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No Step Too Far For

Volunteers

Dedicated volunteers have won area, enhancing their mental health. awards for going above and beyond Walk lasts between 30 and 90 while encouraging people to stay minutes and take place on a regular healthy by joining local health walks. basis. Groups cater for different There are more than 60 regular abilities so everyone can enjoy walks volunteer-run health walks across at their own pace. Lincolnshire’s seven districts, which Lincolnshire Co-op’s Chief all come under the national Ramblers Executive Ursula Lidbetter said: “It’s Walking for Health scheme. inspiring to meet our volunteer walk During a recent celebration event at leaders and we’re immensely proud of Woodland Waters in Ancaster, eight of them. We want to say thank you for the hard-working volunteers who help their dedication and enthusiasm in lead health walks were recognised leading groups and supporting others. with honours. “Winners were put forward by Lincolnshire Co-op supports health fellow volunteer leaders and walkers walks in Lincoln, South Kesteven and and we were impressed with some East Lindsey alongside other agencies of the nominations that came in. such as Greenwich Leisure and 1Life. Amongst many attributes, they They help bring together a network of were praised for their commitment, walks across the whole county. friendliness, encouragement and Health walks can benefit people endless kindness.” in lots of ways. As well as improving To find a walk near you and more people’s physical wellbeing, walkers information, visit www.lincolnshire. can meet others and enjoy their local coop/healthwalks

Roll Of Honour

Chris Dorrington - Boston walk

Chris always has a smile and a story to tell and that is why his walking group love him. He is patient and shows great empathy with walkers on the Monday morning walk in Boston, who have learning difficulties.

Sheila Grossmith - Heckington walk

She has been involved with the Heckington group since it started six years ago and during that time has developed over 20 local walks, detailing them all in her walks notebook.

Shirley Thompson - Sleaford walk

Shirley has been part of the Sleaford health walking group since it first began over ten years ago and she’s been walking weekly ever since and encourages others to join in.

Ken Taylor - Gainsborough walk

He never lets the group down and never misses a weekly walk. He ensures all members feel welcome, supported and always encourages all abilities to take part. A fellow walk leader said “I feel an award for this reliable and caring man would be highly appropriate. He is a huge success for our team and true inspiration to all.”

Caroline Moore – Welton walk

She joined her walk group to improve her fitness and walks miles with her dog Jago. When she used to get the bus, she made the most of the time on the journey by recruiting other walkers and nearly the bus driver himself! She now drives and provides lifts for other walkers.

LI VES receives £23,000 grant from BNA for lifesaving equipment

Ghosts, Ghouls and Villains!

Lincolnshire charity LIVES is delighted to have received a grant from the BNA Charitable Incorporated Organisation to support volunteer medic responders in Lincolnshire. The grant of £23,000 was awarded to LIVES earlier this month and will fund advanced monitoring equipment to support the advanced care delivered by LIVES medic responders who attend the most seriously ill and injured patients in the community. Carl Keeble, Head of Operations at LIVES, said: “LIVES would like to thank the BNA for this extremely important funding, which will allow us to provide two of our advanced skills medics with the equipment to extend the range of clinical interventions we can provide to critically unwell and injured patients across

Lincolnshire.” Paul Simpson, a BNA Trustee, said: “LIVES provides a service in Lincolnshire that is so important for the community. The volunteer medics and responders are often first on the scene for a wide range of medical emergencies including heart attacks, strokes and road traffic collisions. Myself and the other trustees of BNA Charitable Incorporated Organisation want to support LIVES by providing the funding required for new equipment that really can make a difference and save lives.” LIVES currently has over 60 volunteer medics, ranging from trained nurses, paramedics and doctors who work alongside and support the charity’s 700 Community First Responders in Lincolnshire.

This October the Vancouver Quarter is being taken over by Ghosts, Ghouls and Villains! On Saturday October 26th at 10am the annual FREE Halloween trail is back. This year’s celebrations are bigger and better than ever before, so put on your worst and come down. There is something for everyone, with our ever popular trail ending in spooky sweet treats, messy workshops, scary photobooth and so much more. Keep your eyes peels some of our favourite villains, Maleficent and her gang will be sneaking around the centre, approach them at your own risk! So come along to the Vancouver Quarter in King’s Lynn for a frightful day out.

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New team to tackle on-street litter

A new team of enforcement officers have taken to the streets of Boston this month in a bid to tackle people who deliberately drop litter, who don’t clean up after their dog and those who fly-tip instead of taking a trip to the tip.

These new officers began patrolling areas of Boston at the beginning of this month and have been issuing fines daily.

Anyone they spot either dropping litter, urinating, spitting, fails to pick up after their dog or fails to be able to provide the means to pick up after their dog will receive an immediate £150 fixed penalty notice. Anyone who does not discharge their responsibility by paying the fine will be taken to court and prosecuted.

As well as dog excrement, litter and fly tipping, the team have also been given the powers to deal with other problems such as graffiti, fly-posting, exposing vehicles for sale on the highway, repairing vehicles on the highway, abandoned vehicles, failure to produce a waste transfer note, failure to produce a waste carrier licence and Duty of Care. Some of their work will be carried out using information passed to us by members of the public and local councillors.

It is hoped that because of our zero tolerance approach people will decide to dispose of their rubbish more responsibly and this will help keep Boston much cleaner and improve the overall look of the town and surrounding areas

Portfolio holder for environmental services, which includes street cleaning, Cllr Yvonne Stevens, said: “”Littering and fly-tipping are two of the most regular complaints we receive from the public. Residents have had enough of those people who don’t care about the effects their behaviour has on their neighbours or the environment.

“The enforcement team will do everything in their power to stop this and help make the streets of Boston much cleaner.”