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Four gardens in the hamlet of Kelly, in Lifton, are going to be opening over the weekend of 23 - 24 April to help raise funds for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

Kelly House, along with its neighbours, is going to be opening its garden gates to the public to enjoy from 2pm – 5pm each day. The four gardens total around 10 acres which will be able to be enjoyed along with sculptures and glass art along the way.

Entrance costs just £5 which covers you for all four gardens and tea and cake will be available to purchase at Kelly House.

Alice Merrett, CHSW Area Fundraiser said; “We are

The entirely fictious fundraiser called Jail & Bail took place on Friday (March 25) in Bristol in support of Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

Eight businesspeople found themselves arrested for (comedy) crimes, tried, and ‘sent down’ by Judge Downsy.

Jail & Bail is a hugely entertaining courtroom event which sees fundraisers arrested, charged with their (entirely fictitious) crimes and then placed on trial.

Having been found guilty, the reprobates were taken into custody, photographed and banished to the cells at the old Bridewell Police Station, now known as The Island.

The culprits

Six representatives from the local community were arrested, put on trial and locked up for their fictitious crimes on Friday when they took part in Children’s Hospice South West’s (CHSW) Jail and Bail fundraiser in Bodmin.

Passers-by had to look twice as they saw the six being marched through Bodmin town centre on their way to their mock trial at Bodmin Jail. Put on trial were Simon Jones from Wildanet, Gareth Looker from Looker Marketing Communications, Darren Buckley from Cornwall Chamber of Commerce, Kevin Hicks – Grand Worshipful Master of the Mark Master Masons and Mike Bee and Spencer

The UK’s biggest celebration of silent and classic screen comedy – Slapstick – is adding a new event to its 2022 programme – this time reuniting and honouring the stars of the mould-breaking Saturday morning TV show, TISWAS.

Bob Carolgees, John Gorman, Sally James and Chris Tarrant (AKA The Four Bucketeers) will be at St George’s Bristol on Saturday 16 April (8pm start) to share their memories of the anarchic series with Andrew Kelly, Director of Bristol Ideas and a boyhood fan of the show.

The reunion is happening 40 years to the month in which Tiswas ended its nine-year run, having made

One of the UK’s most colourful fundraising fun runs; Rainbow Run is returning to Cornwall and Devon this summer.

Rainbow Run Cornwall is returning to RAF St Mawgan near Newquay on June 18 and Rainbow Run Devon will be at a new venue; Escot Park in Devon on 19 June. The event is returning this summer after a two-year break due to the pandemic, and early-bird tickets are on sale now with a 25 per cent discount.

Anyone over the age of five can take part and participants will get covered in powder paint as they walk, jog or run through different coloured paint stations along the 5km route.

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On Saturday 2 April a very special Easter-themed Forest School event is being held at Hidden Woods near Farleigh Hungerford in conjunction with Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

Hidden Woods is an award-winning woodland activity centre based in 80 acres of ancient woodland just a stone’s throw from Bath and Frome. It has teamed up with CHSW as both organisations have synergy in their values and mission.

At its local hospice, Charlton Farm, CHSW seeks to enrich children’s lives; children who have been diagnosed with life-threatening or life-limiting conditions. The charity puts the

When the Covid pandemic hit, it affected the world in an unprecedented way. For charities, the loss in income was felt swiftly and over a sustained period of time.

Amanda Gallagher, Corporate Partnerships Fundraiser at Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) recalls how the landscape changed almost overnight.

“Before the pandemic, we’d enjoyed working face-to-face with companies – large and small – from across the south west in a variety of ways. Our corporate charity partners were coming on to our hospice sites to take part in volunteering days, we were running successful in-person events

A challenging mud obstacle race supporting two local charities is coming to Weston-super-Mare in April.

Organised by Weston Lions, the aptly named Mud Master will be held at Puxton Park on Sunday 3 April.

It’s the first time an event of this kind has taken place in the town and the organisers are pleased to announce Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) and Great Western Air Ambulance Charity (GWAAC) will benefit from the proceeds.

Lions spokesman, Eric Tones, said: “Mud Master Race will be a fun day out whether you are entering as a team, individual or even spectating, it can be enjoyed by

In the wasteland that was Saturday morning kids’ TV during the mid-1970s, the BBC reigned supreme with its typically boring, Blue Peter-style, public service-oriented Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, in which Noel Edmonds invited the nation’s nippers to phone in and, you know, swap stuff.

How could ITV compete? The answer was already to be found in the form of regional broadcaster ATV’s Tiswas. Hampered by a much smaller budget, the producers rightly judged that the way to win over the smaller audience was by chucking custard pies, dousing people in water and unleashing large quantities of ‘gunge’

Mike Brown from Plymstock but currently living in Mystic, Connecticut, USA, is cycling 17.1 miles a day from the 1st Jan until 8th July (188 days); the equivalent distance from Mystic to Charlton Farm children’s hospice near Bristol and here’s why.

In November 2019 Mike’s son Oliver died, aged 11, after a three year journey with a rare blood cancer. Oliver and his family were supported by Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) at its Little Harbour children’s hospice in St Austell.

Following Oliver’s death his dad Mike, along with mum Nicky and younger brother Benjamin, started to help raise