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We very much appreciate the award of £1,500 Community Chest funding by Boston Big Local in December 2018. This grant is towards decorating and improving one of our family rooms in refuge. We have not, to date, been able to refurbish the room we want to do, because since last October the pressure on our […]

The Samaritans of Boston, Lincolnshire need to raise £25,000 each and every year to stay open and support those in need of emotional support. Boston Big Local are pleased to be able to support the Samaritans of Boston, which is run solely by volunteers, to train more listening volunteers. Through our health and Welling theme, […]

Job Title: Project Coordinator Hours: 8 hours per week at £16 p/hr + expenses and additional hours by arrangement Term: 1 Year Rolling Contract from Plan Approval Date Location: Various Reporting to: Contracted to the Local Trusted Organisation and accountable to the Boston Big Local Partnership. Purpose Coordinate the design, delivery and evaluation of the […]

Every three months as your Big Local Rep, I share my thoughts on local area progress with you as residents and with the central team managing the national programme. Your comments and thoughts are always welcome. Looking back Running things This has been a busy quarter reviewing the partnership, reviewing the background profile and the current plan, consulting with partners and building the […]

Since the first Boston Marathon, UK was run in 2016, we, the residents of Boston Big Local, have pump funded the event to help get it up and running. Now going into its fourth year the Marathon is heading towards profitability meaning this will be our last investment into this event. On Wednesday the 28th […]

Blackfriars Theatre kindly invited Boston Big Local to the opening of their brand new lift. A project that has been more than 10 years in the making. It started as a hope and dream to enable more people to access the stage and the theatre. After an extremely kind donation of £11,000 in the will […]

We, the residents at, Boston Big Local are pleased to support the Lincolnshire Credit Union. Lincolnshire Credit Union is a local community-based savings and loans co-operative for anyone who lives or works in Lincolnshire. Credit unions put their members first and provide them with financial services they need in the UK since 1964. Based in […]

Over the summer of 2018 many innocent attendees of events, financed by Boston Big Local, were accosted by members of the Resident’s Panel, armed with clip-boards and copies of our annual questionnaire. One of the questions (accompanied by a fuzzy map of central Boston, with enlarged labels naming prominent roads and various drains that form […]

At our last meeting in October, we discussed the application from Andrew Lovelace representing Christmas in Boston. Christmas in Boston are a group who meet throughout the year to arrange the organisation of lights for Christmas. They work with local schools and community groups to create the lights to ensure everyone feels involved. This year […]