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Random donations of fruit to homes are among the highlights as the Spalding COVID Kindness Team has continued to raise smiles across South Holland. The group has continued to provide care packages to some of the area’s most vulnerable and those who are self-isolating thanks to the generous donations of a number of local businesses. And there were some extra ...

The book a 10-year-old from Gosberton has written is helping other children with worries during this difficult time. Kiki the Worry Monster has been authored by Erin Smith to help children to manage their worries. It was written last year in an effort to help children and young people to deal with and openly talk about their feelings and concerns, ...

Emergency medical response charity, LIVES, is launching an Easter competition to win a hamper full of Easter Goodies!The challenge is to design an Easter egg that LIVES mascot, Defib Dan, would love, and make the Easter Bunny hoppy! The activity template will be available on the LIVES website. All they are asking is that you like and tag the LIVES Facebook page and Twitter page and share ...

Members of the Spalding COVID Kindness Team have been spreading some birthday cheer to those self-isolating. On a few occasions they’ve found out a vulnerable person has been self-isolating and brought them a cake and a card. They’ve also rallied a few neighbours to sing Happy Birthday from their doorsteps. It started after Lesa Jeffrey and daughter Hallie (6) dropped ...

A group that’s been delivering care packages to some of Spalding’s most vulnerable are looking to hear from businesses who can help provide them with goods. The Spalding COVID Kindness Team have been delivering essential items after working with businesses including Morrison’s, Green Partners and Smalldean Trading. But the group says there’s so many requests for help they could deliver ...

A group that’s been delivering care packages to some of Spalding’s most vulnerable are looking to hear from businesses who can help provide them with goods. The Spalding COVID Kindness Team have been delivering essential items after working with businesses including Morrison’s, Green Partners and Smalldean Trading. But the group says there’s so many requests for help they could deliver ...

Staff at three South Holland care homes are to receive a care package to help them with day-to-day life during the COVID-19 pandemic. Country Court is giving the packages which include food and drink to staff at St John’s Care Home on Hawthorn Bank in Spalding, Ashwood Care and Nursing Home in Spalding Common and Beech Lodge Care and Nursing ...

Facemasks specially made by staff at a school are among the ways the community has come to the aid of Holbeach Hospital in the last few weeks. University Academy Holbeach staff have donated face maks made by staff in the school’s workshop to the community run hospital so it can help protect staff from COVID-19. There’s also been donations from ...

Normally at 9am on a Tuesday the streets in Spalding would be at their busiest. But with the current coronavirus lockdown, schools and many shops closed and the majority of people working from home it was a more quiet scene at that time this week. Registered journalist Steve Timewell, of Lincolnshire Drones, sent up one of his machines at 9am ...

A Holbeach St Johns care home has been named in the top 20 in the East Midlands. Beech Lodge Care Home has been given the accolade as part of the annual Carehome.co.uk awards. The Frogs Abbeygate-based home enjoyed an average rating of 9.9 out of 10 from reviews left by residents as well as their family and friends. Karen Atillo, ...

A school has helped spread a little happiness by delivering bouquets of flowers. The Lidl Neighbourly Team donated six pallets of flowers to Spalding Parish C of E Day School. They were delivered by local man Dave Leworthy and his son, just in time for all of the Year Six pupils to take a bucket of flowers home for Mother’s ...

The Spalding Gentlemen’s Society has set a new quiz to help pass the time away while we’re all self-isolating. The word quiz will be £1 to enter and will have the usual prizes of £20 for first place, £10 for second, and a £5 random prize, picked from all entries. A spokesman for the society said: “The closing date is ...

Gardeners whose Crowland-based group closed after 40 years are on the lookout for charities to give its remaining money to. The Crowland Allotment and Garden Society held its last meeting in September 2019 due to the advancing age of the group members. It used to hold annual flower and vegetable shows in the town as well as its Christmas buffet ...

A plea to help pay for food for the animals has been made by a hugely popular owl and wildlife centre that was due to open for the summer next week. The Easter holidays is traditionally one of the busiest times for the Baytree Owl and Wildlife Centre and it’s just completed some renovations ahead of the annual post winter ...

Families in South Holland following the rules to stay at home and in self-isolation are spreading colourful messages of hope by painting rainbows and other colourful things to display in their windows. One such family is Crystal Barnett (25), partner Stephen Rudd (21) and their three children Ethan (5), Blaze (3), and Poppy (2), who have been “extra busy” making ...

A theatre group based in London’s West End helped St Paul’s Community Primary School and Nursery celebrate World Book Day. One of 85 trained drama teachers came to the Spalding school to host theatre workshops based on particular books. Phase 4 (Year 5 and 6) interpreted the story of Coraline, Phase 3 (Year 3 and 4) then looked at The ...

Care for cancer sufferers has been given a helping hand by the Freemasons’ charity the MCF. A donation of just over £1,900 has been handed to Lincoln’s St Barnabas Hospice in-patient unit as a contribution to the £12m-a-year costs of the organisation – which costs £22 a minute to run. The money will particularly help the ‘hospice at home’ service ...

A taxi firm is offering to take NHS staff from Spalding to work at hospitals within ten miles for free. Smart Cabs is also offering to pick up food and medication for people. Workers would need to order the taxis via the firm’s app for between 7am and 11pm, select to pay by cash and then show proof of employment ...

Two Spalding High School pupils put their best foot forward to raise money for Sport Relief. Year Seven pupils Evie Ireland and Eleanor Lloyd did a sponsored walk of nearly six miles from Baytree Garden Centre at Weston to Laddies ice cream shop in Holbeach on Saturday, March 14. They were accompanied by their parents and raised £200 between them. ...

Freemasons have raised £2,500 for a hospital ward as a thank you for the care the ward has given. The Alexandra Masonic Lodge, which is based in Long Sutton, put on their annual Ladies’ Festival on Saturday, March 14, to raise money for the Breast Cancer Unit at the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in King’s Lynn. It follows the fantastic ...