Nantwich fire crews have given local residents the thumbs up after they cleaned up during a fundraising car wash. Firefighters at the Beam Street station raised more than £200 in just a few hours washing cars for charity.
A hospice is on the hunt for helpers to staff a “Frock Stop” bus in Nantwich. St Luke’s (Cheshire) Hospice wants volunteers to help run the boutique housed in the hospice’s vintage Routemaster red double-decker bus.
A Nantwich girl who survived three brain haemorrhages – one which went undetected for four years – is defying the odds by running for charity to honour her carers.
Brave Ellie Calder, 20, has lived with a rare condition which can cause a haemorrhage any second of the day, for 13 years.
A Nantwich Town football coach has revealed his torment after cancer killed four members of his family in four years. Now Dave Haworth, the club’s goalkeeping coach, is running the Manchester BUPA 10k race on May 18 to raise money in their name.
Reaseheath College in Nantwich has become the first college to receive defibrillators from The Oliver King Foundation. Eight life-saving kits are being placed around campus and will be used in the event of anyone having a cardiac arrest.
It was chocolate heaven when more than 400 Easter eggs were delivered to youngsters across Nantwich and Crewe. Richmond Village and Sainsbury’s Nantwich staff played Easter bunny for children at The Wingate Centre, Leighton Hospital Children’s Ward and Crewe Women’s Refuge.
Nantwich Museum has been given a funding boost of £400 from Nantwich Rotary Club. The donation will help museum staff at the Pillory Street venue keep the facility running.
More than £5,000 has been raised for the Nantwich Town Mayor’s Charity, SSAFA. Money was raised at a number of events throughout the year, culminating in the Mayor’s charity dance at Nantwich Civic Hall, which collected more than £600.
A Wistaston teenager raised almost £200 after competing in an exhausting 12-hour “tennis-athon”. George Raiswell, aged 13, played from 7am to 7pm at Wistaston Jubilee Tennis Club in aid of Sport Relief.
Richmond Village Nantwich and The Cat community radio station have teamed up to help spread some Easter cheer. Sainsbury’s of Nantwich and Custom Powders in Crewe have also joined in to help run the annual Easter egg appeal.
The Cat Community Awards have helped to raise more than £600 for St Luke’s (Cheshire) Hospice Money raised at the awards presentation night was donated to the hospice which cares for patients and families across Nantwich and Crewe.
A Crewe and Nantwich car dealer has been praised for its efforts in raising money for charity. Crewe Peugeot, based on Gateway, was congratulated for supporting BBC Children in Need in 2013.
A former Brine Leas pupil from Nantwich has run a half marathon for charity – with a toilet seat around his neck! And John Wallace was flushed with success on completing the race, which he did to raise money for better sanitation in Nepal.
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