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Staff and volunteers at Honiton’s Children’s Hospice South West charity shop celebrated the shop’s 10th birthday this week.

The shop in the High Street opened its doors on December 16, 2010 and has been well-supported by people in the town, raising thousands of pounds for the charity, which offers vital respite care to children and families all over the South West.

In that time, more than 70,000 bags of goods have been donated to sell in the shop, and countless volunteers have donated thousands of hours of their time.

Throughout December, students at Bridgwater and Taunton College are getting creative and fundraising for a variety of charities.

‘RAGVENT’ as it is known, will be supporting Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW), In Charley’s Memory, and Secret World Wildlife Rescue. 

St Ives Brewery, creators of St Ives India Pale Ale, Boilers Golden Cornish Ale and Knill by Mouth Cornish Ale to name a few, is generously donating 10% of its website sales to Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

Lucy and James Grimsted from Clevedon have found a very novel way to support their local children’s hospice. 

Over 1100 people across the south west took part in Children’s Hospice South West’s (CHSW) Santas on the Run Goes Freestyle virtual event at the weekend and have raised over £75,000 for the local children’s hospice charity with donations still coming in.

Cara-Jane from Street has been busy in the run-up to the festive season. The 7-year old has been making cute reindeer faces from wood and fabric and selling them to friends and family in support of Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

It’s been an extremely challenging year for the charity and it’s absolutely heart-warming to see young members of the community raising funds for us in a really creative way

Technical injection moulding specialist Hymid has raised £400 for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) through a recent customer service initiative.

The Torquay-based company incentivised a recent customer survey by pledging to donate £10 for every completed survey returned. 

Julius Guth, Sales Manager at Hymid, said there was great response to the survey, designed to gauge customers’ opinions of Hymid, especially during the pandemic.

Karen Tilley from Westbury has signed up to take part in Santas on the Run – goes freestyle to support the hospice that cares for her teenage daughter, Josselin. 

Andrew Buckle from Bradley Stoke and his dog Raff will be raising some Christmas cheer in their festive gear by taking part in Santas on the Run - goes freestyle, on 13th December.

Gordano Sharks U13s rugby team and teams from Portishead Town FC are getting involved with Children’s Hospice South West’s (CHSW) Santas on the Run goes freestyle! event.

Due to the pandemic, the charity has turned its annual festive Santas on the Run ‘virtual’ and is encouraging as many people as possible to get involved the weekend of 11-13 December.