St Luke’s Cheshire Hospice is using National Volunteers Week to thank all its helpers. Organisations across Cheshire are celebrating the week from June 1 to 7, and St Luke’s bosses know the hospice could not function without them.
Three South Cheshire friends are to tackle Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for The Nasio Trust which helps African orphans. Chris Lines, Craig Parker and Tim Edwards are now trying to raise £8,000 between them to afford to go on the fund-raising expedition.
Nantwich Civic Hall will host a “strawberry” celebration to raise money for motor neurone disease sufferers in Cheshire. The local Motor Neurone Disease Association has organised the annual event for Saturday June 15 from 7.30pm.
Hundreds of competitors and thousands of spectators helped make the latest Cheshire Triathlon in Nantwich a huge success. There were 980 entrants competing in seven different categories of race in a sun-drenched Barony Park and surrounding area.
A Nantwich woman is tackling cycling events around the UK to raise money for RSPCA Crewe, Nantwich & District branch. And keen cyclist Carole Jackson’s next challenge is the Nantwich Triathlon this Sunday June 2.
A Nantwich radio presenter is gearing up to cycle across Cuba – 250 miles in just five days. Helen Pegg, who works on The Cat community radio station, has signed up for a journey of a lifetime.
Villagers in Nantwich are one step closer to securing a £400,000 lottery windfall to help build a new community hall. A fund-raising team from Worleston has made it through to the final stage in their Big Lottery Fund development grant bid.
Top Elvis star Paul Larcombe got audiences shaking in a fundraising concert in Nantwich. Pure Presley, one of the top Elvis tribute artists in the UK, performed the King’s iconic hits at Willaston Social Club.
Three Peckforton Castle workers near Nantwich are lacing up their trainers to tackle the Manchester 10k in aid of Christie’s. Matthew Naylor, Mike Auld and Emily Stephenson will be joining 40,000 other runners on Sunday (May 26).
Cyclists are being urged to saddle up for two South Cheshire rides to help young carers in the county. The Up and Under Foundation is organising two bike rides on June 9 in a bid to raise cash to take young carers on well-earned breaks.
A housing worker is to run nine miles from Crewe to Nantwich in 90 minutes for charity. Martin Packham, who works for Wulvern Housing, is planning to run from head office on Electra Way in Crewe to Mill House in Nantwich.
Reaseheath College students rocked, cycled, paddled and hiked to raise funds for charity during the college’s annual RAG Week. A Las Vegas RAG Ball, a 665-mile static cycle challenge, a raft race on the college lake, a tractor pull and a sponsored dog walk were among activities enjoyed by students at the Nantwich college.
Staff and shoppers at Sainsbury’s Nantwich have raised £3,300 for the One in Eleven Appeal. The Middlewich Road supermarket chose the appeal as its charity of the year for 2012.
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