By Jonathan White
Local scouts are helping to run a Christmas tree collection and recycling scheme.
The scheme run by the 1st South West Cheshire Scout Group (The Andrews) in Crewe will raise money in aid of local Scouts, to support local children between 6-14 to gain skills for life.
Staff and volunteers from St Luke’s Hospice will be collecting and recycling real Christmas trees in return for a donation towards patient care.
Registration for the annual Christmas Tree Collection is now open.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cash-strapped Cheshire East Council is owed a staggering £23.25 million in council tax, new figures have shown.
The figure, obtained under FOI by Local Democracy Reporting Service, accounts for the years since the local authority was founded in 2009 to the end of the last financial year in April 2021.
Nantwich Food Festival volunteers have organised an early summer “Drop-off and Go” collection event in aid of the Foodbank.
The event, this Saturday June 19 at Brine Leas School, follows the resounding success of the previous five collections.
Generous students and staff from Reaseheath College in Nantwich have donated a record collection of food and Christmas treats to help people in need in their local community.
All departments were involved in amassing more than 50 boxes and bags of in-date, non perishable food and household items which have now been delivered to Nantwich Foodbank.
By Jonathan White
Cheshire Archives & Local Studies have launched a project to collect images of everyday life in Cheshire during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Life in Lockdown: your stories shared” will create a lasting memory of this unique period – a visual time capsule of everyday life.
By Jonathan White
Wistaston Scout Group is to discontinue its aluminium can collection scheme in Wistaston after running for eight years.
The scheme was set up and organised by Gerald Newbrook with numerous aluminium can collection bins located throughout the village.
Nantwich Foodbank volunteers are arranging another vital collection at Brine Leas School.
Previous collections at the school on Audlem Road – organised with social distancing – have helped collect more than a ton of food.
Nantwich Museum wants people’s experiences of the Covid-19 pandemic to provide a lasting historical record of the event.
Letters, short statements and photographs are sought, with the aim of gaining an insight into how everyday life in Nantwich changed during the pandemic.
Nurses, staff and supporters will be showing some love for St Luke’s Hospice – by volunteering at Valentine’s to raise funds for patient care.
The annual “Love St Luke’s” street collection will be taking place in Nantwich and other towns across mid and south Cheshire on Saturday February 15.
St Luke’s Hospice Cheshire is collecting and recycling Christmas trees in return for donations to the hospice.
Registration for the annual Christmas Tree Collection is now open.
The number of missed bin collections by Cheshire East Council has risen by almost 50%, according to latest figures obtained by Nantwich News.
The number of complaints about missed collections logged in 2018-19 reached a staggering 16,346 cases, figures show.
Bin collection days in Crewe and Nantwich are set to change from November, Cheshire East Council has announced.
They say stickers will be fixed to bins during collections over the next few weeks to give notice of changes from November 4.
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