The Salvation Army Trading Company (SATCoL) charity shop in Nantwich has launched a new appeal. Its “Open your hearts & wardrobes” campaign asks residents to donate unwanted clothes, shoes and accessories to support The Salvation Army’s work in communities.
Forty staff from Reaseheath College in Nantwich have signed up for the Chester Dragon Boat Festival to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support. Two teams of Reaseheath rowers will take on other dragon boat teams in the race on the River Dee at Chester.
Families are being invited to a Summer Fair this month at RSPCA Stapeley Grange Wildlife Centre and Cattery in Nantwich. The event, on Sunday June 29, will feature a host of activities to help raise funds for the centre on London Road.
South Cheshire-based Up and Under Foundation is to stage the 2014 Foundation Rides in aid of disadvantaged youngsters. Cyclist and businesses from around Nantwich and Crewe will join together on June 8 for the fund-raiser.
Nantwich-based The Cat community radio have handed over a cool £1,050 to Christie’s cancer charity – thanks to big-hearted listeners. Radio presenter Chris Anderton gave listeners a chance to nominate their favourite soul track on his show “A Dab of Soul”.
A 40-year-old Nantwich dad is in training for a 75km bike marathon in the Welsh mountains to raise money for a £1 million hospital appeal. Simon Warbrook, of Stapeley, will tackle a challenging route starting and finishing in Rhayader, the gateway to the spectacular Elan Valley in Mid Wales.
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.
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