Find out what Lincoln shoppers put at the top of their bucket list
Lincoln shoppers have shared their deepest goals and ambitions in life, supporting Dying Matters Awareness Week. The annual bucket list concept, featuring a ‘Before I die…’ wall and coffin, commenced on Monday, May 8 and will run until Friday, May 12. In support of the campaign, end of life care charity St Barnabas Lincolnshire Hospice…
St Barnabas volunteers and staff. (L-R) Sheila Nash, Sarah Carr, Cat Maddy and Mathew Golding.
Lincoln shoppers have shared their deepest goals and ambitions in life, supporting Dying Matters Awareness Week.
The annual bucket list concept, featuring a ‘Before I die…’ wall and coffin, commenced on Monday, May 8 and will run until Friday, May 12.
In support of the campaign, end of life care charity St Barnabas Lincolnshire Hospice have set up challenges and activities in Waterside shopping centre.
Dying Matters Awareness Week runs until May 14.
The bucket list concept aims to make the difficult subject of death easier to talk about. People are encouraged to write down their goals in life and what they aim to achieve before they die.
Photo: Evie Stevenson
Photo: Evie Stevenson
Photo: Evie Stevenson
Photo: Evie Stevenson
Photo: Evie Stevenson
The boards are at Waterside shopping centre until Friday.
Photo: Evie Stevenson
Photo: Evie Stevenson
St Barnabas volunteers and staff. (L-R) Sheila Nash, Sarah Carr, Cat Maddy and Mathew Golding.
Volunteers and staff from St Barnabas are with the campaign in Waterside from 9:00am to 5:30pm every day. They are answering any questions and welcoming members of the public.
Along with the 6ft by 12ft bucket list boards, the campaign also has a cardboard coffin which was donated by the Co-op. People are encouraged to write poems, quotes or words that mean something to them on it.
An interactive installation of an elephant has also been created, addressing how death is similar to the phrase ‘the elephant in the room’. St Barnabas are encouraging people to tie ribbons on the installation and make it look pretty, showing that death cannot be ignored.
The elephant in the room.
Cat Maddy, Marketing and Communication manager for St Barnabas said: “I think it’s a really great idea to get people talking more honestly and more openly about dying.
“The response has been really positive. People are really interested in what other people are writing. Some of them are really honest, it goes to show you don’t really know what people are going through or thinking each day.”
Cat she said that before she die’s she want to: “Make sure my family is happy.”
Other members of the public had wrote ‘Share the love’, ‘Make sure my children are happy’, ‘Make my dreams come true’ and ‘Meet Gary Barlow’.
The boards have been taken very positively by local shoppers. Nicola Chanamuto, a Lincoln resident said: “I think it’s really interesting to read what is most important to people in life and to learn about what other people’s priorities are.
“It’s really important for people to be focused on what they want to do in life. I think I would make many more goals than just one of them.”
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The 32-year-old man and 30-year-old woman arrested in the murder probe of an 11-year-old boy in Lincoln have both been released on police bail, without any charges.
The man was arrested on suspicion of murder and the woman on suspicion of manslaughter after an incident at a house on Geneva Street on St Giles in Lincoln.
Police were called to the house at 10pm on Friday night, January 22.
The 11-year-old boy was found unwell at the scene and was taken to hospital for treatment.
He was pronounced dead a short time later.
At the time Lincolnshire Police said the death was unexplained and it was treated as murder.
The man and the woman arrested at the weekend were released on police bail on Monday evening.
Lincolnshire Police said in a statement on Monday night:
“Once again, we’d like to remind people that this is an active investigation and that an 11-year-old boy has sadly lost his life.
“Speculative comments are not only deeply upsetting to those involved but can potentially undermine our investigation.
“If you have any information that can help, call 101 or email [email protected] quoting incident 472 of January 22.”
Ten people from Boston have been given fines for breaching COVID-19 regulations by driving dangerously in supermarket car parks.
Officers were called after three separate reports of dangerous driving in the car parks of Lidl and Tesco in Wyberton Fen, as well as on Marsh Lane Industrial Estate in Boston.
All three incidents took place and were reported to police between 5pm and 6pm on Sunday, January 24, though it is unsure if they were connected at all.
When officers arrived, the drivers were seen doing donut manoeuvres and racing in the snow.
A total of 10 people were given £200 fines for breaking lockdown guidelines, but this will be reduced to £100 if paid within 14 days, due to all being first time offenders.
As well as the COVID-19 fines, two of the vehicles were also seized as a result of being uninsured, with drivers reported.
A traffic offence report was also submitted after one driver was seen to be driving not just dangerously but out of control.
Inspector Fran Harrod of Lincolnshire Police said: “We would like to thank the public for bringing these incidents of dangerous driving to our attention.
“This is not only extremely dangerous to those taking part but to others in these areas.
“While we continue to engage and explain with the public, this was a blatant breach of the restrictions which will not be tolerated.”
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