Emily Cartwright runs Cultivate Lincoln. Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
A Lincoln woman’s personal struggle with mental health inspired her to open a hidden gem of a community shop, which helps people to slow down, wise up and reconnect with nature.
Emily Cartwright, 29, is the calming and welcoming presence behind Cultivate Lincoln on Grantham Street, just off the High Street.
Since opening at the end of October last year, customers have raved about Emily’s alternative medicines, herbal teas, coffee, yoga and meditation workshops.
Find Cultivate Lincoln on Grantham Street. Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
The space can be used for meditation and yoga. Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
Once you step inside Cultivate Lincoln, the relaxing essential oil diffuser and the abundance of plants will certainly be the first thing you notice.
The Jason Momoa calendar might be the second thing you notice, something which Emily says has been very popular.
Alternative medicines are growing in popularity and Emily told The Lincolnite they helped her when mainstream treatment failed to tackle her mental health problems.
Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
She has a big selection of herbal teas. Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
“Everyone is working so hard and too much these days,” she said over a freshly brewed coffee. “I ended up really quite poorly myself when I was a student.”
Emily studied herbal medicines as a mature student at Lincoln College, where she ended up feeling quite lonely and overwhelmed before reaching out for help.
“This was a place I would have liked to have found when I was studying, it’s something that is very popular in Brighton but we’re missing out in Lincoln.”
She helps support other local businesses. Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
Emily rents out the shelving space. Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
Cultivate Lincoln rents the shelving out to local artists and crafters, without taking any commission, while also renting the rest of the space to alternative practitioners.
Cultivate Lincoln holds a tea meditation every month, yoga three times a week, meditation two times a week, and she rents the space out to practitioners every Sunday.
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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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