Grantham

A Grantham organisation which helps the homeless will be given a grant of £4,000 from the Lincolnshire Freemasons.

One of Grantham’s biggest employers has been sold to a US firm in a major £1 billion deal.

Jubilee Church Life Centre, in Grantham, has been awarded funding for two years from People’s Health Trust for a new project entitled ‘Our Community’.

Two local army cadet detachments are looking for more community projects or schemes that they can get involved in.

The Bishop of Lincoln will take his seat in the House of Lords on Thursday.

Impressed by the work carried out by the Grantham Autistic Information Network (GAIN), Grantham Sunrise Rotary Club has presented a cheque.

A menswear company which had a 30-year history in Grantham before it closed down last year, has gone into administration.

Visitors enjoyed a host of traditional activities at the weekend at the Harby Country Show.

For the second year running, the Steam and Bean Bar held a coffee day to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support.

History came alive over the weekend when numerous historic buildings opened up to the public as part of Heritage Open Days.

Teams are invited to test their general knowledge and skills at a fund-raising quiz night in aid of St Barnabas Grantham Hospice.

Okra and Red Kuris were among the winning vegetables at the Barrowby Flower and Vegetable Show on Saturday, earning local allotment holder Nigel Jones the Barrowby Challenge Cup for ‘Best Other Vegetable’.

Members of Grantham dance class Electric Jive collected for Prostate Cancer UK at Asda in Grantham on Saturday.

Victims and survivors of child sexual abuse are being invited to share their experiences in confidence with the Truth Project in Grantham this November.

Some of Grantham’s finest music acts are hosting an all-day charity music event at the Dirty Duck in Woolsthorpe by Belvoir, to help fund life-saving treatment for a well-known musician who is battling cancer.

I would like to express my thanks to Woodlands Nursery in Grantham.

Grantham fire station has been presented with a trophy originally belonging to Job Adams, who served in Grantham in 1928.

Teenagers have built a sensory garden for children at Ingoldsby Academy.

Donations totalling £4,000 were handed to some worthwhile local causes at a Rotary Club of Grantham Kesteven charity cheque presentation this week.

Grantham’s very own rock ’n’ roll star Vince Eager will be talking about his life on stage this month.