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Swansway boss raises £11,000 for charity on coast to coast walk

Swansway boss raises £11,000 for charity on coast to coast walk

The director of Swansway Motor Group has helped to raise more than £11,000 for charity by completing a 192-mile coast to coast walk.

David Smyth put his best foot forward in aid of of the Crewe and Nantwich Cancer Research UK branch.

October 11, 2023
Long-distance sponsored walk for Nantwich Town disability football

Long-distance sponsored walk for Nantwich Town disability football

By Jonathan White
Players, coaches and volunteers from Nantwich Town Disability Football completed a gruelling 39-mile sponsored walk to raise money for their club.

The walk started in Nantwich and finished at the ‘Kinder Lodge’ pub in Hayfield, Derbyshire.

September 13, 2023
Shavington Leisure Centre backs member’s 400-mile challenge

Shavington Leisure Centre backs member’s 400-mile challenge

A Shavington Leisure Centre member is taking on a gruelling 400-mile walking fundraiser for charity.

Martin Cresswell, 58, is to walk the “Grand Traverse des Alps (GR5)” from Lake Genève to Nice.

August 30, 2023
Long-distance sponsored walk for Nantwich disability football club

Long-distance sponsored walk for Nantwich disability football club

By Jonathan White
Players, coaches and volunteers of Nantwich Town Disability Football are going on a sponsored 44-mile walk to raise money for their club.

Their walk on September 9 will take them from Nantwich to Wrexham AFC, the oldest football club in Wales, then back to Nantwich.

August 19, 2023
Walk the Wingate helps raise thousands for charity

Walk the Wingate helps raise thousands for charity

Wrenbury charity The Wingate Centre hosted another successful “Walk the Wingate 3.5km” at Cholmondeley Castle Gardens, raising more than £3,000.

More than 140 took part the event, including 18 from sponsors Swansway Motor Group.

May 31, 2023
Free “Let’s Walk” events planned for Nantwich by Canals trust

Free “Let’s Walk” events planned for Nantwich by Canals trust

The Canals and Rivers Trust is staging free “Let’s Walk” healthy walks in January in and around Nantwich.

The aim is to offer easy walking for those keen to get fitter in 2023 and to meet new people.

December 24, 2022
Wistaston walkers take part in challenge for cancer charity

Wistaston walkers take part in challenge for cancer charity

By Jonathan White
Wistaston woman Anne Garner joined friends to complete the “Pink Ribbon Walk” in Derbyshire to help raise funds for Breast Cancer Now.

Ann, a learning mentor at Cheshire College – South & West,  participated in the event at Chatsworth House a year after the original event was postponed due to the pandemic.

July 6, 2022
Stapeley man’s fundraising walk to Barmouth in memory of sister

Stapeley man’s fundraising walk to Barmouth in memory of sister

A man from Stapeley in Nantwich aims to walk all the way to Barmouth on the Welsh west coast in memory of his sister who has died from cancer.

Neil Stockton wants to raise money for Cancer Research after the disease cut short his big sister Katie’s life.

June 30, 2022
South Cheshire stroke survivors to scale Snowdon in charity walk

South Cheshire stroke survivors to scale Snowdon in charity walk

Members of a stroke survivors group in South Cheshire are preparing to scale Snowdon on Saturday July 2.

Eleven walkers will take part in the walk to raise money for the Stroke Survivors Speech & Language Support Groups in Crewe and Alsager.

June 22, 2022
Nantwich man’s charity walk to help wife battling “horrible” eating disorder

Nantwich man’s charity walk to help wife battling “horrible” eating disorder

A Nantwich man is planning a fundraising walk to his favourite football team for a charity helping his wife battle an eating disorder.

Jack Hughes, 30, hopes to raise awareness of how charity BEAT can help others with eating disorders and their families cope with the condition.

June 13, 2022
Canal & River Trust launches Cheshire “Let’s Walk” scheme

Canal & River Trust launches Cheshire “Let’s Walk” scheme

Canal & River Trust has launched a new series of Let’s Walk programmes and social rambles across Cheshire.

The scheme aims to build on the success of the charity’s three-year “Active Waterways” project.

June 6, 2022
Nantwich duo to tackle Ultra Challenge for charities

Nantwich duo to tackle Ultra Challenge for charities

Two Nantwich residents are embarking on an Ultra Challenge in April for the charities MIND and National Autistic Society.

Matt Pitt and his brother-in-law Andrew Esplen will set out on April 30 and aim to walk the 107km coastline around the Isle of Wight in just two days.

March 29, 2022
Christmas walk raises money for Acton Church

Christmas walk raises money for Acton Church

By Jonathan White
The annual Acton Church Christmas Walk took place on December 12.

Around 120 walkers, some with dogs, took part and were split into three separate groups with separate walk leaders.

December 15, 2021