Leighton Hospital Prostate Cancer Support Group will hold an annual testing session at Nantwich Civic Hall on Saturday April 8.
Testing will be carried out between 10am and 1pm by taking a sample of blood by trained phlebotomists.
By Jonathan White
More than 2,000 riders took part in the ‘Cheshire Cat Sportive’ cycling event in memory of former Nantwich student Paul Mooney.
Participants were able to park and register at the nearby South Cheshire College, then move to the start/finish line.
Leaders at St John Ambulance are appealing for new volunteers to step forward and train as first aiders in South Cheshire.
No prior first aid or volunteering experience is required as full training will be given by existing volunteers and trainers at a regular weekly meeting.
A charity that donates cuddly toys to distressed children at Leighton Hospital is celebrating a milestone.
Cheshire Freemasons launched their “Teddies for Loving Care” (TLC) scheme for Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which manages the hospital, 12 years ago.
Nantwich and Crewe fund-raisers have helped St Luke’s Hospice net £18,000 in a month-long campaign.
Volunteers have held buckets, sold cakes, knitted hearts and wore red.
Nantwich Museum has received a £1,000 donation to help fund its Dementia Friendship Group.
The money was raised by members of the Rotary Club of Nantwich.
A panto by The Andrews Panto & Plays Society (TAPPS) helped to raise almost £800 for South Cheshire causes.
The pantomime ‘Cinderella’ was held at St Andrews Church Hall, on Bedford Street, Crewe.
Staff and students from Malbank School and Sixth Form College’s technology department have been awarded a £200 grant from Asda.
The Nantwich pupils have benefited from the supermarket’s Community Champion scheme.
By Jonathan White
A South Cheshire student raised a staggering £22,680 for charity by setting up a Christmas lights display at his family’s farm.
Graham Witter, 22, a final year Business Management degree student, opened the display up to the public at Carters Green Farm in Weston throughout December.
Staff at Fat Face in Nantwich raised £873 from their anti-Black Friday campaign and Snowdon trek in aid of St Luke’s Hospice.
Fat Face boycotted ‘Black Friday’ in 2015 and the company made a statement against the discounting epidemic by creating a bold campaign called “Thanks for Giving”.
The Swirly Whirlys hospice outlet in Nantwich is being closed because of increased competition from the town’s coffee shops, St Luke’s admits.
We revealed earlier this week how the Pillory Street outlet, first opened in 2012, is closing its doors next month.
Hospital staff in South Cheshire took part in the ‘Ride to Remember’ and helped raise more than £360 for a dementia-friendly garden.
Trust staff at Leighton Hospital, Victoria Infirmary, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre cycled on a stationary bike for 10 minutes.
A charity shop opened by St Luke’s Hospice in Nantwich is to close less than five years after opening – because it is not raising enough money.
Swirly Whirlys, on Pillory Street, which specialises in crepes and ice cream, will close in March, it has been announced.
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