Charity news

Leighton Hospital consultant to cycle to Paris in aid of scanner appeal

Leighton Hospital consultant to cycle to Paris in aid of scanner appeal

A consultant at Leighton Hospital is swapping patients for pedals – to cycle to Paris in aid of the scanner appeal.

Dr Iftikhar, a Consultant Radiologist for Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, will be participating in the London to Paris Charity Cycle Challenge from July 22-26.

January 31, 2015
“Send us your Elfie” campaign raises £120 for Leighton Hospital scanner

“Send us your Elfie” campaign raises £120 for Leighton Hospital scanner

More than £120 was raised for Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity by its “Send us your Elfie” campaign.

The cash will go towards the charity’s MRI Scanner Appeal at Leighton Hospital.

January 23, 2015
Cheerbrook butchers in Nantwich turn meat bones into cash for charity

Cheerbrook butchers in Nantwich turn meat bones into cash for charity

A Nantwich butcher’s shop is turning meat bones into brass and raising vital cash for charity.

Cheerbrook Farm Shop, on Newcastle Road, has raised a tasty total of almost £600 for the South Cheshire branch of Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research (LLR) through its innovative ‘Bones for Bones’ scheme.

January 22, 2015
South Cheshire PDSA shop launches clothes appeal

South Cheshire PDSA shop launches clothes appeal

A South Cheshire charity shop wants residents to clear their closets of unwanted clothes and donate them to help treat sick and injured pets.

PDSA’s charity shop on Delamere Street in Crewe is on the hunt for ladies, men’s and children’s clothing.

January 12, 2015
Reaseheath College students raise £1,200 in Morrisons bag pack

Reaseheath College students raise £1,200 in Morrisons bag pack

Students from Reaseheath College raised funds for charity by packing bags at Morrisons supermarkets in Nantwich and Winsford.

Members of the Nantwich college’s Student Association entertained shoppers as they bought food and presents.

January 7, 2015
Sainsbury’s Nantwich bag pack raises £1,300 for Wingate Centre

Sainsbury’s Nantwich bag pack raises £1,300 for Wingate Centre

A team of volunteers held a bag pack at a Nantwich supermarket to raise more than £1,300.

The charity event at Nantwich Sainsbury’s on Middlewich Road raised a total of £1,389.

January 6, 2015
Horse students at Reaseheath College stage Christmas show

Horse students at Reaseheath College stage Christmas show

Neigh bells rang out at Reaseheath College’s Equestrian Centre in Nantwich!

That’s because horse management students organised a Christmas themed horse show.

December 27, 2014
South Cheshire legal firm plays Santa after £3,000 fundraiser

South Cheshire legal firm plays Santa after £3,000 fundraiser

A South Cheshire legal firm has raised more than £3,000 to help vulnerable people and animals this Christmas.

Staff at Crewe-based Crystal Legal Services have held dress down days every Friday through the year.

December 22, 2014
Leighton Hospital staff hold talent show for MRI scanner appeal

Leighton Hospital staff hold talent show for MRI scanner appeal

Leighton Hospital hosted a Leighton’s Got Talent show and Christmas party to help raise money for the £1 million MRI scanner appeal.

All proceeds from the event will go to the Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity appeal to add another scanner to cope with soaring demand across Crewe and Nantwich.

December 17, 2014
Hundreds enjoy Nantwich Santa Dash in aid of hospice

Hundreds enjoy Nantwich Santa Dash in aid of hospice

By Jonathan White
Scores of fun-loving Santas ran around Nantwich town centre to help raise charity cash in the annual Nantwich Santa Dash.

And the “Rudolph family” deservedly won the best dressed competition as they consisted of a Father Christmas, Mother Christmas, sleigh and three reindeer!

December 15, 2014
Plans unveiled for Nantwich Alzheimer’s 200 cycle challenge

Plans unveiled for Nantwich Alzheimer’s 200 cycle challenge

A British Transport Police officer is putting the wheels in motion for his next Nantwich charity cycle ride – which saw him raise more than £20,000 for Alzheimer’s Society in 2014.

Darren Greatbanks, who lost his dad Mike to Alzheimer’s in April this year, held the Alzheimer’s 100 cycle ride at the beginning of Dementia Awareness Week in May.

December 11, 2014
Leighton Hospital’s MRI Scanner appeal hits £250,000

Leighton Hospital’s MRI Scanner appeal hits £250,000

Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity at Leighton Hospital has reached £250,000 in its MRI Scanner Appeal.

Charity bosses say they have been “overwhelmed” by the response to their latest appeal.

December 9, 2014
Movers & Shakers group in Nantwich donates £89,000 to two charities

Movers & Shakers group in Nantwich donates £89,000 to two charities

Members of a charity group called Movers & Shakers have helped to raise £89,000 for two causes.

The fundraising committee of the group held a Sunday Night Supper evening to raise awareness and much-needed funds for The Cure Parkinson’s Trust, and Kidney Research UK.

December 5, 2014