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Going above and beyond on volunteer days

06 December 2023 chsw Corporate

This year Connells, Reassured, FL Protection and Alps protection and sales teams at Aviva came together for the day to join in on the ‘Aviva Charity 10K walk’.

A total of 27 employees were involved in this years charity volunteer day, which has raised a total of £1,791.00 for Children Hospice South West (CHSW).

Team me mbers split into two teams starting at Clifton Observatory and ending at St Mary Redcliffe church, taking two different 10k routes around Bristol and capturing some of Bristol beloved landmarks on the way and lots of donations from the people of Bristol.

On the walk both

Edwards Vacuum raise over an outstanding £84,000 for local children’s hospice

19 October 2023 CHSW Fundraising, Corporate

Edwards Vacuum, global leader of vacuum and abatement, based in Clevedon has raised an outstanding £84,782 for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

As the annual sponsor of the charity’s flagship event, Ride for Precious Lives, 20 employees completed the 3 day sponsored cycling event. The cycle covered 3 counties in 3 days stopping off at all 3 hospices over 205 miles. The team from Edwards joined 100 other riders at Little Harbour in St Austell, called at Little Bridge House in Barnstaple and sailed across the finish line at Charlton Farm children’s hospice near Bristol.

This year, to mark

Charity Golf Day above par and raises over £6,000 for local children’s hospice

21 September 2023 CHSW Fundraising, Corporate

On Thursday 7 September, Brunel Wealth raised over £6,000 for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) at its charity golf day at Celtic Manor Resort.

40 players including Brunel Wealth team members, clients and families supported by CHSW took to the greens following a breakfast and played 18 holes of golf.

In the afternoon, attendees enjoyed lunch, sponsored by LGT Wealth Management and took part in an auction, bidding for donated prizes such as a Cooking Class at Rick Stein’s Seafood Restaurant, an overnight stay and breakfast at the Kingham Plough in the Cotswolds and signed sport memorabilia

Gearing up for cycling challenge to support CHSW

30 June 2023 chsw Events, Corporate

Global leader of vacuum and abatement, Edwards Vacuum are marking 10 years of being Gold sponsor of Children’s Hospice South West’s (CHSW) annual, sell-out 205 mile cycle event, Ride for Precious Lives in July.

Ride for Precious Lives is a 205 mile, 3 day, cycling challenge which sees over 100 cyclists take on the challenge. The event will take place on 7-9 July and encompasses all three of CHSW’s children’s hospices across the South West region. The avid cyclists will take to their saddles at Little Harbour in Cornwall, and will visit Little Bridge House in Barnstaple along the way and will

Coastline Housing raises over £12,400 for Children’s Hospice South West

13 March 2023 chsw Fundraising, Corporate

Colleagues at Coastline Housing have presented £12,440 to Children’s Hospice South West.

The money is the result of a year’s worth of corporate fundraising by colleagues at the Cornish housing charity and is a record breaker too – the most Coastline has ever raised for a charity of the year.

Allister Young, CEO of Coastline Housing, explained: “Each year colleagues vote for a charity doing great work in Cornwall that they wish to support and we were delighted to support Children’s Hospice South West last year as we know they carry out really vital work in our county.

“The fact that we got to

Rugby club joins forces with British Gas to make winning donation to hospice

20 February 2023 chsw Fundraising, Corporate

British Gas and Taunton Rugby Club have made a £21,400 donation to Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

The Titans, who announced a multi-year partnership with the energy supplier last year, held a pre-match lunch and fundraising auction at Veritas Park in December.

More than 250 people attended the event prior to the home game against Birmingham Moseley, bidding on a host of special items and experiences donated by local businesses, including signed rugby balls, golf days and stays at Cornish hotels.

The auction raised £1,400 and British Gas boosted the total with a £20,000 donation. CHSW

Staff face fears and smash fundraising target for children’s hospice

18 January 2023 chsw Fundraising, Corporate

Employees at Bristol-based recruitment agency Kingston Barnes have faced their fears to successfully smash a £10k fundraising target for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

Employees were encouraged to break boundaries and push their limits by taking part in a ‘ Charity Challenge Month’ in September. Staff did skydives, climbed 10 peaks in 24-hours in Snowdonia, and even came face to face with snakes and wild cockroaches!

The company raised a total of £10,957 for CHSW after hearing about the vital care the charity offers local families when it scooped the Charity of the Year award at the

Outlet shopping village offers support for children's hospice in 2023

17 January 2023 chsw Fundraising, Corporate

Affinity Devon has announced Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) as its chosen charity for 2023.

The outlet shopping village in Clovelly Road, Bideford, is planning fundraising events throughout the year and will have donation boxes in stores for anyone who would like to support the charity, which runs the Little Bridge House children’s hospice in nearby Fremington.

Affinity Devon's Operations Manager, Craig Hill, said: “We’re delighted to CHSW as our charity of the year. Although already a well-established charity, the support required to keep this fantastic service going is ever growing so

Housebuilder’s donation funds play equipment at Little Harbour

16 January 2023 chsw Fundraising, Corporate

Little Harbour has received £1,000 from Persimmon Homes Cornwall and West Devon.

The donation is part of the housebuilder’s Community Champions initiative which donates up to £750,000 a year to good local causes and organisations across Great Britain.

The donation is going towards new play equipment for the soft-play facility at Little Harbour.

Sally Bridger, Area Fundraiser for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW), said: “On behalf of Little Harbour in St Austell and CHSW, I would like to say a huge thank you to Persimmon Homes Cornwall.

“CHSW exists to make the most of short and precious

Outstanding support for CHSW from local business

09 January 2023 CHSW Fundraising, Corporate

Employees at Filtration Ltd, based in Bristol, have supported Children's Hospice South West (CHSW) since 2017. In that time they’ve raised over £8,000 to help towards the vital care of children with life-limiting conditions.

The team’s most recent fundraising effort was a static cycle challenge on 20 October. Supporters at Filtration Ltd cycled the distance between their warehouse in Avonmouth and the Donaldson HQ in Belgium on static bikes. Between them, they covered 370 miles on two static bikes, over 24 hours. They raised a total of £2,000 for CHSW and the Oncology Department at Maidstone