Gainsborough East Ward

30/05/2026

🌿 The Great Big Green Week is coming to Park Springs Community Centre! 🌿

Join us from Monday 8 June to Thursday 11 June for a week of community activities, eco-friendly ideas, and practical ways to make a difference.

There will be plenty going on, including:

🌱 SwapShop – books, clothes, plants, bedding and curtains
🌱 Planting activities
🌱 Energy-saving tips from the Green Doctors
🌱 Waste reduction challenges
🌱 Pushbike MOTs
🌱 Eco-crafts, activities and games
🌱 Climate and carbon challenges

We’ll also have a Community Litter Pick on Thursday evening, 6.30pm to 8pm.

📍 Park Springs Community Centre
☕ Drinks provided – please bring a reusable cup if possible.

Everyone is welcome. Come along, get involved, and help make our community a little greener. 🌍💚

Please note: some activities may be subject to change.

26/05/2026

Community Day at Uphills Community Centre tomorrow.

23/05/2026

It would be nice to see a test centre in town, even if just a pop up one.

Young people around the Gainsborough area are having to spend a fortune on 2 hour driving lessons, just to get them into Lincoln or Scunthorpe where they have to take their driving tests since the closure of the test centre in Gainsborough. For many the cost prevents them learning to drive. There are many issues with driving tests nationally, which are being addressed hopefully, but in this day and age, why is a physical building needed to be run as a test centre? Why can't the test centres in Lincoln and Scunthorpe run a satellite hub system where examiners base themselves at somewhere like the council building?
I submitted a motion to West Lindsey full council asking for the council to open discussions with the government to see what can be done. In rural areas where public transport is so poor it essential that people can learn to drive to access job opportunities.

07/05/2026

I previously suggested that one of the bus shelters removed from the Central Bus Station could be relocated to Newlands, to stop elderly residents having to cross the top of Whites Wood Lane to use the brick built one. I have now enquired about the grant scheme with the Lincs CC to see if a new one could be placed there.

24/04/2026

This looks like it could be a very exciting meeting, just feel a bit worried for John Lyden sandwiched between a Dame & a Knight of the realm.

https://gainsborough-tc.gov.uk/meeting/gainsboroughs-annual-assembly-of-the-town-meeting-3/

15/04/2026

Allied Pharmacies on Queensway is the only provider of Spring booster jabs for the over 75’s and immune compromised in Gainsborough. The service has to be booked through the NHS app.

02/04/2026

An event up at the Park Springs Community Centre at the end of the Easter Holidays.

🌸🐰 Riverside Eggstravaganza is coming Thursday 16 April

Join us for a fun day for the whole family

🕥 Time: 10.30am to 2.30pm
📍 Location: Park Springs Community Centre, Riseholme Road, Gainsborough , DN21 1NJ

✨ What’s on:
🎨 craft tables
🐰 pin the tail on the bunny
🎭 face painting
🌱 plant and grow station
🍫 hot chocolate bunnies
🧱 lego table
⚽ outdoor games

☕ Refreshments available including coffee and tea and juice

💛 Free to attend and everyone is welcome

Come along and enjoy a relaxed and friendly day with us 🌼

19/03/2026

With the amount of Fly Tipping in the ward would you support those causing the mess to clear up their own rubbish?

Fly tippers could face up to 20 hours of community service removing rubbish they have illegally dumped.

11/03/2026

Great that all Gainsborough Wards were represented by at least one Councillor from the Gainsborough Town Council for this visit rather than be being the only Gainsborough Councillor to attend the visit from West Lindsey District Council

📣 On Wednesday, members of Gainsborough Town Council visited the academy and PHASE (the mainstream SEND hub) to discuss the progress the school has made over the past few years.

During the visit, Mrs Skelton shared the many improvements the academy has achieved, including the school’s highest ever results in summer 2025. The meeting also provided an opportunity to talk about how the council can continue to support the academy and its students in the future.

Read the full story on our website: https://buff.ly/Jj2yg3J


Proud to be TGA

26/01/2026

I was the only local Councillor from Gainsborough to attend the event, as my son goes to the school. I have asked that an invite is extended to the Gainsborough Town Council , so that more local representation can see what is going on with the school. I would like to see the young members of our town have some input into the Neighbourhood Plan which is at present undergoing a review.

One of the most improved schools in the country, The Gainsborough Academy, welcomed councillors for a tour