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Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) is challenging people to take to the coast path this spring for an ‘incredible’ new fundraising event for local families.

The charity’s 10-mile sponsored Incredible Hike from Morwenstow to Hartland Quay takes place on Sunday, April 26.

Walkers will be fuelled by Cornish and Devon cream teas at checkpoints in both counties, and rewarded with medals at a finish line barbecue, as well as breath-taking views throughout.

Children’s Hospice South West is calling on businesses to go head-to-head and take on its £50 Challenge this spring.

The charity is giving workplace teams an initial £50 and tasking them to see how much money they can raise in just 50 working days, from March 2 to May 13.

Around 60 teams took part in last autumn’s £50 Challenge, raising more than £20,000 for the charity, which supports more than 500 children with life-limiting conditions and their families across the South West.

Saturday 21 March is the date set for Children’s Hospice South West’s (CHSW) annual Moonlight Memory Walk.

The games room at North Devon’s Little Bridge House children’s hospice has been given a major re-vamp thanks to a £36,362 donation by the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons.

The new-look space offers an enhanced fun haven for children and parents, with a pool table, table football and large screen television, as well as the latest games consoles and computers and a host of magical assistive technology designed for children with life-limiting conditions.

Pupils at Trinity Church of England School in Acton Turville spent Christmas fundraising for their local children’s hospice, Charlton Farm in North Somerset.

Girls from Year 4 at the South Gloucestershire primary school wanted to work on a project as a team to bring them closer together and at the same time make a difference to the lives of children less fortunate than themselves.

After completing the London Marathon last year and raising over £46,000 for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) Fred Thomas, AKA Skinners Brewery mascot Betty Stogs, is now in full training for Ride for Precious Lives.

Children’s Hospice South West’s (CHSW) Little Harbour in St Austell has recently taken delivery of a van load of toys and gifts that were collected at Lusty Glaze throughout January.

Staff and customers at Langford Lakes Christmas Tree Farm in Somerset have raised £3,902 for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

The family-run farm, based at Middle Hill Farm in Langford Budville near Wellington, offered visitors hot chocolates, teas, coffees and mince pies in return for a donation to the charity during November and December.

Mark Crawford, Managing Director and Founder of print management solutions company, Officemark, has pledged to donate 1% of the annual revenue to Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

Based in Weston-super-Mare, Officemark is a print equipment provider who prides itself on offering contracts and solutions that are right for the customer and their organisation.

High-flying trampoline parks in Devon and Cornwall have raised more than £1,000 for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

iBounce in Exeter and Bodmin sold special wristbands to customers throughout 2019, raising £1,134 for the charity, which provides respite breaks for more than 500 children with life-limiting conditions.