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.
The family of a baby suffering Swine Flu is hoping to top £100,000 charity funds raised, with a special event in Nantwich. Sienna Malley’s parents have so far raised £75,000 for the North West and North Wales Paediatric Transport Service (NWTS).
A Nantwich college worker put his best foot forward in the 2013 Virgin London Marathon to raise funds for a prominent local charity. Mark Hardy, student services coordinator at Reaseheath College, ran in aid of North West Air Ambulance (NWAA) and hopes to raise £2,000.
By Jonathan White The finale of ‘Strictly Learn to Dance 2013’ in Nantwich proved a big hit. Seventeen couples took to the dance floor at Nantwich Civic Hall.
Crewe Alexandra goalkeeper Steve Phillips said he was stunned at how much a Nantwich pub quiz helped to raise. The Peacock, in Willaston, staged the quiz which saw many of Crewe’s Wembley heroes auctioned off.
A literacy charity has appealed for help to recruit more Nantwich volunteers to work in local primary schools. Beanstalk recruits, vets, trains and supports volunteers to work with children who have fallen behind with their reading.
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