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Anyone can help brighten Holbeach High Street and decorate a float at the Spalding Flower Parade, thanks to a new craft session. Boxes of Hope are putting on the weekly craft sessions open to all to join in from 10am to 5pm every Thursday at its High Street hub in the town.Anyone is being asked to pop in and get ...

It’s full steam ahead for Long Sutton Men’s Shed’s latest project. The Silverwood Nursery-based group, that aims to beat loneliness for members, is now looking to create a model railway.It would be a OO gauge at its base and the charity is holding a public meeting to discuss how to go forward.Even if you don’t want to get involved, the ...

A walk to raise awareness of mental health issues was well supported. Organised by Coun Mark Le Sage, in memory of his father Malcolm, who took his own life 25 years ago, and Vanessa Browning, of Community Mind Matters, the Walk and Talk event took place at Spalding’s Ayscoughfee Gardens.It’s part of Vanessa’s Red January walks to improve mental health.Mark ...

A South Holland charity is working on a wheely good idea for the community. Wheels for Life is a new scheme for bike donation which will take pre-loved bikes and bring them back to a usable condition for them to be gifted to people who do not have the opportunity to enjoy the varied benefits of owning and using a ...

A family of fundraisers have presented a cheque to Boston’s Pilgrim Hospital. The Loveridge family – mum Marlene, Elaine, Diane and Jayne – have been holding coffee mornings in Spalding and selling crafts each year raising much needed funds for different charities since 2011.The efforts are in memory of their dad Eric, who passed away from lung cancer.Last year they ...

A healthy crowd took in a cat-alogue of feline talent at Springfields in Spalding last weekend. The TICATs (The International Cat Association) and Cake Show proved a huge success with hundreds of people attending.And there were around 150 pets entered into categories for the cat agility show.The event manager Stefan Winman said: “It was amazing and far exceeded all expectations.“With ...

Leaders have been thanked for decades worth of combined volunteering for the Girl Guides movement. Two Leaders from 1st Pinchbeck (St Mary) Guides, Bridget Scase and Cara Leak, have recently been presented with Long Service awards.Bridget joined Pinchbeck Guides 30 years ago and received her award at a special ceremony held at the Jakeman’s Stadium in Boston.It was presented to ...

A celebration to mark the centenary of Carter’s Park being open to the public will be the main event in Holbeach this year. It was revealed at a meeting of Holbeach Parish Council as part of an as yet unannounced programme of events.There had been some arguments about when the park was opened, but the meeting heard the authority had ...

Thanks to a grant from Sport England’s Together Fund, distributed by Active Lincolnshire, Tonic Health’s Holbeach Hub has invested in new equipment to deliver activities to local groups that use the facility. Equipment such as indoor curling, foam indoor archery, indoor cricket, bowls and badminton, has led to a new and exciting programme of activities for adults to enjoy during ...

Regulars at a Spalding pub have donated £4,000 to charity thanks to a host of events. Staff and customers at The Lincoln Arms on Bridge Street have been raising money for Macmillan UK via the likes of golf and darts events plus quizzes.And members of the Spalding and Holbeach branch of Macmillan recently went to the pub to receive a ...

Due to a late change in programme, the first Spalding Gentlemen’s Society lecture this year will be given by Dr Bryn Hammond, Principal Curator of Collections at the Imperial War Museum and a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. First World War historians still know little about the armies of their allies – especially the French.However, in a modern internet-connected ...

Feline up for something different this weekend? A huge cat show is heading to Springfields. The 3rd International Cat Show, hosted by TiCats & Cakes Cat Club, will be coming to Springfields Events Centre on Saturday and Sunday, January 13 and 14.A spokesman for the event said: “With judges from as far afield as the USA, Sweden and Italy, and ...

A mental health campaigner is launching a series of walks during January including one marking the 25th anniversary of the death of a local councillor’s dad. Vanessa Browning, who runs Community Mind Matters, is taking part in Red January.It aims to get people out and about doing small exercises first before jumping into more strenuous exertions.“I’ve been doing Red January ...

Those behind a charity’s community café say it’s going from strength to strength. In fact five years after opening, Tonic 44 at the charity Tonic Health’s Surfleet Hub, has experienced its busiest six months.It was set up by the charity to help it fund its many groups from looking after those with dementia and anxiety to providing advice for those ...

A South Holland family are looking to create a new wood in memory of their friend Benjamin Zephaniah. The poet, activist and actor, who lived in Moulton Chapel, was laid to rest last week in a private ceremony after his death aged 65 last month.The Birkett family have been working on creating a wood for the public for several years ...

A fantastic 50 individuals turned up to enjoy Christmas dinner together. Vanessa Browning, of Community Mind Matters, for the second year running cooked the special meal on Christmas Day for those who might otherwise be alone.“It was amazing,” she said of the event held at St Norbert’s Church’s Project St Thomas in Spalding. “The fact so many people turned up ...

A woman who started volunteering at Johnson Hospital is the first in the county to use a scheme to make it into a proper career. Elena Orlova joined the Volunteer to Career programme after volunteering for fourth months with the Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust.She’s now employed as a health care support worker.The Volunteer to Career programme is a ...

Do you enjoy singing and are looking for a New Year challenge? South Holland Singers are looking for new members and are inviting anyone who enjoys singing to give the choir a try at an informal rehearsal on Saturday, January 13.The event, a first for the long-established group, will be led by musical director Sam Graper and aims to demonstrate ...

The generosity of the public will make Christmas a much nicer time for those in need as the Give a Gift campaign celebrates its most successful year to date. Give a Gift has passed on donated toys to lessfortunate children for the last 12 years.Coun Mark Le Sage, founder of Ella’s Project and partner in Give A Gift said: “I ...

Two groups for those with dementia in South Holland came together to celebrate Christmas last week. Both the Movement For Memory and Dementia Focus Groups at Tonic Health came together at the charity’s Tonic 44 café last week for a Christmas dinner.The former is about activities for those with dementia on a Tuesday while the latter is somewhere they can ...