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A team of colleagues from one of North Somerset’s largest employers is preparing to saddle up for a charity ride between Bristol and Cornwall – for the eleventh consecutive year.

Twelve members of staff at Edwards in Clevedon are taking part in the Children’s Hospice South West’s Ride for Precious Lives from 12-14 July.

The team from Edwards will join more than 90 cyclists as they bike 200 miles from Charlton Farm children’s hospice in Wraxall to Little Harbour children’s hospice in St Austell, calling in at Little Bridge House in Barnstaple on route.

For Edwards, which produces specialist

A sell-out daytime disco is making a return to Weston-super-Mare.

The Loft Nightclub in the seaside town is once again hosting the ‘In Bed By Nine’ disco in aid of Children’s Hospice South West.

The summer ‘daylight disco’, on 20 July, runs from 2.00pm to 8.00pm, with a strict rule that only women and men over 30 years-old will be allowed through the doors.

The first ‘In Bed By Nine’ day time disco, held at The Loft in April and organised by Bleadon Womens' Institute, was a complete sell out, raising £5,500 for CHSW.

Owner of The Loft Nightclub Darren said: “Many people love the idea of going

A retired, Swiss professor and his partner walked from Switzerland to Cornwall to raise awareness and funds for children’s hospices.

65 year old Rainer, his partner Stephanie, and two dogs Leo and Nettie, walked 1000 miles in 69 days. They began in Switzerland, journeyed through France and the UK to end up in Perranporth.

Rainer said: "For a long time, we had dreamed of a long-distance hike to Cornwall." At the start of the pandemic, Rainer was inspired, and spontaneously said to his dog Leo: "Come on, let’s walk to Perranporth in Cornwall."

I often went surfing in Perranporth with my sons

A lifelong motorbike enthusiast is to get in the saddle to ride thousands of miles across Europe to raise money for Children’s Hospice South West.

Dan, a fleet brand manager for Wessex Garages in Bristol, is to pull on his motorcycle boots to ride 2,800 miles from Bristol to Anzio in Italy. Dan, 40, has been riding since he was a teenager and hopes to raise £500 from his challenge. The dad of 2 will be making the ride on his BMW bike.

“My bike is 20 years old and already has 80,000 miles on the clock, but she’s in pretty good shape for an old girl. I had bikes before, I had a car and my first

The mystical town in Glastonbury on the Somerset Levels is largely known by people across the world for its famous music festival.

Each year the area sees more than 200,000 people descend on Worthy Farm in Pilton – 7 miles away from the town itself - for the musical extravaganza

But the quirky town, steeped in myth and legend and the reputed burial place of King Arthur, has lots more to offer than the music festival named after it.

Nestled away in its unique High Street full of eclectic independent retailers selling everything from crystals to witchcraft books, is the treasure trove which is

A charity shop in Truro is calling out for donations of baby items, as they are running low.

Children’s Hospice South West’s (CHSW) Little Steps shop on Tinners Court in Truro stocks items for babies and infants.

The shop is in need of cots, buggies and prams, and books and toys in clean, working order.

Sophie Lake, Assistant Manager of the shop, said: “We would really appreciate any donations anyone can provide right now, we are quite low in stock, so it would mean a lot to us if anybody could drop down an old pram they don’t use anymore, or even books and toys.”

The shop is open

1,500 people took part in Cornwall’s brightest fun run on Saturday as RAF St Mawgan once again hosted the Children’s Hospice South West’s (CHSW) Rainbow Run, sponsored by Ann’s Cottage.

The event returned for it’s 10th birthday, and saw a record-breaking £100,000 raised, which will help provide care to children and young people with life limiting conditions supported by CHSW’s Little Harbour hospice in St Austell.

After a morning of entertainment in the event village participants of all ages ran, jogged and walked the 5km route, through eight coloured paint stations, around the airbase’s

Bosses at a quaint Somerset pub are offering people a different way to celebrate the Summer Solstice – with a run across The Mendips.

The Queen Victoria Inn in Priddy is hosting its first Summer Solstice run on June 21 – the longest day of the year.

Runners will cover a file mile route, with all money raised going to Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

The run, which kicks off at 7pm, begins and ends at the pub and will be followed by live music from Ryan Haynes and a barbecue.

The summer run follows the pub’s successful Santa Run which is held each December in support of the charity.

The

The grounds of Caerhays Castle are set to be transformed for a charity summer fete in support of Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

The event on Sunday, June 16, will be open from 10am to 4pm and will span several areas of the Caerhays grounds, including Castle Lawn, Castle Courtyard and Castle Field.

Caerhays Estate marketing manager Lucinda Rimmington said: “Join us for this very popular family fun day. This biennial event attracts visitors from across the county and beyond: the Caerhays Summer Fete is set to be one of the most popular events of the summer in Cornwall.

“Heavy horses will

A team of 15 people from a Cornish accountancy firm took on the Yorkshire 3 peaks challenge.

On Saturday 1 June at 6:30am the PKF Francis Clark team from Truro set off to Yorkshire to complete the challenge and raise money for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

They have chosen CHSW as their charity of the year, and any money they raise throughout the year will be coming to the charity.

Starting and ending in Chapel Le Dale, the challenge included 3 of the best known peaks in Yorkshire; Pen-y-Ghent (694m), Whernside (736m) and Ingleborough (723m).

Partners and friends accompanied