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Hospitals Charity wants community to get crafty in dementia appeal

Hospitals Charity wants community to get crafty in dementia appeal

Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity is calling on residents to get crafty by supporting the ‘Everybody Knows Somebody’ Dementia Appeal with Forget-Me-Not Flower pins.

It is appealing to keen crafters of all ages to make the flowers in blue wool with yellow centres, which can be crocheted or knitted in minutes.

January 30, 2018
Age UK shop in Nantwich appeals for 2018 volunteers

Age UK shop in Nantwich appeals for 2018 volunteers

Age UK in Nantwich is appealing for more shop volunteers in 2018 to make a difference to older people in the community.

The charity is urging people to use their plans to make a difference to someone else’s by signing up to volunteer.

January 25, 2018
Nantwich Aldi staff and customers raise £6,000 for Teenage Cancer Trust

Nantwich Aldi staff and customers raise £6,000 for Teenage Cancer Trust

Big-hearted customers and staff at Aldi in Nantwich have raised almost £6,000 for the Teenage Cancer Trust.

It was raised after colleagues and customers completed activities including a fancy-dress day and a Snowdon trek.

January 17, 2018
Rescued seal released after 138-day recovery at Nantwich RSPCA centre

Rescued seal released after 138-day recovery at Nantwich RSPCA centre

A seal who was admitted to the RSPCA in Nantwich after getting stuck in a drain on a beach, has been released back to the wild after a 138-day recovery.

Common seal Tyrion arrived at Stapeley Grange Wildlife Centre in July last year after being rescued from Bagillt in North Wales by Chris Cureton and his team from the British Divers Marine Life Rescue.

January 13, 2018
Home-Start launches volunteers recruitment campaign in Nantwich

Home-Start launches volunteers recruitment campaign in Nantwich

Local charity Home-Start has launched a campaign to recruit volunteers from Nantwich.

Home-Start recruits and trains volunteers to help families with young children.

January 5, 2018
St Luke’s Hospice Cheshire launches ‘Lose the Booze’ fundraiser

St Luke’s Hospice Cheshire launches ‘Lose the Booze’ fundraiser

St Luke’s Hospice in Cheshire is hoping to raise essential funds, by helping residents “Lose the Booze” this month!

The hospice, which helps families across South Cheshire, hopes the initiative will help people lose weight, save money and collect vital sponsorship.

January 4, 2018
Crewe & Nantwich Round Table Santa raises more than £11,000 in 15 days

Crewe & Nantwich Round Table Santa raises more than £11,000 in 15 days

The Crewe and Nantwich Round Table Santa float raised a staggering £11,000 for local causes in just 15 days.

Round Table members today confirmed it was a record figure and issued a massive thanks to all volunteers who helped.

January 3, 2018
Age UK Nantwich store appeals for unwanted Christmas gifts

Age UK Nantwich store appeals for unwanted Christmas gifts

Staff at the Age UK shop in Nantwich are appealing for people to donate unwanted Christmas gifts.

The store, on Swine Market, accepts donations of both new and second hand items which are then sold on helping to raise vital funds for work supporting older people.

January 2, 2018
Police spread festive cheer with £400 Salvation Army donation

Police spread festive cheer with £400 Salvation Army donation

Police officers in Crewe have donated £400 to the Salvation Army Christmas appeal to help families in the town.

Officers based in Crewe Police Station collected money to help the campaign which helps local children and families who have fallen on hard times during the festive period.

December 28, 2017
Nantwich mum teams up with gym boss for fundraising Hospice calendar

Nantwich mum teams up with gym boss for fundraising Hospice calendar

A Nantwich mum has teamed up with a fitness studio boss to launch a fund-raising calendar in aid of St Luke’s Hospice.

Laura Furber, 37, set herself the challenge of raising much needed funds for local hospice.

December 28, 2017
Leighton Hospital staff honoured by Olympic champion Joe Clarke

Leighton Hospital staff honoured by Olympic champion Joe Clarke

Leighton Hospital staff were honoured for their hard work – by Olympic gold medalist Joe Clarke!

Employees for Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust were given the golden treatment at an awards ceremony.

December 18, 2017
Nantwich churches and Street restaurant offer free Christmas Day lunches

Nantwich churches and Street restaurant offer free Christmas Day lunches

Churches in Nantwich are teaming up once again to hold a Christmas Day Lunch for people who would otherwise be on their own.

And Street restaurant on Welsh Row is running a similar scheme for hard-up families after last year’s success.

December 14, 2017
Nantwich tap dancers turn on talent in aid of Children in Need

Nantwich tap dancers turn on talent in aid of Children in Need

Young tap dancing students in Nantwich turned on the talent to help raise thousands for Children in Need.

Pupils from Dysart School of Dance in Nantwich joined other clubs in South Cheshire for the national fund-raising “Tapathon”.

December 5, 2017