A sporting academy for disabled people has been awarded £47,000 to buy a 14-seater minibus and provide a lifeline for the club.
The Cheshire Academy of Integrated Sport and Arts offers children, young people and adults opportunities in sport and the arts.
Crewe and Nantwich students will turn South Cheshire College into a sea of red in support of the Red Nose Day 2015 appeal.
The college is throwing its weight behind Comic Relief which takes place this Friday March 13.
Nantwich MP Edward Timpson is to run the London Marathon to raise funds for Leighton Hospital’s MRI Scanner appeal.
The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families will be tackling the 26-mile challenge on Sunday April 26.
By Sara Royle
Christmas might be a distant memory, but some festive activities in Crewe and Nantwich have had a lasting impact.
Crewe & Nantwich Round Table once again hit the jackpot by raising more than £7,000 in collections thanks to its Santa’s Float.
Saturday Night Sequence Dancers in Nantwich have raised £1,000 for St Luke’s (Cheshire) Hospice at a charity dance at Malbank School.
Twice a year they hold a charity dance and donate money from the entry fee and raffle to a chosen charity.
Building Society staff in Nantwich will turn yellow to raise money for Marie Curie Cancer Care and its annual Great Daffodil Appeal.
The fundraising at Yorkshire Building Society, on High Street, is taking place tomorrow (March 4) with colleagues also holding a book sale and a name the teddy bear competition.
Staff from a South Cheshire weight loss centre have helped raise more than £230 for the MRI scanner appeal at Leighton Hospital.
Jeff and Becky Dean, Dean Sidley and Lucy Miller, of Crewe Weight Loss Centre, offered people health advice using a medical grade body composition scanner in return for a donation to the MRI Scanner Appeal.
A marina in Nantwich will soon be hosting free boat trips and water activities for disabled and mobility impaired residents.
The Overwater Wheelyboat Project aims to buy a specially-built boat with wheelchair, walking frame and walking stick access for people.
A Nantwich woman is to stage a bike ride with pro cyclists in aid of the charity, Mind.
Rachel Lowe hopes the ride will raise sponsorship so she keen can also compete in the London Marathon in aid of the mental health charity.
A Nantwich teenager campaigning for more life-saving defibrillators in his school, is calling on people to help the town’s British Heart Foundation shop.
Harrison Lunt took two boxes of books to the charity shop on High Street after discovering they are desperately short of donations to sell.
A Nantwich fitness instructor will be teaming up with Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity, to run the charity’s first ever Boot Camp.
Liam Connolly, of LCT Fitness, will stage the camp on Saturday March 14 at Sir William Stanier Leisure Centre in Crewe from 9am until 11am in aid of the MRI Scanner Appeal.
A Nantwich man will be running the London Marathon to help raise money for “One Brick at a Time” project.
Martin Packham, a member of running club South Cheshire Harriers, will be tackling the world’s most famous road race in April.
A South Cheshire student raised almost £6,000 for a hospice with a cottage Christmas lights display!
And Graham Witter’s efforts will be lighting up the faces of poorly youngsters being cared for at Donna Louise Hospice.
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