A duck race at a marina near Nantwich has helped raise more than £2,500 for St Luke’s (Cheshire) Hospice.
Aqueduct Marina, at Church Minshull, sold more than 1,000 ducks at £2.50 each for the event.
The proceeds of a “Thanks for the Memory” dementia tribute concert was shared between Nantwich Museum and the Alzheimer’s Society.
The event, hosted by Cranage Hall Hotel and Conference Centre, featured music from the 1930s to the 1960s, played by the Dave Egerton Band.
Richmond Village Nantwich held its annual Summer Fayre when over 450 balloons were released into the sky in aid of Cancer Research.
Craft and gift stalls donated a prize for the raffle which helped to boost the total raised to nearly £1,500.
Staff at three Marks & Spencer stores in South Cheshire kicked off their annual charity fundraising in style.
Employees from Nantwich’s Simply Food store took part in a gruelling triathlon to raise funds for St Luke’s Hospice.
More than 50 children attended a fundraising event held at Playworld in Shavington – with pyjamas on and ready to party!
The event, organised by mum-of-two Caroline Lowther, raised £240 for the Children’s Ward at Leighton Hospital.
Caring students from Reaseheath College in Nantwich handed over £10,000 to St Luke’s Cheshire Hospice at their summer ball.
Money raised from RAG (Raising and Giving) activities was presented to Mark Porter, St Luke’s corporate and community fund raiser
More than 1,200 walkers helped by 200 volunteers lit up the streets of Nantwich and Crewe during the St Luke’s Hospice 10th Midnight Walk. Hundreds of ladies set off from Reaseheath College in Nantwich after a two-hour stage show by Redshift Radio.
Staff at a Crewe & Nantwich radio station are backing St Luke’s Hospice Midnight Walk – with a non-stop 60 hour broadcast! Redshift Radio’s online broadcast, from 10am today (June 27), marks the 10th anniversary of the Midnight Walk, which takes place on Saturday night (June 28).
Wingate Children’s Centre near Nantwich has been boosted by more than £6,000 from the town’s Sainsbury’s store. A cheque for the record amount of £6,255 was handed to the centre’s manager Chris Bridgman, who is retiring after 11 years at the Wrenbury facility.
Nantwich patients at Leighton Hospital’s Macmillan Cancer Unit have been boosted by state-of-the-art medical equipment. A donation from charity organisation Boot Out Breast Cancer has provided the unit with a scalp-cooling DigniCap system.
Two Nantwich sisters are stepping out on a 30km run – in honour of their brother who died of blood cancer. Emma and Tricia Boffey are staging their “30k for 30 years” on the day brother Will would have celebrated his 30th birthday.
Hundreds of Crewe and Nantwich cyclists turned out for the 2014 Up and Under Foundation Rides to raise money for needy children. Individuals and teams took part in either a 100 mile, 100km or a 50km ride across the Cheshire countryside.
Hundreds of bikers will be cruising into Nantwich this Sunday for a fund-raising event at Nantwich Town FC. The “Rockin’ for St Luke’s” event takes place at the club’s Weaver Stadium on Waterlode on Sunday June 15 from 12.45pm.
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