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An employee-owned dental community interest company with practices across the county has raised £25,365 for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

The Smile Together team chose to raise money for Little Harbour, CHSW’s hospice in Porthpean, St Austell, as their Charity of the Year partnership.

Little Harbour, CHSW’s ‘hospice by the sea’ has everything a sick child and their family needs to make their stay as comfortable and enjoyable as possible, with a fully equipped sensory room, hydrotherapy pool and soft play area. It costs around £3 million a year to keep the hospice running.

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When Josselin and her family visit CHSW’s Charlton Farm hospice they have a very special 4-legged visitor by their side.

Stormzy, the labrador retriever cross, is a constant at the side of Josselin, helping and supporting her every day.

5-year-old Stormzy, a ‘Buddy’ dog, initially came from Bristol Guide Dogs South West, getting his training at Redbridge Guide Dog School.

After passing his training with flying colours he went to live with a visually impaired man in Somerset.

When the man fell poorly, Stormzy was found a new role – with Josselin, 18, her brother Dalton, 12, and mum Karen at

A talented youngster has seen her artistic talents featured on a leading supermarket’s reusable bag.

Evie Teixeira's colourful picture of Together for Short Lives’ butterfly logo was chosen to appear on a reusable bag for the supermarket Morrisons as part of a partnership with the children’s palliative care charity.

The design has been printed on thousands of bags, with 20 percent of the money raised from the sale of each shopping bag going to Together for Short Lives and children’s hospices.

Evie, 11, painted the design while staying at Children’s Hospice South West’s Charlton Farm in Wraxall

A thrill-seeking grandfather is taking on the challenge of driving high performance cars at 'breakneck speeds' to raise money for a children’s hospice he has supported for over three decades.

Pete Ridler is preparing to buckle up for his 'Fast Car Challenge', getting behind the wheel of a series of high performing motors at Thruxton Race Circuit in June to raise money for Children's Hospice South West (CHSW).

Pete’s son Shawn threw down the gauntlet and set his dad, 77, the challenge which will see him drive a Porche Sports Saloon, a V8 Ford Mustang and a single seat racing car.

The challenge

It started as a small Christmas lights display at the home of Bridgwater couple Gill Brown and Stu Thorne.

But what began as a festive treat for family and friends was the catalyst for the formation of a dedicated group of volunteers all wanting to raise money for a good cause.

And whereas the Bridgwater Friends Group of Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) may have started from humble beginnings, over the last 18 years the band of determined volunteers has raised more than £406,000 for the charity.

Gill, who founded the group and turns 80 this year, has always been a keen fundraiser.

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A retired lecturer who found himself with time on his hands has kept himself busy building birdboxes – and they are ‘flying’ off the shelves.

Steve Kerner, 80, from Cromhall, South Gloucestershire, started his hobby building bird boxes in the workshop at his home 18 months ago, with all the proceeds going to Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

Steve sells the birdboxes at craft fairs as well as his village community shop and they are now also stocked at the CHSW shop in Yate.

So far Steve’s handiwork has raised an incredible £2000 for CHSW.

“I’ve always enjoyed watching birds in the garden,”

Receptionist Nikky Mungeam is to swap headphones for trainers when she takes on the Bristol 10k to raise money for the charity she works for.

Nikky, who works in the office at Children’s Hospice South West’s (CHSW) Charlton Farm in Wraxall, has always had an interest in running, completing the Bristol 10k on two previous occasions.

Now Nikky, from Sea Mills, will make it a hat trick of 10k’s when she takes to the streets of Bristol for the third time on 19 May.

Nikky, 57, used to run to keep fit but stopped several years ago.

“I haven’t run for a few years and decided I wanted to get back

Two work colleagues are to run the Bristol Half Marathon dressed in full PPE to raise money for the charity their business has adopted as its cause of the year.

Jake Humphries and Chris Rodgers, both who work for high voltage electrical contracting business Ethical Power, are to take on the Bristol Half Marathon on 19 May to raise money for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW)

The firm has adopted the organisation as its charity of the year and has already held a number of events including a spin-a-thon and a bake sale across its three sites.

The company, which designs and constructs new grid

Staff from Bristol City Football Club are to climb up a Welsh mountain to raise money for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

Head coach Liam Manning and members of his backroom staff will be taking part in the ‘10 y Fan’ challenge which sees participants climb Pen Y Fan up to 10 times in 24 hours.

Pen Y Fan stands at 2,907 ft and is the highest peak in South Wales and at 6pm on Saturday 11 May, 10 City staff members will start the challenge which finishes 24 hours later.

All proceeds from the sponsored challenge will go to CHSW’s Charlton Farm children’s hospice, which provides the

A children’s carer is running the London Marathon this weekend raising vital funds and awareness for Little Harbour children’s hospice, where she works in St Austell, Cornwall.

Suzanne Brown from Bodmin, is swapping scrubs for a running vest and taking to the streets of London on Sunday 21 April for the infamous marathon, to raise vital funds for the charity that is very close to her heart.

“Back in July, the furthest I had ever run was to the kitchen for a piece of cake”, Suzanne said.

“I had never wanted to keep fit in my life, or ran in my life, ever.

Every year I watch the London Marathon