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It’s the time of year when we ask our readers to dig deep and help make Christmas very special for local children who may otherwise miss out. The Spalding Voice office is a collection point for the annual Give a Gift Campaign and we are hoping to pack the office with toys galore. “Having founded the campaign eight years ago ...

A Holbeach motorcycling family have celebrated getting a new model by gathering five generations together. Week-old Daisy Rudd was recently taken to meet 97-year-old great, great granddad Arthur Rudd by dad Ashley (21). Daisy’s granddad Mark Rudd (48) and great granddad Terry Rudd (74) were also in attendance to bring the five generations of Rudd together. Terry Rudd Motorcycles was ...

A cat’s fine furry face has won an award and earned a supply of food for charity. Nev, the winner of the recent Face of Rooke’s competition, visited the Spalding store for his photoshoot. In July, Nev’s owner, Caroline Wharton, entered him into the annual competition. After being shortlisted in the final 20, Rooke’s customers voted Nev to his worthy ...

A new wedding venue and pop-in cafe are among the options being looked at for Holbeach’s historic Cemetery Chapels after a planning application was submitted to improve access for the public. The 1854 brick built buildings connected by a stone archway and tower are owned by Holbeach Parish Council. For a decade they’ve looked to bring the chapels back into ...

A brand new room that community groups can use for free is among the new features for a redeveloped supermarket. Morrisons in Pinchbeck has had a refurbishment and they’ve set aside one small room with a fitted kitchen that can be booked out by groups of 16 or under. Among those who already use the room are the local University ...

Springfields’ annual fireworks display took a walk on the weird side this year as the ghouls came to town. The Fright Night Fireworks event took a spooky turn for the first time this year as it was held on Halloween. There were some fantastic costumes on show and throughout the stores that opened until 9pm on the night. There was ...

South Holland will remember the fallen in a series of events in and around Armistice Day. Remembrance Sunday on November 10 will see the Royal British Legion’s annual parade from The Market Place to Ayscoughfee Gardens, Spalding. Volunteers from the local branch of the legion have been in training for the parade which will makes its way through Bridge Street ...

South Holland residents have once again helped fill up the charity buckets at a service station. Like last year, staff from Applegreen in Spalding and its Greggs branch have been raising money for Children In Need with Pudsey himself even popping in. Staff, including a number from Applegreen’s Milton Keynes head office, handed out cakes. A spokesman for Applegreen: “We ...

A Spalding man is turning his love for the fun-filled Halloween spirit into cash for a cancer charity this Thursday when he transforms his house and garden into a spooky wonderland. Jamie Knight has transformed his Cathedral Drive home and garden into a trick or treater’s paradise for the past decade and said the last few years he’s drawn more ...

Staff at the Munro Medical Centre have raised over £1,400 for charity by taking part in the Lincoln Muddy Run. Those that work for the Spalding GP practice that’s celebrating its centenary this year took on the Race for Life event for Cancer Research UK. There was also a team of supporters from the practice while a celebration was held ...

Spalding is to host its fur-st ever International Cat Show this month. The TiCats and Cakes Cat Club will feature judges from across the world and will support local charities. Held at Spalding Grammar School on the weekend of November 16/17, the event is hotly anticipated by Claire Winman, Show Manager and Club President of TiCats & Cakes Cat Club. ...

A Spalding barber is turning Movember on its head and getting rid of the beard he’s grown for years. Steve Jackson has had the around-nine-inch beard for nearly seven years. The 28-year-old, who works at Stuart’s Barber Shop in Spalding, is doing so particularly to raise awareness of mental health issues. “I’ve wanted to take part in Movember for a ...

A group that brings together elderly people every week for activities is on the look out for financial support after having its funding cut. The over 55s that use the Ever Young Club at the Umbrella Centre on Westlode Street every Friday were so desperate to keep the club going they offered to pay some of it themselves. Following the ...

A new dentist for Spalding with extended opening hours is again set to open next March, but hopes of a second new practice for the town have been dashed again. As reported last year, amid a huge demand, NHS England awarded contracts to two companies to open dentist practices in the town in 2019, only for both to pull out ...

A special church service set up specially for people with a busy schedule has celebrated its 20th anniversary. The Shoppers’ Service at Broad Street Methodist Church in Spalding lasts just 15 minutes every Tuesday morning from 10.45am amid a weekly coffee morning that starts at 10am. It is taken by a different person every week and was set up by ...

Children and staff at John Harrox Primary School in Moulton said “Hello Yellow!” in style last Thursday in support of children’s and young people‘s mental health on World Mental Health Day. A spokesman for the school said everyone enjoyed taking part in the fundraising event in aid of the Young Minds charity paying £1 to wear something yellow for the ...

Shops in Spalding have embraced a new guide to assistance dogs, produced by Guide Dogs UK and distributed to them last week by hand. Volunteer Thelma Warren spent three hours on Friday hand-delivering leaflets to shops and establishments in town to explain the different types of dog jackets and offer window stickers. “I’ve had an absolutely brilliant response from the ...

The South Holland branch of the Macular Society were in Spalding recently raising awareness of the condition. In association with Molsom and Associates Opticians, the charity’s members were on Spalding Market, handing out information on the condition. They included Leonard Sharpe, the chair of the group, who has suffered macular degeneration in both eyes for the last 30 years. “We’re ...

A new project is set to help young people in and around Spalding is holding its A Future Spalding session at the South Holland Centre on Friday. This Is Not London, a group formed by two artists, are exploring the idea of ‘Does living somewhere isolated make you feel it?’, with a series of sessions and art projects. On Friday ...

An annual Christmas toy appeal has been launched and it’s first fundraising event of the season is a quizzical one tomorrow night. Jelly’s & Jolly’s Community Association, Sutton Bridge Christmas Toy Appeal was officially launched last Saturday. This is its sixth year and once again, it hopes to provide young people a Christmas gift who for various reasons may have ...