Community

A mum and son are working with Long Sutton Parish Council on a potential new skate park for the town. Jake Bracken and his mum Heidi are leading the calls to have a cement stake park created for the town.The idea is to replace the current facilities in the park.The pair said in a statement: “We think that a purpose ...

Donington is set to remember some of the World War Two veterans who passed through the village this weekend.The 1st Parachute Squadron Royal Engineers Arnhem Service is being held at 10.30am on Sunday (September 26) at St Mary and the Holy Rood Church.This memorial service includes the presentation of the colours and the names of the fallen soldiers are read ...

A memorial to a heroic RAF pilot who steered his stricken jet away from Spalding and died as a result, is to be unveiled on Monday. The Meteor VIII was being flown by Pilot Officer George Furniss when it got into trouble while over the town on September 27, 1953.He battled with the controls to steer the jet away from ...

Red roses have been taken to the final resting place of more than 800 men lost when the Royal Oak was hit by torpedo fire in 1939. Some of the 834 dead from the events of October 14 at Scapa Flow have relatives in South Holland and some joined armed forces supporter Harold Payne on the trip.He had been fundraising ...

A popular tractor run returned last weekend to raise £1,200 for St Bartholomew’s Church and West Pinchbeck Village Hall. In total 38 tractors took part in the West Pinchbeck Tractor Run on Sunday, September 12. They left the hall at 10am returning around 11.30am.Meanwhile there was a BBQ, refreshments and stalls at the hall. One of the organisers, Paul Bellamy, ...

A Spalding great-grandad has returned to running at the age of 71 to complete the Great North Run without leaving South Holland in memory of a relative. Brian Ball was a keen runner before ill health meant he had to stop. However he wanted do something to raise money for cousin Clive Baker who died earlier this year after contracting ...

Village residents in South Holland came together at the weekend for a community event. With attractions galore for younger visitors, there was something for everyone to enjoy at the Gosberton Village Fair. The fair is usually held in June but was postponed this year until after the COVID-19 restrictions were lifted. There was no event last year because of the ...

A 17-year-old is raising money so she can help teach young people in South Africa. Abbie Brown, from Crowland, is working with the charity Project Trust which sends people on gap year projects. She’s been inspired to do so after seeing her step-sister Charlotte take part in a trip to the country. Abbie, who is set to begin her final ...

A remnant of Spalding’s historic Flower Parade has been erected to brighten up Spalding station. The volunteers that have taken it upon themselves to spruce it up have teamed up with Springfields and the Springfields Horticultural Society. Not only have they provided plants for the flower bed, but they’ve also provided the moss covered rabbit that’s been christened Tulipa. Jan ...

A club for Holbeach’s elderly met for the final time last week, 66 years after forming. The Friday Club was set up in 1954 to give pensioners in the town somewhere to meet up. Demand meant another daily club The Pop In was launched around 1973 and that too ran until the COVID-19 pandemic hit. The organising committee of both ...

More than 3,000 visitors enjoyed the weather and the great food on offer at Holbeach’s annual Food Festival. Organiser Nick Worth is delighted with the way the event went, saying it had a “real community feel”. The event was held at Carter’s Park, this year over two days, and most stallholders reported having a great weekend. Nick said: “It was ...

A charity that provides weekday social sessions for the elderly is on the lookout for more volunteers. The Meadows, which runs The Sir John Van Geest Centre in Spalding, is getting busier as people return to its sessions. But that means it needs more volunteers to help it put on and feed its attendees as well as help them get ...

Food businesses and local chefs are invited to apply for the Greater Lincolnshire Menu competition ahead of Lincolnshire Day on October 1. “The importance of supporting local businesses has never been greater than it is now, Launched jointly by Lincolnshire County, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire councils, the competition aims to celebrate the exceptional food grown and produced across ...

A call has gone out for any unwanted clothes and necessities to help refugees fleeing Afghanistan. And it’s being led locally by a Pinchbeck woman who has been helping others for years. Heidi Hayman is already getting bags of clothes thrown into her garden after putting the call out on social media That’s because she’s regularly helped charity efforts including ...

An annual cricket game strolled back to the crease this year and raised over £1,100 for local good causes. Sir John Hayes’s annual Lords and Commons XI match with Moulton Harrox Cricket Club returned on Sunday, August 29 in the village. The host club took the win, regaining the trophy from Sir John’s team who had retained it in the ...

Around 100 bikes came together in Holbeach last week following the setting up of an online community. A Facebook page called ‘Motorbike group for ride and general chat Holbeach and surrounding area’ has proved hugely popular, and last week it decided to meet up at The Tigers Bar at Carter’s Park. And organisers were left stunned when so many turned ...

A new community project led by the Catholic Community in South Holland has received more support from a local self-employed Spalding resident. Local gardener Luke Britton, who has recently set up his own garden maintenance company Perfect Gardens, has donated £200 to Project St Thomas. It aims to provide a Community Café facility and provide Changing Places facilities for those ...

A six-year-old from Spalding has had hair cut short for The Little Princess Trust. Cara Smart-Waterfall became interested in wigs after watching the Netflix show Alexa and Katie where they were mentioned. Mum Norma Smart showed her You Tube videos about them including what the Little Princess Trust do for young people who have experienced hair loss due to ill ...

A Spalding teen has given up some of his summer holiday to raise money through a sponsored walk. Jake Winkett (15), of Spalding, is an ambassador of the Kids Out charity that aims to help children from disadvantaged backgrounds. The Spalding Academy pupil had previously set up a Giving Tree to provide the young people with Christmas presents. And he ...

A Long Sutton couple will be burning the midnight oil as their decorated son attempts to make yet more Paralympic history this week. Watching Jody Cundy in his seventh Paralympics will be a strange one for his parents Alan and Ann as they won’t be able to attend for the first time. But the pair will still be cheering from ...