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A children’s carer is running the London Marathon this weekend raising vital funds and awareness for Little Harbour children’s hospice, where she works in St Austell, Cornwall.

Suzanne Brown from Bodmin, is swapping scrubs for a running vest and taking to the streets of London on Sunday 21 April for the infamous marathon, to raise vital funds for the charity that is very close to her heart.

“Back in July, the furthest I had ever run was to the kitchen for a piece of cake”, Suzanne said.

“I had never wanted to keep fit in my life, or ran in my life, ever.

Every year I watch the London Marathon

A brother and sister walked barefoot over coals reaching temperatures of 1200F to raise money for the children’s hospice which cared for their disabled sibling.

Charley Davis and brother Liam took on the roasting hot pathway at the Children’s Hospice South West’s (CHSW) Firewalk at Charlton Farm, Wraxall in memory of their foster brother Jack on Thursday 22 February

Jack was welcomed into the Davis family by mum and dad Sandie and Jim, aged just 2 years-old in 2007.

He joined the couple’s children Charley, Liam and Louise alongside siblings Katy, Jamie and Darren at the family home in

In Children's Hospice Week, our new volunteers in the Bath and North East Somerset area put on a cream tea in New Oriel Hall, Larkall to say thank you to those who had supported the Bath Friends Group in raising over £170K for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

Bath Freinds Group was founded by Gertie Hockedy in 1994. Gertie had supported CHSW over the years and enjoyed hosting lunches in her home to raise vital funds for the local children's hospice. Members of the Walcot & Larkhall Townswomen’s Guild were the first to join the group, which was the reason why the cream team was held in

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

A winter-warming Christmas concert is being held at Tawstock Court near Barnstaple in aid of Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

The Very Merry Tawstock Christmas concert is taking place on Friday, December 9 and will feature performances by Chivenor Military Ladies Choir, West Buckland Prep School Choir, Barnstaple Music Comedy and Dramatic Society (BMCDS) Voices, The Voice Community Choir and The Jurassix Shanty Singers.

The concert starts at 6pm and there will also be traditional mulled wine and cider, hot chocolate and mince pies, as well as a raffle, Christmas stall and a very special

More than 300 people took part in an emotional night-time charity walk at The Lost Gardens of Heligan on Saturday night.

Children’s Hospice South West’s (CHSW) Moonlight Memory Walk took place under clear skies at the gardens in Pentewan near St Austell, a new location for the event, which has been held in Falmouth since 2009.

It is expected to raise £25,000 for the charity, which runs the Little Harbour children’s hospice in nearby Porthpean.

The 4k walk featured light installations and poignant places to stop and remember loved ones. A special Star Garden installation featured 89 shooting

Stars from the world of sport took centre stage a special fundraising event for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) on Thursday.

The Sports Lunch at the Seat Unique Stadium (formerly Gloucestershire County Cricket Stadium) featured fascinating insights into top-level sporting careers and raised over £10,000 for CHSW.

Olympic weightlifter Sally Bennett; Bristol City legend Scott Murray; ex-professional boxer Glenn Catley; Bristol Bears player Sam Jeffries; and Gloucestershire cricketers Tom Smith and James Bracey all fielded questions following a drinks reception and two-course lunch sponsored

Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) is excited to announce that its annual Santas on the Run festive fun runs are returning this Christmas and can reveal two exciting new venues.

The Christmas themed 2km event will be returning to the Eden Project in St Austell on 4 December and then for the first time will be held at RMB Chivenor in Barnstaple and CHSW’s very own Charlton Farm children’s hospice in Wraxall on 11 December.

All events will provide the opportunity for participants to walk, jog or run a 2km route in any festive outfit they wish and is the perfect way to get family, friends or

Bristol mum-of-two Jenny Milton will have a very special motivation to reach the first of two finish lines when she takes on the Great Bristol Run this weekend.

Jenny, a member of the Sibling Support Team at Children’s Hospice South West’s Charlton Farm Hospice in Wraxall, will be taking on the city’s much-loved 10k on September 25 to raise money for the charity. After that, she will be lacing up her running shoes again to take on the Bath Half on October 16.

Jenny, from Bishopsworth, hopes to raise £250 for CHSW and said that she’ll be spurred every step of the way by the children and young

Top UK sporting stars Marcus Trescothick and Tom Scudamore will be joining forces with local artists for Children’s Hospice South West’s (CHSW) Bear Hunt this autumn.

Former England and Somerset cricketer Marcus will be working

to decorate a bear with Gloucestershire-based artist Rachel Shilston, while British flat and steeplechase jockey Tom will be collaborating with artist Kathy Nettles, from Holsworthy.

Artists around the South West are currently decorating 25 individual five-foot-tall bears that will form a series of mini trails in around Barnstaple, Bideford, Torrington, Ilfracombe and