Patients from the LGBTQ+ community who wish to access hospice care will receive better support after a grant of £22,000 from Cheshire Freemasons.
The grant, in partnership with Hospice UK, will benefit patients at St Luke’s Hospice in Winsford as well Hospice of The Good Shepherd in Backford and East Cheshire Hospice in Macclesfield.
A Nantwich man is planning a fundraising walk to his favourite football team for a charity helping his wife battle an eating disorder.
Jack Hughes, 30, hopes to raise awareness of how charity BEAT can help others with eating disorders and their families cope with the condition.
New artwork has given Leighton Hospital’s paediatric unit a unique feel.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity team commissioned an illustrator to create the bespoke artwork.
A Nantwich estate agent has appealed for help amid a series of trips he is making to Ukraine to deliver humanitarian aid.
Gary Fear, from Butters Bee Estate Agents in the town, went to Ukraine in April where he spent four days delivering vital food and medical supplies to refugees fleeing the conflict.
Four Rotary Clubs in South Cheshire have teamed up to secure two grants to support Ukrainian families being accommodated by Crewe and Nantwich residents.
A Rotary Grant of £2,000 has been used to cover the cost of 100 Welcome Packs for Ukrainian women and children.
Staff at Nantwich Clinic are flying with their fundraising efforts for Parkinson’s UK!
In their latest challenge, they sped across Penrhyn Quarry in North Wales on the longest, fastest zipwire in Europe.
Big-hearted staff at Nantwich farm shop Cheerbrook have lined up more summer fundraising challenges in aid of District Nurses.
The team have already raised more than £12,000 for the cause, after local nurses cared for shop owner Andrew Shufflebotham during his brave battle with cancer.
By Jonathan White
A fundraising marathon vintage tractor ploughathon took place at Aston, near Wrenbury, has helped raise a huge £12,000 for charity.
The “3 Men and a Furrow” 24-hour vintage tractor ploughathon involved three friends – Ian Bulkeley, Fred Mottram and Gary Walker.
A team of 12 employees at South Cheshire accountants Alextra are to tackle the “Potters ‘Arf” half marathon in aid of charity.
They will be raising money for Douglas Macmillan Hospice, known locally as the Dougie Mac.
The manager of Nantwich Foodbank has issued a warning that rising food and energy costs is pushing more local families into poverty.
Damien Gear said they were anticipating a return to the huge numbers who needed the Foodbank during the first year of the pandemic in 2020.
A grey seal pup who rehabilitated by the RSPCA in Nantwich after being orphaned during Storm Eleanor in 2018 has been sighted again as an adult – nearly four years later.
Tolgus, named after a Cornish tin mine, was found on Constantine Bay during severe weather that swept across the country.
A Nantwich train driver has helped a team of volunteers drive buses across to Ukraine to transport children to safety from their war-torn country.
Mark Hardy-Johnson, who drives train by day, signed up to help when he saw an appeal on social media for drivers.
A Nantwich barbers is raffling of a series of fabulous prizes in aid of the Disasters Emergency Committee to help Ukraine refugees.
Zebi and Julie, owners of Gentleman Jacks Barbers on Hospital Street, are selling raffle tickets for £5 each.
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