Community groups in Nantwich are being urged to bid for almost £40,000 of funding to help develop and expand their work. Latest figures show the Community First Neighbourhood Matched Fund has £39,592 of non-allocated funds for Cheshire East alone.
A new exhibition on “salt” is adding flavour to the offerings in Nantwich Museum’s community gallery. Called A Celebration of Salt, it tells the story of brine in Nantwich and enables visitors to view brine from the “Old Biot” spring and the salt that it produced.
Nantwich’s new “zero litter” campaign could be paying off, according to volunteer pickers. Organisers of Nantwich Litter Group’s latest “Group Pick” said they were heartened that there is “noticeably less” rubbish littering the streets.
Animal management students and staff in Nantwich tasted success after raising more than £630 by holding a charity tea party. The Reaseheath College students organised a “Paws for Tea” stand, laden with cakes during the college’s recent Family Festival.
South Cheshire Advanced Motorcyclists will be holding a free motorcycle rider assessment day this Saturday June 8. Motorcyclists from Cheshire, The Potteries, and across the North West have attended similar assessment days in the past.
Thousands of people are expected to flood the Nantwich village of Wybunbury this weekend for the annual Fig Pie Wakes. The event, which starts at 1pm on Saturday (June 8), will feature dozens of entrants trying to roll their fig pies the furthest down the village’s main road.
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.
A Nantwich mum has told how she will rebuild and relaunch her Playworld business after a devastating fire wrecked the popular venue. Playworld owner Mandy Grinnell has started the painful job of clearing out the gutted premises in Shavington.
A Nantwich college is backing calls for Government action to address a skills shortage in the horticulture industry. The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) presented a hard-hitting “Horticulture Matters” report to the House of Commons.
Nantwich Police officers will be armed with rods when they stage a fishing match for children in the area. PCSOs at the Beam Street station are planning the event for Thursday July 25 at Coole Acres Fisheries, on Coole Lane, Nantwich.
Free teddy bears are being dished out to newborns at Leighton Hospital as part of a 40th anniversary. The bears are being handed out by the Leighton Hospital League of Friends team, which celebrates 40 years since its launch in 1973.
A Nantwich businesswoman has realised a dream by converting the farmhouse she used to holiday in as a child. Jen Horan has developed the stunning farm building at Llandrillo in North Wales into five holiday cottages.
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