A newly-formed community group of Eastern Europeans and Brits is holding a family picnic in an effort to bring both populations together.
Linked2Gether has been formed to try to change attitudes and get members of the different cultures to communicate.
Letter writers to the Free Press and commenters on its website have often called for integration so it is hoped the picnic could be a catalyst towards community cohesion.
The picnic will be held in Ayscoughfee Gardens on Saturday from 2-4pm.
A spokesman for the group told the Free Press: “We are under no illusion that society will change overnight.
“But unless we make a start the ridiculous stereotypes and the irrational fears will win and we as a society will lose.”
Flyers advertising the event have been printed in five languages
* Full story in Tuesday’s Lincolnshire Free Press.