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The Star Inn in Tickenham has raised £400 for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW). 

At the end of 2021 the pub in North Somerset held a raffle, firework display and drag night to raise funds. 

The popular family pub is located just a stone’s throw from CHSW’s Charlton Farm hospice which provides care and support to children diagnosed with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions and their families.

Hundreds of Christmas trees have been recycled in Devon and Somerset, raising thousands of pounds for Children’s Hospice South West.

The charity joined forces with waste and recycling firm Biffa, as well as volunteers from Dryrobe, to collect trees in Barnstaple, Torquay and Taunton at the weekend.

A holiday cottage letting company in Devon has made a New Year donation to Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW). 

Original Cottages Devon invited customers to make a donation to the charity when booking a stay in the county in 2021.

The £1,200 rasied will enable help provide vital care for local families in 2022.

Festive visitors to The Lost Gardens of Heligan have helped raise over £2,500 for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW), as the iconic gardens opened their gates for its annual charity day on New Year’s Day. 

Over the course of the day, Heligan welcomed over 450 visitors to walk off the festive excesses, blow away the cobwebs and enjoy a winter stroll through the historic 200 acre estate with family and friends. 

Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) is delighted to be linking up with Chippenham-based digital asset tracking, management and mobility solutions provider, MiTEQ.

The partnership kicked-off at the end of last year when MiTEQ’s Will Hamilton-Davies visited CHSW’s local hospice, Charlton Farm in North Somerset. 

A retired shipyard welder from North Devon has raised a remarkable £3,500 selling homegrown produce from a stall outside his home in Appledore.

Les ‘Gunner’ Curtis sells vegetables grown in his back garden to support the charity’s Little Bridge House children’s hospice in nearby Fremington.

Tockington Manor, an independent school in North Bristol, has chosen Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) as its charity for this academic year. 

The school community really gets behind our annual charities and it is an incredibly important part of school life

A new series of watercolour workshops for all abilities is open for bookings.

Faulkland Village Hall will host a new series of art workshops giving people the skills to enjoy and explore watercolour painting, in aid of Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW), from Wednesday 2 March. 

An auntie and her neighbour will be starting the New Year by losing their locks to raise money for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

Christine Harper and Carol Bridgeman, from Chard, will be hoping to raise £1,000 by doing a sponsored head shave at The Choughs Hotel on Friday (January 7).

Lauren Chisholm from Redland in Bristol has signed up to take part in the Bath Half Marathon and the Paris Marathon in 2022 in memory of her grandmother who was a keen supporter of Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

Lauren is asking for donations in support of CHSW as her grandmother Eileen Chisholm, who sadly died in 2021, was a passionate supporter of the local charity.