Charity news

Hope House children’s charity in Cheshire unveils new look

Hope House children’s charity in Cheshire unveils new look

Children’s charity Hope House has unveiled a new brand as it celebrates its 21st birthday.

The charity provides specialist nursing care and support to life-limited children from Cheshire, Shropshire, North and Mid Wales.

February 29, 2016
Black and white cats at Nantwich RSPCA centre missing out on new homes

Black and white cats at Nantwich RSPCA centre missing out on new homes

RSPCA staff in Nantwich are looking for homes for three long-stay cats which they fear are being overlooked – because of their colour!

Black cats Tilly and Bernard, and black and white feline Jester, have lost out to their more colourful, younger counterparts.

February 18, 2016
South Cheshire student’s Christmas lights raise £10,000 to honour sister

South Cheshire student’s Christmas lights raise £10,000 to honour sister

By Jonathan White
A South Cheshire student’s Christmas lights show helped raise more than £10,000 in memory of his sister who died on New Year’s Eve.

Graham Witter, 21, set up hundreds of Christmas lights where he lives at Carters Green Cottage in Weston to raise money for the hospice which cared for his late sister Jessica.

February 16, 2016
Plea for volunteers to staff Nantwich Barnardo’s shop

Plea for volunteers to staff Nantwich Barnardo’s shop

Volunteers are desperately needed to staff the Barnardo’s charity store in Nantwich.

Bosses need help in the store in Beechwood Close, Stapeley, to work the till, sort and prepare stock and help with window displays and pricing.

February 15, 2016
Walkers stroll out to raise cash for RSPCA centre in Nantwich

Walkers stroll out to raise cash for RSPCA centre in Nantwich

Staff at a Crewe firm strolled out on their 25th anniversary to raise vital funds for RSPCA’s Stapeley grange wildlife centre in Nantwich.

Workers at Style Counsel, in Edleston Road, Crewe, took part on a five-mile walk to raise hundreds of pounds.

February 11, 2016
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