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A Holbeach gym owner has raised almost £1,000 for RBL and Royal Marines Charity by completing a Centenery Challenge that took almost 10 hours of gruelling physical pain. Former Royal Marine Sam started at 6am on Friday and for the next nine hours and 54 minutes, people dropped in to donate and cheer him on as he attempted to run ...

A sell-out charity concert by the Ukelele Orchestra of Spalding raised an astonishing £4,000 for charity. Several members of orchestra went back to the South Holland Centre venue to present the impressive amount to the East Midlands Alzheimer’s Society last week. The orchestra members covered the cost of hiring the venue and the services of the centre staff, to ensure ...

A mobile cancer treatment unit has received a cash boost thanks to a family of fundraisers who give in memory of their beloved father and husband. Spalding couple Diane and Ian Tilley held a coffee morning to raise money for cancer care recently. It was backed by Diane’s twin sister, Elaine, raising £465 by hosting craft days at her home. ...

Hundreds of people watched a fireworks display fundraiser for veterans without paying, leaving the event £2,000 out of pocket, the organiser has claimed. Harold Payne of the Anglia Motel in Fleet says he himself will foot the shortfall but the event last Saturday won’t be able to provide funds towards helping veterans go to Normandy to commemorate the D-Day landings ...

It’s not every day that you see the Batmobile on the streets of South Holland. And it’s even more unusual to see Santa in the passenger seat of the iconic vehicle. But Baytree’s Winter Wonderland opened at the weekend and Father Christmas arrived in style. Crowds of people gathered at the garden centre which is transformed for the festive season ...

Rockabilly entertainer Pagan Gould and Ray Fenwick and The Rest performed at a sell-out charity event in Pinchbeck. On Friday night (November 2), Pinchbeck Village Hall hosted the event, organised by Uptown Vinyl Records in Pinchbeck. More than £500 was raised for Macmillan Cancer Support and the night was hailed a success by organiser Alan Barnsdale of Uptown Vinyl Records. ...

Long Sutton Hockey Club is among those who are hoping to net your votes and a cash boost towards a new AstroTurf. The club has already raised £37,000 towards the £200,000 replacement of their current 20-year-old surface. Now it’s hoping to get enough votes to land money from the Aviva Community Fund. The club which has a host of different ...

A Spalding 11-year-old is to shave his head to help a charity shop hit by thieves. Pete Bailey has already donated his pocket money to St Barnabas after thieves twice stole money from its Spalding charity shop in August. Now the Priory School pupil wants to help them further by having his head shaved. He’s hoping to do it at ...

Towns and villages across South Holland are gearing-up to mark the 100th anniversary of the Armistice. This year’s November 11 will have special poignancy as it comes a century after the guns were silenced in the First World War. Memorials in every community will be decked with poppy wreaths to show that the millions who died in the four-year conflict ...

Four local groups are vying for your votes as part of Aviva’s Community Fund. The Lighthouse Project’s Karis House Cafe and Crafts, Going Forward Music Festival 2019, Carter’s Park Regeneration Project and Young Dons Junior Football Club are all in the running for a share of the insurance firm’s charity pot. The Lighthouse Project is looking for between £10,000 and ...

An eye-catching new artwork depicting the history of blacksmithing in Spalding is a step closer after a successful event to make chain links. Scores of people went to Chain Bridge Forge in High Street on Saturday to get a taste of what life was like for generations of blacksmiths by stepping up to the anvil to forge a metal link, ...

A record crowd gathered in Spalding to see Peter Andre switch on the Christmas lights at Springfields. Around 6,000 people travelled to the centre for the Thursday evening event where the singer and TV presenter joined Heart FM’s Kev and Ros on stage. Father Christmas also made an early visit to South Holland to take part in the festivities. “We ...

A 16-year-old with cerebral palsy is to hit the gym in preparation for an operation that could allow him to walk again after the fundraising campaign for it reached £10,000 in just a week. Kieran Evans and mum Melissa Evans of Pinchbeck, are now hoping an operation to cut the nerves in his spinal cord which are affected by the ...

A ghoulish gathering is set to raise funds for a charity that will help clothe young people from some of the most disadvantaged families  in Spalding. Ella’s Project, which sources and provides children’s clothing for those that need it most, is holding a Halloween Party at the South Holland Centre from 7.30pm tomorrow (Friday). The band Zebra will be earning ...

A vital service which gives carers a break from their role has received a £670 boost. The Masonic Ladies Night, organised by The Hundred of Elloe Masonic Lodge, raised the money from a raffle arranged by almoner Roy Mead. Heather Allan, as the wife of the Worshipful Master of the lodge, chose the charity – The Carers Sitter Service. The ...

Staff at a bakery dressed up in pink for a day to boost a cancer charity. Employees at Addo’s Spalding Bakery in Fulney Lane raised an excellent £106.20 by donning their best pink clothes on Friday, October 19. It was all part of Breast Cancer Now’s Wear It Pink Campaign. HR officer Stephanie Cooling, said: “We wanted to give something ...

A former-Royal Marine owner of a Holbeach gym is taking on a gruelling challenge for charity to mark 100 years since the end of the First World War. Sam Fowler (31) of Royals Gym has set himself a gruelling challenge to raise money for the Royal British Legion and Royal Marines Charity. On Friday, November 9, at 6am, Sam will ...

A display of memorabilia to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One is officially opening in Spalding this weekend. Broad Street Methodist Church’s hand-crafted Poppy and Memorabilia display opens on Saturday (October 26) for the first time between 10am and 12 noon. The indoor display will be open on Tuesday and Saturday mornings right up until ...

The Spalding Lions sponsored swim at the Castle Sports Complex Pool has raised more than £1,000 for charity. Elaine Mothers from Spalding lions said she was still awaiting some forms but so far the total raised is around £1,500. Elaine said around 45 people took part, adding: “This is an annual event we run which gives individuals, clubs and groups ...

Sue Williams wowed Spalding Arts and Crafts Society with a display of acrylic techniques at the group’s latest meeting. The October meeting saw the artist demonstrate three different techniques of painting with acrylic at Pinchbeck Village Hall. The next demonstration will be an oil painting by Carol Hill which takes place on November 6. It runs from 7.30pm to 9.30pm ...