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Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) is launching a brand new walking event in North Somerset. Called the Summer Ramble, it’s a 5-mile sponsored walk around the grounds of its Charlton Farm hospice, taking in Priors Wood, part of the Gordano Round foothpath, and finishing with a lovely view of the hospice from the surrounding fields.

The walk is taking place on the morning of Sunday 18 August and due to the length of the ramble, CHSW is suggesting anyone over the age of 8 to take part.

Priors Woods is a beautiful area that was once part of the Tyntesfield Estate, and parts of the wood date

Coombe Trenchard House and Gardens near Okehampton is hosting its annual English Country Garden Festival this year on 1 st and 2 nd June. The show will once again be supporting local children’s charity Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

As well as being a wedding venue, Coombe Trenchard Edwardian Arts and Crafts Country House on the edge of Dartmoor is the perfect setting for the English Country Garden Festival. The festival will bring together specialist nurseries, beautiful crafts as well as artisan food producers.

This is the eighth year of the festival which will be open from 10am –

Tickets for Children’s Hospice South West’s 5km Rainbow Run are selling fast and the Fundraising Team from Little Harbour children’s hospice are keen for participants to understand what their support means to the charity.

The Rainbow Run is now in its 6 th year and is a fun 5km run, jog or walk around RAF St Mawgan where those taking part get covered in different coloured powder paint along the way.

Last year the event raised £77,000 for CHSW which runs Little Harbour children’s hospice in St Austell and helping to promote the Rainbow Run this year is 11 year old Daniel Richards who visits

Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) is looking for teams to take part in its annual gig row event in Newquay on Sunday 14 th July.

This is an annual event offering groups of colleagues, friends or family the chance to give the fantastic sport of gig rowing a go in a friendly event, all supporting a great local cause.

Amanda Masters, Community Fundraiser for CHSW is encouraging teams to get signed up and come and get involved.

Amanda said; “Unfortunately last year we had to cancel the event due to bad weather so it has been two years since our last charity gig row and we are really looking

A Taunton man is celebrating turning 50 this year by taking on one of the UK’s ultimate sporting challenges …with a little help from his friends!

Pete Robinson will be joined by 12 fellow ‘old men’ on a 1,000-mile cycle ride from John O’Groats in Scotland to Land’s End in Cornwall later this month in a bid to raise thousands of pounds for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

The friends, all aged 50 to 59, will be clocking up an average of 80 miles a day during the 12-day Old Men Go South cycle challenge, which gets under way on May 29.

As well as putting in many miles of training, they have

Charities are often donated some very special or quirky items. During the end of last year, Mandy Parsons from Clevedon saw some interesting Christmas decorations being given new homes and thought that local charity, Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) would benefit from them.

The items in question were two life-size soldiers and they used to be part of the Hawthorns’ Christmas decorations during Mandy’s time as Manager of the retirement home.

Tim Somer, current General Manager of the Hawthorns, said “They had been a part of the Hawthorns family for over 20 years and have been beautifully

The River Dart will provide the arena for an exciting afternoon of dragon boat racing on Sunday, July 14.

Up to 21 authentic dragon boats will be battling it out on the river, helping to raise money for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) and Rowcroft Hospice, and providing a thrilling spectacle for spectators expected to line the banks at Longmarsh.

Organiser Totnes Rotary Club is planning a day of fun for all the family from 11am to 6pm, with shore-side entertainment, live race commentary, food stalls and drinks tents.

Geoffrey Hyde from Totnes Rotary club said there were still some places

Four local businesses have returned to show their support for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) by each sponsoring a paint station at the charity’s Rainbow Run coming to Newquay this June.

Returning as main event sponsor for Rainbow Run is Ann’s Cottage and alongside them Biffa Cornwall, Happy Days Nurseries, Cornwall Training and Consultancy and Steve Andrews Tyres & Autocare are returning as paint station sponsors again this year.

Rainbow Run is a sponsored 5km fun run which is taking place at RAF St Mawgan in Newquay on Sunday 23 rd June. This is the sixth year of the event which has

A business advisory firm with roots in South Molton and Holsworthy is launching a year-long fundraising drive to support Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

Baldwins’ offices on Pathfields Business Park, South Molton and Fry Street, Holsworthy have pledged their fundraising to the hospice after staff voted for CHSW to be the firm’s charity of the year.

CHSW offers vital care and respite to more than 550 children with life-limiting conditions and their whole families at its three hospices in North Devon, Cornwall and Somerset. It costs around £10million a year to run the three hospices, the

Delamore Art and Sculpture Exhibition will be opening on 1 st May bringing a month of artistic delights to Delamore house and gardens at Cornwood near Ivybridge for all to enjoy.

This is the 17 th year of the annual event which presents the largest collection of artist’s work in one place in the south west. Last year around 150 artists exhibited work and a record 8,000 people visited the historic estate in Cornwood on the southern edge of Dartmoor to view the pieces displayed in both the gardens and the house.

Each year the exhibition supports a different charity and Children’s Hospice South