A new neonatal intensive care unit funded by a two-year charity appeal has been officially opened at Leighton Hospital, near Nantwich.
Guests including Crewe & Nantwich MP Edward Timpson, who attended the opening, were given a tour of the unit to see the new facilities.
A Nantwich vet helped to raise hundreds of pounds for poorly children at Alder Hey Hospital – by caking herself in mud!
Laura Atkinson, from Aston, completed the “Tough Mudder” course at Cholmondeley Castle to help raise £550 for the hospital.
Nantwich Seals swimming club has been boosted by a Cheshire East Council grant of £3,000.
The council splashed the cash to help the club buy new equipment and keep fees down.
The Oxfam shop in Nantwich is urging residents to drop off unwanted musical instruments as part of a new UK-wide initiative.
Oxfam is involved in the “Don’t Stop The Music” campaign which aims to provide schoolchildren with instruments which may have been lying unused in people’s homes.
A team of workers from a South Cheshire car dealership toughed it out in the Cholmondeley mud to raise £1,000 for charity.
They tackled the annual Tough Mudder challenge in the grounds of Cholmondeley Castle in aid of Children In Need.
By Jonathan White
Real ale lovers were in heaven at a Nantwich pub’s fund-raising “festival of beer”.
There were 41 real ales on offer at the three-day event in The Globe Inn on Audlem Road.
Nantwich Town manager Danny Johnson has taken part in the charity Ice Bucket Challenge phenomenon.
Johnson joined millions of others around the globe taking part in the challenge in aid of Motor Neurone Disease Association.
The RSPCA Stapeley Grange cattery is issued a desperate plea to find homes for abandoned cats.
Staff at the centre on London Road in Nantwich say they are now full and cannot take any more cats or kittens.
A new service to help vulnerable and isolated people in Nantwich and Crewe has already recruited 11 big-hearted volunteers.
Cheshire Community Action’s volunteer “car scheme” aims to help people who have difficulty using public transport.
Young members of a Cheshire riding school for disabled have put local celebrity chef Nigel Haworth firmly in the saddle!
Mid Cheshire Riding for the Disabled Group introduced horses to Nigel to launch a charity fundraiser at his new restaurant The Nag’s Head, near Nantwich.
Young volunteers have been raising vital cash to help Nantwich and Crewe children with autism.
The Crewe Alexandra National Citizen Service (NCS) team is completing a Social Action project in Crewe.
Enterprising pupils from a Nantwich primary school have helped raise £2,400 for two life-saving charities.
Each class at St Anne’s Catholic Primary School was given a £5 budget with the aim of raising as much money as possible.
By Jonathan White
Nantwich sisters Emma and Tricia Boffey have completed a “30k for 30 years” run in honour of their tragic brother.
Will Boffey died in 2007 from acute myeloid leukaemia. His sisters completed a 30k run on the date that would have been his 30th birthday.
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