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In Children's Hospice Week, our new volunteers in the Bath and North East Somerset area put on a cream tea in New Oriel Hall, Larkall to say thank you to those who had supported the Bath Friends Group in raising over £170K for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

Bath Freinds Group was founded by Gertie Hockedy in 1994. Gertie had supported CHSW over the years and enjoyed hosting lunches in her home to raise vital funds for the local children's hospice. Members of the Walcot & Larkhall Townswomen’s Guild were the first to join the group, which was the reason why the cream team was held in

Alisha and her family had a wild time during their stay at Little Bridge House recently. The Sibling Team had arranged a whole host of activities around the theme of 'Wild West' including panning for gold, which had been kindly donated by local business, Ilfracombe's fossil shop, 'Bones To Bones'. The children also got to meet local police who had taken time out of their day to meet them!

The Sibling Team have a variety of themed days planned throughout the summer, including Italian, Middle East, Australian, and (British) festival. On the surface these may just seem like fun days for the

Newquay Rowing Club is once again looking for teams to take part in its sponsored gig row in Newquay harbour to support Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

After it was cancelled due to weather conditions in July, the new date for the event is on Sunday 27 August.

The event offers groups of friends, colleagues, sports teams or family to give gig rowing a go in this friendly sponsored charity event. To take part teams are required to supply three novice rowers and the other three rowers and the coxswain in your gig will be supplied by Newquay Rowing Club.

Alice Merrett, Area Fundraiser for

Jo Retallick from Cornwall, completed the 3 Peaks Challenge for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) in July.

The 3 Peaks Challenge is a mountain challenge event that involves climbing the highest mountains in England, Scotland and Wales within 24 hours. The 3 peaks are Ben Nevis in Scotland, Scafell Pike in England and Snowdon in Wales.

Jo started off with Ben Nevis, which stands at 4,413ft. She started the climb at 6am and reached the summit in 2 hours and 40 minutes.

Jo said:, “The views were insane, and this was my favourite mountain by far!”

Next was Scafell Pike in the Lake District (3

Ashton Boys U11 football team were donated a sum of money by a member of the public and are now proudly wearing Childrens Hospice South West (CHSW) logo on their away kit.

The U11 team play in the Hanham Minor League who train at Greville Smyth Park and the mini park next to Compass Point School on South Street in Bedminster were in desperate need of funding for their team away kit.

Terry Hosier, a member of the local community had spotted team coach Kelly Hennessy out in all weathers drawing out the pitch lines at the teams main pitch at The Clanage, Bristol. Terry said: “I was so inspired

Global leader of vacuum and abatement, Edwards Vacuum are marking 10 years of being Gold sponsor of Children’s Hospice South West’s (CHSW) annual, sell-out 205 mile cycle event, Ride for Precious Lives in July.

Ride for Precious Lives is a 205 mile, 3 day, cycling challenge which sees over 100 cyclists take on the challenge. The event will take place on 7-9 July and encompasses all three of CHSW’s children’s hospices across the South West region. The avid cyclists will take to their saddles at Little Harbour in Cornwall, and will visit Little Bridge House in Barnstaple along the way and will

When The Fisherman’s Friends staged their first major benefit concert at the Hall for Cornwall late last year, their catch of the day was a whopping £22,200 for one of their favourite local charities.

This week the chaps took time out from their busy spring UK tour to head back to the Truro venue to hand over this bumper haul to the Children’s Hospice South West – a cause that has become especially close to the Port Isaac shanty group’s hearts. 

The charity’s Little Harbour hospice at St Austell provided expert care, advice and support for Seth Dickenson, one of the Fisherman’s Friends’ most

A recent £1,000 winner Rob, shares how his lottery win means so much more to him and his family.

What a lovely surprise to hear about my win! I've been a supporter of the hospice since 1994, when my brother-in-law and I walked the coast path from Plymouth to Fremington via Land's End to raise money for the building of Little Bridge House.

From that challenge back in 1994, Rob says that their flag and map case are in the time box buried under the chapel at Little Bridge House, and to win the lottery now feels as if his fundraising efforts and support have come full-circle!

What makes his

A founder member of the Chivenor Military Ladies Choir will be swapping song sheets for running shoes when she takes on the TCS London Marathon next month.

Jane Batchelor from Fremington will be joining thousands of runners braving the iconic 26.2-mile course in the capital on Sunday, April 23.

After applying for a place for nine years without success, Jane was offered a gold bond place to run for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW), which runs the Little Bridge House children’s hospice, also in Fremington.

“I’ve been running for around 10 years now and after being rejected for the London

Colleagues at Coastline Housing have presented £12,440 to Children’s Hospice South West.

The money is the result of a year’s worth of corporate fundraising by colleagues at the Cornish housing charity and is a record breaker too – the most Coastline has ever raised for a charity of the year.

Allister Young, CEO of Coastline Housing, explained: “Each year colleagues vote for a charity doing great work in Cornwall that they wish to support and we were delighted to support Children’s Hospice South West last year as we know they carry out really vital work in our county.

“The fact that we got to