Community - The Voice https://spaldingvoice.co.uk of Spalding and South Holland Wed, 13 May 2026 13:43:52 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cropped-spalding-voice-logo-temporary-32x32.png Community - The Voice https://spaldingvoice.co.uk 32 32 Blood relatives go extra mile for mum https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/blood-relatives-go-extra-mile-for-mum/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=blood-relatives-go-extra-mile-for-mum https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/blood-relatives-go-extra-mile-for-mum/#respond Wed, 13 May 2026 13:43:50 +0000 https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/?p=279831 A Quadring family and their friends have rallied around to help give a teacher and mum of two ‘a second chance’ at life. Hollie Stafford was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia, a rare and aggressive blood cancer, last September. The 35-year-old says she is ‘very lucky’ that her sister Megan has basically been able to […]

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]]> https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/blood-relatives-go-extra-mile-for-mum/feed/ 0 AIMPing up local musicians https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/aimping-up-local-musicians/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aimping-up-local-musicians https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/aimping-up-local-musicians/#respond Wed, 13 May 2026 10:37:21 +0000 https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/?p=279813 A mini music festival that’s got a host of local musicians active and playing together has been hailed a success. The All Included Music Project (AIMP) was set up by Chris Dark after a fall from this roof left him disabled. He wanted to meet other music lovers, even those that might be short of […]

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]]> https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/aimping-up-local-musicians/feed/ 0 Builder provides home for service https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/builder-provides-home-for-service/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=builder-provides-home-for-service https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/builder-provides-home-for-service/#respond Wed, 13 May 2026 10:34:28 +0000 https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/?p=279809 A service offering private money advice is the first to launch in a new area of a community centre built by a local developer. Project St Thomas has officially launched its Money Advice Connect Centre at its St Thomas’s Road base in Spalding. It has been able to do so because one of its chief […]

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]]> https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/builder-provides-home-for-service/feed/ 0 Supporting your mental health https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/supporting-your-mental-health/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=supporting-your-mental-health https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/supporting-your-mental-health/#respond Wed, 13 May 2026 10:24:05 +0000 https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/?p=279802 This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and one woman continues to go above and beyond when it comes to making sure there’s support available for those who are suffering in South Holland. Vanessa Browning decided to help put on events and provide support after struggling with her own mental health issues around ten years […]

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]]> https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/supporting-your-mental-health/feed/ 0 New music festival to boost flower parade https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/new-music-festival-to-boost-flower-parade/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-music-festival-to-boost-flower-parade https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/new-music-festival-to-boost-flower-parade/#respond Wed, 13 May 2026 10:21:23 +0000 https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/?p=279798 The team behind the Spalding Flower Festival is putting on a new music event to raise funds. Voltage 26 is taking place at Spalding Rugby Club, off the A16 near Applegreen, on Saturday, August 15. From 11am to 11pm there will be a host of musical acts to suit all tastes over two stages. First […]

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]]> https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/new-music-festival-to-boost-flower-parade/feed/ 0 Make waves with sailing club https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/make-waves-with-sailing-club/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=make-waves-with-sailing-club https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/make-waves-with-sailing-club/#respond Wed, 13 May 2026 10:04:36 +0000 https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/?p=279779 A sailing club is inviting members of the public to get on board with them. Welland Yacht Club is hosting an open day at its River Bank base, off Cradge Bank on Sunday, May 17. Anyone can pop along and enjoy a sailing sessions for free in one of the club’s boards. “It’s just about […]

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]]> https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/make-waves-with-sailing-club/feed/ 0 Students given hospital experience https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/students-given-hospital-experience/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=students-given-hospital-experience https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/students-given-hospital-experience/#respond Wed, 13 May 2026 09:56:14 +0000 https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/?p=279773 Students from University Academy Holbeach enjoyed a three day sample of life in a hospital recently. The BTEC level three health and social care were invited as part of Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn’s Insight Week. The event was hosted by the hospital trust’s Youth Council, members of whom accompanied the students. Carrieanne Davies, […]

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]]> https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/students-given-hospital-experience/feed/ 0 Freemasons’ boost for Lacey https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/freemasons-boost-for-lacey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=freemasons-boost-for-lacey https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/freemasons-boost-for-lacey/#respond Wed, 06 May 2026 14:24:41 +0000 https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/?p=279473 A Long Sutton Girl Guide’s bid to represent the area in Malta has received a boost from Freemasons. Lacey Bourne (13) is looking to raise £1,500 to cover the cost of representing Girlguiding Anglia at an international gathering. The 1st Long Sutton Girl Guides member is a patrol leader, helping out the younger girls with […]

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]]> https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/freemasons-boost-for-lacey/feed/ 0 Artwork marks county suicides https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/artwork-marks-county-suicides/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=artwork-marks-county-suicides https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/artwork-marks-county-suicides/#respond Wed, 06 May 2026 14:06:48 +0000 https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/?p=279463 An art installation that marks the 98 people who committed suicide in Lincolnshire in one year is opening in Spalding. The Garden of Hope has been created ‘to spark conversations around mental health and suicide prevention’. It includes 98 butterflies, one for every person who took their own life in the county during 2024. It’s […]

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]]> https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/artwork-marks-county-suicides/feed/ 0 Taxi tales from local minister https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/taxi-tales-from-local-minister/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=taxi-tales-from-local-minister https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/taxi-tales-from-local-minister/#respond Wed, 06 May 2026 14:04:54 +0000 https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/?p=279459 A minister spoke of his career as a taxi driver at a recent WI meeting. The Tollgate WI welcomed Steve Weatherly-Barton, the chaplin of Johnson Hospital, chairman of the Friends group that raises money for that institution and minister of Gosberton and District Baptist Church. In the talk ‘Confessions of a Taxi Driver’ Steve told […]

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