From the
TEDxGrantham desk.
Updates from the organising team: speaker reveals, behind-the-scenes notes, and longer-form pieces on ideas worth spreading.
How civic leadership works in South Kesteven
Councillor Ashley Baxter has been South Kesteven’s elected Leader since January 2024, heading a Cabinet drawn from several political groups rather than a single majority bloc. Full Council appoints the Leader, scrutiny can call in decisions before they take effect, and county, district and parish bodies each hold different powers.
By TEDx Grantham Team
EV charging and everyday fairness in South Kesteven
South Kesteven District Council lists 20 public chargers at five car parks, but home charging remains the easiest and cheapest option for households with off-street parking. For residents without a driveway, access depends on town-centre bays, distance and timing, turning EV charging into a fairness issue as much as a capacity one.
By TEDx Grantham Team
How Grantham keeps memory and kindness alive
In early 2011, local volunteers formed the Grantham Community Heritage Association to reopen Grantham Museum after closure for the Queen’s Jubilee. The town’s memory and kindness now run through volunteer routes at the museum, the hospital and the foodbank.
By TEDx Grantham Team
Why Grantham changes on foot and on market day
Grantham’s Saturday market still fills the Market Place, Narrow Westgate and Butcher’s Row, while a 1.8-mile heritage walk links St Wulfram’s, the Guildhall and the Market Cross. Together, they show how a town centre becomes more legible and more social at walking pace.
By TEDx Grantham Team
Grantham culture and work trends
Grantham's cultural strength lies in usable heritage rather than heritage on display: the Guildhall doubles as an arts venue and visitor-information point, Gravity Fields turns Isaac Newton's local links into a participatory science-and-arts festival that engaged 1,500 young people, and the Westgate Hub houses community and performing-arts groups in the town centre. That use also feeds the local visitor economy. Job searches in Grantham circle around care, public services, retail, logistics and visitor-facing roles, with part-time work and 'no experience needed' postings far more common than fully remote opportunities, so flexible local work continues to outweigh remote work.
By TEDx Grantham Team
Do small grants make innovation visible in Grantham
Small grants under South Kesteven's Business Growth Grant — typically £2,500 to £15,000 with 50% match funding — make innovation in Grantham easier to see when they fund concrete change such as new equipment, software upgrades, staff training or safeguarded jobs, rather than vague promises. They sit between an idea and a loan, helping firms move past the first hopeful stage by sharing risk while still demanding their own investment. Selection rules and paperwork — business plans, forecasts and confirmed co-funding — shape which firms benefit, often favouring those with cash reserves or adviser support. The scheme reveals practical change but also filters who reaches it.
By TEDx Grantham Team