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June is the month that it all seems to happen. Later on in the month, we reach the lightest days of the year, and so it’s no surprise that the RiverLight Festival is again scheduled around the summer solstice. You would have seen the leaflet for it in last month’s magazine, and this month we chat with local artist Imogen Joyce who’s been making flags with members of the community at the Hub in preparation for the festival. Having been at the RiverLight programme launch evening, we’ve been going through it and picking out all the things we want to see at this year’s smorgasbord of art, performance, music and more.

There’s another big event taking place this month that has also become a regular fixture in our town in recent years, and that is the Sleaford 1940s Day organised by the Town Council and the William Alvey School, and this year we’re actually going to be a part of it! Make sure to pop down and say hello. We’ve tested out our brand new gazebo and been busy preparing various activities for you. It’s going to be a new thing for us so we’re really looking forward to it. There’s so much stuff going on there on the day: re-enactments, Morris dancing, people in 1940s attire (ourselves included!) and the Blighty Belles who we also chat to in this month’s magazine.

And let’s not forget the Lincolnshire Show, taking place on the 18^th and 19^th. We’ve got family tickets up for grabs this month, but you’ll have to pick up the June edition to find the answer to our question!

Cogglesford Mill are running a couple of projects to commemorate our armed forces, with Armed Forces Day of course taking place this month. You can read all about that in the June edition, or why not pop in there and have a chat with them? While you’re visiting, you’ll likely get to see the new family of swans who nest right by the mill. We posted some photos and a video of the cygnets as they took their first swim in the Slea after hatching only a day or two previously. Make sure to follow our social media channels for even more content like this. Our swan video made quite the splash, racking up thousands of views!

If you’ve been thinking about taking the plunge and diving into our pages with some advertising, then remember we are always on hand for a chat! Your Local Lincs is a magazine that our readers look forward to receiving each month. Whenever we’re out there ourselves bringing it to them, we see their eyes light up as they receive the latest edition. If you’d like to get your business in front of them, then we are only a phone call / email / Facebook message / office visit away!

Enjoy all the festivities and shows this month and we’ll see you next time.

YOUR LOCAL LINCS TEAM

May seems to be continuing with the theme set by the previous month with plenty of sunny weather and bank holidays! With Easter appearing late this year, the days off are still coming thick and fast, but this downtime hasn’t stopped us putting together another bumper edition for you full of great content: articles, what’s on, exploring places and chatting to people in our community.

Although it actually took place in March, our interview with the artist of the new mural in town, Peachzz, features this month. Remember to check out the video version of our chat with her below. We also dropped in on our local toad patrol group (this year’s campaign has now ended and we hear that the first toad spawn has been spotted in the ponds!), we’ve been chatting to our local Morris dancing group, we dropped in on the community swimming pool in Heckington (fortunately not literally), and we attended the Children of Courage Awards. There’s no time for days off in our world!

This month sees World Bee Day on the 20^th and you can read the buzz about that. There’s great theatre going on from both Sleaford Little Theatre and the Heckington Players, and we give you the chance to win tickets to the latter’s production! Miller Magic are back with a Tribute to the Swing Era (you can win tickets for this too!), the Sleaford Model Railway have an exhibition, and let’s not forget about Sleaford Live which happens from the 2^nd to the 11^th.

Each month we’re able to put out magazines that the community look forward to thanks to our advertisers. If you’re a reader, then make sure to mention us if you contact any of them. If you’re a business that’s thinking of advertising with us, remember that not only will we help get your name out to all our readers, you’ll also help to power this much-loved and much-valued resource for the community. We’ve been going for 20 years now, and in that time, we’ve become a monthly fixture and the go-to place for business listings, community listings, what’s on, and championing the people and places that make our community the great place it is. If you’d like to be a part of this, then we’d love to hear from you.

Have a great month and we’ll see you next time!

YOUR LOCAL LINCS TEAM

For a month that’s associated with showers, April this year starts with lots of lovely bright sunshine. The centre of Sleaford is looking even more radiant with the new mural that has been painted by Monument Gardens, something created by Sheffield based artist Peachzz who incorporated our local heritage and nature in her design. We were there as she and her assistant applied the finishing touches to her work, and before she left she had a chat with us. You’ll have to wait till next month till you see this in the magazine, but in the meantime, you can see a video interview with her now (see below).

But what’s going on this month? Easter lands quite late this year (on the 21^st), St George’s Day is on the 23^rd, Earth Day on the 22^nd, and there’s also World Autism Awareness Day on the 2^nd. There are many worthy awareness days these days, and each year we aim to explore ones we haven’t explored before. For World Autism Awareness Day we dropped in on Rainbow Stars in Sleaford and chatted to some of the people that go there. Stephi helped open our eyes and give us some great insight into what the world is like to her as an autistic person. If you like live music, we've got two great competitions for you this month and with rhubarb in season, there's a tasty recipe for a rhubarb crumble. Just some of the regular sections our readers enjoy each month!

It’s usually around this time of year that everyone announces that their rates are going up. Well, just like last year, this month we are not springing that surprise on any of our current or new advertisers. If you’re looking to make a ‘new year’s resolution’ with your business and take the plunge into advertising on our pages, then do get in touch. This new financial year could be the year that your business really takes off as we get it into the 20,850 homes and businesses in our area. We're available on email, telephone, social media, or even in person. So many of our advertisers come back to us to say what a difference their adverts make so let’s make this a happy and prosperous new financial year for you!

Have a great Easter and we’ll see you next time!

YOUR LOCAL LINCS TEAM

Following the short month of February, March really seems to be spring up on us, doesn’t it? Spring is definitely the theme of the month too, with meteorological spring starting off the bat on the 1^st, and then the season starts proper on the equinox which falls on the 20^th this year. It’s a much-loved day for us as it also means the days become longer than the nights at last. With Easter not falling until April this year, it means that Pancake Day squeezes into early March, with Mother’s Day at the end of the month. And don’t forget about the clock change, on the same day as Mother’s Day (30^th March).

There are plenty more dates to put in your diary, but as you know, you can rely on our magazine for its monthly information and What’s On listings. We’re really spoiling you with the competitions in March by the way, with no fewer than 4 of them to enter. You can hop right over to our Competitions page to get your entries in, but don’t forget to pick up the magazine for full details! One of the competitions features some tasty waffle treats from Waffle and Chill based in the gleaming new market place in town. We think this one will be another popular one – the food ones often are! It’s lovely reading your comments about our magazine on your competition entries by the way. Check out our Facebook channel for a selection of the ones we received last month, and feel free to add a joke or something to yours. They all get read out in the office!

After our 20^th birthday celebrations last month, we head into our 21^st year feeling invigorated and with a renewed sense of purpose. It’s great to see the love the community hold for our magazine. We love this community and love being a fixture in it. If you’ve ever thought about advertising your business / event / anything else in our pages, or would like to get in touch about what is going on out there in our community, we would love to hear from you. Over our two decades, YLL has become a mainstay, and is the go-to publication to advertise in.

Have a great month, and we'll see you next time.

YOUR LOCAL LINCS TEAM