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Nantwich Primary Academy pupils bake for Children in Need

Nantwich Primary Academy pupils bake for Children in Need

Pupils at Nantwich Primary Academy supported Children in Need by holding a bake sale.

The youngsters have been busy baking and decorating Pudsey cupcakes, wearing silly socks and Pudsey ears, and also having a Pudsey Bear raffle.

November 17, 2015
Leighton Hospital MRI Scanner Appeal tops £350,000

Leighton Hospital MRI Scanner Appeal tops £350,000

Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity is a third of its way to raising £1 million for a new life-saving MRI scanner.

The appeal was launched to provide Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with a new scanner to cope with raising demand.

November 16, 2015
Nantwich Sainsbury’s collects £9,500 in Poppy Appeal

Nantwich Sainsbury’s collects £9,500 in Poppy Appeal

Nantwich Sainsbury’s collected more than £9,500 during its annual British Legion Poppy Appeal.

The total of £9,514.91 is the highest ever at the store.

November 16, 2015
Brine Leas students help with Nantwich shoebox campaign

Brine Leas students help with Nantwich shoebox campaign

Brine Leas pupils have teamed up with Nantwich Rotary Club for this year’s Christmas shoebox campaign aimed at Eastern Europe.

Youngsters have filled their ‘charity shoe boxes’ with festive gifts that children in impoverished areas would not normally receive.

November 15, 2015
Brave Malbank School pupil with life-threatening illness to tackle hospice event

Brave Malbank School pupil with life-threatening illness to tackle hospice event

A young Malbank High School pupil in Nantwich who is battling a life-threatening illness, is plucking up the courage to take part in a 5km Bubble Rush.

Eleisha Plimbley, 11, was diagnosed with multi-system Langerhan Cell Histiocytosis, which affects her spine, skull, pelvis and arms and has spread to her bone marrow.

November 12, 2015
College worker’s Halloween house raises £1,000 for Marie Curie

College worker’s Halloween house raises £1,000 for Marie Curie

College employee Richard Stack transformed his South Cheshire home into a Halloween ‘House of Horrors’ to raise more than £1,000 for Marie Curie Cancer Care.

The 53-year-old South Cheshire College worker decked his back garden with ghoulish creations, wicked witches and a mini-graveyard in support of the national charity.

November 7, 2015
Sainsbury’s staff stage Halloween bake off for charity

Sainsbury’s staff stage Halloween bake off for charity

Staff at Nantwich Sainsbury’s store dressed up to raise money for their charity of the year, the Alzheimer’s Society.

Employees donned scary Halloween costumes and staged a Halloween bake-off with prizes for the spookiest and tastiest cakes.

November 1, 2015
Nantwich care leavers launch Easy Pleasy cookbook

Nantwich care leavers launch Easy Pleasy cookbook

Young care leavers in Crewe and Nantwich have been sharing their colourful recipe for eating on a budget – a cookbook with the celebrity seal of approval.

The youngsters, supported by The Children’s Society, produced the Levi Roots-endorsed Easy Pleasy Cookbook to help young people leaving care to eat healthily on a budget.

October 29, 2015
Nantwich Mayor’s Big Quiz raises £1,000 for town charities

Nantwich Mayor’s Big Quiz raises £1,000 for town charities

Record numbers packed into the Civic Hall in Nantwich to take part in the Mayor’s Big Quiz.

The event, organised by Nantwich Town Council, saw teams come together to raise more than £1,000 for the Mayor’s local charities, including Nantwich Food Bank, Nantwich In Bloom, Nantwich Museum and Nantwich Players.

October 27, 2015
Nantwich mum buys a train for Wingate Children’s Centre

Nantwich mum buys a train for Wingate Children’s Centre

A big-hearted Nantwich mum went full steam ahead to raise £1,000 for a playground train!

Super gran Ann Aspinall donated money from her 60th birthday party and arranged other events for the new equipment at Wingate Children’s Centre in Wrenbury.

October 20, 2015
Wulvern helps out Nantwich Foodbank hit by bag charge

Wulvern helps out Nantwich Foodbank hit by bag charge

Nantwich Foodbank has been given a helping hand after being hit by the 5p carrier bag charge.

The new charge has left the foodbank, which has helped hundreds of families, with a dwindling supply of second-hand bags it uses for handing out parcels.

October 19, 2015
South Cheshire friends cycle the 922-mile Rhine for Bloodwise charity

South Cheshire friends cycle the 922-mile Rhine for Bloodwise charity

Saddle-sore cyclists Ben Reinhardt and Jim Forkin pedalled all 922 miles of the River Rhine to raise money for blood cancer charities.

The friends, from Willaston and Crewe, started their “Riding the River Rhine” adventure at the source of the Rhine in the Swiss Alps at Lake Toma.

October 14, 2015
White collar boxing in Nantwich raises thousands

White collar boxing in Nantwich raises thousands

A charity white collar boxing night in Nantwich helped raise thousands of pounds for different causes.

The event was organised by Steve Shewan, of Funkinfitness Gym, and was held at the Studio club in Nantwich.

October 11, 2015

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