Cheshire people serving their communities have received awards in the delayed Queen’s Birthday Honours list.
They include Graham Witter, who for the past seven years has raised huge amounts of money for a children’s hospice in memory of his sister.
Clubs and groups in Nantwich have benefited from a community fund grant scheme run by a developer.
A new triathlon club, a Scout group, a health and wellbeing charity and a befriending scheme are three of the organisations supported by Redrow’s latest £5,000 community fund.
Cheshire Police has unveiled its new “community policing” model with “dedicated officers and PCSOs” in 122 community areas.
It will include new police bases in community and village halls in and around Nantwich.
Dear Editor,
The 2020 National Lottery Awards are now open for entries.
This year the annual search for the UK’s favourite National Lottery funded projects will, for the first time, honour individuals who have made an extraordinary impact in their community – especially those who have adapted during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Dear Reader,
It has been more than six weeks since Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced lockdown measures and still there has been no package of support for your community news site.
Dear Editor
In these most difficult of days I wanted to write openly to thank you, our community, for your continued support of our Hospice.
St Luke’s means so much, to so many people in our community, and we have never taken this for granted.
Work is underway to renovate a pub and bring it back to life in a Nantwich village, marking a four year battle to save the community asset. Here’s how villagers clubbed together to save their “local”.
Police and fire chiefs have praised Crewe communities for rallying around after a massive fire ripped through a residential complex in the town.
More than 150 people were evacuated during the incident on Rolls Avenue and fire crews are still on the scene tackling the fire.
People have just five days to nominate residents in Crewe and Nantwich for the annual Everybody Awards.
The awards run by Everybody Leisure aim to honour those people who go the extra mile in working in the community.
By Jonathan White
Villagers turned out in force to celebrate 70 years of the Wistaston Memorial Hall & Community Centre.
The hall was built in memory of 16 Wistaston war heroes and has been the hub of activity in the village ever since.
Offenders in Cheshire have put in more than 72,000 hours of work as part of the community payback scheme in the last six months, figures have shown.
People sentenced to unpaid work in Cheshire have clocked up 72,333 hours Community Payback across the county, completing a range of projects to improve communities.
Nantwich Town have appointed Lyndon Wain as their new community development manager with immediate effect.
Lyndon is well known at the Weaver Stadium having worked as a volunteer coach for more than 12 years.
Keen photographer Jonathan White has clocked up 12 years of community reporting in and around his village of Wistaston.
Jonathan, who works full-time at Cheshire College – South & West, began submitting articles to the local media back in 2006.
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