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Brown and Co Charity Quiz raises £500 for LRSN

Brown & Co Property and Business Consultants in Spalding held a charity quiz on Monday evening at Vine House Farm, Deeping St. Nicholas. The weather was glorious and the venue was beautiful with a tasty hog roast for all to enjoy. The event was strongly supported by over 100 farmers and local businesses. In all £1000 was raised, which was split between LRSN and The Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.We would like to say a massive thank you for this donation and all the work that went in ...

Lincolnshire Show 2014

Our thanks to NFU for hosting our stand in their marquee again this year where we have the pleasure of meeting our many supporters and sponsors and enjoy the talks and presentations held by the NFU. This year Owen Patterson, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Minette Batters, NFU Deputy President, spoke to a full marquee of NFU members and visitors giving everyone their views on topics such as food security, flood defences and controlling the spread of TB. For mo...

Open Farm Sunday 2014

LRSN had a wonderful day at all the Open Farm Sunday venues that we attended. Many thanks to Bardney Dairies courtesy of A Poucher and Sons, Sir Richard Sutton Settled Estates at Stainton le Vale and at Uncle Henry’s Farm Shop and Café at Grayingham.The weather was fantastic and Splatt the Rat went down well with both adults and children! Thank you to all those that came to see us, we will look forward to next year....

Families walk the “Worzel Walk” for James and LRSN

A big thank you to everyone who took part in the LRSN “Worzel Walk”!!On Sunday, 1st June 2014 over 110 people, and many dogs, took part in the Lincolnshire Rural Charities Network (LRSN) “Worzel Walk” in memory of James ‘Worzel’ Worthington. Starting from Swallow Village Hall in Lincolnshire and raising over £3100 for LRSN a wonderful day was enjoyed by the many families, friends and colleagues of James’s. As the walkers crossed the finish line they settled down to share...

Louth Xmas 2013

Photos from Louth, Christmas 2013....

Fun in the sun at LRSN Charity Golf Day

This year’s charity golf day with Woldmarsh Producers promised to be our best yet and we were not left disappointed! The weather stayed fine, the atmosphere was friendly and the food was wonderful. We have so far raised just over £6000 for LRSN which will help us to sustain our work in the farming and rural communities, helping those Lincolnshire farmers and farming families in need of support through some difficult times in their lives.In all there were 29 teams competing for first...

LRSN celebrate achieving the Investing in Volunteers Standard

On the evening of the 29th June LRSN thanked all their volunteers for their fantastic contribution to the charity's work by celebrating in a marquee provided by Brown and Co and hosted by Uncle Henry's at Grayingham, with two fantastic guest speakers, Aarun Naik, Nuffield Scholar and local Paralympian Sophie Wells. They were also treated to a delicious buffet, with roast beef and ham expertly carved by willing helpers Peter Elkington and Ray Wright, followed by the award winning cheeses by ...