Nantwich hospital patients will receive improved monitoring for skin cancer thanks to a £5,000 donation. Staff at Barclays Technology Centre Radbroke in Knutsford raised the cash to pay for a new mole mapping machine at Leighton Hospital.
People across Crewe and Nantwich have been raising money as part of Red Nose Day. Staff in shops and students at schools and colleges across the town have been getting into the comic Relief spirit.
Elvis fans will be All Shook Up when top tribute artist Paul Larcombe performs in Nantwich for the One in Eleven Appeal. Larcombe, who performs as Pure Presley the first UK Elvis tribute to be officially endorsed by Graceland, will stage the concert in Willaston.
The new St Luke’s (Cheshire) Hospice shop in Nantwich is to offer the venue for children’s parties. Swirly Whirlys creperie, ice cream parlour and sweet shop, opened its doors on Pillory Street in November.
New Cheshire Police & Crime Commissioner John Dwyer rewarded young cadets from Nantwich for their fund-raising efforts. Mr Dwyer, President of Royal British Legion Nantwich branch, presented awards to cadets who raised over £31,000 for the Poppy Appeal.
A Nantwich lawyer has launched a drive to get more businesses to contribute to the town’s Foodbank. David Lago has set a collection centre at his new offices on Beam Heath Way business park.
Big-hearted volunteers and top performers were celebrated at the Crewe and Nantwich Community Awards 2013. The event, held at Richmond Village in Nantwich, recognises people in the community who dedicate their time helping others and raising money for charity.
A young epilepsy sufferer from Nantwich has inspired his stepdad to run the London Marathon to raise awareness of the illness. Nine-year-old Ben Smith, a pupil at Pear Tree Primary School, has battled with the condition for four years.
Nantwich cooks are being urged to sign up for the Great Hospice Bake Off and Sale. The event, in aid of St Luke’s (Cheshire) Hospice, will see the area’s home cooks rise to the challenge.
A Nantwich man is tackling the hardest race in the world to raise money for Mencap. Land agent Jack Tavernor will take on the gruelling 156-mile Marathon Des Sables in the Sahara Desert in April.
Supporters of the One in Eleven Appeal are in Nantwich this week to tell people about its vital fundraising work. They’ll be in the Nantwich branch of Yorkshire Building Society, High Street, to outline what the appeal hopes to achieve and its work so far.
A Rose Queen has helped Leighton Hospital’s maternity unit by raising money for new kit to improve care given to newborn babies. Rebecca Elliott, 2012 Rose Queen for the village of Comberbach, chose the unit as her charity during her reign.
Residents and staff at Richmond Village Nantwich have raised £160 for local charity CLIMB. The money, raised at a raffle at the Village’s Christmas Fayre, was presented to the charity’s local representative Steve Hannigan.
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