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Carlyon Bay Junior Golf Academy held a fundraising event in support of Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

The club held a charity Junior Open event on Sunday 21 July, and raised £1,031.12 for the charity. 78 young golfers took part, making it one of the largest Junior Open events in the South West. The golfers competed to win a fantastic prize fund thanks to the clubs generous sponsors, all while raising vital funds for children and young people with life-limiting conditions.

All entry fees were donated to CHSW, and Carlyon Golf Club provided the course free of charge, as well as providing

To celebrate the life of a young boy, a gaming fundraiser; Noah’s Legacy Laps, has been organised in his memory.

9 year old Noah was a keen gamer and avid watcher of YouTube with dreams of becoming a professional YouTuber. When he became unwell and developed life-limiting complications, his love of gaming lead him into an incredibly caring community of online friends.

Noah, from Taunton, loved playing games and watching streams of others playing, his favourite being channels that showed Mario Kart being played.

Noah would get his homework done as quickly as possible so he could enjoy

An annual Rotary golf day has raised £1,000 for Children’s Hospice South West.

The event, organised by Weston-super-Mare Rotary Club, saw players take to the fairways to raise money for a range of charities. Since its inception, the event has raised more than £200,000 to enable the Rotary to continue its work in the local community.

The winning team at this year’s event was Eddy’s Hornets with a top score of 93 points, followed in second place by Source Electrical with 91 points. The team from Tee’d Up and Twisted scooped the accolade for the best dressed golfers of the tournament.

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Family and friends of a ‘happy and always smiling’ little girl are organising a special fun day – to raise money for the children’s hospice that supported her.

7-year-old Phoebe was first referred to Children’s Hospice South West’s Charlton Farm hospice in Wraxall when she was just 3 years-old. She was cared for by the team until she died.

When Phoebe was born, mum Jessica and dad Josh took their baby home thinking she was a healthy and happy child, but the couple, who met when they were at school, started to become concerned something was wrong when Phoebe started to choke on her milk when

A Bristol school hosted a summer concert by one of the city’s premiere symphony orchestras to raise money for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

The New Bristol Sinfonia Orchestra wowed the crowds with its ‘Painting a Picture’ musical performance at Redmaids’ School in Westbury-on-Trym.

The evening began with a picnic in the grounds of the school. During the concert artist in residence Rob Townley created colourful abstract paintings to iconic musical pieces such as Mendlessohns ‘Hebrides Overture’ and Mussorgskys ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’. There was also a silent auction and a raffle

Staff at a leading south west building company are to take on a cycle challenge to mark the start of a 5-year partnership with Children's Hospice South West.

Employees at the Jones Building Group are to get on their bikes in September for the cycle ride to raise money for (CHSW). The ride will mark the start of a 5-year partnership with the charity which will see the family-run business aim to raise vital funds and make valuable memories for the families who are reliant on CHSW. Jones Building Group was started in 1979 as DR Jones by David Jones as a painting and decorating business. Decades

A Bristol based mortgage advisor is to make a cash donation to Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) for every new mortgage he sells

Adam Wells, of Adam Wells Mortgages, set up his business in June this year, after working as a Mortgage Advisor since 2009. After meeting Children’s Hospice South West’s Corporate Partnerships Fundraiser Amanda Gallagher at a business networking event and visiting CHSW’s Charlton Farm hospice in Wraxall, Adam decided he wanted to support the charity.

He will donate £10 for every mortgage secured for his clients to the organisation.

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An education centre in Plymouth has taken part in an exciting challenge for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) - developing their entrepreneurial skills and at the same time raising money for a brilliant cause!

A group of Learners at ‘Eat That Frog’ in Mutley were given £20 each and challenged with coming up with ways of using this to raise funds for the charity.

They bought ingredients and materials and got baking and making! They ran a tuck shop, made bracelets, sold homemade dog treats, treated staff to breakfast baps... just some of the inspiring ways they worked together to make

On Saturday 13 July, the Cornish Mini Club visited Children’s Hospice South West’s (CHSW) Little Harbour hospice.

They presented a cheque of £1,400, which is their largest donation to the charity to date.

Cornish Mini Club members vote to nominate charities to support each year, and this year they chose CHSW alongside Cornwall Blood Bikes.

The club raised the funds at the Riviera Run at Pentewan Sands Holiday Park on the early May Bank Holiday weekend by holding events such as a raffle, stereo and exhaust sound off competitions, an evening quiz, Show and Shine competitions and a glow show

A dad and his daughter got on their bikes to raise money for the children’s hospice which supports their family.

Ian Nash and his daughter Charlie, 12, completed a sponsored 11-mile cycle ride from their home in Nailsea to Ian’s mum’s house in Lower Weare, raising an incredible £1250 for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW). The family began their fundraising drive due to the fact that son and brother Riley, 10, has been supported at the charity’s Charlton Farm hospice in Wraxall since 2021. The money raised will be used to purchase items on Charlton Farm hospice’s ‘wish list’ including switch