The Len Pick Trust is pleased to announce that The Reverend Kate Bottley will be the guest speaker at the Len Pick Memorial Evening 2026.
Reverend Kate will take to the stage of the Bourne Corn Exchange when the popular event returns to its traditional January timeslot, on Wednesday, 28th January 2026.
Kate is a priest in North Nottinghamshire, and a television and radio presenter. She presents BBC Radio 2’s weekly show, Good Morning Sunday alongside Jason Mohammed, is a frequent guest contributor on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show, and a regular presenter on Songs of Praise.
Kate has built up an impressive resume of broadcast projects, with radio broadcasting accompanied by TV appearances on Celebrity Masterchef, The One Show, and 8 Out of 10 Cats. She has written for newspapers and magazines including The Guardian, The Independent and Radio Times, and is the author of Have A Little Faith: Life Lessons on Love, Death and How Lasagne Always Helps.
The Len Pick Memorial Evening is an annual event, held to remember Len Pick’s life and his continuing contribution to the town of Bourne through the work of the Len Pick Trust. In October 2024, Amar Latif OBE was the event’s guest speaker, and previous guest speakers have included Amanda Owen, Adam Henson, Mandy Hickson and Bill Turnbull.
Tickets will go on sale at the start of November 2025. For more information, please visit www.lenpicktrust.org.uk
LIVES – a charity which provides voluntary life-saving emergency care across Lincolnshire – has been able to boost its activities in the Bourne area, thanks to two grants from the Len Pick Trust.
The grants awarded by The Len Pick Trust have enabled LIVES to purchase new kit bags for their community first responders working in the Bourne area, as well as carry out vital ‘bystander CPR sessions’. The sessions not only teach life-saving skills to people in the community, but have also enabled LIVES to recruit two new community responders, who will be operational later in the year.
Nikki Cooke of LIVES said: “The bags are a big upgrade from those that we’ve previously provided and ensure that all of the equipment that our responders carry is safe and easily accessible when it’s needed. Bourne will be one of the first areas to have the new bags thanks to the funding from Len Pick.
“We are still delivering bystander CPR sessions in the Bourne area thank you to the funding and support you’ve provided. To date we have been at the Toolbar Fair at the Corn Exchange, a young carers event at the Bourne Children’s Centre, the Lincs Voluntary Services Fair, and a garden event with nearly 100 people trained so far. We have two further events planned and are also trying to secure an event at Tesco in Bourne for a little later in the year. We have been in touch with every community venue, church and school to offer them a session and discussions continue.”
LIVES provides an invaluable voluntary service across Lincolnshire, and The Len Pick Trust is delighted to support their work in the Bourne area.
A warm welcome back to viewers of our owl tower live feed!
Viewers will have noticed we are still having occasional problems with the camera. In the absence of a live feed, we have added a static picture from the tower which is refreshed every 10 minutes. We hope that this will be more stable for the time being.
We have noticed fewer visits by the barn owls this winter. Usually they increase as we get nearer to the first egg date.
We still see the nest occupied overnight but this has been rare recently.
It is still not too late for a pair to take up residence.
The most likely reason for their absence is one of the birds has perished or moved away with another partner.
In which case, the remaining adult has to find a new partner.
So all is not lost, but we would like to see some occupancy in the next two weeks.
The Len Pick Trust is a charitable organisation based in Bourne, Lincolnshire, and is looking to recruit a Trust Support Manager.
The successful candidate will report to the Trustees and support them in the day-to-day running of the organisation. We anticipate that the successful candidate will work up to 15hrs per week on the role.
Key functions of the role:
- Act as the first point of contact for the Trust, by responding to emails and phone calls
- Co-ordinate the effective flow of communication between trustees and grant applicants, and administrate the grant award process
- Support the management of the Trust’s financial affairs, working closely with the Treasurer
- Arrange and attend the monthly Trustees meeting, and take minutes for circulation. There may also be the requirement to attend sub-committee meetings on an ad-hoc basis
- Work closely with Trustees on special projects as required
- Co-ordinate administrative functions of the trust, including supporting the development and review of policies and procedures, and filing electronic and physical documentation
- Help to ensure the Trust’s continued compliance with Charity Commission guidance
- Support the day-to-day running of our Granby Court office
Important strengths of the successful candidate:
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent computer literacy
- A pro-active, self-motivated mindset
- Flexible approach to working hours – mainly daytime, but will include some evenings
- An enthusiasm for the town of Bourne and for community life
The successful candidate’s primary place of work shall be our Granby Court office in Bourne, but we will also consider a flexible working from home arrangement as the position becomes established.
The Len Pick Trust welcomes applications from all sectors of the local community.
Applications for this position have now closed. Thank you.
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Len Pick was a local farmer and businessman, who decided to leave a lasting legacy to the town which had meant so much to him in his lifetime. It is in this spirit that, on his death in 2004, The Len Pick Trust was formed to give perpetual benefit to the town.
Trustees are volunteers, who work by evaluating grant applications. If approved, grants are used to support projects across all walks of town life – including sports, the arts, history and children’s facilities.
Bourne Town Hall Trust is delighted to announce funding from the Len Pick Trust, a charitable trust based in Bourne.
Funds from the Len Pick Trust will support the whole regeneration project, which is aimed at creating a centre of culture, heritage and arts within Bourne.
Within this, the grant will also allow for the reconstruction of the town hall’s clocktower, and the original Georgian clock.
The opportunity to restore the clocktower will return the architectural balance of building and restore its imposing silhouette to the centre of the town.
When complete, the original 200 year old clock will once again provide a focal point to the town with the original bell set to chime once again during daytime hours.
The original clocktower was destroyed by fire in 1932, despite the best efforts of the fire brigade who were based in the building at the time. It was an integral part of the town hall from initial construction in 1821 and for over 100 years before the fateful fire.
The original clock mechanism was made by Thwaite’s & Reed, a distinguished firm of clockmakers from Clerkenwell, London.
Bourne Town Hall Trust is thankful for the support and enthusiasm for the project from the Len Pick Trust which is based in the town.
Bourne Town Hall Trust’s restoration and regeneration project is also made possible thanks to National Lottery players, with £3.3million awarded last month by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
A spokesperson for The Len Pick Trust said: “The Len Pick Trust would like to congratulate the trustees of The Old Town Hall – Bourne, for raising the funds needed to carry out the major redevelopment work on the Old Town Hall building. The Trust is pleased to have awarded a grant to support this project.
At The Len Pick Trust we share your vision for a centre to support the arts for the people of Bourne, and we are delighted to have contributed to you achieving your goal.
We are looking forward to watching the next phase of the project.”
The Old Town Hall
About The Len Pick Trust
Based in Bourne, Lincolnshire, the Len Pick Trust is a charitable trust which supports other local community organisations, primarily by awarding grants.
Through the provision of assistance the sole objective of the Trust is to assist in delivering significant and tangible improvements to the quality of life, the environment, the general benefit and well-being of the townspeople of Bourne.
About Bourne Town Hall
Bourne Town Hall is a striking classical Georgian Grade II building which over the last two centuries has served the people of Bourne as a sessions house, fire station, shambles market, town hall and council offices but which has stood empty since 2014 and is at risk of falling into further disrepair; this funding from the Heritage Fund will secure the building for the people of Bourne.
Built in 1821 on land originally donated to the town of Bourne by the Marquis of Exeter, with additional capital raised from 123 local subscribers, the construction of the building is a fantastic example of early crowdfunding and community support.
Bourne Town Hall Trust is a volunteer-led charity (1176315) set up in 2017 with the ambition of restoring Bourne’s Old Town Hall into an exciting and vibrant centre of heritage and culture for the community. Since then, our Trustees and volunteers have worked tirelessly to develop the plans working with the community and a wider professional team.
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Back in the summer, a grant awarded to the The Cricket Society Trust enabled students at Bourne Academy to enjoy playing cricket on a roll-out wicket pitch. The Cricket Society Trust has been working to support Bourne Academy’s cricket offering for a number of years, and the portable mats have allowed students at the school more opportunities to enjoy the sport.
Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance (LNAA) is saying a huge thanks to the Len Pick Trust for generously funding the cost to kit out one of its new doctors.
Doctor Chris Woodmansey joined LNAA earlier in the year and needed to be kitted out with a made to measure outfit that would be suitable for the demanding work that he and the rest of the LNAA team undertake every day.
Thanks to the Trustees at The Len Pick Trust and their generous donation of £3,554, Chris now has a specifically designed uniform which will help him to provide a range of emergency procedures for the patients that he will treat.
He said: “Our uniform is essential for the work that we do, and we ask it to do a lot for us! It’s vital that we can get to anyone who needs our help no matter where or when the incident happens. So, the uniform must be built for below-zero winter nights, fire resistance, climbing through a hedge, walking down a ditch, or any other conditions we find after landing.”
“There are multiple durable storage pockets which allows us to keep emergency equipment immediately to hand but protected. And a uniform that fits well means we’re not inhibited when performing a procedure or rushing to a patient.”
The Len Pick Trust, based in Bourne, Lincolnshire give grants to organisations that will benefit the people of the town. Trustee David Bailey explained why it was so important for them to make this donation to LNAA.
He said: “Everybody in Bourne could benefit from Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance at any time. Bourne is a rural town and the importance is there for all to see. The air ambulance flies overhead regularly and most of us know people in the town who have been helped by LNAA.
“These uniforms are not just a nice set of uniforms, they are protecting the medics. Our funding has bought a uniform that will look after the person looking after the patient.”