Community

Clients, staff and volunteers at a South Holland day centre have been collecting items to send to Ukraine. The Meadows Day Centre has joined the national outpouring of support for the country currently under attack from Russia. “Some of our older clients remember how hard it was in the war here, and how many things they missed, especially as younger ...

A popular shop selling refurbished cycles and helping a South Holland charity is closing its doors for good. Despite managing to stay trading during the height of the pandemic, the economic situation means PaulJo Bikes will be shutting for business later this spring. Having started more than ten years ago as a workshop hobby, the business moved into its Winsover ...

A group from Spalding’s Polish community is looking to create a multi-cultural centre in the town offering services including counselling from those fleeing the war in Ukraine. The White Eagle Community Centre was set up last October by Justyna Lukaszuk plus friends Grzegorz Komorowski and Monika Szymanska and has already put on several events at different venues around the town. ...

A group of Spalding Wombles met at the weekend in memory of member Graham Walmsley who died recently. Graham, known as Brian, was a group member from its beginnings and was regularly out and about collecting rubbish. He died aged 64 at the end of January and his friends gathered in Spalding on Sunday. “It was great to see so ...

Several Spalding residents have helped organise and take part in a special open swimming session to raise funds for Ukrainian refugees. Around £600 was raised for the Red Cross and Mission Poland’s Ukraine appeal as well as goods collected thanks to the efforts at Anton’s Gowt. Aga Smith, of Spalding, was among those who helped organise the event alongside Abi ...

Children who might otherwise have gone without an Easter Egg this year are set to get one thanks to the Spalding branch of a bank and a local charity. Nat West in Market Place is collecting eggs until the end of March. And charity Ella’s Project is working with local social services to ensure they get to where they’ll be ...

Lincolnshire police is recruiting cadets from the Spalding area. The force’s programme for volunteers aged 13 to 18, includes a whole range of aspects of policing such as learning about the law and how laws are applied, powers of arrest, the police caution and the criminal justice system. Cadets come from all backgrounds and will have the chance to help ...

The South Holland Outdoor Festival will return to the district for the Easter holidays. The series of events across the area is run by the district council’s Communities team and proved a hit last summer. Now South Holland District Council is bringing the events to the Easter holidays from Saturday, April 2 until Sunday, April 10. A spokesman for South ...

Red noses, red clothes and general hilarity was very much the order of the day when South Holland schools took part in this year’s Comic Relief events. Pupils at Wygate and Gosberton academies were completely in the red with fancy dress and colour coordination all round. The fancy dress theme was continued at Ayscoughfee School in Spalding which was also ...

A Pinchbeck florist has donated 3,000 daffodils to a care company to hand out and show support for Ukraine.Evolve Flowers in Pinchbeck donated the flowers after the recent storms meant they had thousands of daffodils they were unable to sell.As a solution, florist Helen Chambers decided to give them to Home From Home Care, a family-run care provider which operates ...

Fire kit and equipment from Lincolnshire and every fires service in the UK is being sent out to Ukraine to support firefighters on the frontline. UK charity FIRE AID and International Development (FIRE AID), and the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) are coordinating donations of more than 5,000 items of fire and rescue equipment and PPE which will be sent in ...

Local volunteers who have been collecting goods for Ukrainian refugees say they’ve been ‘overwhelmed’ by the generosity and support shown in the area. Both the St Thomas Project in St Thomas’s Road, Spalding, and The Anglia Motel in Fleet have been turned into drop off points for collections.Boxes of Hope, based at the motel, is working with the United Nations ...

A recently set up community club for Eastern European families living in and around Spalding is offering free mental health sessions for any Ukrainians in the area.The White Eagle Community Club has been set up by Justyna Lukaszuk. The mother-of-three runs the Prism Holistic Therapy Centre For Families as well as teaching Polish and English. And she’s offering free therapy ...

Staff, parents and pupils at Spalding’s SEND (Special Education Needs and Disability) schools have been doing their bit for Ukrainian refugees.The Garth and The Priory schools have both been collecting goods.Senior deputy head Claire Moore said: “As a school community, we are deeply saddened with regards to the tragedy currently unfolding in Ukraine and desperately wanted to help.“To support our ...

Members of the Spalding Wombles group will be meeting on Sunday to hold a special litter pick. The team will be meeting to remember Graham Walmsley, known as Brian, who died at the end of January at the age of 64.One of the first members when the group started during the first lockdown, Graham became well-known for his lengthy posts ...

Staff at a Spalding school will be jumping from planes and running marathons to raise money for a charity that is helping a pupil and her family. The new head teacher at St John The Baptist Primary School, Clare Robinson, will be skydiving in May as part of the campaign to help the Lily Foundation.The charity has been providing help ...

Spalding’s Inner Wheel has celebrated 68 years of influence in the town with a special lunch. The club held its 68th Charter Anniversary on Friday, March 11, at Spalding Golf Club. Vice president Pauline Start stepped into president Kathleen Price’s shoes and hosted as she was unable to attend. An Inner Wheel spokesman said: “Members from the Spalding Inner Wheel ...

A new photography exhibition which focuses on people in Spalding in the last few months is due to launch. ‘Portrait Promenade’ is a series of portraits created by photographer Steven Hatton of Electric Egg, captured during Transported Art’s Spalding Super Saturdays arts events in recent months. The portraits will be exhibited at Spalding Gentlemen’s Society from March 20 to June ...

One of the oldest established clubs in the area has celebrated its diamond anniversary. Spalding District Flower Club marked its anniversary last year, but because of Covid had to wait until now to celebrate. Members enjoyed a three-course lunch at the Woodlands Hotel. The event was organised by the present committee and 38 members were treated to prosecco and lunch. ...

A new specialist ‘enviro-crime team’ could be brought in to tackle fly-tipping in South Holland. It’s hoped the private team would use cameras and foot patrols to deter people from using the area as a dumping ground and provide more prosecutions. A recent Freedom of Information request by members of the Spalding Wombles litter group found that South Holland District ...