her sister Hannah Rayner (26) and friend Kayleigh Wells (27) are gearing up for the “massive challenge” in aid of three very different but equally worthy causes. Zoe is running in aid of cancer care charity Marie Curie, Hannah ...

Good causes have been handed donations totalling more than £4,000 after the final call was made on long-running bingo sessions on Saturday. Hazel Phillippo, with the help of others in the Sutton Bridge Fundraisers, has organised the bingo sessions in Sutton Bridge for almost 40 years, raising thousands of pounds for local groups. Hazel was awarded the MBE for her ...