Local charity Motherwell Cheshire have bumped up their resources to support people struggling with the cost-of-living crisis this Christmas.
They held a virtual Christmas Fair to offer affordable gift items for those struggling to get to the shops or who cannot afford high street prices.
National youth charity OnSide says it has submitted a planning application to Cheshire East Council for a multi-million pound Youth Zone for Crewe’s young people.
Subject to plans being approved, they say Crewe Youth Zone will be built on the Oak Street Car Park to the south of the town centre.
A Stapeley Broad Lane pupil has won her local MP’s Christmas card competition – with her winning design presented to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
Six-year-old Isabella Smith’s festive work was selected as winner by Crewe and Nantwich MP Dr Kieran Mullan.
Students and staff from Reaseheath College and University Centre in Nantwich have pulled together to help local people in need over the festive period.
All departments collected non perishable food, household items, toiletries and festive treats in aid of Nantwich Foodbank.
The Everybody Foundation has donated more than £2,700 worth of toys to vulnerable families across South Cheshire.
Toys have included board games, bop it, balls and fishing kits to small, local charities who work with families as part of the Christmas Toy Appeal.
A campaign to increase safety for women and girls has received a major cash boost after supporters turned out in force to an event at Rookery Hall, Nantwich.
There was a full house for the first Women Peace & Security (WPS) Foundation fundraising dinner which raised more than £7,000 for various initiatives to safeguard women and girls from mental and physical harm.
Young truck fan Alfie Simcox, who has become a celebrity in the trucking world, was treated to a VIP visit by Nantwich distribution firm Boughey.
The 10-year-old from Shavington turned his passion for trucks into photographing lorries on the M6 and raising thousands of pounds for charity by producing annual calendars.
By Jonathan White
Nantwich people have helped raise more than £48,000 during this year’s Poppy Appeal for the Royal British Legion.
Poppies were bought and worn with pride by thousands of people across the Nantwich area during the Remembrance period in November.
Nantwich Food Festival’s pre-Christmas “Drop-off and Go” collection in aid of Nantwich Foodbank has been hailed a big success.
A team of Festival volunteers were given support by Joelle Warren MBE DL (Vice Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire) and Nantwich Mayor Cllr Peter Groves and his wife and Consort, Carol.
A Nantwich charitable organisation has received a cash boost after families flocked to a fundraising night at The Bickerton Poacher pub.
The town’s Lions group, which includes businesspeople and residents, has received a donation of £3,500 from the pub which hosted a bonfire and fireworks event attracting hundreds of people.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity has launched its Christmas fundraising campaign for 2022 with activities for local businesses and families to get involved in.
The charity’s calendar of festive events kicked off at the first Christmas Fair at Crewe Market Hall on Saturday.
By Jonathan White
Nantwich Methodist Church is full steam ahead with its fundraising thanks to weekly miniature railway events.
And it’s now clocked up more than £15,000 for charity in a decade of staging the live steam train journeys at its Hospital Street base.
These cute otter cubs are undergoing specialist care at RSPCA Stapeley Grange in Nantwich after being orphaned when rivers overflowed in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire.
One of the juvenile otters arrived at RSPCA Stapeley Grange along with her sibling last month after they were both rescued near the River Witham at Grantham in Lincolnshire.
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