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Edwards Vacuum, global leader of vacuum and abatement, based in Clevedon has raised an outstanding £84,782 for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

As the annual sponsor of the charity’s flagship event, Ride for Precious Lives, 20 employees completed the 3 day sponsored cycling event. The cycle covered 3 counties in 3 days stopping off at all 3 hospices over 205 miles. The team from Edwards joined 100 other riders at Little Harbour in St Austell, called at Little Bridge House in Barnstaple and sailed across the finish line at Charlton Farm children’s hospice near Bristol.

This year, to mark

Fred Thomas, aka Betty Stogs, has won a place in the finals of the Pride of Britain Awards.

He was named Regional Pride of Britain Fundraiser 2023 on Friday 15 September.

He will now go onto the finals of the awards, representing the West Country at the national ceremony in October.

Fred, who fundraises across Cornwall, has raised almost £150,000 for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) spanning over 14 years, and £400,000 collectively for CHSW and the RNLI.

Fred has been actively fundraising as Betty since 2007, when he was named the winning applicant in Skinner’s Brewery’s search to bring

On Thursday 7 September, Brunel Wealth raised over £6,000 for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) at its charity golf day at Celtic Manor Resort.

40 players including Brunel Wealth team members, clients and families supported by CHSW took to the greens following a breakfast and played 18 holes of golf.

In the afternoon, attendees enjoyed lunch, sponsored by LGT Wealth Management and took part in an auction, bidding for donated prizes such as a Cooking Class at Rick Stein’s Seafood Restaurant, an overnight stay and breakfast at the Kingham Plough in the Cotswolds and signed sport memorabilia

David Ball and the Christian Motorcycle Association held a fantastic bike show on the church grounds in Lawrence Weston and raised an amazing £1,038 for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW). Supporters from the local community came to see the wonderful array of bikes, trikes and off-roaders that fled from far and wide, some travelling from Swindon especially for the gathering. For the first event in the Lawrence Weston community, it was a resounding success.

Childrens Hospice South West rely on voluntary donations to continue to care for local children with life-limiting conditions and their

13 teams of golfers braved the summer rain and enjoyed a charity golf day and raffle as well as live music at Knowle Golf Club in aid of Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW). The golfers arranged by the Bristol City Former Players Association (FPA) raised over £1000 for the local children’s hospice.

The Bristol City FPA was founded by Neil Palmer in 2021 with the aim of recognising, and celebrating any Former City player ranging from 1 appearance to 646, all of which have paved the way for those that wear the shirt today. FPA Team Member - Chris Johnson said: “It was absolutely fantastic to

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