A youngster with muscular dystrophy is back in the saddle – thanks to funding from Crewe and Nantwich Round Table.
Members raised £600 to help Thomas Robinson’s family pay for a new electric bike which will give the 11-year-old a new lease of life.
Staff and visitors at Church Minshull Aqueduct Marina have raised more than £17,000 for local causes in six years.
And moorers at the marina have helped the venue raise £5,167.77 for their chosen charity of 2017 – Anne’s Wish Family Fund.
A nine-year-old Superhero fan is shrugging off his own life-changing condition to tackle the Nantwich Duathlon this weekend.
Thomas Robinson, who has Muscular Dystrophy, will aim to run 400 metres, cycle two kilometres and then run a further kilometre in aid of the charity that supports sufferers like him.
Cheshire MPs Edward Timpson and Graham Evans teamed up to complete the London Marathon in aid of Muscular Dystrophy UK and The Army Benevolent Fund.
Mr Timpson, Crewe & Nantwich MP, completed his 12th London Marathon in a time of 3hrs 57mins 51secs.
Crewe and Nantwich MP Edward Timpson is to run the London Marathon to raise money for the Army Benevolent Fund and Muscular Dystrophy UK.
Mr Timpson is training for a race which he has completed 12 times since starting in 1988.
Aqueduct Marina in Church Minshull has chosen Muscular Dystrophy UK, Anne’s Wish as its charity for 2017.
Rob Eddon, who bought the marina’s Crick showboat and now moors at the marina, suggested the charity.
The family of a South Cheshire boy with life-limiting muscular dystrophy, have raised £1,500 at an annual concert.
The fifth ‘Voice and Brass’ charity performance was held in honour of Neil and Karen Robinson’s eight-year-old son Thomas (pictured).
Run or Dye, the world’s most colourful 5km, will be returning to Cheshire on Saturday June 27.
The colour-filled run will take place in the grounds of Cholmondeley Castle, near Nantwich.
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