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.
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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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
The Charlatans singer Tim Burgess releases new vinyl sold by Nantwich Oxfam
The Oxfam shop in Nantwich is one of just 21 in the UK chosen to sell an exclusive vinyl by Tim Burgess, lead singer of The Charlatans.
The vinyl is a collaboration between Burgess and best-selling author Ian Rankin
MRI Scanner Appeal unveils “Send Us Your Elfie” campaign
Hospital bosses in South Cheshire have launched a festive fundraising campaign for the MRI Scanner Appeal – called “Send Us Your Elfie”!
The Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity wants people to don their best elf outfit and take a selfie, post it on social media sites, and nominate friends, family and colleagues to join in.
Nantwich Salvation Army shop launches Christmas challenge
Nantwich’s Salvation Army shop has launched its Christmas Charity Shop Challenge.
The Beam Street store, one of 200 across the UK, is challenging people to spend a little of their Christmas budget in charity shops to help those in need.
Nantwich dance group raises £1,000 for leukaemia research
By Jonathan White
The Nantwich Saturday Night Sequence Dancers have raised £1,000 for Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research.
The money was presented by the group to Liz and Mike Boffey, from the South Cheshire branch of Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research.
South Cheshire friends plan ‘Moustache Bash’ for St Luke’s Hospice
Two South Cheshire friends are organising a charity “Moustache Bash” in aid St Luke’s Hospice.
Now Nick Hughes-Jones and Dan McGarry have issued a plea for the community to get behind them and snap up tickets for the event.
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