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The Fundraising Team from Children’s Hospice South West are delighted to receive support from two businesses for one of the charity’s upcoming Bubble Rush events which will be returning to Newnham Park in Plympton on Sunday 23 rd September.

Services Design Solution (SDS), based in The Millfields, and Viridor based in Plympton, will each be sponsoring one of the bubble stations around the route and will have a presence on the day along with main event sponsor GA Solicitors.

Having sponsorship from these businesses means that even more money raised by people taking part in the Bubble Rush can

There were emotional scenes at the weekend as 85 cyclists arrived at Children’s Hospice South West’s Charlton Farm having journeyed in extreme heat from Cornwall as part of the charity’s annual Ride for Precious Lives (RFPL) event.

85 cyclists left CHSW’s Little Harbour hospice in St Austell on Friday, made their way to CHSW’s Little Bridge House hospice in Devon, eventually finishing at CHSW’s Charlton Farm hospice in North Somerset on Sunday – 205 miles in just 3 days.

This was the 10 th year of the event which has raised over £700,000 for the charity since the first Ride for Precious Lives

St Austell hosted the start of Children’s Hospice South West’s 10th Anniversary Ride for Precious Lives this morning.

85 cyclists left Little Harbour in St Austell; one of the charity’s three children’s hospices in the south west, embarking on a 205 mile cycle to Bristol this weekend.

The route will take the participants three days and will cover Cornwall, Devon and Somerset dropping in at CHSW’s Little Bridge House hospice on Saturday and finishing at Charlton Farm children’s hospice near Bristol on Sunday. The event has received generous sponsorship from main event sponsor Edwards Vacuum alo

Children’s Hospice South West is celebrating after being certified “plastic free” for its events in Devon.

The charity has been working with Plastic Free North Devon to reduce the environmental impact of its fundraising events, which attract support across the whole county. Events including the recent Rainbow Run in Exeter, the forthcoming Ride for Precious Lives cycle challenge, the Canonteign Abseil and September’s foam-filled Bubble Rush 5km run at Coxleigh Barton have all received the Plastic Free North Devon seal of approval for a range of eco-friendly measures.

CHSW now encourages

All colours of the rainbow could be seen at RAF St Mawgan on Sunday at Children’s Hospice South West’s (CHSW) 5 th annual Rainbow Run sponsored by Ann’s Cottage.

The event saw around 1500 people of all ages run, jog and walk the 5k route around RAF St Mawgan’s training ground and get covered in different coloured powder paint along the way.

Organisers of the event from CHSW’s Fundraising Team hope the Rainbow Run will raise in the region of £75,000 for Little Harbour children’s hospice in St Austell.

Kiley Pearce, Events Fundraiser for CHSW said “We are absolutely delighted with the turn out

Westpoint Arena was showered with all the colours of the rainbow as over 1200 runners took part in Children’s Hospice South West’s annual fundraising Rainbow Run.

The run is the flagship fundraising event for the charity, and this year is set to raise an astonishing £50,000 for CHSW’s Little Bridge House children’s hospice near Barnstaple.

This year’s runners were treated to music from Radio Exe, face-painters, bouncy castles, Taiko drummers and a whole lot of coloured powder paint!

Kindly supported by Thomson Reuters, RGB Building Supplies and Devon Waste, the event was a great day out.

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For the first time, Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) brought its ever-popular sponsored run – the Rainbow Run – to Bristol’s beautiful Blaise Castle Estate. 1500 people took part in the 5k fun run, which is expected to raise over £75,000 for the charity.

Events Fundraiser, Hollie Thorogood, said ‘Blaise Castle Estate was a brilliant new venue and it was fantastic to see the event is still going strong in its sixth year; we hope to see everyone at the 7th! We hope the event raises in the excess of £75,000, which could pay for 24-hour nurse care for one year at one of our 3 hospices.’

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Emma Smale is supporting the #keepitlocal campaign for the local charities supported by this year’s Great West Run as she regularly runs in support of Children's Hospice South West (CHSW) in memory of her eldest daughter, Imogen who was supported by the charity before her death in 2016.

As Emma says:

'Imogen was our first child, a much longed for baby and really was the most beautiful, loving and courageous little girl we could have ever hoped for. Devastatingly for us we were told by the time that she was 6 months old that she would have a 'limited life expectancy'. I remember feeling

Team CHSW were out in force at this year’s Great Bristol 10k.

A 60-strong team of runners took on the run at the weekend in support of Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW). Runners were given a boost by hearing Sam FM’s Downsy encourage participants as he took to the mic at the charity’s cheer point, located outside The Shakespeare Tavern on Prince Street. This was Downsy’s first appearance in his role as Partnership Ambassador for CHSW.

Amongst those running were six members of Avon & Somerset Constabulary who were wearing full riot gear, including shields; and 28 friends and family running

The Clifton College Summer Serenade takes place at 7.30pm on Wednesday 27 th June in the College’s stunning Chapel. Featuring talented young musicians from the College accompanied by The Bristol Ensemble, it is guaranteed to be an auditory delight!

The Bristol Ensemble is the city’s only professional orchestra, comprising a core of 25 musicians with a further 50 musicians all of whom are experienced players in a range of musical genres. The Ensemble has flexible configurations, from a piano trio through to a full symphony orchestra.

This year the College’s Summer Serenade Concert is supporting