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Hundreds of fun runners will be taking part in Children’s Hospice South West’s (CHSW) colourful Rainbow Run at Escot Park near Ottery St Mary this month.

The popular family-friendly 5k takes place on Father’s Day (June 19) and for one local dad supported by the charity’s Little Bridge House children’s hospice in North Devon, every step around the stunning 5k course will be filled with emotion. 

Newquay Rowing Club is looking for teams to take part in its sponsored gig row in Newquay harbour on Sunday 10 July supporting Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW). This is an annual event which has been put on hold since the pandemic but everyone involved is excited for its return this summer.

The team at Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) is celebrating winning the Charity award at last week’s glitzy Bristol Life Awards ceremony. 

Bristol-based artisan food hamper company Boxlocal has joined forces with Children’s Hospice South West to offer customers a delicious deal on a Great British classic.

The company is supporting CHSW’s Big South West Cream Tea by donating 10 per cent from the sale of a bespoke scone and tea box specially created in support of the charity. 

The premium hamper includes fruit scones, tea bags and strawberry jam. There is even a china mug made by Stokes Croft in Bristol.

Six local businesses joined Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) at RAF St Mawgan last week ahead of the return of the charity’s Rainbow Run next month which they are all sponsoring. 

The teddy bear department at Children’s Hospice South West’s Little Bridge House stood to attention this week to salute a very special new member to their ranks!

There may also have been a few tears in reception when RAF veteran Jim Squires, 97, from Barnstaple, dropped in to donate his treasured bear to the hospice in Fremington. 

Mawnan WI is opening 15 gardens as part of its celebrations of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee on Saturday 4th June. In aid of the Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) the Jubilee Garden Jaunt will offer residents and visitors a unique opportunity to visit multiple gardens in the same village, near Falmouth in Cornwall, on the same day.

Celebrated cellist Julian Lloyd Webber will headline a magical three-day music and Asian street food festival in South Devon this summer.

ANRÁN Fest, which takes place at the stunning Tidwell Farm in Landscove near Totnes from July 29-30, will be supporting five charities, including Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW). Last year’s sell-out debut festival raised more than £6,000 for CHSW and Cancer Research UK, despite taking place in the midst of the pandemic.

Manaton garden in Launceston is opening its gates on Sunday 15 May to help raise funds for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) as part of Birds on Bikes' fundraising for the charity.

The four acres of landscaped spring gardens will be open to explore from 2pm – 5pm giving ample opportunity to take in the shrubs and herbaceous borders, various fruit and acer trees, the vegetable garden, sunken pool area as well as rose beds and woodland sculpture. 

People are being invited to celebrate The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee by tucking into a cream tea in aid of their local children’s hospice. 

The nation will come together over the weekend June 2-5 and Children’s’ Hospice South West (CHSW) is asking supporters to raise a scone in Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s honour by taking part in the charity’s Big South West Cream Tea.