Charity news

Reaseheath College worker braves big freeze to raise Africa funds

Reaseheath College worker braves big freeze to raise Africa funds

A Reaseheath College worker braved a soaking in freezing temperatures to raise money for a charity in Africa.

Agriculture course manager Mark Walton was pelted with wet sponges and full buckets of water as he sat in stocks at the Nantwich campus.

February 10, 2016
New music video with Rachel Platten boosts Elle’s Wishes campaign

New music video with Rachel Platten boosts Elle’s Wishes campaign

Battling Elle Morris has made a music video with singing star Rachel Platten as part of her Elle’s Wishes campaign.

The 10-year-old, from Wrenbury, Nantwich, put together a list of 10 “Elle’s Wishes” when her family was told she needed a double lung transplant.

February 7, 2016
Leighton Hospital MRI scanner appeal reaches £850,000 milestone

Leighton Hospital MRI scanner appeal reaches £850,000 milestone

Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity has reached the £850,000 milestone as it bids to raise £1 million for a new MRI scanner.

Generous individuals, companies, groups and societies have helped to raise funds for the charity through fundraising events and donations.

February 7, 2016
Daughter shaves head to support Willaston mum’s cancer battle

Daughter shaves head to support Willaston mum’s cancer battle

A Willaston woman is shaving her head for charity to support her mum who is losing her hair in a cancer battle.

Louise Maple wants to raise funds for Cancer Research UK while her mum Kay, also from Willaston, fights breast cancer.

February 4, 2016
Nantwich Oxfam shop staff donated 100 bird books

Nantwich Oxfam shop staff donated 100 bird books

Staff at a charity shop in Nantwich are getting in a flap – over a donation of 100 bird books!

Volunteers were stunned when a single donor winged in to the Oxfam Bookshop on Pepper Street.

January 26, 2016
Woman and rescue dog to trek Nantwich to Llangollen for charity

Woman and rescue dog to trek Nantwich to Llangollen for charity

A woman suffering from a rare thyroid disease is to trek from Nantwich to Llangollen with her rescue dog in aid of charity.

Emma Husband and border terrier cross Timo will be completing the 60-mile trek in May along the canal.

January 24, 2016
Villagers create “Porklads” calendar inspired by BBC’s Poldark

Villagers create “Porklads” calendar inspired by BBC’s Poldark

Villagers from Church Minshull near Nantwich have been inspired by BBC’s Poldark, to create a fundraising calendar.

Residents clubbed together to recreate famous scenes from the TV drama and produced them in a 2016 charity calendar.

January 19, 2016
Leighton Hospital staff poster campaign raises MRI scanner funds

Leighton Hospital staff poster campaign raises MRI scanner funds

Leighton Hospital staff raised £200 for the MRI Scanner Appeal – thanks to special Christmas posters!

Employees posted Christmas wishes to their colleagues instead of cards, all in aid of the Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity MRI Scanner Appeal.

January 18, 2016
Queens Park Fun Run raises vital cash for “Elle’s Wishes” Nantwich charity

Queens Park Fun Run raises vital cash for “Elle’s Wishes” Nantwich charity

Young and old braved the winter chill to take part in a Fun Run to help boost the “Elle’s Wishes” campaign for Nantwich cystic fibrosis sufferer Elle Morris.

Friends of nine-year-old Elle’s family organised the event which was held at Queens Park in Crewe.

January 17, 2016
Nantwich salon offers free haircuts for Elle’s Wishes campaign

Nantwich salon offers free haircuts for Elle’s Wishes campaign

A Nantwich salon is offering free haircuts – to help raise money for Elle’s Wishes.

Staff at Johnston Brady, in Nantwich town centre, will be snipping for free on February 7.

January 7, 2016
South Cheshire College student chops off locks for Macmillan Cancer

South Cheshire College student chops off locks for Macmillan Cancer

South Cheshire College student Chelsea Palfreyman has had her locks chopped for charity.

The Health and Social Care student took part in ‘Brave The Shave’ and has raised over £450 for Macmillan Cancer Support.

January 5, 2016
Hospital bosses in South Cheshire praise Christmas donations

Hospital bosses in South Cheshire praise Christmas donations

Nantwich Town and Crewe Alex stars took time out to from busy football schedules to deliver donations to a local hospital.

Players and staff from both clubs turned up at Leighton Hospital’s Child and Adolescent Unit with toys, games and gifts for young patients.

December 29, 2015
Christmas concerts help raise MRI scanner appeal funds

Christmas concerts help raise MRI scanner appeal funds

Christmas concerts held by a hospital choir have helped to raise vital funds for the local MRI Scanner Appeal.

The Nightingales, choir of the Mid Cheshire Hospitals Trust, performed two Carol Concerts in support of the appeal.

December 28, 2015