Community

An initiative to help clothe young people in the area has had a great start to its latest campaign but needs more donations. Ella’s Projects is looking for donations of good quality, undamaged, clean children’s clothes for those aged five and below and any unopened bags of nappies of any size. Project founder Mark Le Sage, who began the charity ...

A limited edition shirt signed by the entire England Rugby World Cup 2019 team is just one of the items that will be available to bid on during the Two Lips Charity Ball. Rotarian Rodney Britten is the grandfather of England and Bath player Jonathan Joseph – and it’s Joseph who donated his shirt to the auction. The shirt is ...

Friends of Spalding Cemetery will hold an ‘informal meeting’ next month in the hope of forming a dedicated group to assist with a host of duties. The meeting, which runs from 1pm to 4pm on Saturday, February 8, is for anyone interested in learning more about the heritage site and learn about how they can help, with research, photography, litter-picking ...

A family took it upon themselves to clear up the litter that’s been dropped around their Pode Hole home recently. Dad David and his daughters Tabi (14) and Amber Nieburg (11) alongside border terrier Pepper collected 12 bags worth of rubbish and seven tyres from around their North Drove property earlier this month. They were shocked by what they found ...

A charity that helps rescue and look after cats has thanked the community for their generous donations. The Spalding and District Cats Protection League appealed for donations after a particularly busy Christmas for its 20 years. And organiser Sandra Gelsthorpe says they’ve had fantastic donations of cat food, toys and items for their fund-raising jumble sales from a host of ...

A hospice close to the heart of a Spalding Grammar School student has benefited from his fundraising of £1,000. Jake Barnes was part of a planned school expedition to Peru later this year but the trip was cancelled due to a lack of participants. Jake (16), who had already raised £1,000 towards the trip through various means including bingo sessions ...

When a widower needed to repair a special beehive that was important to his wife of 46 years, he knew exactly where to turn. Jim Stalley has been a member of the Long Sutton Men’s Shed group, which aims to alleviate loneliness, following the death of his partner Hilary three years ago following a short battle with melanoma. One of ...

A hospice was the big winner as a race night raised over £3,000 for it last weekend. Don and June Wright put on the special night at Spalding Golf Club for the Sue Ryder-ran Thorpe Hall hospice. The all-ticket event hosted by Tom Mehew of Premier Race Night proved a huge success with an excellent crowd enjoying nine races. Together ...

A dog charity has been given money as one of the year’s first recipients of a Holbeach charity shop’s takings. Chosen Charity, which operates two shops in Holbeach, presented a representative from Jerry Green Dog Rescue with a cheque for £1,000. A Chosen spokesman said: “We handed a cheque to Liz Hinckley from Jerry Green Dog rescue. £1,000.00 to help ...

The daughter of an auxiliary firefighter has found a photograph of him and his crew – and would like the help of South Holland residents to name the other members. Margaret Harrison’s father, Stanley Robert Mowson, was an auxiliary fireman during the Second World War. Margaret said: “When he died we found this photograph of him and his colleagues.” She ...

A new, free parenting drop-in takes place on Thursday, January 30, at Holbeach St Marks Village Hall. Organised by Better Births Lincolnshire, the drop-in runs from 10.30am-12.30pm and will offer all sorts of advice and social opportunities. Sarah-Jane Richens, Perinatal Peer Support Project Manager – Lincolnshire, said: “We know that new mums can sometimes feel isolated and lonely after having ...

A woman who has worked at Holbeach Hospital for 40 years has been thanked for her service to the community. Diana Bailey worked at the community-owned hospital even before it was taken over by the Holbeach and East Elloe Trust in 1989. Since that time she’s been a secretary for the Trust and has continued to service the hospital and ...

A charity run community cafe has officially opened its doors. Tonic 44 on Station Road is adjacent to the village hall and Glen Park and will also double as Spalding Hockey Club’s clubhouse. It’s been created by the Tonic Health well-being charity in a former art gallery. Funding for the cafe has been received from Sport England, local donations as ...

Spalding Academy have made a heart-warming gesture to help young people who may be the same age as themselves. Following a collection at the school they’ve donated two bags full of clothes for the Coats for Kids initiative. The charity has been set up to help provide coats to young people who might otherwise not be able to afford one ...

Former world champion boxer Amir Khan has been announced as the special guest as Spalding’s annual boxing show returns with a bang. The Spalding and District Round Table Premier Boxing Event is back on February 15 for the 26th year having raised over £250,000 for local charities. There’s a three-course meal and eight amateur boxing fights via the England Police ...

Artwork produced at Spalding Grammar School is making a building site in the town look more attractive, thanks to a former student’s business. Burmor Projects is building 20 social housing units in Willow Walk and managing director Luke Boekestijn came up with the idea to brighten up the site’s hoardings. The firm, which is based at Market Deeping, is registered ...

A charity that helps rescue and look after cats is appealing for donations of food and toys for 2020. The Spalding and District Cat Protection League has been running for 30 years and it’s just had a busy festive period. The group has around 20 volunteers who not only fundraise for their numerous activities, but also rake care of cats ...

Unused equipment is being sought by a charity looking to create a gym for recently re-homed people to use in Spalding. Framework UK works to re-home those with nowhere to stay in the town. They have 29 beds in South Holland, 15 in Holbeach and 14 in Spalding where those previously homeless stay for between nine and 12 months. The ...

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. Spearheaded by Coun Harry Drury, Give a Gift has passed on donated toys to less fortunate children for the last eight years. Harry said: “Even after eight years of doing this, ...

Children in Lincolnshire will receive a special Christmas present next week thanks to a Long Sutton travel agent and their Santa’s Suitcase initiative. The town’s branch of Lincolnshire Co-op travel have been collecting toys to be handed out by Lincolnshire County Council’s children services to those that might otherwise not receive a present this Christmas. Branch manager Jane Peacock, said: ...