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Two Devon schoolchildren have scaled the first of two UK mountains to raise money for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

Brother and sister Bodie and Gracie Blake, from Ideford, near Kingsteignton, spent the first weekend of their Easter holidays in Cumbria scaling Scafell Pike, England’s highest peak. They are due to head to Scotland to tackle Ben Nevis, the UK’s highest, in their summer holidays.

A Bideford world record holder has set himself a new challenge as he looks to raise money for Children’s Hospice South West.

Mark Edwards will be channelling school sports day with a 100-mile three-legged walk over the Easter weekend.

Starting on the morning of Good Friday (April 19), Mark will do 400 laps of Bideford Sports Ground – the equivalent of Bideford to Bristol – non-stop over 50 hours, finishing on Easter Sunday afternoon.

Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW), which runs Little Harbour children’s hospice in St Austell, has been celebrating the work of its dedicated community volunteers while searching for more to join.

The 10^th International Nailsea Bike Show is taking place on 21^st & 22^nd September at a new venue, the Ring O’Bells on St Mary’s Grove, Nailsea.

A Teignmouth mum is taking part in this month’s Virgin Money London Marathon to raise money for two very special hospice charities.

Bath Half Marathon is one of the longest established and most popular half marathons in the UK. This year, Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) was delighted to be the local charity partner with a team of 240 running in support of them. One of those runners was Paula, age 51 from Oldland Common in South Gloucestershire.

Children’s Hospice South West’s (CHSW) 10^th anniversary Moonlight Memory Walk was held on Saturday 30^th March in Falmouth and £20,000 was pledged in sponsorship to the children’s charity by the 300 people that took part. 

To celebrate the event’s special anniversary this year it was moved to a spring date and was also opened up for men to take part as well as women. 

Three members of JL Corporate based in Portishead have climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and raised funds for local charity, Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

James Lake, Barry Richardson and Jack Walsh, set out to climb the highest mountain in Africa, a challenge which Jack said “pushed them beyond their limits”. This is the first charity partnership the company, which supplies phone and tablet accessories, have ever embarked on.

Managing Director, James, said

Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW), providers of palliative, respite and end of life care for children and families from Bath, were delighted with the support it received at Bath Half 2019. The charity had a huge team of 240 runners, which included 49 runners from Bath-based Rotork.

Lynne Vosper from Falmouth is looking forward to taking part in Children’s Hospice South West’s (CHSW) 10^th anniversary Moonlight Memory Walk which is happening in Falmouth on Saturday 30^th March.

Lynne has taken part in all but one of the charity’s Moonlight Memory Walks over the last 10 years and this year she will be leading the hundreds of walkers at the special 10^th anniversary event.