Volunteers running the new Insights Listening Bereavement Service in Nantwich are celebrating after receiving funding from the National Lottery.
The £2,500 funds will support its work with people over 18 who are suffering loss, grief, and bereavement.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council has been allocated £2.2m of government funding to help provide food and essentials for vulnerable households over winter.
The household support fund runs from October 6 to March 31, 2022.
Ambitious plans for the £663 million redevelopment of Leighton Hospital have moved a step closer today.
A bid for funding has now been formally submitted to the Department of Health and Social Care.
Cheshire East Council and its partners have been awarded a grant of £647,000 to support the new Domestic Abuse Act which was signed into law in April.
The new act means councils must ensure victims and their children can access life-saving support in safe accommodation.
Cheshire MPs are urging the Government to select Leighton Hospital as one of eight in the country to benefit from a multi-billion pound building programme.
Crewe and Nantwich MP Dr Kieran Mullan, Eddisbury MP Edward Timpson, and Congleton MP Fiona Bruce say they have written a joint letter to new Health Secretary Sajid Javid.
A charity that offers health and wellbeing support in Nantwich and the wider areas has received a funding boost.
The Wishing Well has been gifted £1,891 from housebuilder Redrow to support online education services.
More than 20 community groups and charities in South Cheshire are preparing to apply for grants as part of the HS2 programme.
They met with Crewe and Nantwich MP Dr Kieran Mullan to discuss the grants being made available to voluntary and community sectors.
Nantwich Town could be in line for a £27,000 support package from the Government to help it through the current pandemic lockdown.
The Government’s £10 million Sports Winter Survival Package has been announced to help non-league clubs in Steps 3-6 who have not been able to resume their season since Christmas.
A decision on how this year’s Nantwich Food Festival will be run is likely to be made by Easter, said councillors and organisers.
The popular three-day festival brings tens of thousands of visitors to the town in early September.
Crewe & Nantwich MP Kieran Mullan has welcomed more than £14 million of Future High Streets Fund money for Crewe.
The Government has announced a multi million pound investment as part of its attempt to “level up” across the country.
Eddisbury and Crewe & Nantwich MPs Edward Timpson and Kieran Mullan have welcomed additional £11.8 million funding for Cheshire Police in 2021-22.
Home Secretary Priti Patel announced policing will receive up to £15.8 billion in 2021-22 – an increase of £636 million on last year.
A new scheme that works with perpetrators of domestic abuse to change their behaviour and protect families will be developed in Cheshire.
The scheme will be funded by the Home Office after Cheshire’s police and crime commissioner David Keane secured £233,000 in funding from their perpetrator programme fund.
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
Crewe and Nantwich MP Kieran Mullan has called on the government to “work harder on explaining and justifying the steps it is taking” when it comes to coronavirus restrictions.
Dr Mullan made the plea during a parliamentary debate on measures for the north of England.
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