By Jonathan White
A fund-raising “Make Time for our Christmas Concert” has helped raise vital funds to restore the St Mary’s Church clockface in Acton, near Nantwich.
The concert featured the highly acclaimed Acton Operatic Society who performed traditional and contemporary Christmas songs.
Students and staff from Reaseheath College and University Centre in Nantwich have been praised for raising funds for charity despite the challenges posed by Covid-19.
Members of Reaseheath’s Student Association handed a cheque for nearly £15,500 to children’s charity Make-A-Wish UK.
By Jonathan White
More than £2,500 was raised at the 65th Cancer Research UK ‘Xmas Fair’ at Wistaston Memorial Hall.
The event is organised annually by the Crewe & Nantwich Cancer Research UK Group.
By Jonathan White
A fundraising 2021 calendar for Queens Park in Crewe has raised an impressive £3,600.
The calendar was put together by members of the ‘Queens Park Crewe – The People’s Park’ Facebook group.
By Hannah Youds
The Weston Lights Christmas Display could return in 2021, organiser Graham Witter hinted.
Graham has helped raise another staggering £25,450 from the latest event, which was re-organised as a “Starlit Garden drive thru” amid Covid pandemic restrictions.
The Hope House and Tŷ Gobaith Children’s Hospices Christmas raffle has its biggest ever prize with players able to win up to £10,000.
Money raised from sale of raffle tickets is vital to hospices as they face being £1.25 million down due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
By Jonathan White
Members of “Queens Park Crewe – The People’s Park” have produced a 2021 Calendar featuring photographs of Queens Park throughout the seasons.
Photographs were submitted by members of the group, who have shown their photographic talent within the popular Grade II listed public park.
Rotary club members across Nantwich and Crewe are celebrating after Africa region was declared wild polio-free.
Local rotary clubs have played a role in the major global public health achievement, after years of fundraising and campaigning.
Staff at the charity Wingate Centre in Wrenbury say the venue’s future is secure, despite the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
The closure of facilities and lockdown restrictions hit the charity hard as it was unable to raise vital donations through fundraising events.
Generous donations from hundreds of people and local businesses have helped Nantwich Town raise £20,000 to help it survive the COVID pandemic.
Donations include £3,000 from Applewood Independent and another £1,000 from Everything Genetic Ltd.
Friends are staging a month-long fundraising campaign in support of a young Wistaston boy who is battling cancer for the second time in his life.
Georgy Capener was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer called Ewing Sarcoma two years ago.
Weston Christmas Lights organiser Graham Witter has handed over a whopping £32,540 cheque to Donna Louise Hospice.
Graham visited the hospice last week to formally hand over a cheque for the record-breaking amount.
The Rotary Club of Nantwich has raised more than £700 to help keep the North West Air Ambulance flying its life-saving missions.
The donation of £775 will fund an hour and a half of North West Air Ambulance flying time, rescuing critically injured patients who would not survive without the service.
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