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Every three months or so, I share my thoughts on local area progress with you as residents as your Big Local Rep and with the central team managing the national programme. Your comments and thoughts are always welcome. Looking back  Running things This has been a very important and successful three months for the partnership, managing transitions of […]

Back in February, BBL met with Mark Bishop to discuss our next 2-year plan. Mark, an assessor from the Local Trust visited Boston to check our plan meets the expectations and aims of the Big Local project. Below is his report which led to our plan being accepted: I was really pleased to meet the […]

Back in November, the BBL Community Chest Panel gave Boston & South Holland Talking Newspaper £500 to purchase new audio players and batteries. Yesterday we went to see the great work the volunteers do to support people without sight in our area. We also used to opportunity to present our standard oversized cheque. Below is […]

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 […]