By Jonathan White
Nantwich bikers in the South Cheshire Motorcycle Club helped to raise £1,900 for St Luke’s Hospice on the ‘Charity Ride Out’
The ride followed a 35-mile route from Winsford and was led up High Street in Sandbach by the St Luke’s Cheshire Hospice Routemaster double-decker bus.
A nine-year-old Superhero fan is shrugging off his own life-changing condition to tackle the Nantwich Duathlon this weekend.
Thomas Robinson, who has Muscular Dystrophy, will aim to run 400 metres, cycle two kilometres and then run a further kilometre in aid of the charity that supports sufferers like him.
A wheelchair-bound South Cheshire man is to climb Snowdon to raise funds for Head Injured People in Cheshire.
Rick Ransome, 41, will attempt to ascend 1,085 metres to the jagged peak on May 9 in a specially adapted wheelchair made by a Nantwich firm.
Cheshire MPs Edward Timpson and Graham Evans teamed up to complete the London Marathon in aid of Muscular Dystrophy UK and The Army Benevolent Fund.
Mr Timpson, Crewe & Nantwich MP, completed his 12th London Marathon in a time of 3hrs 57mins 51secs.
A Nantwich couple are to fundraise for a hospice which looked after their tiny baby after his tragic death.
Jessica and Neil Forbes were devastated after little Johnny, born 23 weeks premature weighing just 1lb 5oz, died just a few days old.
A disabled South Cheshire teenager has been presented with a specialist sit-to-stand wheelchair by footballing legend Bryan Robson and National Children’s Charity, The Boparan Charitable Trust.
Nina Collins, 18, has severe cerebral palsy affecting all four of her limbs.
Nantwich charity shop Sense has had a Star Wars takeover this week – to help boost funds for the deaf and blind.
The store, on Pepper Street, has been promoting a prize draw to win an exclusive autograph book, signed by the cast and crew of the iconic movie franchise.
Nantwich members of a Cheshire golf society helped raise more than £1,800 for Mid Cheshire Hospital’s MRI Scanner Appeal.
The Piper Golf Society, founded in Chester in 1983, raised funds through their season-long sponsorship.
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.
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