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Anne Skinner, from Worle in Weston-Super-Mare, never imagined that her regular donation to her local children’s hospice could lead to such a big win.

One afternoon, she picked up a phone call she’ll never forget.

"I honestly thought I’d won a tin of biscuits," Anne laughs.

Anne had in fact just won £5,600 in the Children’s Hospice South West Lottery.

A retired nurse, Anne spent many years caring for others at Bristol Eye hospital and the Bristol Royal Infirmary. In her later life, she became a Governor at University Hospitals Bristol. It was there that she met fellow Governor Phil, someone

The Kenwith Castle care home team enabled a resident to re-visit the children’s hospice she helped to found more than 30 years ago.

Eldey spoke to the care home team about her wish to go back to Little Bridge House with her husband Trevor. The facility in Barnstaple, which is operated by Children’s Hospice South West, provides hospice care and support for babies, children and young people with life-limiting conditions and their families.

Eldey and her husband, Trevor, were founding members of Children’s Hospice South West, alongside their late friends, Jill and Eddie Farwell.
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Families supported by Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW), along with members of the charity’s dedicated care team, took centre stage at last night’s unforgettable Strength in Style fashion show, held in the stunning surroundings of Bath Abbey.

The event – a powerful celebration of resilience, fashion, and community – brought together individuals affected by cancer or life-limiting illness to walk the runway and share their personal journeys with courage and pride.

CHSW was proud to see families it supports, as well as members of its care team, and volunteers take part as models in the show

Gill Brown has been named Regional Pride of Britain Fundraiser 2025, following her extraordinary fundraising efforts which have seen her raise nearly £500,000 for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

Gill received the honour on Friday, 19 September, and will now go on to the national finals of the Pride of Britain Awards in October, proudly representing the West Country.

For nearly two decades, Gill has been the quiet force behind thousands of collections, events, and bucket shakes in support of CHSW.

Her tireless efforts have brought communities together to support babies, children, and

Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) is inviting supporters to take part in their annual Moonlight Memory Walk at The Lost Gardens of Heligan on Saturday 8 November. There’s still time to save 20% on tickets, but only until midday on Thursday 2 October.

Tickets are currently just £12, which includes your entry into the event as well as the event gets you; a t-shirt, medal, goody bag, pasty at the end of the walk and entry into Heligan.

This is a special event in the autumn calendar providing an opportunity to walk alongside friends, family or colleagues while remembering and celebrating the

Children’s Hospice South West’s (CHSW) charity shop in Falmouth is calling on the local community to help stock its shelves by donating their good-quality, pre-loved items.

The shop, which opened earlier this year, has become a firm favourite for shoppers in the town hunting out a bargain. It is playing a vital role in raising funds to provide care for babies, children and young people with life-limiting conditions and their families across the South West.

From clothing and accessories to books, toys and homeware, every donated item helps the charity to continue providing essential support

Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) is holding a community evening in a pub in Delabole.

On Wednesday 1 October, The Poldark Inn in Delabole is opening its doors to the local community to come and engage with CHSW.

This will be the perfect opportunity to find out more about the charity and how it’s service and support for local families is evolving.

The evening will start at 6:30pm with refreshments, followed by a short informal presentation from Alice Merrett, the local Area Fundraiser at Little Harbour children’s hospice in St Austell. There will be a chance to ask questions afterwards.

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A pub in Holywell Bay near Newquay has raised £4000 for charity this year alone from running weekly pub quizzes.

The Truguth Inn has invited keen quizzers through its doors every week to raise funds for Children’s Hospice South West’s (CHSW) Little Harbour hospice in St Austell.

Steve Sutton, the owner of The Treguth Inn, said:

Our Wednesday night quiz has been running for 25 years, and has always raised money for Little Harbour. All together, these quizzes have raised around £38,000.

“The teams that take part have always been a mixture of visitors and locals. One team, the ‘Wright Rats’ have

Two CHSW Young Ambassadors from Royal High School, Ella and Flora will take centre stage at this year’s Strength In Style fashion show at Bath Abbey on Wednesday 24 September. They have been helping to promote the event over the Summer and have helped with the rehearsals.

Flora, a Year 13 student, explained, “It has been lovely to get our school textile department involved in this show. Knowing the amount of work that goes into the students’ pieces, it will be really special for my peers to be able to present their garments while learning about these amazing charities.”

Her classmate Ella

Local children’s charity, Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) is celebrating a national initiative to increase awareness of sustainability this month as part of Sustainable September.

The charity has 39 shops across the south west selling goods to help raise funds to run CHSW’s 3 children’s hospices in the region; Little Bridge House in north Devon, Charlton Farm in north Somerset and Little Harbour in mid Cornwall.

With second-hand fashion on the rise, CHSW estimates that so far this year sales from its shops have diverted 418 tonnes of items from landfill and saved over 5 million tonnes of